TYPES OF CANINE HAIR

Question 1

1.
- a.k.a protective hair, primary hair, cover hair
- chief hair of the follicle bundle
- strongest and longest hair

Answer 1

Straight Hair

Question 2

2.
- bristle with a spine-like tip
- regarded as an over hair or protective hair
- subsidiary hair to type 1

Answer 2

Bristle Wavy Hair

Question 3

3.
- finer and shorter than type 2
- wavy with well-developed bristle

Answer 3

Wavy Bristle Hair

Question 4

4.
- long, soft hair and is shorter and finer than type 3
- poorly developed bristle and smaller medulla
- wavy in the lower two-thirds of the shaft
- largest hairs of the undercoat

Answer 4

Bristled Wavy Hair

Question 5

5.
- finer and shorter than type 2
- shaft is very wavy with a small bristle on the tip
- gives a furlike or wool-like feel

Answer 5

Large Wavy Hair

Question 6

6.
- a.k.a. VELLUS HAIR, FUZZ, DOWN, OR LANUGO HAIR
- shorter and finer than type 5
- represents the finest and smallest hairs of the undercoat
- wavy with poorly developed bristle on the tip

Answer 6

Fine Wavy Hair