Quote:
Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx
#2 looks like it should be fronting an 80's cover band. LOL
They are adorable! What lead you to taking on, mostly, hairless dogs?
|
We bought one with hair - it's the dominant, but least desirable, coat trait. They call them "powder puffs" and most CC breeders cull them because people will pay a lot more money for a hairless dog so they don't want them to remain in the bloodline.
We had him for a couple of years when the ARL got in the two pictured. The truly hairless ones require a great deal of care - they sunburn, they freeze, etc. You have to clothe them. You have to lotion them so their skin doesn't get too dry because they don't have the same oil glands that a regular dog has. Plus these two were geriatric, not house trained, in need of a monthly prescription bill that would make your grandma blush, and so on.
The ARL listed them and instantly had more interested than any dogs in the history of the shelter and they panicked. They didn't want to send special needs dogs home to just anyone, let along dogs that most people only want for the "novelty". They knew we had experience with the breed, so they asked us if we would take them.
Here's a pic of all 3 of them together - the powder puff, Kuku, is on the left. Yes, all three of them are the same breed.
