My friend is planning on getting a Chinese Crested dog. I simply cannot warm up to this creature. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Chinese+crested+photos
Do you think it’s cute or ugly? Also, does anyone know what kind of temperament they have? Not that it matters much to me. It’s still butt ugly as far as I’m concerned.
I think they are cute…but then I think pugs are adorable. 
Don’t know about their temperment.
Fairly cute, but nothing beats my puppy. 
Horrid.
Word.
No self respecting dog should be smaller than the average house cat.
Here’s a particularly nice example of this breed.
Looks like somebody crossed a Dalmatian with a Shetland Pony.
Also looks like the irritating sidekick in a Disney animated flick. And not the Heroe’s sidekick, either. The one that keeps falling down manholes and gets a sack full of hammers dropped on his head.
I find dogs that are too extreme in looks like pugs, bulldogs, hairless dogs, German Shepherds with overangulated hips to be very ugly. Give me a Labrador over a pug anyday.
She wants a little dog so she can paper train him. Small dog, small poo and all that.
*I think I’ll need to stage an intervention. The furry version of this dog isn’t * too bad, but this one is just wrong.
I like pugs, but I agree with Kalhoun. Those things are ugly. If your friend’s concerned about paper training, she could go down to a shelter and get a dog who’s already trained. Besides, I’m not sure how valid the “small dog, small poo” theory is!
CJ
Butt ugly is doing that thing a favor. Scrotum Ugly is a better description.
These little genetic jokes are going for $1800, but she is going to get one through the Chinese Crested rescue group. Who knew there’d even *be * such a thing? I guess people feel the uncontrollable urge to discard them once they get a good look at their naked dogs once the fog of drugs and alcohol has lifted.
And yes, Bus Guy, this dog has reached terminal scrotalosity.
beauty is in the eyes of the beholder, and all that rot.
personally, i don’t think that dog is all that attractive, but if you like it, go with it.
I think we have found here a dog fit for an Evil Overlord. Hail!
The white angora cat was beginning to shed anyways.
OK, I call for attention.
You know how at these boards there always seem to be one person for every topic? Like, even if you have a question that leaves everybody else confused, there will be an odd person to have all the information you need?
Very well.
I grew up next-door to a Chinese Crusted breeder. Everyday when I got home from school, they would bark at me. Every single day. They were about ten of them, and their momma’s lawn was facing the street. As soon as anybody walked past, they would rush against the fence - suddenly you’d have ten furless wannabe-coyotes in your face.
They bark a lot. And they don’t have much personality to back up their unique looks, they are sort of dumb, from what I’ve experienced. I would like to say “they are ugly, but at least they sparkle with their inner warmth”, but I don’t think I can say that and keep a straight face.
Most people like to approach them, 'cause they are very interesting to study and bring forth a sort of gimmicky presense. My neighbour obviously loved them a lot, so I assume that owning a chinese crusted is an aquired taste. If your friend is concidering it, she’s probably the right person already. She should check with anybody living in her house though.
Wow. Thanks for the input! This could be a great deterrent. Her bi-polar brother and invalid 90-year-old mother might really be pissed off about the barking.
Me too. Chinese Crested dogs are just weird-looking and ugly. And I love pugs and bulldogs.
It makes a difference what kind of food you feed them. Premium brands tend to have more digestible material and less filler, so less is left to come out the other end.
Geez…at least spell my name right…
Hideous.
I opened this thread expecting a discussion of Boxers.