They also make good running partners if you can keep up with them. Due to their thin skin and delicate frame, Salukis need extra soft bedding, somewhere warm and comfortable to sleep. They will also need a warm winter jacket when it's cold outside. They will sleep on your bed and sofa and they love to cuddle up to you.
Do Salukis get cold?
Saluki. ... But where Afghan Hounds have long, luxurious hair all over, the Saluki has long fur only on her tail and ears. Everywhere else on her slender frame, her coat is short, providing little protection from the bitter cold. Salukis appreciate a dog jacket or sweater from first frost through the spring thaw.
Do Salukis have hair or fur?
7. The coat of the Saluki is short, soft, and silky and can be either feathered or smooth. The feathered variety has feathering, or longer hair, on the ears, tail, and on the thighs and backs of the legs, whereas the smooth does not. Both have “hare feet” – pads between their toes that allow them to run in deep sand.
Should lurchers wear coats?
Also remember that lurchers are a Funny Shape, as someone put it. Standard dog coats will not fit, being either too tight over that deep chest or too loose around that narrow tummy. And lurchers who do zoomies require well-fastened coats, or you will find the two parting company in seconds.
Are Salukis cuddly?
The right Owner for a Saluki should know that this pupper isn't enthusiastically cuddly. And they won't be immediately engaged in the training process. Their distractibility and aloofness can be off putting to some potential Owners.
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