chinese crested?

[primabella]

last night i was watching the eukuneuba(sp?) dog show and noticed the chinese crested dog. if anyone knows, can you please tell me if these dogs really have just some hair at the top, around the legs and on the tail, or is that only for show? just curious...thanks!

[Cincy'sMom]

There are two types of Chinese crested, hairless which has some hair on the head, feet, tail and chest, and the Powderpuff which actaully does have hair. One of our trainers has a hairless crested, and he is just too cute!!!

[primabella]

i see...thanks!

[wolfsoul]

i heard that u can get ones with no hair at all too, although ive never seen one....maybe its rare?

[Desert Arabian]

And...did you know, that Crested's sweat through their skin instead of pant!!!! That's kinda cool & weird.

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by YellowLabLover
And...did you know, that Crested's sweat through their skin instead of pant!!!! That's kinda cool & weird.

woah wacko....i wonder if xoloitzquintles do that too? anybody know?

[weiwei_uk]

what is xoloitzquintles ?
anyway I think chinese crested are special, especially the hairless ones. They do need special cream for their skin to avoid sunburn just like us human

[Desert Arabian]

They are a Mexican hairless breed. They are larger than Chinese Cresteds.

[wolfsoul]

Originally posted by weiwei_uk
what is xoloitzquintles ?
anyway I think chinese crested are special, especially the hairless ones. They do need special cream for their skin to avoid sunburn just like us human

oops sorry i never knew u asked that...yellowlablover is right, they r mexican hairlesses....also known as xolos, but i like to use the whole word cuz it sounds cool lol

[iwuvsmypuppy]

honestly i wouldnt want to own one but im glad somebody does cuz all puppies need to be loved!!!!!

[oodlesofpoodles]

the crested have 2 styles one is the powder puff hair all over the body looks like just what they call it a powder puff then theres the hairless they have hair on their heads tail and legs some will have a few strands on the body the hairless have to use sun screen in the summer as they will sunburn they will get black heads in their pores and some have skin problems you can breed two hairless and get a powder puff in the litter. a friend of mine ownes 5 of them they are really neat little dogs used in obe training and agility great little therpy dogs. one of hers is a sevice dog he goes everywhere with her. hope this answers your question. they are really neat.

[wolfsoul]

http://www.tonnerie.com/PERLE2.jpg

http://www.animalforum.com/dbreed/images/zpdtocrest.jpg

http://www.chinesecrested.com/images/tinkhlm.jpg

[tikeyas_mom]

some have long fluffy hair ..

some have hardly any hair..

see see

i personally never seen one bald ..

[tikeyas_mom]

honestly i wouldnt want to own one but im glad somebody does cuz all puppies need to be loved!!!!!

why wouldent you want to own on e?? because they are weired looking .. thats shamefull... I want one ..I have never seen them sold here befor .. (its unfortunate)

[Desert Arabian]

Why do you always have to question someone for not liking a breed of dog?? If somebody does like a dog breed, the don't like it. They don't have to love every breed out there. I don't that's for sure.

"Why do you not want to one one? Because they are weird looking...that's shameful."

That's just plain rude.


I personally think they are kind of cute at a glance- it would take me a while to get used to them though.