Despite their name, experts don’t believe the Chinese Crested dog originated in China. It seems more likely to have emerged from Mexico, which is where Spanish explorers found them in the 1500s. You ...

The Chinese Crested is a unique breed that's renowned for their hairless body and tufts of fur that adorn their head, tail, and feet. For centuries, these little dogs have captured the hearts of dog ...

PETALUMA, Calif. -- Some are born ugly, others achieve ugliness, and some have ugliness thrust upon them. In the case of Scooter, crowned the World's Ugliest Dog Friday, it appears to have been the ...

At first the idea seemed crazy, the thought of owning a hairless dog. Dogs are furry and fluffy creatures, you told yourself, made for petting and nuzzling into their soft and luscious coats. And yet ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Rico Pet Recovery, a nonprofit in central Ohio, said they helped save 27 dogs from a home in west Columbus. The dogs are all the same breed, Chinese crested. The nonprofit said the ...

Scooter’s fluffy ashen mohawk, long ears, wrinkly belly, slack pink tongue and backward hind legs stole the spotlight Friday night as he was named champion of the annual World’s Ugliest Dog Contest.