How to tell the Peruvians they have ugly dogs.
Completely bald and older than the Incas, the Peruvian hairless dog seems like an odd fit for the White House.
But Peruvians are mindful of President-elect Barack Obama’s preference for a hypoallergenic breed due to his daughter Malia’s allergies _ and say the dark, rough-skinned pooch with large ears and a pointy snout could be just the solution.
[…] The Friends of the Peruvian Hairless Dog Association responded on Monday, sending a letter to the U.S. Embassy in Peru offering the Obama family a 4-month-old pup that responds to “Machu Picchu,” the name of Peru’s famed Inca citadel.
“My family also has suffered from … not being able to have a pet because my son and I are asthmatic, so we thought it would be ideal for him (Obama) to have a dog like ours,” said association president Claudia Galvez.
Galvez, who has lived with six dogs of the breed for eight years, says being hairless has its benefits: The dogs are flealess and relatively odorless, too.
Well, it would deal with the allergy problems, and is arguably a better choice than a naked mole rat.