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In reply to the discussion: What is your favorite dog breed and why? [View all]at140
(6,110 posts)For starters Lhasa's shed very very little. There is nothing more annoying than a couch full of dog hair when I visit other people with dogs.
Lhasa's were bred in Tibet to catch mice inside grain storage structures, so they can accelerate amazingly fast. I could not throw a tennis ball fast enough inside a long hallway before it hit the end of hall. The dogs caught it first!
Another characteristic of Lhasa dogs is their keen hearing. They are incredibly good burglar alarms. And our last Lhasa was a 10 lb female and she loved to sit on our laps and her very long hair stayed silky soft until the day she passed away at age 16. Being so small their feeding cost is low. Only weak point in these dogs is their eyes. I cleaned their eyes every few days to prevent infections.