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Posted in dog behavior, dog breeds, working retrievers | Tagged Mexican hairless, retrieving dogs, Xoloitzcuintli | 7 Comments

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1. on February 20, 2010 at 11:06 pm Peggy Richter

   They are a bigger dog than most people think, but the video didn’t really show them being particularly athletic or active. Does anyone know of them doing any agility or obedience?
   Peggy Richter.

   
   
   • on February 21, 2010 at 2:24 am Jess

     There are videos of a couple doing agility on youtube.

     Xolos come in three sizes, like Poodles. A friend of mine has a couple of standards and they play rough just like regular dogs. I’d love to have one but I’m not sure how they’d do here in the Land of Excessive Solar Radiation.

     
     
     • on February 21, 2010 at 12:56 pm retrieverman

       Well, they did okay in the region around Mexico, D.F, which I’m sure is even more solar radiated than the Southwestern US.

       Dogs of this type also exist in the Andes, and I’m not read of the ones in the Andes getting much skin cancer.

       These dogs used to exist in huge numbers in Aztec Cities, and they weren’t all very well cared for.

       
       
2. on February 21, 2010 at 12:54 am Viatecio

   I can’t find the specific video clip of the Xolo part in the Nature documentary (Dogs That Changed the World), but the ones in there looked nothing like the dogs in the video. Their skin looked dry and scaley, and the little whisps of fur made them look diseased, and there was no romping or playing…just ambling around in a boring manner. The Xolo in the ball video looks so much better.

   You can see a small snippet of the adults and some of the pups at 2:20, but it doesn’t give justice to just how revolting those particular dogs really look in the show.

   I’ve yet to meet one in real life, but I’d like to. I’m sure they’re delightful pets in the right home.

   
   
3. on February 21, 2010 at 12:57 am Pai

   Xolos are tough buggers, actually. There are Agility CHs, but the breed is so rare you don’t see them very often in general. ‘Gwinn-Dell’s Don Quixote’ is one of the more famous ones: http://xoloaus.info/index.asp?ID=38

   
   
4. on February 21, 2010 at 6:37 pm stone soup diaries

   I’ve met a few intact males that were pretty tough dogs. Remind me of Thai Ridgebacks in temperament.

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5. on February 21, 2010 at 9:04 pm JenniferJ

   Standard xolos are in the guard dog group in FCI.

   Xolos should be very robust. They can be superb athletes. And the dark gray, slate and black ones don’t seem to have any problem with intense solar exposure.

   A friend had a small standard male who could clear 4 feet with out any apparent effort. He also climbed trees. In his case, kelpie is probably a pretty good comparison, at least in terms of physical ability. He was smart, protective and tough.

   
   

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