The coats on those other breeds were developed to be effective in different types of typography. The shepherds developed dogs that worked best in the area they lived in and that included a coat which best suited where they lived and worked. As for Puli (and Komondores, Spanish Water Dogs, etc) is was/is customary for them to be "sheared", just like the sheep, for the summer. Again, it depends of what the terrain and weather is like. I have a friend in New Hampshire that raises sheep and she uses Marema Sheepdogs as flock guards....they get sheared everyspring with the sheep. -Kay Reamensnyder and Betty Doerpinghaus -Home of Bedkar German Shepherds -bedkar@xxxxx -Visit our Website: www.bedkargsd.com > From: arycrest@xxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 14:29:05 +0000 > To: showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: THE LONG COATED SHEPHERD > > I have a question. Other herding breeds have long coats - rough Collies, > OESs, Shelties, Belgian Sheepdogs and Tervs, Puli (corded?), Briards to name > a few. What makes them suitable as herding breeds and not the long coated > GSDs? I assume numerous herding dogs, regardless of breed, have briars, > brambles, snow and mud to deal with. > Gayle & the Hooligans! > http://www.picturetrail.com/arycrest - Link to The Hooligans Albums > ____________________________________________________________ > Best Weight Loss Program - Click Here! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2241/fc/BLSrjpYSwrCQuLG5RmH55LZqRqb3PpPR0NJ2Ni11hFskXNrEOEvszd3wcve/ > ===========================================================================> > POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original > author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any > kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the > Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. > > ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY > MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS > PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY > FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE > PROSECUTED. > > For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org > NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ > =========================================================================== ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2009. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================