Coca Collie Posted November 4, 2019 Report Share Posted November 4, 2019 Earlier today I was walking my pup and came across a woman who also had BC's. One of them was a 12 week old puppy, who was a red tri with a very curly coat. She told me that his coat was curly since birth, and that both parents had (straight) smooth coats. He was a rough curly coat. Apparently he had one smooth curly littermate, and one rough coated littermate Now, I know that two smooth coats can produce rough coated puppies, but what about curly coats? Is it a recessive trait? Can two straight haired dogs have curly coated pups? I always thought that curly border collies become curly as adults, but this puppy had a really curly coat (like the curly coated dog from the Border Collie Museum coat type page - I think her name was Pheobe?) and he was only 12 weeks old. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliepoudrier Posted November 6, 2019 Report Share Posted November 6, 2019 Curly coats are more common than you might imagine. I have a friend who bred a regular roigh coated male to what I would call a medium coated female and a couple of the offspring were curly. J. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat P Posted November 8, 2019 Report Share Posted November 8, 2019 also they may grow out of the puppy curliness when the adult coat grows in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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