Short coat defect

[Mikael]

I think this is intesresting to

"The summer coat is shorter and thinner, while the winter coat is longer and thicker. The coat consists of approximately 13000-16000 number of hair per 1cm2 depending on if its summer, winter or part of body. It’s coat can be compared to a German Shepherd’s, who onely has 1000-3360 per 1cm2 or a Siberian Husky who has around 1730-2160 per 1cm2"

Red fox 10800 hair / cm2

Does a Wolf have the same as a CsV 13´000-16´000 hair / cm2 ???

And way does Alaska-M and Husky has so vert few hair / cm2 ???

Artical obout dog hair >>> http://www.wolfdog.org/eng/articles/103.html

Best regards / Mikael

[yukidomari]

Originally Posted by Mikael

Does a Wolf have the same as a CsV 13´000-16´000 hair / cm2 ???

And way does Alaska-M and Husky has so vert few hair / cm2 ???

I read that article before and I was wondering the same thing..... if that's true, does that mean that CsV also shed about 6-7 times worse than Siberian Husky????

[Vaiva]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

I read that article before and I was wondering the same thing..... if that's true, does that mean that CsV also shed about 6-7 times worse than Siberian Husky????

Wolfdogs shed very very very hard... I can not compare with huskies, but... Remember people near the dog playground, combing their huskies... It looked terrible, but... combing a wolfdog when one sheds seems like an endless work - no matter how long you comb, there are stil hair comming out

[Mikael]

Originally Posted by yukidomari

I read that article before and I was wondering the same thing..... if that's true, does that mean that CsV also shed about 6-7 times worse than Siberian Husky????

My Hronec shed like a GSD Maybe a bit more... But I think my female Rasty will shed like two GSD at least It´s just about 0-5´C here now and she looks like she is prepared for -20 ´C

Best regards / Mikael

[Priska182]

Originally Posted by Mikael

I think this is intesresting to


Red fox 10800 hair / cm2

Does a Wolf have the same as a CsV 13´000-16´000 hair / cm2 ???

And way does Alaska-M and Husky has so vert few hair / cm2 ???

Artical obout dog hair >>> http://www.wolfdog.org/eng/articles/103.html

Best regards / Mikael

It's really interesting because Karel Hartl and Jindrich Jedlicka wrote that wolf have 2 000 to 6 000 hair /cm2...

Takže jsou

vlci od váhy 25 kg do 80 kg, od 55 cm do 80 cm kohoutkové výšky, s protáhlou i krátkou hlavou, s hustotou srstí od 2 000 chlupu na 1 cm2 do 6 000 na 1 cm2, od bílé barvy srsti, až po cernou.

[Jennin Lauma]

Originally Posted by Mikael

I think this is intesresting to


Red fox 10800 hair / cm2

Does a Wolf have the same as a CsV 13´000-16´000 hair / cm2 ???

And way does Alaska-M and Husky has so vert few hair / cm2 ???

Artical obout dog hair >>> http://www.wolfdog.org/eng/articles/103.html

Best regards / Mikael

I find this very hard to believe. As a matter of fact I do not believe this is true. I would want to see some other studies on the same issue before I will take this seriously.
Why?
Because Chinchillas are known to have the highest fur density of any land animal with more than 20,000 hairs per square cm. Their fur is so dense that skin parasites (such as fleas) cannot live on one lest they suffocate. Whereas humans grow one hair from each follicle, a chinchilla has more than fifty hairs from a single follicle.

I hardly believe that wolfdogs (originating from German Shepherd & Wolf mixes) would suddenly develop remarkably larger hair density than it's ancestors have.
Unless someone can show me some serious studies that have been made on this issue, and maybe show that there have been some mutation or something, to make the hair density of a wolfdog so much bigger than any other canis lupus -sub species, I will not buy this.