New westie pup

Tracy B · 02-08-2006, 05:12 PM

I am the new owner of a 14week westie - maggi she is lovely and very pleased, but her coat doesnt look like my friends westie which is all fluffly. Hers is still very short and coarse and wirey. The breader assures me that this is how it should be, has anyone got a westie with a coat that doesnt appear as fluffy as what you usually see, or will it get fluffier as she get a little older.

Any help appreciated

crazy_puppy · 02-08-2006, 05:22 PM

I do believe that westie's DO have wiry coats and I highly doubt they are supposed to be fluffy. When you pup gets older you can groom her to get the illusion of fluffiness(lol thats not a word)

Check your breed standard if you have any doubts.

***Cassiepeia*** · 02-08-2006, 05:27 PM

Yup, Westies are suppose to have wirey hair. Your friends westie either has a bad (ie: not to standard) coat or might not be a pure westie.

Cass.

EDIT: Excerpt from the WHWT standard.

Quote:

Coat
Very important and seldom seen to perfection. Must be double-coated. The head is shaped by plucking the hair, to present the round appearance. The outer coat consists of straight hard white hair, about two inches long, with shorter coat on neck and shoulders, properly blended and trimmed to blend shorter areas into furnishings, which are longer on stomach and legs. The ideal coat is hard, straight and white, but a hard straight coat which may have some wheaten tipping is preferable to a white fluffy or soft coat. Furnishings may be somewhat softer and longer but should never give the appearance of fluff. Faults--Soft coat. Any silkiness or tendency to curl. Any open or single coat, or one which is too short.

IceyBlueSibes · 02-08-2006, 06:03 PM

Also, your pup is still very young. Some dogs coats come in as they get older. My huskies are like that. Their coats didn't look fluffy at all when they were younger, and didn't fill out till about a year and a half- 2 years.

shay05 · 02-08-2006, 06:51 PM

hey there! We got a westie last month, Payton (been trying to post pics but It wont let me). And I thought something was wrong with his coat, too lol. But its supposed to be course and wirey. Not soft. Its called a hard coat. he's a riot, we love him. He's a whole lot different than our husky mix, Dottie. I dunno how to post pics on here but here's his dogster page

www.dogster.com/?254966

Would love to see a pic of Maggie!

britishbandit · 02-08-2006, 07:12 PM

LOL, that's funny. My parents got a Westie a while ago (she's 7 months now)...and her name is Maggie as well...too funny. She still doesn't have her fur all in yet either. I guess it takes time to get the "Westie look". Her body is starting to fluff out, the her face in in that in between stage of looking a bit ratty...haha. She'll fluff out in no time i'm sure.

This was Maggie at about 7 weeks.

schnzrluv · 02-08-2006, 07:47 PM

like my schnauzer, the coat of a westie won't fluff on it's own. The pictures you commonly see are westies in a show cut. To achieve the "fluffienes"(that's funny

) the coat is usually blow dried and brushed. Unfortunatly, this fluff only lasts a day or 2 and then it's back to being wirey, and it won't change to fluffy as the dog grows. I am always so excited to pick Chloe up from the groomer because she is so soft and fluffy! Congrats on your new baby, I LOVE westies and was actually looking for one before I found Chloe.

Lindsey

haylotx85 · 05-03-2006, 04:40 PM

I have a westie and the older he has gotten the more wiry hair (which is standard for a westie) he has gotten. I have found that brushing him often helps to keep his coat more soft, which is the way I like it! I think the fluffiness is the way groomers groom westies not the way they truly are. My dog looks like a little old scruff! But that is one of my favorite looks about the Westie breed!

ArchieGoesLuckey · 10-14-2006, 11:27 AM

I just got a 3 month old Westie..its coat its the exact same...i took my concern to the breeder and she said that the father of my Westie was the same when when she got him and then took me to se him and the dog had the thckest and fluffiest coat i had ever seen on a Westie, looked liked a baby sheep dog. So in time im sure your Westies coat will thicken and become more fluffy.

