Wednesday, August 22, 2018

The Kuvasz coat at 11 days

la K. in Hungary shares this photo of his 11-day-old puppies. The fur is already smoothing on their muzzles while remaining wavy elsewhere.

This photo showcases the distinctive texture of the Kuvasz coat: 

“The hair should be neither excessively curly nor straight, but should...have waves and swirls.  In 1924, the official term was fluctuosus, ‘wavy,’ which was replaced in 1935 by undulans, ‘undulating.’"

From: Dr. Tibor Buzády, Dogs of Hungary, trans. Bernard Adams (Budapest, Hungary: Nóra Kiadó, 2002), p. 100.