Which fur do you prefer?

[IRescue452]

Smooth haired
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/basset.jpg

Short haired
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/Pembroke_Welsh_Corgi.jpg

Wire haired
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/sznaucer_miniatura.jpg

Medium coat
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/Flat-Coated_Retriever.jpg

Long coat
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=cocker+spaniel/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=12crl2vv7/EXP=1126648606/*-http%3A//www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/Cocker_Spaniel.jpg

Hairless
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/Chinski_Grzywacz.jpg

Corded
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=komondor/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=128gcpu8k/EXP=1126649102/*-http%3A//www.informme.net/family/dogbreed/komondor.jpg

Human-like
http://www.tegiet.onsi.pl/images/rasy/Silky_Terrier.jpg

Curly coat
http://rds.yahoo.com/S=96062883/K=curly+coated+retriever/v=2/SID=e/l=IVS/SIG=11virc690/EXP=1126649042/*-http%3A//www.breederweb.com/PICS/curly_co.jpg

Clipped
http://files.dogster.com/pix/dogs/66/17366/6.jpg

[IRescue452]

If there is something I missed feel free to post it. I like smooth coats and extra long coats. Hairless dogs are adorable but sometimes their skin colour is creepy. I really don't like pet clips on dogs though I understand they are convenient and easy.

[sammy101]

i like Smooth the best,easiest to maintain,im not one for grooming..lol:p But i also like Short and Medium haired.
I love all of them really

[ParNone]

I love the wire hair. Now that I have the Collies, with short hair, that sheds everywhere, I really appreciate the wire hair of my Cairn Terriers. Low Maintenance, Low Shedding and I love the scruffy look.

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[Flatcoatluver]

i love longer haired dogs, but i also like others to

[Buddy Blaze Lover]

I like medium the best, but I also like short and/or smooth.:)

[k9krazee]

I have three smooth coated dogs and two short haired...the JRTs get cold too easily so I voted short hair, minimal grooming and low maintenance :)

[Suki Wingy]

smooth like a dal, for sure!!:D :D :D

[cali]

well until I got Misty I did nit like smooth at all, the longer hair the better, but after Misty I LOVE smooth WAY better then long and the shorter the better lol I even keep Happys long hair clipped short. I dont like wire just because I dont like the feel of it, Perky's coat is partially wire(like some of it is smooth and some is wire lol) I dont like the wire part, it feels weird to touch, ane is h*ll to groom because she sheds like you would not believe but the ONLY way it comes out is stripping. so I like smooth and soft best :p

[Pam]

You forgot to post a picture of a curly dog so Ripley helped you out! LOL!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v80/Belrip/DSCN5986.jpg
I am sure you guessed that I picked curly! :p

[Suki Wingy]

to me that soft, smooth coat is velvet!

[Giselle]

I'm sorry, but I can NOT stand smooth coats. I hate it! That said, I wub my Gissie, but long fur is just another reason why I love Borzois and Silken Windhounds. As for my favorite coat type:
http://www.westminsterkennelclub.org/2004/photos/breed/TP27801001.jpg

Need I say more?

Edited: I agree IRescue. I don't like pet clips, which is why I would rather forfeit my weekends for grooming my dog than give him a pet clip.

[wolfsoul]

I like long double coated coats the most. :) My favourite dogs to groom at work are the ones that take forever to brush out because of all that hair.

Visa has a medium double coat, but because she isn't spayed, she doesn't keep her undercoat, so she doesn't even need to be brushed. My catahoula will have a very tight smooth short coat. That's alright. :)

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

I prefer the medium to long (but not too long) double coat, I love grooming them. I also like the Corgi's and Rottie's short double coat. I do like the smooth appearance (Dalmatians & Vizslas) but there's pretty much no grooming to them so that's a disadvantage...lol

[Kfamr]

I prefer short & smooth fur. Medium fur is okay, too. I don't really like long fur all that much.


Of course, any dog is welcome in my heart, short fur, purple fur, long fur, even smelly fur. ;)

[binka_nugget]

I've always been attracted to medium-long coats.. Shelties, Collies, Afghans, Border Collies, Borzois.. but after having two long double coated dogs, I can honestly say that I'm ready for a short coated dog. :p

[Giselle]

Originally posted by binka_nugget
I've always been attracted to medium-long coats.. Shelties, Collies, Afghans, Border Collies, Borzois.. but after having two long double coated dogs, I can honestly say that I'm ready for a short coated dog. :p

Haha! That's what I was thinking. Trust me, you're not ;) Short haired dogs shed just as much (if not more!) than long, double coated breeds. Gissie has proven the exception:rolleyes:

It has actually gotten to the point where I use the lint roller on her LOL!

[binka_nugget]

Originally posted by Giselle
It has actually gotten to the point where I use the lint roller on her LOL!

LOL! That reminds me of the time I used the vaccuum on Kai when he was shedding like crazy. :p

[Suki Wingy]

I plan on getting something like those horse groom-vac things but smaller for my future dals:p
edit: lol Sophie, me too, I cringe when I see a shaved dog and a "pet clipped" dogs make me wonder why the owners just don't spend a little more time to grooming their pets.

[cocker_luva]

smooth and short
http://www.dobenardobermanns.homestead.com/files/dobie.jpg

hairless
http://www.nextdaypets.com/directory/breeds/images/1100073.jpg

curly
http://www.netzart.de/curlies/curlycoat.JPEG

[gkristian]

well i've got a sheltie so i'll go for long:D

[luvofallhorses]

Short and smooth. :) and I also am more drawn to long haired dogs like shelties and sheepdogs :)

[Vette]

I voted for Smooth,, short,, medium,, long,, and pet clip. (but i forgot to vote for curley) :eek:

i also voted for pet clip.. becasue i hate the type of haircuts Poodles have in the show ring...
it just looks stupid to me,, to have big bombs of hair here and there,,
and shave other places baby butt bald. :o

[tikeyas_mom]

I prefer fluffy under-coats, ones like.... Huskies have!! :D

[lv4dogs]

Smooth & short, medium & long double coat's are all my favorite, I couldn't pick just one. lol

Although with my carpel tunnel (sp?) getting worse I'd have to say it's easier on me to own smooth, short & medium coats now. lol But I still love the husky fur!!!

[.sarah]

Smooth, Short, Medium, & Long.