Mexico City: The Naked Dogs
While we were visiting the home of Dolores Olmedo (see more of this visit in a forthcoming post) in Mexico City recently our guide pointed out a stature of a local breed of dog known locally as the ‘naked dog’ called Xoloitzcuintle or Xolo for short. The weird thing was that around the statue were 5 or 6 real hairless dogs just sitting motionless by the statue! We initially thought that they were all statues until a couple of them moved!
They had a sort of cuteness about them and soon we were all saying how we would like to take one home!
The Mexican hairless dog has been known in Mexico for around 3,000 years, sometimes living as hunting companions and other times being used for food! They have appeared in art and artifacts since the Aztec civilisations.
I've been following your photos on Facebook Heidi. It looks like a brilliant trip. Wish I was there enjoying it with you.
Wish you could have come too Jac and the other girls, It was a fantastic opportunity!
What a cool, cool set of statues! I'm loving following along too!
They were cool, only one was a statue and the others were real!
I really, really want to go to Mexico City – super envious and was drooling over some of our facebook photo's.
Hope you like the posts that will come from the trip!
I’d never even heard of Mexican “naked” dogs! Fascinating little experience, thanks for sharing!
They were so different and really friendly I fell instantly in love with them!