What does each club give for Mankehøyde in the Lhasa apso?

FCI, Male: 25 cm; UKC, Male: 25.4 cm; KC, Male: 25 cm; CKC, Male: 24.5–28 cm; AKC, Mankehøyde: 25.4–27.9 cm.

Lhasa apso breed standards compared

Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.

Clubs compared: FCI, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC.

Size

Size
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Mankehøyde, male	25 cm	No ruling	25.4 cm	25 cm	24.5–28 cm28–29.3 cmAlternativ
Mankehøyde	No ruling	25.4–27.9 cm	No ruling	No ruling	over 29.3 cmDiskvalifiserende
Snutepartiets lengde	4 cm	No ruling	3.8 cm	4 cm	3.8 cm

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
BittOmvendt saksebitt	Standard (“Overkjevens fortenner slutter like innenfor underkjevens, det vil si omvendt saksebitt”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“omvendt saksebitt”)	Standard (“Bitt: omvendt saksebitt”)
BittTangbitt	No ruling	Standard (“foretrukket bitt er enten tangbitt eller svakt underbitt”)	Standard (“møtes i tangbitt eller svakt underbitt”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“Akseptabelt bitt: tangbitt”)
BittUnderbitt	No ruling	Alternativ (“enten tangbitt eller svakt underbitt”)	Alternativ (“tangbitt eller svakt underbitt”)	No ruling	Feil (“Overdrevet underbitt (mer enn 3,25 mm [0,125 tommer])”)
BittOverbitt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Feil (“Uønsket bitt: overbitt”)
TannsettFullt tannsett	Standard (“Full tannstilling ønskelig”)	No ruling	Standard (“Et fullt sett med sterke, hvite tenner”)	Standard (“Full tannstilling ønskelig”)	Standard (“Full tannstilling”)
ØrestillingHengende (hengeøre)	Standard (“Hengende, kraftig befjæret”)	Standard (“Hengende ... båret tett inntil kinnene”)	Standard (“De hengende ørene er kraftig befjæret”)	Standard (“Hengende, kraftig befjæret”)	Standard (“Ører: Hengende”)
ØyeformOval	Standard (“plassert frontalt, ovale”)	No ruling	Standard (“De er ovale i formen”)	Standard (“plassert frontalt, ovale”)	Standard (“plassert frontalt i en oval svart kant”)
ØyeformMandelformet	No ruling	Standard (“Mørkebrune, mandelformede”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
ØyeformRund	No ruling	Feil (“Runde fyldige øyne ... er uønsket”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StoppModerat	Standard (“Stopp: Middels”)	Standard (“Stopp - Moderat”)	Standard (“går over i snuten med et moderat stopp”)	Standard (“middels stopp”)	No ruling
OverlinjeRett	Standard (“Overlinje: Vannrett”)	Standard (“horisontal fra manke til kryss, enten stående eller i bevegelse”)	Standard (“Overlinjen er rett”)	Standard (“Vannrett overlinje”)	Standard (“Overlinje: Vannrett”)
HalebæringKrøllet over ryggen	No ruling	Standard (“båret godt over ryggen i en krølle liggende til siden”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
HalebæringLav (hengende)	No ruling	Feil (“Lav halebæring er en alvorlig feil”)	No ruling	No ruling	Feil (“En lav halebæring er en alvorlig feil”)
HaleansetningHøy	Standard (“HALE: Høyt ansatt”)	Standard (“ansatt tilstrekkelig høyt til at halen kan bæres godt over ryggen”)	Standard (“halen er høyt ansatt og båret over ryggen”)	Standard (“Høyt ansatt, båret godt over ryggen”)	Standard (“HALE Høyt ansatt”)
PoterKattepoter	Standard (“Runde, kattelignende med faste trinner”)	Standard (“skal være runde og kattelignende, med gode trinner”)	Standard (“De runde, kattelignende potene har faste trinner”)	Standard (“Runde, kattelignende med faste trinner”)	No ruling
HaserLavt ansatte	No ruling	Standard (“Haseledd - Godt vinklet nedover”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
HalslengdeMiddels	No ruling	Standard (“Hals - Moderat lang”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Fjerning av ulveklør	No ruling	Alternativ (“Ulveklør - kan fjernes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

Lhasa apso colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Lhasa apso color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Lhasa apso in Svart, Hvit, Grå, Blå, Sølv, Koksgrå, Skifergrå, Brun, Tan, Rød, Gull, Krem og Sandfarget. Standard patterns: Ensfarget, Trefarget, Tigret, Partifarget, Sobel, Grizzle, Tantegning og Mørk tigret.

Pels: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Svart	Standard (“black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“black”)	Standard (“black”)
Hvit	Standard (“white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“white”)	Standard (“white”)
Grå	Standard (“smoke”)	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“smoke”)	Standard (“smoke”)
Blå	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Blue”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“any colour permissible”)	Ikke anerkjent
Sølv	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Silver”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“any colour permissible”)	Ikke anerkjent
Koksgrå	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Charcoal”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“any colour permissible”)	Ikke anerkjent
Skifergrå	Standard (“slate”)	Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“slate”)	Standard (“slate”)
Brun	Standard (“brownish”)	Standard (“Liver”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“brown”)	Standard (“brown”)
Tan	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Ikke anerkjent
Rød	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Red”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Red”)	Ikke anerkjent
Gull	Standard (“Golden, ... honey”)	Standard (“Golden”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Golden, ... honey”)	Standard (“Golden, ... honey”)
Krem	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Cream”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Cream”)	Ikke anerkjent
Sandfarget	Standard (“sandy”)	Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“sandy”)	Standard (“sandy”)
Patterns
Ensfarget	Standard (“All equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“all equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All equally acceptable”)
Trefarget	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“All colors equally acceptable”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Tricolour”)	Ikke anerkjent
Tigret	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Ikke anerkjent
Partifarget	Standard (“parti-colour”)	Standard (“Parti-Color”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“parti-colour”)	Standard (“parti-colour”)
Sobel	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Sable”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“any colour permissible”)	Ikke anerkjent
Grizzle	Standard (“dark grizzle”)	Standard (“Grizzle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“dark grizzle”)	Standard (“dark grizzle”)
Tantegning	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Ikke anerkjent
Mørk tigret	Ikke anerkjent	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Ikke anerkjent
Merle	Ikke anerkjent	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkjent (“merle, which is unacceptable”)	Ikke anerkjent
Dobbel merle	Ikke anerkjent	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkjent

Øyne: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Mørkebrun	Standard (“Dark”)	Standard (“Dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark in color”)	Standard (“Dark”)	Standard (“Dark”)

Nese: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Svart	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“black”)	Standard (“Nose black”)	Standard (“Black”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Ikke anerkjent: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Lhasa apso's colors can change over its life.

Svartchanges toRustrød
Pels · Med kroppstilstanden · can change back
Svartchanges toGrå
Pels · Progressiv
Svartchanges toBrun
Pels · I sola · can change back
Hvitchanges toKonstant skimmel
Pels · Med alderen · from 2 weeks
Tantegningchanges toSaltegning
Pels · Med alderen · from 6 to 156 weeks
Svartchanges toSnønese
Nese · Med årstiden · can change back
Svartchanges toRosa
Nese · Med årstiden · can change back

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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