Hello,
Just curious what you would call a coat like this?
I've owned a few GSDs before and have other family and friends with them so am fairly familiar with the breed... but they have all been standard short coats or obvious long coats. My girl seems to kind of be a half and half. As you can see (assuming the photos show up, never uploaded photos before... apologies if I do something wrong :blush she has quite long hair, especially around the neck and shoulders... almost like a mane. Her hair length is noticeably longer than most Shepherds we spend time with. Not sure of the word for it but her ears don't have the fluffy-ness you usually see from long coats.
Both parents did well in shows as short coats. I don't know if it makes a difference but the dad is a German import; the mother an Australian bitch who looking through her lineage is mainly German lines.
I constantly get asked if she is a long coat... everyone who has ever owned a GSD feels the need to come up and tell me that they used to have one and love the breed... but theirs had shorter hair
There are a few long coats at the dog park but they all tell me she is not a long coat... which I agree with... but it is also different to the short coats we bump into (or I have previously owned).
How should I describe her coat? A short coat with long hair :crazy:
Just curious what you would call a coat like this?
I've owned a few GSDs before and have other family and friends with them so am fairly familiar with the breed... but they have all been standard short coats or obvious long coats. My girl seems to kind of be a half and half. As you can see (assuming the photos show up, never uploaded photos before... apologies if I do something wrong :blush she has quite long hair, especially around the neck and shoulders... almost like a mane. Her hair length is noticeably longer than most Shepherds we spend time with. Not sure of the word for it but her ears don't have the fluffy-ness you usually see from long coats.
Both parents did well in shows as short coats. I don't know if it makes a difference but the dad is a German import; the mother an Australian bitch who looking through her lineage is mainly German lines.
I constantly get asked if she is a long coat... everyone who has ever owned a GSD feels the need to come up and tell me that they used to have one and love the breed... but theirs had shorter hair
There are a few long coats at the dog park but they all tell me she is not a long coat... which I agree with... but it is also different to the short coats we bump into (or I have previously owned).
How should I describe her coat? A short coat with long hair :crazy: