lhasa apso-dog breed info required

Legacy_user

hi,do any of you have experience of this breed?
if you do could you tell me there temperments,are they good with children (older ones)
how they are to train and any other infomation you think is important
thanks

puppypants

I have a female Lhasa who I adopted at three years old. She was an ex puppy farm breeding b1tch and she was badly neglected. When I first got her, she had never been in a house or on a lead, and was scared of everything.

I've had her for three years now, it took the first two years to learn how to be a dog! She had no concept of 'play', although she loved other dogs and would come out of her shell a bit when in company of other dogs. People however were a different matter.

I can honestly say,of all the dogs I have had, although I loved them all deeply and mourned their passing, this little one is the best dog I have had. She is such a little character now. She is very quick to learn, is funny and makes me laugh a lot. She seems to have a knack of knowing if I am down and will do little things to cheer me up. She is now great with people she knows and is an absolute delight.

It has been a long haul to get her to the stage she is at now but it has been worth every minute of the effort. I often think of how intelligent and obedient she would have been if she had had a proper start in life.

I would have more Lhasas if I could, I can highly recommend them for their character, she is one very special little soul.

Good luck if you do decide to get a Lhasa. I'm envious!!

RosieX

poppy_f1

my mum has a 5 month old lhapso and shes the most adorable thing ever - shes a right little madam and terrorises my 4 year old dog when he visits lol
so far training has went well and shes good so far with children not that many have really been around her

suki1964

http://www.lhasa-apso-club.org.uk/

for all things llasa, esp the place to start when looking either a breeder or rescue

System

thanks for the info so far, i have heard that they can be hard to train and as we go away in britain camping and don't want to lose her/him

flora48

Our lhasa is now 10 years old. Lovely even temperament, loves to play with others dogs and still has play time very night with his master. He is good with children in that he will be petted for while but then secretes himself into his cave, aka under the coffee table. Lhasa were bred as sentinel dogs for the Tibetan monks and ours certainly has a sonorous bark which belies his stature, I am sure an intruder would think he was much bigger!
Pluses: No shedding of hair, the breed tends not to chew things. Very pretty, definitely a girl puller!!!
Minuses: Need daily grooming and quite expensive hair cuts every 6-8 weeks.

puppypants

flora48 wrote: »

Our lhasa is now 10 years old. Lovely even temperament, loves to play with others dogs and still has play time very night with his master. He is good with children in that he will be petted for while but then secretes himself into his cave, aka under the coffee table. Lhasa were bred as sentinel dogs for the Tibetan monks and ours certainly has a sonorous bark which belies his stature, I am sure an intruder would think he was much bigger!
Pluses: No shedding of hair, the breed tends not to chew things. Very pretty, definitely a girl puller!!!
Minuses: Need daily grooming and quite expensive hair cuts every 6-8 weeks.

Mine costs "£20 every 8 weeks, not so expensive in the great scheme of things. I find I don't need to groom her daily as the short cut she has doesn't knot. I also have her ears 'puppy' cut as I dont like the 'bobbed' look.

Why have I gone into Italics!!!!:D

Rosiex

CFC

toomuchmess wrote: »

thanks for the info so far, i have heard that they can be hard to train and as we go away in britain camping and don't want to lose her/him

A very good point, a personality like a naughty terrier is not what you want if you hope to be letting dog off lead when camping and have it walk/stay with you.
Some people will say 'it's not the dog, it's the trainer' but in my experience the more independent kinds of dog, such as scent driven terriers are very very difficult to train to a foolproof recall.
I've not had a lhasa so can't comment - does anyone have any insight?