It's hard to tell from the picture but I know what you mean. Graham does not have any under coat, even the winter but when I adopted Kersey, her coat was so thikck that I couldn't see her skin, even when I seperated the hair! I think she has alot of GSD in her (they are big time shedders) and she does have a couple of black spots on her tongue so I think she may have some chow in her.

When she began blowing her coat I was amazed at how much hair can come out of a short-haired dog! Now that she's pretty much done (I had been brushing her daily to speed along the process), her coat is a bit less soft and it's not quite as showy as it was before she blew it. It took some getting used to but she's comfortable now and that's all that matters This was probablly her first coat blow since she's only about 11 months old.