Lhasa Apso

My first meeting with the Lhasa Apso breed was on a trip to England, visiting the famous Crufts Dog show at Earls Court. I fell immediately in love with the Lhasa Apso and knew I will have this breed in my live.

I have shown the Lhasa Apso breed at Crufts in 89 Earls Court Hall his name was Lingstoc Bruf my Lingstoc Midas won Best of Breed Crufts in 87.

In the country I lived those days, there were just a few Lhasa Apso breeders which didn't breed much. So I waited till I was in the Netherlands and search for good kennels. The attitude and temperament of the Lhasa Apso is for great importance, the nobility of the Lhasa Apso is liked the Afghans. Lhasa Apsos are little Afghans, and really they are.

The dog shows I like a lot and especially showing the Lhasa Apso breed. Interesting part for me and my husband Frank is dog breeding for the best quality within the breed standard. I do like to breed  with great importance issues for the Lhasa Apso: the Lhasa Apso type, Oriëntal expression head, sound movement, soundness in conformation overall and good quality of coat.

My husband likes the puppies very much and they all love him. The Lhasa Apso puppies play a lot with him and puppies knows him very well.  Frank is a big support for me, he is a science animal geneticist and educated in veterinarian medicine, which helps me a great deal.

My first Lhasa Apso dogs were females, Nykita and Madonna. Madonna became my basic brood bitch, the foundation of my kennel for many years. My Lhasa Apso bloodlines are based on old American and European bloodlines, the EL Minja's Lhasa Apso dogs are found in numerous kennels world wide.