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/>Tibetan Collie<br />Apso Do Khyi<br />Baan Gaddi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Origin</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;padding-right:0.65em;">Breed status</th><td class="infobox-data" style="line-height:1.3em;">Not recognised as a <a href="/wiki/Dog_breed" title="Dog breed">breed</a> by any major <a href="/wiki/Kennel_club" title="Kennel club">kennel club</a>.</td></tr><tr style="padding:0;"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="line-height:1.3em;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table collapsible"><tbody><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#d3d3a4;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;">Traits</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Height</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 63–71 cm (25–28 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Weight</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> 32–41 kg (71–90 lb)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coat</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Heavy double coat; rough-wiry especially over the eyes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colour</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data"> Typically black with pale extremities</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="background-color: #d3d3a4;"><span class="vernacular">Dog</span> (<span class="trinominal"><a href="/wiki/Domestic_dog" class="mw-redirect" title="Domestic dog">domestic dog</a></span>)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Tibetan Kyi Apso</b> (<a href="/wiki/Lhasa_Tibetan" title="Lhasa Tibetan">Tibetan</a>: འདོགས་ཁྱི; Wylie: 'dogs khyi) is a medium to large sized <a href="/wiki/Dog_breed" title="Dog breed">breed</a> of <a href="/wiki/Livestock_guardian_dog" title="Livestock guardian dog">livestock guardian dog</a> originating from <a href="/wiki/Tibet" title="Tibet">Tibet</a> and <a href="/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">the Himalayas</a>. It is considered an ancient and rare landrace, similar in appearance and stature to its relative, the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Mastiff" title="Tibetan Mastiff">Tibetan Mastiff</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Description">Description</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tibetan_Kyi_Apso&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Description"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When compared to the standard Tibetan Mastiff, the Kyi Apso has a lighter, shaggier appearance; the breed has a bearded muzzle without sagging dewlaps, no excessive facial wrinkles, long hairy ears, comparatively long legs, a more slender body and a fully curled tail.<sup id="cite_ref-Alderton_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alderton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fogle_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fogle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Messerchmidt_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Messerchmidt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2020)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The breed typically stands between 63 and 71 centimetres (25 and 28 in) tall and weighs between 32 and 41 kilograms (71 and 90 lb), the long double coat is usually black with lighter coloured extremities, although other colours are seen including greys, browns, reds and tans.<sup id="cite_ref-Alderton_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alderton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fogle_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fogle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An athletic breed, the Tibetan Kyi Apso has a distinctive rolling, bouncy trot and a deep resonant bark.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed is considered independent, highly intelligent, alert and energetic; it is particularly stubborn and territorial, is instinctively wary of strangers and aggressive towards intruders.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tibetan_Kyi_Apso&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Tibetan Kyi Apso's traditional range is on the <a href="/wiki/Tibetan_Plateau" title="Tibetan Plateau">Tibetan Plateau</a> near <a href="/wiki/Mount_Kailash" title="Mount Kailash">Mount Kailash</a>, it is said the breed has been present in its home range since antiquity.<sup id="cite_ref-Alderton_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alderton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fogle_3-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fogle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It believed that it diverged from the Tibetan Mastiff as a distinct, bearded variety at some point. In its home range the breed was traditionally kept to protect livestock from predators as well as to guard their master's homes and settlements.<sup id="cite_ref-Alderton_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Alderton-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Fogle_3-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fogle-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The breed's <a href="/wiki/Pashmina" class="mw-redirect" title="Pashmina">Pashmina</a> has traditionally been saved and used to weave small carpets.<sup id="cite_ref-Messerchmidt_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Messerchmidt-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (September 2020)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The breed was unknown to the west before 1937 when an example belonging to the <a href="/wiki/13th_Dalai_Lama" title="13th Dalai Lama">13th Dalai Lama</a> was photographed by Mrs Eric Bailey, the wife of a British diplomat attached to the British Diplomatic Mission in <a href="/wiki/Lhasa" title="Lhasa">Lhasa</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Morris_4-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Morris-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the 1970s American field workers operating in North-West Nepal observed some in the possession of traders, in subsequent years different American field workers managed to acquire two puppies in the vicinity of Mount Kailash although it was not until the 1990s when six specimens were smuggled out of Tibet to the United States and a breed club was formed. 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