lhasa, shih-tzu, mixed??

[emilysgk]

I see what your talking about now, she has that slightly. I tried pics...she didnt cooperate real well, here they are:





I will see about the trimming between the toes. She needs to be done anyways, as she didnt trim between her pads and she has quite a bit of length on the bottoms of her feet. As far as her coat and shaving it, she has kept her that way for the last 2 yrs. Always shaves her down. She wasnt the type to take the time to groom her properly. I dont want a full coat necessarily, I believe that would be a bit much for me even, but deffinatly some more. I will make up my mind as she grows out. I like her fluffy feet for now, makes her pretty cute. I will never forget the shih tzu we had yrs ago, my mom wanted him so bad, his name was Nugget (cant remember how he got such a silly name!) But he went out once and took a run back in the field...he had to be completely shaved, head to toe, it wasnt very pretty. LOL Nothing on any part could be save, not even his ears. (he came back covered in burs...) See I wasnt sure if the shih tzu had the same sort of nose thing going, or if theres is simply smooshed in. Its been awhile and I cant remember now.

Im going to dig up some pics of a dog I had a couple years back, his name was Melvin. I will be posting him for a guess the breed, he was really cute and not cute at the same time. I know what he was, but not sure if anyone will get it or not. So look for that one in the next day or so. Hopefully I get to it tonight, not sure just yet if I will though. He developd some agressive behavior and major dominance issues, and I had 3 young kids with a 4th on the way...So I couldnt keep him any longer. I gave him to a rescue, knowing full well with his behavior issues I didnt want him to get in the wrong hands. He went and was fostered with a trainer for quite some time, and they still had a hard time getting him under control. So again im off topic. LOL

So there is her profile. I dont know, to me she looks pretty much all Lhasa accept her face, maybe it was just some really poor breeding?

[Giselle]

Now that's peculiar! Your pup has a heckova better Peke face than mine does, LOL. The nose is definitely not Lhasa now that I see her profile. It could be possible that she is all Lhasa and either comes from some SERIOUSLY bad breeding or, somewhere along the line, one of her ancestors was part Peke. Genetics is not my particular field of interest at the moment, but the muzzle/nose part of the Peke seems to be predominant in mixed breed dogs. Tzus, on the other hand, aren't supposed to have protruding lower lips/chins nor wrinkles. It would seem that if she was a Tzu/Lhasa mix, she'd have a longer nose and no sign of wrinkles. Hehe, it could just be my breed bias popping up, but I wouldn't be surprised if her grandmother was part Peke

I'm usually not one for shaving coats since I love a good grooming session and I adore dogs in show coat, but I can barely keep up with my dog's coat and, as you can see, it isn't very long. When he was a puppy, I kept waiting and waiting for the edges of his coat to reach the floor and I was bitterly disappointed when it didnt. The only part that came close was his wonderfully plumed tail, which I succumbed into clipping after a few years, LOL. I can completely sympathize. I think her fluffy feet make her so much more adorable, as well! It's also a clear trademark of the Lhasa breed, and it's cute as heck!

[emilysgk]

Well you seen Melvin in the guess the breed post..... Thats how back improper breeding can get. In this ladies case, all the dogs were pure in that they never had anything else mixed in, she just kept what she did and breed whatever was ready. So they were getting bad. Its sad because a few of her older dogs, males for the most part, were absolutely beatiful. She could have good dogs. Same for her bostons she had, there were some perfect ones left, but many that were not. She had every size range you could imagine from too big, to too small, thats pretty bad for a breed that has more than one size in the first place. She kept breeding her smaller together...people like little dogs. She had some beautiful brindle bostons, but it got to the point that she never got black and white ones in the litters anymore.... The pugs were good at least. The Rotts never breed when I was there, they were getting a bit old if you ask me. Her Frenchies wouldnt either, she tried insemination and that didnt work either. I got several dogs out of there. I convinced her to let rescues take them, some even paid for the dogs! So they could make her let them go. There was a blind one, a deaf one, and one with pretty advanced heartworm, who also had a pyometra so bad that by time I got hewr to the vet her uterus had burst!! Ugh, it was horrible, I worked hard and rarely got paid. I was there for the dogs. I became an intermediate vet pretty much. I took care of all the sick ones, a few I couldnt save. I tried my hardest though. They used a farm vet, so they rarely kept an animal, you take all there injections and such home with you and administer it all yourself. Oh I could go on and on with stories. I wish I could get back in there some how so I could take my camera with me and get the place shut down. Its not her fault, and I would hate to do it to her. She has severe mental problems, schitzo and all, even was put away once while I was there. Her husband is a druggie who dont care what goes on and leaves it up to her to run the place. They hire young punks who use them for money, and place to stay and to support there own habits. A lot of them dont care what goes on with the dogs.....

I'll stop now. I can get carried away talking about that place. But I know first hand what careless breeding can create.