Tibetan Lhasa Apso -Tail Kink

Margarette Hayes 1933

The tail is very important and must be rolled. I have seen a Tibetan who was asked if a dogs was a true Tibetan one, examinating the tail first. The tail must be rolled on the back, the tighter the better, at its end there is a little knot. Indigenes say that all dogs got it. My husband, amongst all the dogs he has exaline, has never seen a single one without it. I have seen a puppy bred in England which parents were Tibet import without it.

*Standard 1935*	There may be a kink in the end.
*Standard* *1960*	There is often a kink at the end.
*Dr Guy LESCURE* *1961*	It is reported that In Tibet, many Lhasa terriers have, at the end of the tail, a kink probably caused by the welding of the two last coccigeal vertebrae; its absence is not a default.
*Standard* *1972*	There is often a kink at the end.
*A.K.C. Standard* *1978*	There may be a kink at the end.
C.K.C. Standard 1982 (Canada)	A kink in the end is permissible.
A.N.K.C. Standard 1987 (Australie)	There is often a kink at the end of the tail.
*F.C.I. Standard 1987*	Often a kink at the end.
*F.C.I.. Standard 1998*	Often a kink at end
*Kennel Club 2003*	Often a kink at end.