Judging by the proportions of fancy to ordinary Shutterstock images of this adorable little iteration of Canis lupus familiaris, most people outside the fancy don’t focus on the coat.
Not that they can easily resist other forms of fancy…
Mardi Gras dog, by Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock
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More information:
- American Kennel Club page
- This is not the Lhasa Apso, per its Chinese-language Wikipedia page (autotranslated), although both are called “lion dogs”
- English-language Wikipedia page
- Berkeley on artificial selection
Featured image: Drazen Zigic/Shutterstock
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