Hope this helps.

02-08-2006, 05:12 PM	#1 (permalink)
Tracy B Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Skelmersdale, Lancs Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	New westie pup I am the new owner of a 14week westie - maggi she is lovely and very pleased, but her coat doesnt look like my friends westie which is all fluffly. Hers is still very short and coarse and wirey. The breader assures me that this is how it should be, has anyone got a westie with a coat that doesnt appear as fluffy as what you usually see, or will it get fluffier as she get a little older. Any help appreciated

02-08-2006, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
crazy_puppy Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: USA Posts: 169 Rep Power: 61	I do believe that westie's DO have wiry coats and I highly doubt they are supposed to be fluffy. When you pup gets older you can groom her to get the illusion of fluffiness(lol thats not a word) Check your breed standard if you have any doubts.
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02-08-2006, 06:03 PM	#4 (permalink)
IceyBlueSibes Eyes = Mirror to the soul Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Jupiter, Fla. Posts: 7,757 Blog Entries: 1 Rep Power: 273	Also, your pup is still very young. Some dogs coats come in as they get older. My huskies are like that. Their coats didn't look fluffy at all when they were younger, and didn't fill out till about a year and a half- 2 years.
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10-14-2006, 11:27 AM	#9 (permalink)
ArchieGoesLuckey Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 4 Rep Power: 0	Westie Pup I just got a 3 month old Westie..its coat its the exact same...i took my concern to the breeder and she said that the father of my Westie was the same when when she got him and then took me to se him and the dog had the thckest and fluffiest coat i had ever seen on a Westie, looked liked a baby sheep dog. So in time im sure your Westies coat will thicken and become more fluffy. Hope this helps.

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shay05 barks n purrs go 2gether Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Ft. Hood, TX Posts: 98 Rep Power: 58	hey there! We got a westie last month, Payton (been trying to post pics but It wont let me). And I thought something was wrong with his coat, too lol. But its supposed to be course and wirey. Not soft. Its called a hard coat. he's a riot, we love him. He's a whole lot different than our husky mix, Dottie. I dunno how to post pics on here but here's his dogster page www.dogster.com/?254966 Would love to see a pic of Maggie!

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britishbandit Rottweiler Mum Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Windsor, ON Posts: 4,118 Rep Power: 176	LOL, that's funny. My parents got a Westie a while ago (she's 7 months now)...and her name is Maggie as well...too funny. She still doesn't have her fur all in yet either. I guess it takes time to get the "Westie look". Her body is starting to fluff out, the her face in in that in between stage of looking a bit ratty...haha. She'll fluff out in no time i'm sure. This was Maggie at about 7 weeks.

02-08-2006, 07:47 PM	#7 (permalink)
schnzrluv Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Michigan Posts: 213 Rep Power: 77	like my schnauzer, the coat of a westie won't fluff on it's own. The pictures you commonly see are westies in a show cut. To achieve the "fluffienes"(that's funny ) the coat is usually blow dried and brushed. Unfortunatly, this fluff only lasts a day or 2 and then it's back to being wirey, and it won't change to fluffy as the dog grows. I am always so excited to pick Chloe up from the groomer because she is so soft and fluffy! Congrats on your new baby, I LOVE westies and was actually looking for one before I found Chloe. Lindsey

05-03-2006, 04:40 PM	#8 (permalink)
haylotx85 MustLUVdogs Join Date: May 2006 Location: Portland, Texas Posts: 37 Rep Power: 0	I have a westie and the older he has gotten the more wiry hair (which is standard for a westie) he has gotten. I have found that brushing him often helps to keep his coat more soft, which is the way I like it! I think the fluffiness is the way groomers groom westies not the way they truly are. My dog looks like a little old scruff! But that is one of my favorite looks about the Westie breed!

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