Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Shar-pei, the wrinkled dog

Most of us must have seen in advertisements, this dog breed that has wrinkles all over the body and absolutely cuddly. This breed is called Shar-pei giving it a meaning "sand skin" and the origin of this dog is from China. As these dogs mature, the wrinkles disappear as they "grow into their skin". This is the traditional Shar-pei. The other variety of Shar-pei is the one that has wrinkles even when they are grown up.

Oh this means that I love the latter one :)