Talk:Peruvian Hairless Dog

message: AKC and UKC regonize (at least provisionally) the Peruvian Inca Orchid. None of the English-language KCs seem to recognize Peruvian Hairless Dog.  According to The New Encyclopedia of the Dog (Fogle), there are separate breeds distinguished primarily by skin color and size:
*Peruvian Inca Orchid aka Moonflower Dog aka Perro Flora has white or pinkish skin primarily
*Inca Hairless Dog (Miniature) aka Peruvian Hairless have dark skin and are 9-18 lbs
*Inca Hairless Dog (Grande) aka Peruvian Hairless Dog, Perro Sin Pelo del Peru is mostly solid colr of either black or dark brown and weighs 26-55 lbs
*Inca Hairless Dog (Medio) aka Peruvian Hairless Dog aka Perro Sin Pelo del Peruand is 18-26 lbs
The Encyclopedia of Dog Breeds' (Cunliffe) lists 
*Hairless Dog (from Peru) aka Peruvian Harless Dog aka Inca Hairless
* but notes "another Peruvian breed is the Inca Orchid but some people consider this the same breed..."  and "In the Inca Orchid there are two varieties--hairless and coated..."
So I'm separating these breeds into at least into the Peruvian Hairless Dog and the Peruvian Inca Orchid.  Elf | Talk 21:54, 17 Feb 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: How many breeds?

message: In Kim Possible, the "side kick" Ron Stoppable has a "Naked Mole Rat" which he enters in a dog show under the guise of a "Peruvian Hairless". I'm wondering if this information is usable in this article? Gohst 04:33, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, not applicable to this article - maybe in the Kim Possible article.    - Trysha (talk) 10:26, 1 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Kim Possible

message: Here's a news article with a photo of one that looks quite different from the photos in the Wikipedia article -- less of an elegant body shape and the distinctive hairdo.
I wonder if this is the natural type and the show dog type has been specially bred in recent years for elegance?
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-2559928,00.html —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 75.7.19.78 (talk) 06:24, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text:  This is indeed an example of the "type" hairless dog, instead of the "breed" hairless dog. I know the dog there, we have foto's of him too. Is is wonderfully constructed and has a full set of teeth (which is very rare). But his father is not a hairless dog, but just some coated dog that is not related to hairless dogs.
This type of dog can be encountered a lot in Peru. Especially in the ruins at the coast where there is an obligatory rule that hairless dogs should be kept in the ruins.
Problems with this kind of dogs is, that you cannot predict it's decendants. Often this dogs give puppies with very short legs, that look like a dachshund in stead of a sighthound. vanzetti 18:38, 22 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that dog is refered to as a Hairless Khala.. --Ltshears (talk) 19:20, 7 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  News Article for Reference 

message: Why are the Peruvian Hairless and Peruvian Inca Orchid not seperate breeds on Wikipedia? But they are seperate breeds in my dog book  --Ltshears (talk) 22:05, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Also i have been told by a Hairless Khala owner that the Perro sin del peru is also a seperate breed.. So they are actually 3 seperate breeds.. The Peruvian Inca Orchid (a US breed), the Inca Hairless Dog and the Perro sin del peru.. I wish someone who had knowledge on these breeds could comment on  whether this is true or not. It seems that most online sites lump all 3 together as the same breed. and i have found a few who seperate them, but unsure on what is the correct way. Thanks --Ltshears (talk) 21:49, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: it seems that until this can be determined i suposse they should stay lumped together. --Ltshears (talk) 22:12, 18 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Why not seperate. 

message: It'd be nice to include a picture of the fully-coated version. Tad Lincoln (talk) 09:33, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fully-coated picture 

message: a 2:1 hairless to hair ratio would indicate that hairlessness is homozygous lethal and dominant, not recessive.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.71.10.207 (talk) 00:01, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Genetic Makeup