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Hw can find the long coat pup in the litter?in wch age?need a best tip. thanks .

For the most part you can identify the long coat pups by the hair on the ears or actually right behind the ear. The hairs tend to be longer in nature than the hairs surronding them. Chris Orkies vom GrimOrkie http://www.orkies.com

hello you can tell by there heads as thay look a bit diffrent like a little owl or terrier with longer hair thay look so fluffy at about 5 weeks you normaly can tell for sure also on the hind legs and hocks the hair is a bit longer, as also the neck and inbetween the pads, round the neck and ears hope this helps good luck

The biggest difference that I have found in true long coats is a lack of an undercoat. This is what diminishes their "weatherproofing" so greatly and why this is an undesirable trait. It can also be hard to tell a true "coat" before the pup blows his first coat.

Subhani, You can start to tell by 2 weeks as the coat at this age looks silky and lays flat on their heads and muzzel which gives their faces a seal like appearance. Whereas the head hair of the short coats at this age stands up which could actually make you think they were the ones with the long hair. By 4wks (in well coated litters) most look the same except the heads, which you should remember to view from front to see this and not from the side, still have a silky look on the muzzle and more of a hightened dome look at the top. By 5-6wks the coats on the long coats are now of sufficient length to do the 'parting test'. To do this run your finger nail down the pups back and on a long coat it will leave an impression, you can then part the hair downwards on each side of the impression and the parting will lay there. You will not be able to make a 'Parting' impression by doing the same test on a short coat - this is because the undercoat just causes the top hairs to spring straight back into place. Hope this helps. All the Best Sue B

A true long coat can be proven as early as six (6) weeks. As was said above, the hairs on the backs of the ears are much longer than normal and are "fluffy". The entire face may appear round because of the long, fluffy hair. Also as was mentioned before the hairs on the "pants" of the hind legs are very long. The coat can have a distinct wave to it. But, that is a longcoat, and only time will determine whether it is a longcoat with an undercoat, or without an undercoat. The other coats, short stock, stock, long stock (plush) are much harder to determine at a very young age. As ProudShepherdPoppa mentioned, one may need to wait until the coat blows in order to make an accurate determination. It could well be as many as six (6) or nine (9) months before the final coat is determined. Bob-O

Is short stock coat a single coated GSD?

Ryken1, the short stock coat is a normal coat with a full undercoat. It is still show quality, but most like the stock coat or the "show" coat (borderline plush better. Bob-O

If you have a young puppy that looks to be a super star and you are confused about whether it is a longcoat or a highly preferred plushcoat, you do have an immediate solution now available. If you decide that it would be very worthwhile for you to know for sure right away if the dog is a long-coat or not, this can be tested DNA by painlessly taking 4 cotton cheek swabs of loose cheek cells from inside the puppies mouth between the lip and teeth and send them into the testing lab for a DNA test which will tell you in 10 days (for sure)one of three thjings: the dog is a non-longcoat and not a carrier; a non-longcoat and a carrier; or a long-coat (often called a double-carrier because it has a pair of these longcoat genes, one from each of its parents, and will always transmit one longcoat gene to all offspring of any of its matings). The fee for this DNA test is $58 and they will send you a test kit for free if you contact them. This is a perfect $58 solution.

although never bred a litter n my own name alwayys found long coat pups to have heads shaped like spades