Doggust day 3: Xoloitzcuintle (sholo-itz-queent-lee), an ancient Mexican hairless breed with evidence of its existence dating back 3500 years and named for Xolotl, the Aztec guide for the dead ☠️
I love this breed, the coated ones that occur are especially fascinating to me. Also, in my reading about them this is a really interesting bit of research: Pre-Columbian origins of Native American dog breeds, with only limited replacement by European dogs, confirmed by mtDNA analysis (2013)
Doggust day 31: Borzoi
I drew the sketch for this on the 4th day and have just been waiting. ↓→ Thanks everyone for celebrating a 5th Doggust with me!!
Day 15 of doggust is the Bernese Mountain Dog! Special shout out to Guinness my friend from my local dog park, he was such a good boy and modeled for me!