Sarah, I know exactly what you mean. My Moka is similar. Her face hair grows long, and so does her leg hair which is super silky, but her body hair is more wiry and is very very brittle. I believe it's the weakness that causes breakage rather than that it doesn't grow. Moka fits the description of a "red leg" perfectly too. She also tends to have a little bit of dry skin. So I try to keep her bathed which softens her hair and moisturizes her skin and I feed her TOTW pacific stream with salmon and I think it does help her coat. It's always very shiny and jet black.
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