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Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/7/2024 (lemmy.nz)
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Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yeah that's true, fair call. I'll just imagine it looked like this cutie.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I had the feeling that link was going to be to some kind of a Chinese Crested cross but I hadn't seen that particular one!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I stumbled across it the other day, I can't actually remember what I was doing.

Are Chinese Crested dogs that famous? I can't remember hearing of them before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

You were browsing potential pets to get for your kids. Or maybe reading about Deadpool.

Nope they're fairly obscure, it's just I've noticed over the years that any pup that wins Ugliest Dog is almost invariably some kind of Chinese Crested mix!

Recent examples: Scooter and Mr Happy Face

But I really should add a link to Sam from 2005.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Haha wow, that Sam!

Is the tongue hanging out thing typical of Chinese Crested dogs? It seems to be common in "ugly" dogs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

No I think it's only when it goes wrong. They are meant to look more like this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Odd. I wonder what it is that makes these win all the ugly dog competitions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I have a theory there's a recessive gene or two in there that can easily become expressed. So probably a quirk of inbreeding for that particular breed.