I dont know if my dog is a shitzu or a lhasa apso how do i tell the difference?

Question

WE bought him at the pound and they said he was a stray and that ahe awas a shitzu but my vet wrote shitzu then scratched it out and put lhasa apso!! im soo confused !! please help me!

Answer 1

At my clinic we do shihtzu and lhasa rescue, i guess a couple ways to tell would be 1. underbite, all shihtzus have it 2. shihtzus have eyes that pop out of their heads, theyre not in the eye socket like a lhasas would be 3. shihtzus are stalkier, lhasas are usually thinner, mostly you can tell the difference in the face, shitzus will have an underbite, bigger, bulging eyes, and a very short snout, while lhasas will have a longer snout, and normal eyes. Hope this helps.

Answer 2

I have worked around dogs my whole life, these days it's so hard to tell the difference because of overbreeding. Lhasas are stalkier than shih tzus, a little heavier. Lhasas are supposed to be bigger than shih tzus, but that's not the case anymore. If you have a dog without papers it's almost impossible to tell the difference.

Answer 3

If you can get a hold of some one that breed one of the kind not both. See if it looks like it then go to a breeder that breeds the other breed and see what your dog is most like.Your dog might be a mix too.

Answer 4

go to the akc website and look at the diffenrece in the two breed of dogs..also a vet may be able to tell you

Answer 5

Look on-line and see what the differences are and figure out what you have. Also sometimes they are mixed together so it could be a mix of both. Or call your vet and talk to them about it.

Answer 6

Go to the AKC site & READ THE BREED STANDARDS!

The odds are very high that you have a mutt.