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Subject: Re: How frail are Chinese Crested Dogs (Young)

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Lee McCartney

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Date Posted: 13:02:13 08/29/07 Wed
In reply to: Cyndi 's message, "How frail are Chinese Crested Dogs (Young)" on 18:14:02 08/28/07 Tue

Generally speaking, Cresteds are not frail when they come from good breeding background and have a nice healthy start in their puppy years. Obviously, if these dogs are from a BYB the chances that they have done any genetic testing on the sire and dam is slim to none. It is impossible to say whether or not the ones you're considering adopting will have any leg issues. My first Crestie was a rescued 6 mo. old female puff who was very malnourished & had no muscle tone from being crated/kenneled 24/7...she snapped her front leg on my hardwood floors 3 days after I adopted her. This wasn't a result of jumping, she merely ran after a toy & her little leg just snapped. I got very lucky and it did not require surgery and, other than being a touch on the crooked side, you'd never know she ever broke her leg.

Genetic background & early life nutrition plays a HUGE role here and unless you can get answers to those questions, it's a crapshoot.

As for getting along with your other dogs, there's no way of knowing without putting the dogs together in a neutral setting to see how they react to one another. I will tell you that in my experience, CC females generally have no problem standing up for themselves once comfortable in their surroundings and, in many cases, go on to be the "alpha bitch" in their new homes. CC girlies can be quite headstrong. I tell people my female (who is also my first rescue girl that broke her leg) puff is the reason they call female dogs bitches....cuz she is and she doesn't let ANYONE forget it.

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