N° 227 / 30. 11. 1990 /
( Substituting original valid standard 24/06/1987)

Origin: Tibet. Patronage: Great Britain. General Appearance: Well balanced, sturdy, heavily coated. Characteristics: Gay and assertive. Temperament: Alert, steady but somewhat allof with strangers. Head and Skull: Heavy head furnishings with good fall over eyes; good whiskers and beard. Skull: Moderately narrow, falling away behind eyes, not quite flat, but not domed or apple headed. Straight foreface with medium stop. Nose black. Muzzle about 4cm, but not square; length from tip of nose roughly one third of the total length from nose to back of skull. . Eyes: Dark. Medium size, frontally placed, oval, neither large nor full, nor small and sunk. No white showing at base or top. Ears: Pendant, heavily feathered. Mouth: Upper incisors close just inside lower i.e. reverse scissor bite. Incisors in a broad and as straight a line as possible. Full dentition desirable Neck: Strong and well arched. Forequarters: Shoulders well laid back. Forelegs straight, heavily furnished with hair. Body: Length from point of shoulders to point of buttocks greater than height at withers. Well ribbed. Level topline. Strong loin. Balanced and compact. Hindquarters: Well developed with good muscle. Good angulation. Heavily furnished with hair. Hocks when viewed from behind parallel and not too close together. FEET: Round, cat-like with firm pads. Well feathered. Tail: High set, carried well over back but not like a pot hook. Often with a kink at the end. Well feathered. Gait - Movement: Free and jaunty. Coat: Top coat long, heavy, straight, hard neither woolly nor silky. Moderate undercoat. Colour: Golden sandy, honey, dark grizzle, slate, smoke, black, parti-colour, white or brown. All equally acceptable. Size: Ideal height: 25.4 cm at shoulder for dogs; 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. Note: Male animals should have two apparently normal testicles fully descended into the scrotum.