Long or short coat? - Page 1

Hi new to this forum can anyone please tell me if my 15 week old GSD puppy will have what sort of a coat? Sire Scotty Vom Haus Christa and Dam Fahari Cleopatra (Sussexwolves Owin line) 

just a guess at this point. pup is fuzzy around ears and my first impression was LC, but further look and seems to be no hair between toes and looks to be normal rest of body.

I'm going SC for now.

Yeah me too, I think its a 'stock' (standard length) coat, though it may turn out to be a good thick 'plush' one, with a lot of furnishings on trousers etc. But probably not going to be long coated.

Although I think I'm right in saying there are quite a few of the Sussexwolves dogs that are longcoats, so I'd not be surprised if your pup carries the genetics and therefore could eventually produce LC offspring, in the fullness of time ...

Hi. Thank you so much for your response.
I was thinking the same thing. I really hope he turns out to be a LC. Had all previous dogs LC.
So cute. No intention of shows or breeding.
His registration papers say LC. Fingers crossed.
Or else only alternative is a wig.
LOL

Good luck trying to find a wig to fit ! ;-) Can't be doing with the untangling, myself - give me a stock coat any day.

You can show longcoats these days too. Not in wigs, tho'.

All the best with him, however he turns out. Let us know how you get on. What else have you got planned for him ?

SSSSssssoooo is there: Stock Coats...Long Coats...and...Plush Coats?

Not really Bob - but you must have noticed over the years that there is some variation in actual hair lengths and 'depths' on stock coated dogs, sometimes the same dog at different ages, or different seasons of the year ! Any dog with a 'normal' short, standard coat can have a thicker, 'plusher' look, with a little heavier feathering on belly and legs, than the next exhibit in the Show ring - or its litter sibling. Luck of the draw. Often 'condition' matters; a dog whose diet and lifestyle, and genetics, suit it really well can look to have more coat, and usually be shinier etc. The short-coated dog to which this does not apply will be a step closer to a faulty 'mole' coat.

No different to people really - I'm sure we have all met some humans who have a greater number of hairs on their head to the square inch than others, thus giving them more luxuriant and thicker locks, even without using thickening cosmetic products.

But what I've been 'taught' by the American fancy, about a preference for 'plush' coats (we don't bother much with the distinction over here in England), is that it is definitely NOT coat so long or heavily furnished as to qualify as 'langstockhaar'.

 

Compare the coats on most Working lines GSDs with that of many AKC S/L !

Thank you for the posts.
Am now convinced he will be a plush coat.
Back home here we call it a medium coat.
Good enough

Yeah but remember there is no such thing as a 'medium' coat in the Breed Standard !

Which country is 'home' ?

Kenya