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