How can you tell if your lhasa apso is a purebred?

Question

please help and not write something domb and not to the point thank you would like replys as soon as possible
i have a lhasa apso that i got when it was 5 the owner died and my cousin gave it to me so i wanted to know if it was a purebred

Answer 1

Ask for a linear pedigree from the breeder, if possible. Any registry papers from the AKC would be helpful to an extent. Look in your area for breed clubs (specifically, in this case, a Lhasa breed club) and see what some of the other enthusiasts think. Ask your vet and groomer what they think. Or look for yourself and find the AKC breed profile (either online or look in Barnes and Noble for "The Complete Dog Book" published by the American Kennel Club) and compare your dog to the conformation requirements in there.

Answer 2

Purebred Lhasa Apso

Answer 3

a six generation pedigree doesnt mean squat. Any dog can have a pedigree. Now if she had six generations of champions, were two years old, pointed or finished, and had gone through all genetic testing (OFA/CERF/heart/thyroid and other breed specific testing) that would be different. Breeding does not make money, unless you do it incorrectly. What you are wanting to do is be a back yard breeder and just throw together two dogs that you think will make you some extra cash. unfortunatly, you arent thinking about the millions of dogs in shelters dying because of people like you, the health problems you will be introducing to the breed, and the dangers you will be putting your dog through. It takes years to research breeding dogs and to find the right stud. And breeding mutts is NEVER ok. "designer dogs" is just a fancy name for a good old mutt, something available to anyone at the animal shelter. In fact, 1 out of ever 3 mutts born to a "designer breeder" will end up at a shelter. Do her a favor, and for her health, and generations of suffering animals, spay her. The world does not need more badly breed Lhasas, or mutts. The only people who should be breeding dogs are people who have dogs that will produce offspring to better improve their breed. I show dogs and I might have one litter every 3-5 years, depending on what I have and what I want to breed. I have a champion afghan hound that is 3 and has had all genetic testing and I have spent over a year researching the right stud for her in and out of this country, to compliment her faults, and I still havent found the perfect one. It will probably be another year before I find one. And I have spent thousands getting her ready and planning, have you? There is also an unspoken rule with good breeders- for every dog you breed, you had better rescue 10. There is more to breeding then just throwing a male and female together in your backyard, and then putting an add in the paper when the dogs are 6 weeks old. Do some research, get some books, and go visit an animal control or two, and read up on gas chambers and other horrors. Then, make an appointment to spay your dog, and enjoy her as a pet, which is what she is.

Answer 4

DNA can NOT tell you if a dog is a purebred or waht breed it is. Without the registration papers there is really no way to know 100% for sure. A Lhasa Apso breeder may be able to tell you taht they "think" it's purebred if you have them evalaute your dog.

Answer 5

You won't know for sure unless you have its pedigree. You need its AKC papers to order it from the AKC.
Here is the link to the AKC page
http://www.akc.org/breeds/lhasa_apso/
You can compare your dog's characteristics with the characteristics listed on the web page and make an educated guess.

There is no sort of easy test that you can give it. I guess if you took DNA you could figure it out, but I don't know where and how you would get that done.

Answer 6

ask the breeder for a family history for the dog and they should be able to give you one since its a pedigree dog and that should show you that it a pure breed

Answer 7

well, did the owner have any paperwork on the dog? like a pedigree, AKC reg. papers, vet records, or anything? Have your cousin check for papers.

Why do you care?

Answer 8

If you don't have papers, it isn't pure bred. Hardcore breeders tattoo their dog's ears or microchip them.. check these things ifyou're still not sure.