karen Clanin wrote:
>
> >>his white
> >>hair is a completely different texture from the blonde (sable) hair.  The
> >>white hair is coarser and the sable hair, finer and silkier.
>
> I've noticed in lots of species that the white hair tends to be longer also
> than, say, the black on a Border Collie vs the white body spots.
>
> Karen Clanin

Is this perhaps because the white hair on BCs as well as collies,
Shelties, etc. is frequently part of the ruff around the neck?
Melissa