Editing Lhasa Apso (section)

== History ==
The Lhasa Apso is a thousand-year-old breed that historically served as sentinels at palaces and monasteries isolated high in the Himalayas of [[Tibet]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/lhasa-apso/ |website=American Kennel Club |access-date=23 March 2023 |title=Lhasa Apso Dog Breed Information }}</ref> In the early twentieth century some Tibetan dogs were brought to the United Kingdom by military men returning from the Indian subcontinent. These were of mixed types, similar either to what would become the Lhasa Apso or to what would become the [[Tibetan Terrier]]; they were collectively known as "Lhasa Terriers".{{r|clark|page=294}}

The first American pair of Lhasas were a gift from [[Thubten Gyatso, 13th Dalai Lama]] to [[C. Suydam Cutting]], arriving in the [[United States]] in 1933. Mr. Cutting had traveled to Tibet and met the Dalai Lama.<ref>{{cite book |title=Lhasa Apsos |first1=Stephen |last1=Wehrmann |publisher=Barrons Educational Service Publisher |year=2002 |isbn=0-7641-1958-3 |url-access=registration |url=https://archive.org/details/lhasaapsosbarron00step }}</ref> At the time, there was only one Lhasa Apso registered in England.<ref>{{citation |title=Dog of the Year |work=[[New York (magazine)|New York]] |first=Leslie |last=Aldige |pages=32–34 |date=22 July 1968 }}</ref> The [[American Kennel Club]] officially accepted the breed in 1935 in the [[Terrier Group]], and in 1959 transferred the breed to the [[Non-Sporting Group]].<ref>[http://www.akc.org/breeds/lhasa_apso/history.cfm "Lhasa Apso History"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112212659/http://www.akc.org/breeds/lhasa_apso/history.cfm |date=2014-11-12 }}, American Kennel Club</ref> In the UK, they are placed in the [[Utility Group]].

The breed was definitively accepted by the [[Fédération Cynologique Internationale]] in 1960.{{r|fci}}