Dog breeds for hot climates
In Hermosillo, Mérida or Monterrey in May, the coat matters. There's no solid heat-tolerance data per breed; what there is, is coat and muzzle: these 28 breeds have a short coat, no double coat and a muzzle that isn't flat.
The rule
What they have in common
- Coat length: short
- Coat: smooth or hairless
- Muzzle ≠ flat
28 of 78 directory breeds qualify · 50 don't · 0 have no data for a field in the rule (left out, named below)
The numbers come from each breed's page. Sources (in Spanish)
No dog likes May heat, and this list isn't veterinary advice: shade, water and walks at dawn or dusk apply to every breed.
With their bars
The 28 breeds that qualify
Chihuahua
- Coat length
- short, long
- Coat
- smooth, long
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymarathoner
Dachshund
- Coat length
- short, short, long
- Coat
- smooth, wiry, long
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymiddle of the road
Doberman Pinscher Dóberman
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymarathoner
American Staffordshire Terrier
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymiddle of the road
Miniature Pinscher Pinscher Miniatura
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymarathoner
Xoloitzcuintli Xoloitzcuintle
- Coat length
- hairless, short
- Coat
- hairless, smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymarathoner
Great Dane Gran Danés
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymarathoner
Dogo Argentino
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymarathoner
Chinese Shar-Pei Shar Pei
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymiddle of the road
Russell Terrier Jack Russell Terrier
- Coat length
- short, medium
- Coat
- smooth, wiry
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymarathoner
Neapolitan Mastiff Mastín Napolitano
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energycouch potato
Greyhound Greyhound (Galgo Inglés)
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymarathoner
German Shorthaired Pointer Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymarathoner
Italian Greyhound Galgo Italiano
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymiddle of the road
Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- medium
- Energymarathoner
Collie
- Coat length
- long, short
- Coat
- double coat, smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymiddle of the road
Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Coat length
- short
- Coat
- smooth
- Muzzle
- long
- Energymiddle of the road
And for your life, which one?
A list narrows things down; the recommender crosses your home, your energy, your kids and your neighbors with these same data, in seven questions.
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