Their origin dates far back in history. The meat of the Xoloitzcuintle or Xoloitzcuintle in Nahuatl language, Xoloitzcuintle in Spanish was considered a delicacy in pre\u00ad Hispanic Mexico, eaten by the indigenous Mexicans in special ceremonies as a ritual to their beliefs and was regarded as a representative of the god \u201cXolotl\u201d, from which its name obviously originates.<\/p>\n
Its task was to guide the souls of the dead to their eternal destination. Therefore the dog became scarce, reaching a point of near extinction. The Federaci\u00f3n Can\u00f3fila Mexicana (Mexican Kennel Club) rescued this native breed and has used the Xoloitzcuintle on its logo since 1940.<\/p>\n
The hairless variety of the breed is also known by the name \u201cperro\u00a0 \u00a0pel\u00f3n \u00a0mexicano\u201d \u00a0(Mexican \u00a0Hairless \u00a0Dog). The coated variety was known by the natives as \u201citzcuintle\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Xolo is called an outline breed with a harmonious attractive looking dog with graceful movement, well proportioned, both coated and hairless should possess the same characteristics in appearance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":349,"template":"","acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds\/347"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/dmc-breeds"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/dmc-breeds"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogloversfestival.com.au\/directory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}