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Special Recognition, June 2007 
by the Club of Mexican Breeds Xoloitzcuintle & Chihuahueño

 
Best Breeders of 2005
awarded by the mexican kennel club

 

Best Mexican-Bred Dog in all breeds, so far 2008
Our Standard Superstar

World champ, multi-B.I.S. 
 
Tenango (Arena)

Campaign started in March  2008:
- 6 times all-breed Best in Show
- 11  times Best Mexican-Bred in Show
- 18 times Group 1st
                      

Itzcuintlan  Xoloitzcuintles

We're the oldest place in the world specialized in breeding Xolos
Based in Cuernavaca Mexico
 

Rafael & Nayar, Elisa & Alpuyeca, Fidel & Tenango,
3 generations with Intermediate, Miniature and Standard World Champions, in Cuernavaca.

 World Champion 2007
Mexico City, Mexico
best of breed in the intermediate & Miniature varieties

 World Champion 2006
POZNAN, POLAND
Best of breed in the intermediate variety

 

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Xolos should be kept a pure breed, without strange innovations
We breed only top-quality hairless

Standard, Miniature and Intermediate
sized Xolos

 

     For our family’s pleasure, faithful to a millenary tradition and with great pride, we've been devoted for a lifetime to preserve and promote this ancient Mexican breed.

     Over so many years we've learned that the best way to do it is improving the quality of our dogs, generation after generation, and litter after litter.

     Rafael Giménez, the head of our family is considered a living legend in the breed, he and very few other breeders saved the Xolo from extinction and popularized it in Mexico over 4 decades ago.  For several years he traveled to gather "wild" Xolos in the Sierras (2 mountain chains that cross Mexico from north to south), buying them or asking for matings in the remote villages, from their true saviours: the indigenous people of this country.  He made a careful, systematic breeding program with those and with other Xolos inherited from a good friend in the 60's, which already had a long pedigree. This way Itzcuntlan obtained a large breeding stock: over 100 dogs at certain moments of our history, from several bloodlines.

     Placing the dogs carefully with loving families all over the world, and providing the foundation stock for institutional breeding programs in Mexico helped very importantly to spread the breed. Today there's speculation that around 5,000 Xolos survive in the world, of which 4,000 are in Mexico, and practically every reputable breeder has our pedigree in the background of their dogs.

     The second generation of Xolo breeders of our family was born among Xolos, breeds them and shows them with wonderful results, and now the kids of the third generation are handling only Xolos in shows, socializing the puppies better than anyone, learning how to produce fine Xolos, and they already have a taste for quality, so we know some day they will breed too, which makes us very proud. Together we own around 50 Xolos of the three sizes, most of them champions, and this is our only breed.

     We've always shown Xolos in conformation in the Mexican Kennel Club (FCM) shows and in other countries as well, with great success: several of our Xolos have been # 1 in the breed in Mexico in the 3 different varieties. We believe conformation shows are like final exams for bloodlines and breeding programs, they provide the opportunity to compare the quality we produce, against the "perfect dog" described by the official standard, according to the Judges' opinions.

     Last year our breedings gave us the honor of wining Best of Breed in the Miniature and in the Intermediate varieties in FCI’s World Championship Show held on May 27th in Mexico City, judging the very reputable all-breed Mexican Judge Dr. César Gutiérrez Pérez, appointed by FCM (National club of the country of origin of the breed) for his expertise, having judged before a breed specialty show in Mexico City, written articles, and represented Mexico in conferences about the Xoloitzcuintle in other countries.  Another one of our breedings was awarded Best of Breed and Nordic Winner in Sweden.

What about 2008? This year our dogs have won several group firsts and 5 all-breed Best in Shows. We'll attend the World Show in Stockholm Sweden and some shows in Europe in July; at least three of our boys residing in Europe will be shown all over the Continent, one out of England, another one out of Poland and another one out of Sweden; and a beautiful girl will be shown out of Israel.

Breeding purebred dogs is an art, it's not intended for merchants

     Now the breed is no longer at risk of extinction, the goal of all Xolo-Breeders should be the improvement of the quality, temperament and health of our dogs, not just to increase the numbers without specific purposes. Selective breeding, and careful choosing of the homes Xolos will go to, are the keys. If you want to breed Please be responsible!

    We strongly oppose the breeding, selling and showing of haired descendants of Xolos (called "coateds", being really mix-breds, descendants of the hybridation with haired dogs that xolos suffered for centuries). They're a result of careless breeding, reflect impurity of the breed, and now they're seen as a business. We beg the owners of Xolos to refuse mating them to haired dogs of any kind, in order to keep the bloodlines pure.

     We encourage very much every prospective Xolo owner to read thoroughly the breed standard and  never buy a dog from the money-hungry puppy mills and backyard "breeders" that pretend to make a living out of this special and beautiful breed. There's no worse mistake than buying a dog from these people or their brokers. Contact several references before choosing a breeder and deal directly with him/her.

BEFORE YOU GET A XOLO YOU SHOULD KNOW:

Only the hairless can be shown in official Dog shows
in Mexico and in FCI affiliated countries

  • Miniatures go from 25 up to 35 centimeters  (9 ¾ - 13 ¾ inches) measured to the withers;

  • Intermediates go from 36 up to 45 cms. (13 ¾ - 17 ¾ in.), and

  • Standards go from 46 up to 60 cms., (17 ¾ - 23 1/2 in.)

Also, you should know the faults prescribed by the Official Breed Standard:

FAULTS:

 

     Any departure from the foregoing criteria should be considered a fault and the seriousness with which the fault should be regarded should be in exact proportion to its degree and its effect upon the health and welfare of the dog.

  • Very broad head.

  • In the Hairless Xoloitzcuintle variety, the presence of hair in parts of the body not specified above.

  • Slack, loose or wrinkled skin in adult dogs.

  • Loose, slack or wrinkled skin on the neck in adult dogs.

  • Excessive dewlap.

  • Light colored, round or protruding eyes.

  • Sunken croup.

  • Cow hocks  [literally “joined hocks”].

  • Tail tightly curled over the back.

  • Short tail.

  • Flat feet.

SEVERE FAULTS:

 
  • Atypical dogs.

  • Long narrow body with short legs.

  • Protruding tongue.

 

DISQUALIFYING FAULTS:

 

  • Aggressiveness or excessive shyness.

  • Blue eyes or flecks of blue in the eyes.

  • Any Hairless or Coated Xoloitzcuintle with prognathism or enognathism.

  • Dogs with a poor bite, denoted by poor positioning of the jaws.

  • Cropped or droopy ears, in the Hairless Xoloitzcuintle.

  • Docked tail.

  • Hair on any part of the hairless Xoloitzcuintle body other than the head, ears, neck, feet and tail.

  • Albinism, blindness or deafness.

  • Dogs taller than 62 centimeters or shorter than 25 centimeters.

     Any dog showing physical or behavioral abnormalities shall be disqualified.

      N.B.:  Males should have two testicles of normal appearance fully descended into the scrotum.

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