Many people with allergies also do well with
hairless breeds like the American Hairless Terrier or the Chinese Crested Hairless.
Not exact matches
Hairless cat
breeds like the Sphynx may seem bald but they actually have a layer of fine coat that is not visible to the naked eye.
The list for these types of dogs includes Poodles, Shih Tzus and Yorkshire Terriers, mostly
hairless dogs
like the Chinese Crested, and larger
breeds like Portuguese Water Dogs and Schnauzers.
Like other
hairless breeds, the AHT comes in two varieties (
hairless & coated).
And if you love the idea of a canine pet, don't
like the smell or even the feel of fur, a
hairless breed could be ideal.
However, certain
breeds like the Chinese Crested dog are
hairless.
In fact, I'd
like no shedding at all, but the only
breeds that don't shed at all are
hairless breeds.
But smaller
breeds have their problems as well,
like the Bashkir Curly where many breeders continue to use and promote the use of
hairless (extreme / baldy *) horses in
breeding based on the anecdote that they are homozygous for the curly coat gene; these are horses who are defenseless to weather extremes (head & cold) and bugs (no manes, no tail hair, many times large swaths of their body
hairless as well).
Italian for «baby», Bambino is an apt name for these adorable kitten -
like hairless cats that were
bred to remain small right through adult life.
Whereas some
breeds — just
like the «
hairless» sphinx — are mentioned to be much less likely to set off symptoms of cat allergic reactions than others, any cat has the potential to trigger problems.
Like most
hairless dog breeds, the Chinese crested comes in two varieties, with and without fur, which are born in the same litter: the Powderpuff and the H
hairless dog
breeds, the Chinese crested comes in two varieties, with and without fur, which are born in the same litter: the Powderpuff and the
HairlessHairless.
Although they look
like two different
breeds it is possible to have both
hairless and powderpuff in the same litter as the lack of hair is a result of complicated genetics best left for another day.