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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  I have never heard of this before, but my 14 week old puppy's hair has started to look...spikey...and she's shedding a little. I looked closely at a section of her hair & it's thicker at the base than at the tips..giving it the spikey look...looking closer still, there is new hair growth all over her body! It is only about 1/4" long right now. I never knew they grew an adult coat. My first yorkie was a total fluff ball & I never noticed it happen. My new pup has finer, silkier hair and it is noticeable. |
When the hair changes texture (from that ultra-fine puppy hair to more mature silk), it makes a weak point in the hair shaft and it will often break off there. That is why you often see this "thicker at the skin level" situation in addition to the new growth itself. You see this if dogs (or people) have been sick too. During the sickly stage, the hair shaft is not as strong, so after they are well, they often start noticing hair loss. It is just breaking at the point where the weaker hair shaft meets with the stronger.