Lhasa Apso Breed Standard
Non-Sporting Group

Character
Gay and assertive, but chary of strangers.

Size
Variable, but about 10 inches or 11 inches at shoulder for dogs, bitches slightly smaller.

Color

 All colors equally acceptable with or without dark tips to ears and beard.

Body Shape
The length from point of shoulders to point of buttocks longer than height at withers, well ribbed up, strong loin, well-developed quarters and thighs.

Coat
Heavy, straight, hard, not woolly nor silky, of good length, and very dense.

Mouth and Muzzle
The preferred bite is either level or slightly undershot. Muzzle of medium length; a square muzzle is objectionable.

Head
Heavy head furnishings with good fall over eyes, good whiskers and beard; skull narrow, falling away behind the eyes in a marked degree, not quite flat, but not domed or apple-shaped; straight foreface of fair length. Nose black, the length from tip of nose to eye to be roughly about one-third of the total length from nose to back of skull.

Eyes
Dark brown, neither very large and full, nor very small and sunk.

Ears
Pendant, heavily feathered.

Legs
Forelegs straight; both forelegs and hind legs heavily furnished with hair.

Feet
Well feathered, should be round and catlike, with good pads.

Tail and Carriage
Well feathered, should be carried well over back in a screw; there may be a kink at the end. A low carriage of stern is a serious fault.

Approved July 11, 1978

Lhasa Apso(拉萨犬) [特征] 欢快而自信，但对陌生人非常谨慎。

[尺寸] 大小不同，但雄性肩高约为10~11英寸；雌性略小一些。

[颜色] 任何颜色都可以接受，耳朵和胡须带有或没有深色末梢。

[身躯形状] 从肩关节到臀部的距离略大于肩高，肋骨支撑良好，腰部结实，后躯和大腿非常发达。

[被毛] 沉重，直，硬，不是羊毛质或丝质，有足够的长度，且非常浓密。

[嘴和口吻] 首选的咬和为钳状咬和或轻微的下颚突出式咬和。口吻长度适中；正方形的口吻是很讨厌的。

[头部] 沉重的头部饰毛，垂落在眼睛前，有大量胡须和髭须；脑袋窄，在眼睛后面明显凹陷，不很平坦，但也不拱起或呈苹果状。笔直的前脸有足够的长度。鼻镜为黑色，从鼻镜到眼睛的距离大约为从鼻镜到后脑距离的1/3。

[眼睛] 深褐色，既不太大而丰满，也不太小而凹陷。

[耳朵] 下垂，有丰富的羽状饰毛。

[腿部] 前腿直；前腿和后腿都有大量毛发覆盖。

[足爪] 有许多羽状饰毛，圆，类似猫足，脚垫厚实。

[尾巴和姿势] 有大量羽状饰毛，螺旋状卷在背后，末端可能有纠结。尾巴低垂属于严重缺陷。

标准通过日期：1978年7月11日

原作： 酋长

来源： 转译自AKC

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