26nikita
Senior
 Join date: 2010-09-11
Age: 37
Location: Illinois
 | | Subject: Stripe down the back Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:22 pm | |
| Willow's fur seems to be getting softer since I put her on TOTW, but I am also noticing her stripe down her back seems to feel more course. Is this normal? This picture is older and before the switch in food, but you can really see the stripe down her back in this picture  |
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Lyzelle
Puppy
Join date: 2011-05-17
Age: 19
Location: Montana
| | Subject: Re: Stripe down the back Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:24 pm | |
| The "stripe" is her hackles. The guard hair is longer there, so it's normal for it to feel coarse. |
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hypers987
Senior
Join date: 2011-08-25
Age: 22
Location: Turlock, California
| | Subject: Re: Stripe down the back Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:25 pm | |
| Kale's guard hairs on his strip are more course than the rest of him. When he was a puppy they were pretty soft and got more course as he grew. Don't know if it's normal or not though lol  |
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26nikita
Senior
Join date: 2010-09-11
Age: 37
Location: Illinois
| | Subject: Re: Stripe down the back Tue Sep 27, 2011 8:34 pm | |
| Dakota doesn't have that, or atleast I don't notice a difference in courseness so I wasn't sure... Glad to know it's normal. |
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Huskyluv
Resident Nutritional Bookworm
Join date: 2009-06-23
Age: 27
Location: Charleston, SC
| | Subject: Re: Stripe down the back Wed Sep 28, 2011 2:35 pm | |
| Our Dakota has more coarse fur running along that center line down the back. His guard hairs are longest there and it's always been the coarsest part of his coat regardless of what we feed.
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