My new dog, Sissy whose name I'm hoping to change to
Gracie (since she is such a graceful mover) is a
 rough with a coat that seems to be "teflon" and
it's neither long or short (or coarse like most RC's) but feels great
to the touch. It's not silky but it is soft and when I tried to see
if it would shed easily by just petting her, not one hair came off.
I too consider this a plus.
Lynn
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From: "Elaine" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 8:36 PM
Subject: coat types


> There were three lengths.  The Welsh shepherds still have all three, NO?
>
> Chico was a long coated ES (in the seventies).
>
> Susie Q is very heat sensitive- a genetic tendency that has also been bred
> out of the show collies.  In 2000 we let her shed naturally, and her tail
> shed almost all of the long hairs, looked kinda funny- I took pictures.
>
> This spring when we moved to Show Low it was a lot warmer than Angel Fire
> and Susie started shedding profusely!  We had her clipped and left her
tail
> long  Now she has a very full tail with hair that is about six inches
long!
>
> Susie has a "Teflon" coat that almost never needs grooming.  Lucy is even
> more teflon.  http://www.geocities.com/farmcollie1/lucy.html
>
> Rough collies haf=ve a wiry texture to the coat- I figure it helps fluff
it
> out0 sure makes burrs and everything stick worse, too!
>
> As of now there are no smooths registered with AWFA, but they are allowed.
>
> Elaine