The post How to care for your new Xoloitzcuintli puppy appeared first on Dog's Best Life. Getting a new Xoloitzcuintli puppy is both an exciting and stressful time. You can expect to have chewed shoes ...

No matter how long a pet has been in your life, saying goodbye for the last time in this lifetime will tear your heart in half. It truly feels as if part of you leaves the Earth with them, but ...

If you’ve seen Disney-Pixar’s Coco, chances are you fell in love with Dante — the quirky, loyal dog who accompanies Miguel on his magical journey through the Land of the Dead. But did you know Dante ...

MEXICO CITY — Mezcal is not your ordinary pet. Hundreds of years ago the Latin American Indigenous group, the Nahuas, believed that a hairless dog like him, a Xoloitzcuintle, was a sacred creature ...

MEXICO CITY - Sleek with batlike ears, the hairless Xoloitzcuintles (show-low-ee-SQUINT-lees) look more like cartoon characters than canines. This rare breed's history dates back to the Aztecs, and it ...

Museum folklorist Cynthia Vid­aurri presents a talk on the xoloitzcuintli, commonly referred to as the Mexican hairless, an ancient dog breed that is deeply engrained in the culture and cosmologies of ...