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[PyrNet-L] RE: Coat S&N
<<have a female that I plan on
having spayed in the near future, and I'm
curious on the coat issue as I've
never seen a spayed pyrs coat. Is the coat
effected over their entire body,
or only near the area operated on? Is the
overall length and
appearance of the coat shorter, or are you referring to
just the
texture? Does neutering a male have the same effect on their coats?
>>
Charlie the coat gets both longer and
more woolly all over the body and especially the trousers down the hind legs can
get really huge. The coat mats more easily than before spay/neutering and is
therefore more difficult to care for. A lot depend on the original coat quality,
a correct rather hard coat quality does not get as bad as a natural softer coat.
It happens to both male and females.
My first male was neutered and his coat
was not too difficult to care for, did not mat easily and usually looked great.
I have an old spayed girl at the moment, and her coat is awful, and this is a
bitch that did not have enough coat for showing, but it was alwasy a little bit
soft.
They shed the woolly underground as much
as the intact ones, but not the longer outer hair, so don't get the totally
naked look that bitches get after a litter or in their first shedding.
Lene Nielsen
Denmark