Longcoat-working - Page 2

It may be of interest to all that if one spends a long time in Germany, then he will eventually see several longcoats working for the local police departments or the railway police. Not that the longcoats are "better", but they are usually cheaper on the intial purchase because they have a very minor (longcoat with undercoat) fault, or a more serious (longcoat with no undercoat) fault that prevents them from working in the conformation ring. It is difficult to escape the occassional appearance of a longcoat, as in the early days of the S.V. it was considered to be a qualified conformation coat, along with the wirecoat that is virtually non-existant today. The longcoat has prevailed, and is a long way from completely vanishing. Personally, I do not consider the longcoat (with an undercoat) to be a poor example of the breed, and it is usually a very attractive animal in my opinion. I do find fault (as far as conformation) with the dog that lacks an undercoat, as that dog does not have the weather resistance to safety perform work in most weather conditions. Bob-O

Neo - well, excuse me! I KNOW that the LC is a fault. And that there are different categories of "coatedness". And all the other stuff about coats, and colour and so on. The point is that they don't get approved, because it is not a trait that is wanted.