|
Origin: |
Tibet |
|
Patronage: |
Great Britain |
|
Classification FCI: |
Group 9 - Companion and Toy Dogs, Section 5
- Tibetan breeds |
|
General appearance: |
Sturdy, medium-sized, long-haired,
generally square outline; resolute expression. |
|
Behaviour / Temperament: |
Lively, good-natured. Loyal companion dog
with many engaging ways. Outgoing, alert, intelligent and game;
neither fierce nor pugnacious. Sparing of affection to strangers. |
|
Head: |
Head well furnished with long hair, falling
forward over eyes. Lower jaw carrying small, but not exaggerated
amount of beard. |
|
Cranial region: |
|
|
Skull: |
Of medium length, neither broad nor coarse, narrowing slightly from
ear to eye, neither domed nor absolutely flat between ears. |
|
Stop: |
Marked in front of eyes, but not exaggerated |
|
Facial region: |
|
|
Nose: |
Black |
|
Muzzle: |
Strong. Length from eye to tip of nose equal to length from eye to
base of skull. |
|
Jaw/Teeth: |
Lower jaw well developed. Incisors set in slight curve, evenly
spaced and set perpendicular to jaw. Scissor or reversed scissor
bite. |
|
Cheeks: |
Zygomatic arch curved, but not overdeveloped so as to bulge. |
|
Eyes: |
Large, round, neither prominent nor sunken; set fairly wide apart;
dark brown. Eye rims black. |
|
Ears: |
Pendant, carried not too close to head, V-shaped, not too large,
heavily feathered. |
|
Body: |
Well muscled, compact and powerful. Length
from point of shoulder to root of tail equal to height at withers. |
|
Back: |
Level over ribs. |
|
Loin: |
Short, slightly arched. |
|
Croup: |
Level. |
|
Chest: |
Well ribbed up. |
|
Tail: |
Medium length, set on fairly high and carried in a gay curl over
back. Very well feathered. Kink near tip often occurring and
permissible. |
|
Limbs: |
|
|
Forequarters: |
Heavily furnished. Legs straight and parallel. |
|
Shoulders: |
Well laid. |
|
Pasterns: |
Slightly sloping. |
|
Hindquarters: |
Heavily furnished. |
|
Stifles: |
Well bent. |
|
Hocks: |
Low set. |
|
Feet: |
Large, round, heavily furnished with hair between toes and pads.
Standing well down on pads; no arch in feet. |
|
Gait / Movement: |
Smooth; good reach; powerful drive. When
walking or trotting hind legs should track neither inside nor
outside the front legs. |
|
Coat: |
|
|
Hair: |
Double coat. Undercoat fine and woolly. Top coat profuse, fine but
not silky nor woolly; long; either straight or waved but not curled. |
|
Colour: |
White, golden, cream, grey or smoke, black, parti-colour and
tricolours; in fact any colour except chocolate or liver
permissible. |
|
Size: |
Dogs 35.6 - 40.6 cm (14 - 16 ins); bitches
slightly smaller. |
|
Faults: |
Any departure from the foregoing points
should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the
fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree
and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.
Any dog clearly showing physical or behavioural abnormalities shall
be disqualified. |
|
N.B. |
Male animals should have two apparently
normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum. |
