breed information

The hairless variety is the most commonly known when Chinese Crested comes to mind. Ideally, the hair  grows on the extremities. 

The hair on the head is called the "crest", the hair on the feet is called the "socks" and the hair on the tail is called the "plume". 

That being said, the hairless variety comes in deferent degrees of body hair.

A common example to use in order to easier get a mental picture if you will is to refer to men's beards...

• Some sport a full thick beard (the hairly hairless)- (must shave to obtain a clean look),

• Some have a medium amount (the medium/hairly hairless)-(must shave to obtain a clean look).

• Some have a pattern (must shave to obtain a clean look) but on the other hand some only have just a few whiskers (no shaving needed or very little to tidy up).

As you may imagine, the look is very different, still all are hairless. 

The skin color can be from a solid black to spotted to almost white.  Generally Cresteds with lighter skin are more sensitive to the sun.  I use Neutrogena sunscreen spray on my kids when going for longer period of outdoor activities.

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