Mary Allen
#7 Sometimes lhasa apso was still given, but such offerings were made in exceptional cases and almost always not to Europeans.
That is why dogs came to the Old World only by the end of the 19th century.
#8 An interesting fact: in their homeland, the Lhasa Apso breed was often called dining admirers.
It was believed that Buddhist monks specifically taught dogs to sigh in sorrow in order to pity the believers. Those interested in the reason for the strange sobbing of animals were explained that the dog had not eaten for a long time, but education does not allow him to whine and beg for alms. It is clear that after such stories, the number of monastic donations increased sharply.
