Meet Chu-Chu, owned by friends of mine in Switzerland. This is a bitch recently imported from Bhutan.  Her great-great grandfather was bred by the previous king of Bhutan, and was pictured on one of that country's postage stamps.  Note the expression - so similar to Le, one of the original foundation imports.  She stands a little under 10 inches at the shoulder, and is noticably longer than tall.  She has a beautiful almond eye, and a fairly long muzzle.  Her bite is scissor.   Her coat is hard and straight.



These three beauties are "gompa Apsos" from a line of dogs originally obtained from Tibetan refugees years ago.  Mrs. Mumta Khanna and her mother and daughters have been breeding this line of Apsos for 30 years in New Delhi, in northern India.  They have the same almond eyed, terrier type faces as the original imports to the West, and are very similar in type to the Bhutanese, Chu-Chu pictured above.  Again note the hard, straight coats.  Mrs Khanna reports that her males are generally not more than 10 inches high at the shoulder, and her females not more than 9 inches as a rule.  Most of the dogs have level bites, some reverse scissor, some scissor. 


This photo was taken in Bhutan recently.  This handsome gentleman is guarding his 80 year old Tibetan mistress' shop.  He is 15 years old in this photo.  In spite of the cropped coat and lack of grooming, we can still see the wonderful expression and the super coat texture.  He has the significant muzzle length and large nose leather of the typical Tibetan Apso.  The dog has a scissor bite, but obviously has level jaws, as can be seen by the finish of the muzzle.