Almost-but-not-quite-went-extinct hairless dogs!

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LIMA, Peru - His eyes gleaming with joy underneath a natural yellow mohawk, Josh the Peruvian Hairless Dog heads out to greet tourists at Lima’s Pucllana ruins.

About the size of an English pointer, Josh and his kin are not guard dogs, instead they are guarded behind the walls of this and other historic monuments on the Peruvian coast — the hairless hound’s habitat for more than 3,000 years.

They are part of the historic scenery here, but the canine breed almost became history several years back.

“Now we can say they are safe, saved by this project, but a few years ago the Peruvian Hairless Dog was under threat of extinction in Peru,” said Pedro Vargas, coordinator of the Huaca Pucllana archeological project excavating an ancient temple site of the Lima civilization dating back to 500.

The breed normally has hair resembling a mohawk on the head and a tail brush, but otherwise has naked dark, very warm skin.

Apparently Isaiah Washington just fired his publicist. Yeah, because that's where the problem lies.

The apology he released to the press sounded like it was written by a marketing committee on diversity.

Is Fresno NoCal or SoCal?

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Will you get a hairless dog to match your hairless cat?

(Another smaller hairless breed is the Chinese Crested.)

Now see, you're just encouraging them. Don't be surprised to find they've dragged a wok onto your head pillow tonight, and filled it with cat litter and shoes.

I don't have a wok. And look! my cats just ruthlessly killed a giant waterbug! Good cats!

ION, hairless dogs and cats freak my shit. Always remind me of that one World's Ugliest Dog. Y'all know the one I'm talking about. The one that made you physically recoil from the screen when its pic popped up.

Fresno is kind of DeadCenterCal -- possibly technically No rather than So, unless you talk to people in places like Eureka and Ukiah, who don't even consider the Bay Area to be No.

They grow grapes in Fresno, which is kind of a NoCally thing to do.

Will you get a hairless dog to match your hairless cat?

My cat is not hairless, but he (being a Devon Rex) has very short, curly hair. I've thought about getting a hairless cat, but I'm sorta' waiting until I live in a place where I control the heat.

Also, those Chinese Crested are cute! What are their personalities like?

Thanks, JZ. I decided to go with No because it was closer to San Francisco than San Diego, which were my "I shall shunt you over to this guy!" options.

Apparently Isaiah Washington just fired his publicist. Yeah, because that's where the problem lies.

Right, it was his publicist who repeated the word "f******" in order to lie about it in front of dozens of press people, on camera, interrupting his boss after the show gets some good press, and among a bunch of people who witnessed him saying it the first time. GENIUS. SNL needs to do a "Really?!" for that.