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Crystal

Ratastic

04/25/2008 11:52 AM
Great picture of dog http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24296772/displaymode/1107/s/2/framenumber/8/

Mom to Guenhwyvar, When life gets hard, take a long hot bath and enjoy knowing the door locks and your phone is on silent!!

PamWh

Attention Starved

04/25/2008 11:57 AM
He looks like my mop in my laundry room.

PamWh aka Bob's Mom If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

Lucy's Colleen

Bratty Ratty

04/25/2008 12:36 PM
Oh silly, that's no dog, that's a mop. That is too funny. You would think (s)he would trip over all that hair.

Colleen Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7797281@N05/

Crystal

Ratastic

04/25/2008 12:39 PM
That or either it would get caught on one of the jumps!!

Mom to Guenhwyvar, When life gets hard, take a long hot bath and enjoy knowing the door locks and your phone is on silent!!

Lucy's Colleen

Bratty Ratty

04/25/2008 12:47 PM
No kidding.

Colleen Flickr account: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7797281@N05/

PamWh

Attention Starved

04/25/2008 12:53 PM
Can you imagine spending the weekend redoing your dogs dreadlocks? Nope, I like short-haired dogs.

PamWh aka Bob's Mom If your rattie ain't happy, ain't nobody happy!

Crystal

Ratastic

04/25/2008 12:59 PM
Actually certain breeds of dogs hair grows naturally like that. The corded coat begins to form around the age of 6 months when the soft woolly undercoat intermingles with the harsher outer-coat. The mats thus formed should be separated by hand very regularly at this stage. The clumps should be torn apart by hand from the tip to the skin. Each coat is individual but as a rough guide, these sections should not be made thinner than the width of a pencil. It is a relaxing and enjoyable process for dog and owner and if done regularly, takes little time. Keeping a fully corded Puli is very easy since they take little care apart from regular coat separation and, of course, bathing. Bathing is as easy as washing a sweater but drying does take some time. With a dryer a fully corded Puli coat will take several hours and without a drier can take around 2 days to be fully dry. Eyes and ears should be cleaned regularly; nails kept clipped. The breed does not shed its coat. If you are allergic to dogs in general, you might try to see how you'd get along with a Puli since their coat is so different. A good breeder will let you visit several times by prior arrangement to see how their dogs affect you before you consider going ahead with a puppy.

Mom to Guenhwyvar, When life gets hard, take a long hot bath and enjoy knowing the door locks and your phone is on silent!!

bluedog

Rat Royalty

04/25/2008 1:08 PM
Would not meet my hubs requirement of only having "smooth" haired dogs LOL!

Christine Mom to Michael & Charlotte Moose (lab), Paisley (rattie), Clark & Lois (tolerant kitties)

Mitzy's Mom

Alpha Feist

04/25/2008 1:21 PM
Two day to dry the hair????? Not the dog for me....looks like a big mop, too.

Mary Beth, mom to the Lollipop Kids Georgia Foster Mom www.ratbonerescues.com; www.newrattitude.org

Crystal

Ratastic

04/25/2008 1:22 PM
Here is a picture of the breed off of dogbreedinfo.com just so we know what one standing still looks like. Did anyone ever see the TV show (don't remember the name) where there was a breed like this the was a show stud and it was suppose to be pet sitted yet the persons husband didn't know and went and had the vet shave and neuter it. thinking it just a stray in the back yard>

Mom to Guenhwyvar, When life gets hard, take a long hot bath and enjoy knowing the door locks and your phone is on silent!!

Emg

Terrier Terror

04/25/2008 2:44 PM
Looks like a mop with a face. Two days to dry? Don't they get moldy?

Sara, Sam's mommy

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