We just had our first cold weather this weekend. Last night, it got down to 38. I blanketed last night for the first time.
If allowed to Jake will grow a very shaggy coat. I usually keep him blanketed so that he doesn't grow too much coat. When he sweats during work, he could get chilled and a thick coat is difficult to dry out in cold weather. He is a prolific sweater.
Henkell is a Trakhener who grew up in Canada. He doesn't think it gets very cold around here so never grows a long coat. His coat does get thicker but never gets long, and it has thickened up this past week.
Our normal temps this time of year are high of 75 and low of 55. So, this weekend was more typical of January or February for me.
I've been blanketing mine at night for about a month, when we started getting down into the 40s at night. Most days, the blankets come off when it's nice, but some rainy days they stay on. I get the feeling Cyn wouldn't grow a coat even if she wasn't blanketed, and Bay's neck and face get just as fuzzy as they would if I didn't blanket. He has a tri-colored haircoat too, meaning his hair is black at the root, then blonde, then brown at the tip. In summer it makes him look bronzy.... Clipped, it makes him look really bad.