“The Xoloitzcuintle is a silent and c alm dog, cheerful, alert and intelligent, he might be suspicious toward strangers, he is a good watchdog and an excellent companion. He is never aggressive. The coated variety should be equal in every aspect”
Quoted from FCI standard n°234. It describes the breed the registry recognises, not any individual animal.
Nobody has written this side yet. It is a judgement rather than data, so it waits for a person — not for a missing source.
Drawn from sources rather than written as an opinion — cited health research, the registry’s own standard, and peer-reviewed longevity. FCI breed standard. One breeder’s animals can differ from any of it, and an empty column means we hold nothing for that side rather than that there is nothing to say.
FCI standard · Xoloitzcuintle
As the FCI standard sets it out. Every line below is the standard’s own wording, tagged preferred.
Hairless variety: The characteristic of this breed is the total lack of hair on the body (hairless or nude dog) although there are some short, coarse thick hairs of any colour on the forehead and back of the neck that should never be longer than 2.5 centimetres and should never form a long, soft topknot.
It is common to find coarse hair on the feet and on the end of the tail
however its absence should not be penalized.
Coated Variety: This variety has hair all over its body.
It can be expected to have very little hair on its belly and inside the rear legs.
The hair should be short, flat, preferably smooth and with no undercoat
Preferred, permissible, undesirable and disqualifying are FCI’s own words about the breed. They describe what the standard asks for — not an assessment of any individual dog, and not ours.
Measured at 15+ months · Height at the withers (cm)
Height at the withers. There are three sizes for males as well as females, so the standard states one range per variety.
One range per size, for both sexes.
Height at the withers in cm. Transcribed from FCI standard n°234, read 2026-08-31.
Shortened from FCI standard n°234 — each label is the standard’s own wording with the verdict lifted into the tag beside it. Read the full clause at source.
FCI divides the Xoloitzcuintle into these varieties, listed in the registry's own words. Depending on the breed they separate colour, coat, size or line — they are not a full list of colours, which no registry we hold publishes. Ask a breeder which variety their line is.
Breed-level information from The Dog API. It describes the Xoloitzcuintle in general; any individual animal can differ.
No breed-specific health panel has been written up for the Xoloitzcuintle on this platform yet. That is a gap in our records, not a clean bill of health — ask the breeder which hereditary conditions their lines are tested for, and ask to see the results for both parents, dated and from a named laboratory.
This is where Xoloitzcuintle owners’ own photographs will go, from the pet profiles they keep here. Nobody has added one to a public page yet.
A photograph in a pet profile stays private to its owner. We will not put one here unless they ask us to.
No Xoloitzcuintle breeder has a record on this platform yet, so there is nothing to list. That is a gap in our coverage, not a fact about the breed.
