Congratulations and good luck for the future!
I know what you mean about getting a little discouraged. We have been there also!
Steve.
Liyah's First Shows
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Oh my!! I could never own one of those….I'd always want to dye that mohawk and gel it into spikes:D
Congratulations on your first show. Sounds like Liyah and you had a good time:)
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Everyone that guessed Xolo is correct. She is 1.5 years old. What a sweetie. Evidently they can have real dodgy temperaments, but this one was really nice. Her 2 littermate brothers have hair. She is the standard size, but they come in 2 other sizes - intermediate (similar in size to a basenji) and miniature. The hairless versions don't always have all their teeth…the one in the picture didn't have canines and some of her molars. Strange to see a dog without canines.
Thanks for all the kind words about Liyah's first show...I definitely don't do her justice so I'm sure I need more work than she does. :D:D I was laughing with some friends that between the 2 of us, I'll still be showing her in 2012. :D:eek:
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Congrats on the sweeps placement
And I feel your pain in the other placements 
I was going to guess Xolo also…they are some WEIRD looking dogs. I don't like the idea of missing teeth...doesn't seem like a healthy mutation... -
Congrats on your first shows! I would say if Liyah is overly happy and playful in the ring, then that is a good problem to have. Can't wait to see the picture.
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Great job to you and Liyah! Don't worry, you'll have it figured out in no time.
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Thanks Andrea, Clay & Kelli!
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I was going to guess Xolo also…they are some WEIRD looking dogs. I don't like the idea of missing teeth...doesn't seem like a healthy mutation...
I know…doesn't seem healthy and very strange to see a dog missing so many teeth. We were talking with her owner and a professional handler from Mexico...between the 2 of them, they could answer everything we could think of to ask. We asked about the teeth and they were telling us that they were herbivors back in Aztec times. The professional handler was saying that they don't have the same problem with the fatal gene that hairless Chinese Cresteds do...they don't have to breed to bring hair back in.
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Congrats on the sweeps placement
And I feel your pain in the other placements I was going to guess Xolo also…they are some WEIRD looking dogs. I don't like the idea of missing teeth...doesn't seem like a healthy mutation...Peruvians also lack teeth a lot of times.
Also some basenjis do lack p1 for example as a lot of other breeds, did you know that they found ancient skulls of dogs in egypt that lacked teeth as well? It seemed to be the case in these ancient breeds for thousends of years and it doesnt hurt a dog when he or she misses 1 or 2 teeth, ofcourse I agree that full dentition would we the best, but people should not penalize a dog for missing 1 or 2 teeth , especially not when it considers p1, because those teeth never has been of any use anyway and they. But that is my humble opinion
I dont mind using a dog in my breeding with missing teeth ( 3 max. though ) when the dog is perfect otherwise, and when the female has her complete dentition and preferable her parents and the dogs parents as well.The professional handler was saying that they don't have the same problem with the fatal gene that hairless Chinese Cresteds do…they don't have to breed to bring hair back in.
they dont have to breed with the powder puffs in the chinese cresteds as well, the story about the fatal gene in hairless dogs, regardless what breed ( xolo peruvian, chinese crested ) is nonsens.
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We asked about the teeth and they were telling us that they were herbivors back in Aztec times.
how funny, never heard of that, makes me wonder why they should not need teeth for eating veggies? they need to chew them too right?
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how funny, never heard of that, makes me wonder why they should not need teeth for eating veggies? they need to chew them too right?
yeah…that is a load
that would mean that cows, horses, gorillas? wouldn't need teeth...I agree that dogs probably shouldn't be penalized for missing an incisor...but does it lead to missing molars (big problem for crunching bones)...and missing canines (big problem for catching prey)?
I don't know, because I haven't run across more than one Basenji that was missing an incisor.
