.com Forum · Lhasa Apso

On my basic account, 1j2e3f, I got two lhasa starter boys with MASKS, a dead color gene. On this account I will be color breeding as soon as I sell some of my Newfies. The boys will be up for stud in 5 days. I plan on putting them at stud for $50. They are only starter quality, but they're the only living masked lhasas from what I can tell.

Also, sorry for the shouting title. As a color breeder this excites me!

I have a girl and two boys with masks. Didn't know this was a dead gene.

Really? I spend about two weeks in the breed, looking for the phantom masked gene.

Once I get rid of some Newfies and get my account back to premium I'll be color breeding.

From my observations Parti and Red colored lhasas are pretty much nonexistent, but the genes are there. White and black tans are uncommon, but present.

OTOH, mask carriers can only come from other mask carriers. So if there aren't any masks or mask carriers, they cannot be bred. And outside of source dogs and their immediate offspring there aren't any masks.

Oh, I haven't looked much at current SOP dogs. Since Lhasas seemed like such a dead breed, I just dug right on in without worrying about colors. I do have some parti, white, and black and tan. And I happen to have a red girl. All of them are offspring of starters though. I do have studs up and will put them up as they come of age.