Dutch Shepherd Forum

so we have been noticing Kitty has a line down the center of his back where his hair is longer and more course. I was just curious is any other dutch shepherd owners out there had noticed this in their puppies?

It's hard to tell from the pictures. My last ds, Rawly, was like that. His hair was short and soft but had longer and more course down the center of his back his tail and his but hair. His neck chest and legs were shorter and soft. Actually Xander's hair is a little more course on his back but it's all long.

The last picture if you zoom in you can see it fairly well. Its like a wave pattern up his back. Yeah kitty has very long course hair on his tail as well. Someone approached me today and asked to pet him and then saw that and asked is he was a rodesian ridgeback.... never even heard of them bedore today. Was just curious if thats how long jis fur would be when full grown or if it was growing fastee than then rest or what. Thnk you! !!!

my Xander's fur is just like Karen described for Rawly and probably like Kitty's. his back is like that last photo.

Just watched the video of ur Xander and could kind of see it. Hes adorable btw! Thank u!

i do not have a photo of his back closer to his tail [ like your last pic ] where the effect is most evident visually, but maybe you can get some slight sense in these, especially the first and the last. in the 3rd pic, Tracer is inspecting the ridge wondering if he also has such fuzzy coarse hair like Xander's.

The last picture i can definitely see it! Just like my baby. Yay! What a good looking pair my goodness. Love the dark dark coloring.

John -
I am in love with TxXander.

When my DS was a puppy I noticed the same type of thicker, course hair growing down the center of his back as well. He is about 2.5 years old and still has it however, as he developed his coat as he grew, it started to blend more but it is still noticable to me. His brother and sister still have it as well.

Stacy: me, too, as you know! i am soooooooooo lucky to have found him [ or rather to have a friend who found him on the edges of ABMRC and recognize that he was the right dog for me ]. his understanding of what is around him is truly exceptional while he also has this joyful personality - amazing when one considers how many bee-bees were embedded in him when he arrived here from TX. i have wondered a lot recently how much more advanced he would be if he had me to himself - the natural thought extension of marveling at his intellectual understanding despite being raised with 2 other puppies and only 1 human. some dogs just start out so good and one's main objective should be to not mess it up and with care to help the dog build on that greatness. [ that was my objective told to friends a few hours after meeting TD; i really had to do so little except guard his mental and physical well-being and he did the rest.]

Elli has a ridge, but it's about 4-6" wide.