Adult Coat
 My baby has grown his adult coat.
I've noticed when brushing lately there is a lot of hair in the brush. I thought maybe I was brushing too hard and pulling his undercoat out. I took him for a cut and groom this morning and mentioned to the groomer that he is losing hair and maybe growing his adult coat. When I picked him up she told me she got tons of dead hair out of him....confirmed, my baby is a man. He'll always be my baby... |
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LOL - same thing here. As the LAST remnants were working loose this fall, I noticed he had funky skin there too. Almost like cradle cap in a baby. 
Yay, I have a man dog now too!!!  |
| How old are Chewie and Simon? I know it happens at different speeds with different dogs, it's just out of interest. |
| Chewie was 2 in April. |
| Congrats on the adult dog, now if they would act like it. On second thought that would take the fun out of havinng an OES.
I have noticed when brushing Obe some short darker hairs starting to come in/grow. Is this the start of the adult coat? |
| aww crumbs another 7 months here then! |
| Me too. Nigel is 16 months and the baby fur matting is almost daily. He goes to the groomers this week and I am trying to grow out his coat from the clip down in March. Ugh...I hate this part. |
| Does the coat ever get managable? I have heard several say they groom once a week! When can I expect this miracle to occur? |
| I was wondering about that, as well. Bella is almost 2 1/2. Lately her coat mats like when she blew her puppy coat..Is this about the right time for her to start getting her adult coat? How much time for the transition? Do the adult coats come in darker? I hope not, she is a pretty silvery gray now. When I brush her I get lots of hair in the brush and her undercoat seems to come out in clumps.....is this normal? |
| It is the undercoat that drives me nuts...it does clump up like little cotton balls. I am using a comb and a mat rake almost daily right now...I want to keep Nigel's coat long if I can...he is so cute and fluffy now. |
| I hate to rain on your parade but not all OES coats are alike. I have one boy at home that has a very correct coat. He can go without grooming for a week & not have much more than a few small mats here & there. He'll be 4 years old in about 6 weeks.
I have a girl that I have come over every 5 days for a thorough grooming. Her coat will mat to the skin if left go more than 5 days. Her coat isn't incorrect, just not as coarse & harsh as the boy's. She will be 3 years old in less than a month. I've had dogs in-between these 2 also. Pretty much what you have to do is figure out which one has what coat & adjust your grooming schedule accordingly. Also, what is a "good enough" grooming for one person once a week isn't good enough for the next person. It pretty much boils down to what condition you want your dog in. |
| I agree about different coats, but Nigel is 18 months old and his coat is changing. I think he will have a correct coat when it is done, as the adult hairs seem to easiest to deal with. He is blowing his puppy coat big time now, so I have constant grooming. My last OES was from a byb who did all the proper health testing, but his coat was awful. His undercoat was still balling up constantly at 4 1/2. Unfortunately he didn't live much past that, so I don't know if it would have ever gotten better. I am sure it's all genetics and the harsh coat is much easier to groom, so I am looking forward to an easier time of it once his big boy coat is all in. |
| My Tiggy's only 9 months old and everyone at the park (well all the women) pat her and go ape about how beautiful and soft she is. She doesnt matt too much except behind her ears where she's all long and silky. She's starting to grow more wirey grey hair along her back and butt (she looks like she stayed out on a frosty night) and her legs are going silvery grey. Is the grey on her legs the colour she will turn all over as she gets older? Her mum was grey and her dad blue. |
| What colour were her parents? it should be a good indication of what to expect, Archie is very similar to his dad
This is his dad http://www.macopabobtails.co.uk/Buddy%2 ... _small.jpg and this is currently how Archie is going  |
| Both so very handsome and with a gorgeous big fluffy tail just like Tiggy.
Tig's mum was grey and her dad blue so I'm waiting to see what colour she turns out |
Mim wrote: My Tiggy's only 9 months old and everyone at the park (well all the women) pat her and go ape about how beautiful and soft she is. She doesnt matt too much except behind her ears where she's all long and silky. She's starting to grow more wirey grey hair along her back and butt (she looks like she stayed out on a frosty night)
and her legs are going silvery grey. Is the grey on her legs the colour she will turn all over as she gets older? Her mum was grey and her dad blue.That's the exact same situation I'm in now with Bally except he's 5 and a half months. I guess everyone's right about it happening at different times! He has his wirey grey hairs in a line down his back and across his butt a softer grey hairs all up the joints in his legs. Plus one giant grey spot in the middle of his tail which looks really silly. Same situation with the different coloured parents to, so I'll have to wait and see |
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