The shaggy coat of this dog may seem like a nightmare for people looking for a pup that won't shed.
Not exact matches
Caring for the
dog's
shaggy coat can consume anywhere from four to six hours or more
of patient brushing and combing each week.
At any rate a Greyhound - like
dog was destined to find its way, perhaps through Persia, to Afghanistan, where it grew a long,
shaggy coat for protection against the harsh climate and found favour with the royal and aristocratic families
of that land.
Some Labradoodles are born with loose curls similar to the Poodle's
coat while others look more like
shaggy retrievers — many
dogs fall somewhere in the middle
of the spectrum.
Blessed with an unmistakably
shaggy coat, the old English sheep
dog has a history
of herding sheep and shedding lots
of hair.
The earliest Retrievers were the water
dogs, characterized by
shaggy, sometimes curly
coats, and probably descended from crosses between the
shaggy herding
dogs of the East and
dogs used for hunting.