What Is Considered Long Hair For Dogs. The dog will have short hair and carries the gene responsible for long hair. These dogs are the product of what is known as a recessive gene.
Long haired working dogs include the flock guarding white great pyrenees kuvasz and komondor. The dog will have short hair and will always pass on the allele responsible for short hair to any offspring. This means that their long hair is caused by genetics but the chances of getting long hair on a german shepherd is very rare.
You should use a fine tooth blade sized 5 or 7 for those dogs with wiry coats on the tail and body while using a size 10 for the ears.
Those with smooth coats need to use a fine tooth blade sized 7 for the legs and body and then shears for the rest of the body. The customers and dogs at look north grooming and training centre ltd. The sections on dog behaviour. Competitors at eurogroom 2005.