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"Conformity"
 Colleen Haddock

In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted.  ~Bertrand Russell
 

Articles

Coats of Many Colors

The Lhasa Apso Standard:
Vague or Concise?

The Importance of Beauty

Standards

1897 Bhuteer Terrier (Lhasa Terrier)

1901 Lhassa Terrier (Sir Lionel Jacobs)

1935 Lhasa Apso (Lady Freda Valentine)

1978 American Kennel Club

The Australian Standard

The British Standard

The Canadian Standard

FCI 1998 Standard

UKC Standard

The Unofficial Tibetan Lhasa Apso Standard

An understanding of how our standards were derived, the era and the political climate in which each was written are important when considering the Apso. A study of Tibetan culture and history, the role the Apso played in daily monastery life and an appreciation of the environment which formed this ancient landrace are equally important.