Coat Preference

[uru 341]

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Edited September 11, 2017 by uru

[rippem 455]

I like a broken coat and rough coat..they just don't look better to me, but we're I'm from it gets really cold in the winter and seems to help..and if the quarry gets them there's a little more hair to fill there mouth instead of flesh..jmo...but I've owned some smoth coats that had dense hair also that was nice..as long as the coat is dense it shouldn't matter I wouldn't think.. jmo

[uru 341]

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Edited September 11, 2017 by uru

[taz2010 1,297]

i dont really mind as long as dog does his job,but if i had to pick it would be smoothe haired, hate plucking them rough out in the summer but like i say long as it works doesnt really matter

[dillydog 8,414]

Rough with a double coat and the coat should be harsh not soft.

[dillydog 8,414]

All coats will hold water, but some will shake it off easier. The difference I find with a harsh double coat is it's harder for rain to penatrate it.

This bitch has a soft coat, it doesn't hold out rain but it doesn't affect her work. I don't think we get the weather anymore that should dictate the dogs coats, most people drive to earths in 4x4's or quads to.

[dillydog 8,414]

One last observation, you'll get foxes out in all sorts of weather, in all manner of conditions and temperatures, their coats are as soft as a bag of bollocks though

[foxdropper 17,092]

A bag of bollocks lol.Foxbolter be on this one as that's right up his street .

[neil cooney 10,415]

I've always prefered a good tight rough coat. The type that when you part it you struggle to see the skin.

We rarely leave a terrier in a vehicle and sometimes IMO it's the terrier that's pegged out on a long dig that needs the good coat more than the terrier being dug too.

Ever since I was young and during a blizzard seeing a bull terrier nearly freeze to death while a Wheaten that was pegged close by was very comfortable have I known what I think is the best coat for a working terrier.

[Lew 111]

I don't mind rough or smooth aslong as there not soft and linty. Poor things end up with terrible rubbing sores above there eyes, chest and underneath on there bellys.

[neil cooney 10,415]

 

I've always prefered a good tight rough coat. The type that when you part it you struggle to see the skin.

We rarely leave a terrier in a vehicle and sometimes IMO it's the terrier that's pegged out on a long dig that needs the good coat more than the terrier being dug too.

Ever since I was young and during a blizzard seeing a bull terrier nearly freeze to death while a Wheaten that was pegged close by was very comfortable have I known what I think is the best coat for a working terrier.

Could that have been the skin/pelt of the wheaten neil and not the coat?

 

Soft fluffy coats are horrid in my opinion they get balled up in muck in the morning and wet and they have to carry that with them all day

 

If it's the hide itself then I couldn't think of a tougher hide than that on a proper bull type. It's the coat that keeps a dog warm.

I agree about soft fluffy coats. Good for nothing IMO.

[leethedog 3,071]

Coat like a Brillo pad jumps in cold lakes in winter and a good shake and he is dry

[leethedog 3,071]

Coat like candy floss gets wet with dew and shivers but she is the best worker so it don't mater a shite to me

[leethedog 3,071]

Not a digging dog but this is about coat this lad has stood still many a cold day ferreting without a shiver he has a very strong outer coat and a downy under coat and if left unstriped grows a main like a lion

[Haiddheliwr 1,911]

I like that lee "Brillo pad" that's exactly my type but couldn't think of the right words, spot on mate