How your dog can smell a diabetic attack before it strikes - Daily Mail


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How your dog can smell a diabetic attack before it strikes
Daily Mail
In the US, a charity called Paws for Comfort uses a dog breed called Xoloitzcuintli, also known as the Mexican hairless or Xolo, to help people with chronic pain brought on by conditions such as fibromyalgia. All dogs have a naturally high body ...

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Huh? Hairless rats up for adoption in Phoenix - ABC15.com (KNXV-TV)


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Huh? Hairless rats up for adoption in Phoenix
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PHOENIX - Most people know the Arizona Humane Society to be a great place to adopt a new dog or cat, but what's surprising a lot of people is an uncommon animal now available -- hairless RATS! The Humane Society is often called to assist in cases of ...

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STRANGE EVENTS: Seriously weird SoCal happenings - North County Times

STRANGE EVENTS: Seriously weird SoCal happenings
North County Times
Each year, hundreds of costumed dogs and their proud owners show up to compete in the daylong event, which benefits charity. The hairless, dentally challenged and cataract-troubled canines often take the top prizes, but there's a people's choice award ...

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Care teams bring dog back to health - OregonLive.com


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Care teams bring dog back to health
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By Special to The Oregonian When they came to get her, she was skinny, nearly hairless, and tied to a wooden swing set with a short rope. But the worst part was her eyes: blank, hopeless, and so very lonely. Her name then was Hermione -- a moniker ...

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Why Are People Allergic to Dogs and What Makes a Dog Hypoallergenic? - Patch.com

Why Are People Allergic to Dogs and What Makes a Dog Hypoallergenic?
Patch.com
As you can see, some breeds might be called hypoallergenic, but none (even hairless dogs) are truly non-allergenic. Most people think that a hypoallergenic dog means no shedding and no allergens. Unfortunately, that is not true, despite what breeders ...

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Dog wedding in Peru - euronews


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Dog wedding in Peru
euronews
Crowds turned out in Peru's capital, Lima, to watch a pair of enamoured Peruvian Hairless Dogs tie the knot in a dog wedding ceremony. At euronews we believe in the intelligence of our viewers and we think that the mission of a news channel is to ...

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Animal rescue group bids farewell to US-bound dogs - Taipei Times

Animal rescue group bids farewell to US-bound dogs
Taipei Times
Another one, whom they called the “palm-severed dog,” was found snared in a steel-jawed foothold trap, with a puncture wound so deep its bone had been exposed, they said. A “hairless dog” was delivered from New Taipei City's (新北市) Tucheng District ...

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Eric Gomez: Tijuana living a dream in the Mexican playoffs - Yahoo! Sports

Eric Gomez: Tijuana living a dream in the Mexican playoffs
Yahoo! Sports
San Diego's South County is literally plastered with the team's logo, a Xoloitzcuintle, or Mexican Hairless Dog for those of us who have trouble pronouncing words in the Aztec language known as Nahuatl (nah-goo-ah-tul). Cars, homes and shop windows ...

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Listen up, humans, and stop dressing me up - The Herald Journal

Listen up, humans, and stop dressing me up
The Herald Journal
Dogs, well except for those freaky Mexican hairless things, were born with a fur coat. When the fur coat gets too hot, we just shed a little of it. You stupid humans are jealous because you have to keep buying stuff. All I have is a few toys.

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New dog breeds to make debut - Western Advocate

New dog breeds to make debut
Western Advocate
The newest breed in the non sporting group is the Xoloitzcuintle (pronoun- ced show-low-eats-queent -lee) and also known as the Mexican Hairless Dog in some parts of the world. One Portuguese Pode-ngo and one Xoloitz-cuintle have been entered in the ...

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