Bichon Frise vs Lhasa Apso

Marketed as 'hypoallergenic' and easy, but that curly coat needs professional grooming roughly every four weeks for the dog's entire life or it mats painfully down to the skin, and the breed carries a real, well-documented risk of luxating kneecaps and lifelong dental crowding that small-dog buyers routinely underestimate.

Lhasa Apsos were bred as indoor watchdogs for Tibetan monasteries, not laid-back lapdogs, and breed sources are direct that they have low tolerance for rough handling and will nip at children who don't treat them gently — a poor match for toddlers despite the appealing lapdog looks.