If you Google Chinese Crested Rescue, the first page alone brings up 9 rescue organizations. I am on 2 Xolo lists and several members have rescued Cresteds and rescued Xolos. Petfinders has 283 Chinese Crested listed for California. People abuse and abandon all breeds of dogs, regardless of the rarity of the breed. I did get a good, sardonic laugh once when I asked some Poodle people about a local Poodle rescue. They informed me that Poodles don't need Rescues!! Good thing my rescued mini, Missy, and rescued toy, Little Man Tate, didn't know that they didn't "need a rescue!" Paula, 247 days and counting Home of BIS, BISS, Multi-Group Winning, 2 Time AKC JAM/AOE, Intern'l & Am CH, Silver Grand Champion Asgard Harley Davidson, HT, PT, CGC, TC, HIC, OFA CHIC #64047 (Hips, Elbows, Cardiac, & Thyroid),.1st male GSD Grand Champion. 2010 #1 GSD in California, Lifetime #1 GSD in Michigan, 2010 #1 GSD male in USA (AKC GCH Stats), 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Invitee. 2010-2011-Lifetime AKC Eukanuba invitee. 2 Time Cruft's Invitee. ---------- Original Message ---------- From: crosswind45 <crosswind45@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Dogs Rule Date: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 19:28:17 -0800 I might be wrong, but didn't the shelter dog ad have a purebred Chinese crested swimming around the swimming pool? Not many of those in a shelter--or anywhere else. What was their point? ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================