Movement Video Clip

This bitch is a 15 month old juvenile. Notice the smooth, effortless action of the suspended trot, with  a level topline and very little vertical motion of the body.  She looks like she is not even trying.  This is the mark of balance and a strong loin that holds a horizontal  topline and through which the strong rear can exercise maximum drive.  

Note how far she reaches under herself with the rear legs, so that the foot is on the ground for the greatest length of the stride.  (Drive only occurs where the rubber meets the road!) Her coat is immature, which  is evident in the lack of rear skirts.

Here is what an English Lhasa Judge had to say about  the video clip:
Just adore that head, everything you want to see in a Lhasa Apso bitch, ultra typey but pretty and regal also.  Coat texture looks good, particularly in the still photo, and she appears to be a wonderful size.

As to the movement she looks as if she could go all day, absolutely effortless, equal reach and drive with the paws almost converging underneath her and moving neither too wide nor too close going away and as far as one can see coming to although she never did come straight at you.  She shows more pad perhaps, and emphasised by the slow motion, than we would see here and find acceptable. Such rear drive would often end in a Shih Tzu flick as very, very few dogs would have the shoulders to absorb the power of the rear which she obviously does as seen from the fluidity of the movement and the perfectly held topline.

Review video clip again