Bussiness or goodwill?

Photo by Mariana Bazo (Reuters Pictures)

Last autumn a still candidate Barack Obama was offered a Peruvian Hairless Dog by Claudia Gálvez, president of Amigos de los Perros sin Pelo del Perú. I would like to believe that she wants the best for the breed but saturating the media doesn't seem such a great idea. You should read an accurate article written by Sonja Kolijn and posted in her web site http://www.huacaviringo.com/worried.html.

I have always wanted a nice copper peruvian, if possible, a pequeño one. After a few negatives in Europe I decided to acquire the puppy in its native country. We share the same language and I thought it would be easy and practical, on the contrary, it turned into a nightmare...I lost my time, some money and worst, my illusion.

I wrote several times to the Kennel Club Peruano in order to get some adresses of reputed breeders, they never answered. Without any doubt this is not the way to promote the breed and gives a poor first impression of the institution. If we talk about the breeders, most of them do not answer the mails. We wrote to a very well known breeder and judge last summer and we are still waiting for an answer. When they do answer, they talk with their sweet Peruvian accent and promise you whatever...lying does not seem to be a problem.

Please, take a look at the pictures above. It is supossed to be the same puppy at two different stages of growth. The third one from left to right in the first picture. As you can notice the little girl shrinks , loses her blonde hair and changes her colour miraculously on the second picture. "Antes se pilla a un mentiroso que a un cojo" Spanish saying.

It is absolutely necessary to work together. If we do not understand this fact, we are affecting the preservation and development of the breed.

Is this a show quality dog?