Hello, our Skyy is 5 months old now and I'm wondering when his full coat of hair will come through? Both his parents were long haired, would I be right in assuming that he'll have long hair as well? At the moment its pretty rough coated, what sort of age will his full fur come out?

It would depend what coat genes his parents carried. I have seen longhaired parents throw a short haired pup.

Have you got a pic?

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This is my friends pup when she was 8 months. Her hair is even longer now than it was then...



7 months...


And this is her at about 5 months

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Attached is a piccy of him about two weeks ago where he's looking particulary fluffy lol I think he will end up long haired?

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OMG he's just gorgeous

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Coats take time to grow in. I've got a sheltie, so not quite a long coated border, but Pixel's coat took ages. He had this stage time from about four- eight/nine months where he looked quite gangly, and barely had any fur: looking back at him, he looked really quite funny! He didn't look like a sheltie until he was around ten months to a year old, and even now his coat is still growing.

His sisters grew their fur a lot faster (they had a fuller looking coat at about eight months), so it does vary from dog to dog, but don't expect a full coat for another six months or so yet. It will also depend on the time of year they grow a coat: it'll be thicker in winter. (So I'd expect a fuller coat by summer time, but it'll thicken up over the winter.)

Here's a few pictures for comparison:

Four-five months.


Six months and a bit.


Eight-nine months

If you're worried, I had a hint around that time to buy some seaweed powder, it works wonders if you're trying to grow hair (I used some after a particularly short hair cut- my hair grew back very quickly!). You can buy it in powder form which I just sprinkle a tiny bit over Pixel's food a few times a week.

He's beautiful! I do love collies.

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If he's like that at 5 months, by time he's grown and got his adult coat, he's going to be very full-coated. You'll have a job to find him in the middle of it all.

Beatiful pup.

He's a very handsome fluffy boy who will have long hair, rough coat. He's got lovely ears too. He'll moult this year and start to fill out his frame over the next few months and you'll see the full effect when he is properly adult before winter this year. I think he'll have a luxurious coat going by the pic.

ahh brilliant, thanks for all the replies, looking forward to him growing a full long coat, although I'm sure i'll be fed up of it when he starts mouting lol looking forward to seeing him slowly grow it out over this year

i have no help on this post but just wanted to say... he is Gorgeous!!

xx becky