At its recent meeting the Committee approved the following amendment to the GSD Breed Standard coat clause, as previously agreed by the Breed Council: Coat Two separate varieties of coat. Outer coat consisting of straight, hard, close-lying hair as dense as possible; thick undercoat. Hair on head, ears, front of legs, paws and toes short; on neck, longer and thicker; in some males forming slight ruff. Hair longer on back of legs as far down as pasterns and hocks, forming fairly thick trousers on hindquarters. Mole-type coats are undesirable. In long Coats, outer coat longer, not always straight and frequently not lying close and flat to the body. Thick undercoat. Coat distinctly longer inside and behind the ears, forming moderate tufts. Longer hair on the back of the forelegs, through to the loins, and dense feathering on the hindlegs. Tail bushy with light feathering underneath. This will become effective from 1 June 2015. An announcement will be placed in the June edition of the Kennel Club Journal and the Kennel Club website will be updated from 1 June 2015
*** Photo of long coated Dino and brother Nico***
