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If your family loves dogs
but struggles with allergies
to hair, a hairless dog breed
may be the option for you.
Be sure to check out
rescues and shelters first!

Leonardo's
family rescued
xolo Dante from a
shelter. Dante loves
to lick people's
faces!

and guided by an ancient, hairless breed of wild. “They’re always trying to figure out what
dog called the xoloitzcuintli (show-low-eats- you’re going to do next,” says Lawson.
QUEENT-lee), or xolo (show-low) for short. In If your family is interested in bringing a xolo into
the Aztec language, it means “dog of Xolotl,” your home, Lawson says to look to organizations
the god of lightning and death. Kay Lawson, that know the breed, such as Naked K9 & Small Dog
rescue coordinator for the Xoloitzcuintli Club Rescue. Or find a responsible breeder who gives the
of America, who worked with Pixar behind the puppies proper care and teaches them to be social
scenes, understands why Aztecs prized xolos. with people. “And make sure you follow through
“They are very warm to the touch — not having with training,” she says, because these
a fur coat to insulate them,” Lawson says. “They intelligent dogs will challenge you.
will cuddle on you like a living hot water bottle. “You have to be ready for it.”
And they’re devoted to their owners.” She recalls
one of her own xolos, Rumor, not leaving her side
when Lawson spent five days ill in bed. “Now you Xolos
have a buddy who protects you and makes you at Pixar
feel better. Of course, the Aztecs also thought
they had mystical healing powers.” Follow this QR code to
Intelligence is also high on the list of a xolo’s watch a video tour of
qualities. Today’s dogs still have some of their xolos at the Pixar studio!
ancient ancestors’ instincts for surviving in the

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