Many small partners have the most headache of raising dogs, may be the problem of dogs shedding hair, especially in their annual molting season, for those owners who raise dogs that are easy to dehair, it is simply the arrival of a nightmare, the dog at this time as long as it is a slight activity, the whole house, whether it is on the sofa or on the bed, or even in the corner, will fly off the hair, perhaps it is for this reason, VIP department and other dogs that are not too hairless will be so popular with people!
So is there such a dog, hairless, like a hairless cat (Sphinx cat), the answer is yes. What Xiaomei wants to introduce to you here is this hairless dog--- Mexican hairless dog.
Mexican Hairless Dog
<h1>Basic information about Mexican hairless dogs</h1>
Mexican Hairless Dogs, also known as Zoroz Indy Dogs, Standard Mexican Hairless Dogs, And Standard Zoroz Indilis, are one of the earliest dogs in the world.
The breed is divided into three types: mini, standard, and medium. (The classification criteria of different associations are different, and the three body types are determined according to the FCI standard.)
Shoulder height: 28cm~31cm (mini type), 41cm~57cm (standard type); 30cm~38cm (medium);
Weight: 4kg~8kg (mini type); 9kg~14kg (standard type); 6kg~10kg (medium type).
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The breed is lively and friendly, cheerful and quiet, more wary of strangers, is a cute pet dog, noble temperament, elegant posture, different from the general hound or terrier.
It is worth noting that the Mexican Hairless Dog differs from other dogs in that the dog's way of barking is "crying", not "barking".
<h1>Empress Dowager Cixi's warm bed dog</h1>
In our consciousness, the dog that Empress Dowager Cixi likes should be a Jingba dog or a Beijing dog, but do you know your friends? The Mexican Hairless Dog is also Cixi's favorite, because the dog is hairless, it will not contaminate the sheets when placed on the bed, and because the body temperature of the dog breed is higher than that of other dog breeds, the Mexican Hairless Dog is often used by Cixi to warm the bed.
Cixi and her Jingba dog
<h1>The historical Mexican hairless dog</h1>
Although the Mexican hairless dog has existed for a long time, the status of this breed has not been very high in history, and in most cases they have been used as food and sacrificial goods.
Among the animals domesticated by the ancient Mesoamericans, the Mexican hairless dog, like the turkey, is the only animal that will be used as food, and after the Spanish colonists conquered Mexico in the 16th century, they almost ate the breed, fortunately, some local residents in the interior of Mexico at that time were still breeding, which preserved the breeding source.
The mexican hairless dog (xoloitzcuintle) is a combination of two words in the Aztec language: Xolotl is the "god of lightning and death"; itzcuintli is "dog". According to Aztec mythology, lightning and the dog of death were created by gods to protect the living and guide the souls of the dead through the underworld, which is why 75% of graves in colima, Mexico, and the nearby states of Nayarit and Jalisco have hairless pottery in their graves.
Mexican hairless dog pottery unearthed from the grave
The little boy in "Dream Quest" also entered the underworld through a hairless dog
Note: In 1956, the Mexican Kennel Club only recognized the breed, although the number of dogs is not very large, but after all, it is in a period of revival, and it will slowly get better.