Chinese Crested Dog

It is fun having a new puppy and if only I had a pound for every time people have asked me what breed my new puppy is I would be a rich woman. In fact when I answer, as I sometimes do, that he is a Powderpuff I get some very strange responses indeed. So to wind back the clock a bit I have always loved dogs, years ago I used to breed and show Great Danes but I gave that up when I got divorced and got the 'pensioners' to live with me and my ex had the breeding animals. Not that I am complaining, I adored my pensioners and in any event as I had to work full time at that point it was kinder to let ... more

Chinese Crested Dogs are rather an "Acquired Taste" - people tend either to love 'em or hate 'em due to their unusual appearance. They are a small dog; in height akin to the toy poodle/Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, and there are two distinct body types, namely the cobby type and the deer type. The former is as the name suggests a squarer and slightly heavier build than the latter, which looks like a VERY miniature greyhound in shape. Just to confuse matters further there are two very different types of CCD where fur is concerned too. The variety this opinion deals with is the Hairless; but ... more