Double Coated Dog Breeds
Does your dog has double coat?
If your dog is NOT listed below but you suspect so, scroll down to find how you can tell
Below are AKC recognized double coat breeds. But as we know, all dogs are individuals. Some breeds are not classified as double-coated breeds but individual dog can have double coat. e.g. some pugs have double coat, while some have single coats
- Akita
- Alaskan Klee Kai
- Alaskan Malamute
- American Eskimo
- American Water Spaniel
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Australian Kelpie
- Australian Shepherd
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- Basset Fauve de Bretagne
- Beauceron
- Belgian Sheepdog
- Belgian Tervuren
- Bernese Mountain Dog
- Bichon Frise
- Black Russian Terrier
- Bohemian Shepard
- Border Collie
- Bouvier des Flanders
- Boykin Spaniel
- Briard
- Brittany
- Brussels Griffon
- Cairn Terrier
- Canaan Dog
- Corgis (Cardigan Welsh and Pembroke)
- Caucasian Shepherd
- Central Asian Shepherd
- Chow Chow
- Cocker Spaniel
- Coton de Tulear
- Croatian Sheepdog
- Czechoslovakian Vlcak
- Curly-coated Retreiver
- Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Deutscher Wachtelhund
- Drever
- Dutch Shepard
- Dutch Sheep Dog
- English Cocker Spaniel
- English Foxhound
- English Setter
- English Springer Spaniel
- English Toy Spaniel
- Estrela Mountain Dog
- Eurasier
- Finnish Lapphund
- Finnish Spitz
- German Longhaired Pointer
- German Shepherd Dog
- German Wirehaired Pointer
- German Spitz
- Giant Schnauzer
- Golden Retriever
- Gordon Setter
- Grand Basset Griffon Venden
- Great Pyrenees
- Harrier
- Havanese
- Hokkaido
- Hovawart
- Icelandic Sheepdog
- Irish Setter
- Irish Terrier
- Japanese Akitainu
- Japanese Spitz
- Jindo
- Kai Ken
- Karelian Bear Dog
- Keeshond
- Kishu Ken
- Komondor
- Kuvasz
- Labrador Retriever
- Lagotto Romagnolo (Italian truffle dog)
- Lakeland Terrier
- Lancashire Heeler
- Lapponian Herder
- Leonberger
- Mastiff
- Miniature American Shepard
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Nederlandse Kooikerhondje
- Newfoundland
- Norfolk Terrier
- Norrbottenspet
- Norwegian Buhund
- Norwegian Elkhound
- Norwegian Lundehund
- Norwich Terrier
- Nova Scotia Duck Tolling Retriever
- Old English sheepdog
- Otterhound
- Parson Russell Terriers
- Pekinese
- Petit Basset Griffon Vendeen
- Polish Lowland Sheepdog
- Pomeranian
- Puli
- Pyrenees Mastiff
- Rafeiro do Alentejo
- Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog
- Russian Toy
- St. Bernard
- Samoyed
- Schipperke
- Scottish Deerhound
- Scottish Terrier
- Sealyham Terrier
- Shetland Sheepdog (Sheltie)
- Shiba Inu
- Shih Tzu
- Shikoku
- Siberian Husky
- Skye Terrier
- Slovensky Cuvac
- Small Munsterlander
- Spanish Mastiff
- Stabyhouns
- Standard Schnauzer
- Sussex Spaniel
- Swedish Lapphund
- Swedish Vallhund
- Tibetan Mastiff
- Tibetan Spaniel
- Tibetan Terrier
- Tornjak
- Tosa
- Welsh Springer Spaniel
- Welsh Terrier
- West Highland White Terrier
- Wirehaired Fox Terrier
- Wirehaired Pointing Griffon
- Yakutian Laikas
Signs your pup may have double coat
Dewlap (thick skin around the neck)
Extra seasonal shedding
Single-coated dogs also shed but they tend have a longer cycle of hair growth, plus they only have guard hairs. During shedding seasons, double coated dogs lose some of the guard hairs but vast amount of their undercoat.
c. AKC