Smooth or rough coat.

[Dranny GLC 112]

I'm looking at getting a puppy and not sure if I should get a smooth or a rough coat collie x. Any surgestion or is it just personal preferences.

[sandymere 8,263]

Rough hides a multitude of sins to a degree but can also mask injuries.

A good tight, double smooth coat is weather resistant and reasonably warm with easy maintenance in our increasingly wet and muddy land.

 

I would concentrate on breed for purpose rather than coat type ie whippety animal for rabbits etc.

Edited December 5, 2012 by sandymere

[chris k 205]

ive only ever had rough coats BUT i do live up in the hills of west yorkshire. so it gets windy and bloody cold up here

[big napper 3,606]

100% rough coat, you can always strip it out when weather gets warm.

[patterdalejoel 669]

we went up on the dales the other week with a chap with a big rough beddy bred lurcher, and he said he could never imagine a smooth or whippet coated dog coping up there on long shifts, and he does a lot of purse netting so his dog does a lot of standing around rather than running. up to you if the parents do it get whichever pup you want.

[skycat 6,173]

Most Collie crosses which appear smooth actually have a double coat, the inner coat remaining dry in all but the very worst weather. I've had smooth coated Collie types whose undercoat acts as good insulation and stays dry even after a swim. But of course, the more Greyhound you put into the mix, the less coat the dog will have.

[wuyang 513]

I've got a first cross border collie greyhound, what a fantastic coat she's got, short but so dense and is low maintenance. Not all rough coats are good, a lot but not all of bedlingtons lurchers have terrible rough coats.

 

[Terrier Sam 297]

From my experience from my own and my mates dogs I would say to go for breeding that has a decent skin i.e. collie cross, bedlington cross etc.

 

I have a whippet and he would only have to look at a bit of barbed wire and he would get a rip. 9 times out of 10 if you see the cut straight after it's happened it looks fine but by the time your got back to the car/house it's got bigger due to their tight skin.

 

My beddy cross on the other hand, has much better skin and although he's only 11 months he's had cuts that would require stitches or staples for whippet.

 

Just my opinion and I'm just going from my own experiences but I hope it helps

 

ATB

 

Sam

 

Edited to spell stitches correctly

Edited December 5, 2012 by Terrierman Sam

[Carraghs Gem 1,675]

I prefer the old fashioned hairy breeds but i have a smooth coated sal x here and he has a shorter better coat than any greyhound or whippet ive seen, he has the advantage that you can wipe the muck off him with a sponge, he doesnt seem affected badly by the cold and its as cold here as it is in east of england the disadvantage is any scars are easily seen... He has a few so far caused by brambles mainly

[robwelsh 354]

My bitch also is smooth but dense. One minute she's wet , then drys off really quick. When she's muddy as fook, within half hr she's looking clean again. I don't know if she has that double coat you mention, she has deer and collie in her..?

I prefer a coat of the deerhound rather than the beddy x also. But I wouldn't pick a dog for its coat first.

[wi11ow 2,657]

bit of a jacket helps in cold wet days and nites

[skycat 6,173]

The toughest skin I've ever seen is on the Airedale and her daughters: they've dragged themselves over barbed wire so many times and barely left a scratch where most dogs would have been ripped wide open.

[baw 4,360]

I think anyone who is looking to get a puppy rather than a pup, might prefer one of the long coated toy breeds

[troter58 1,711]

I think anyone who is looking to get a puppy rather than a pup, might prefer one of the long coated toy breeds

:laugh: nice to see your back baw

[baw 4,360]

Lol cheers troter