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Tibetan Spaniel - Dog Breed Height, Weight, Color, History and Description

  • 26/11/2010

Description: The Tibetan Spaniel has a domed head that is small, in comparison to the body. It has a short blunt muzzle. Teeth meet in an undershot or level bite. The nose is black. The eyes are medium but in keeping with the face and are set wide apart, these are oval in shape. The Tibetan Spaniel does not have extra skin around the eyes and this helps to tell the breed apart from the Pekingese. The ears hang down either side of the head to cheek level and are feathered. The neck is covered in a mane of hair, which is more noticeable in the dog of the breed.

The Tibetan Spaniel front legs are a little bowed and the feet are hare-like. This dog has a great feathered tail that is set high and is carried over their back. This breed grows to 10 inches and the weight is 9-15 pounds. The coat is a silky double coat lying flat and is short and smooth on the face and leg fronts, it is medium in length on the body and has feathering on the ears, toes and tail. The Tibetan Spaniel dog can come in all colours and be solid, shaded and multi- coloured. Colour's that is seen is red, fawn, gold, white, cream, black and tan, black often there is white markings on the feet. The Tibetan Spaniels' life expectancy is 12-15 years.

History: The Tibetan Spaniel breed comes as the name suggests from Tibet. These dogs have descended from China and other Buddhist countries. This is an ancient breed with history going back over 2000 years. Eastern art dating to about 1100BC shows this dog. Most small Asian dogs can track back to the Tibetan Spaniel in their genetic pool. This dog was highly regarded in Tibets history and was given as a gift to royal houses which is how the Tibetan Spaniel spread throughout Asia. The dogs' job was to turn the prayer wheel for their master, as the master prayed. They were also used as watchdogs in the monasteries, sitting up on the high walls and warning the monks if they saw anything that they thought didn't fit with the life around them. The breed first went to England in the 1800's and then to America and were recognized by the AKC in 1983.

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