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So far in China crested dog is considered a symbol of being the hosts. In the book Joan Palmer, "Your Dog" are fairly accurate information about the origin of this breed. By 1966, this breed is almost considered to be lost, there was only a few specimens were brought to Britain. Currently, Chinese crested dog was quite widespread, this species was the responsibility of the various clubs, both in Britain and around the world. It is in the UK has been developed the first standard of this breed and the British are considered the founders of the breed standard. The similarities in their external features of the Chinese Crested with Mexico are the cause of the dispute handlers who came from whom. Result skull dog that lived in 1500 BC in Mexico suggest that still dogs originated from China Xolo, as in China, similar skulls were found on two thousand years later. How dogs came to China, history is silent.
Origin of the Chinese Crested dog naked wrapped in myths and legends. It is believed that numerous hairless breeds originated in Africa, hence the name of the genus Canis Africanus. They lived in Mexico, China, Turkey, Peru, Ethiopia, Paraguay, Argentina, on the Caribbean Ostrava and the Philippines. In the 900-1200gg AD to the naked dogs treated with special respect. They were considered one of the ten symbols of good belonging to the Kingdom of God Ketsakoatlya, vsedobreyshego. Ancient Toltec believed love this dog to its owner the most perfect manifestation of unselfish love. Chinese crested breed is often confused with Mexican naked, and vice-versa. In fact, there are many naked dog breeds, which include large ksoloyttskuintli, dog Inca, Abyssinian desert dog, greyhound Turkish, African and Indian elephant dog rampurskaya greyhound.
Naked and down
Chinese crested dog has two varieties: Hairless and downy. Hairless dog - warm to the touch, her skin soft and smooth. She does not have zpaha and very clean. Do bare in dogs with a thick tuft often abundant on the back along the spine is belt rudimentnyh hair, which the exhibition will be deleted. Completely naked specimens are also acceptable. Also, can meet the bare specimens with extreme degrees of hair distribution - semikoty that look like slightly covered with hair "puff". In a down dog no strong seasonal molt, except for that period when it is replaced by a puppy coat, complete the formation of coat lasts them up to 18 months. While the dog need an thorough daily care. Anatomically "puffs" and bare specimens nothing from each other is different. In order to verify that a dog is genetically a bare or downy, you just need to look into her mouth. If the dog belongs to the naked, she did present an incomplete set of teeth, often lacking some of the premolars, incisors are often not included and canines are directed forward, and "puhovok" - the complete set of normal teeth.
Myths about the Chinese Crested dog
The first of the legends. Long ago, in a dense forest the dog had found someone had left the baby. It was very cold. To warm a human child, the dog threw at him all his fluffy hair. The finder of the child's parents were so grateful to the dog for saving his child that decided to take a rescuer in your home. God is good to hear about it, ever leave a dog naked, and people ordered never to see her leave. Yet, since then naked dogs with puppies are born naked and down to at the right time again to share their hair with a man.
The second legend. Once, in a deep, deep antiquity, all dogs were without a coat. One of them guarding the entrance to Eden (paradise). One day the devil wanted to go into this Garden of Eden. But the dog did not let him. Then the devil let loose on her fierce cold. The dog shook all his naked body. And the devil offered her a warm fur coat, if she will miss him in Eden. Freezes dog long disagreed, but could not withstand the cold and succumbed to the persuasions of evil spirits. Fur coat permanently rooted to her ... The Devil entered into paradise, and tempted Adam and Eve. Since then the human race is ... And God cursed the dog, traitor and ordered her descendants are considered dirty. That is why to this day the dogs allowed to enter the Temple. If so, suddenly, it happens, the church is corrupted and it shall be purified and a new consecration.