Puli Breed description: Character & Co

Their appearance: the unmistakable Rasta look

The most striking external feature of the Puli is certainly its laced coat, which makes it look like a mop.

The coat may be white or in the other variety black, grey, black with grey or rust-red traces or fawn with mask.

The Puli reaches a withers height of 41 to 43 cm for males, for females this is 38 to 40 cm, 2 cm variance is allowed. Males reach a weight of 13 to 15 kg, bitches from 10 to 13 kg.

It has a rather slender build, even if you can hardly notice it through the coat. It has medium high set hanging ears. The eyes are almond-shaped, dark and stand somewhat angled.

The build is square-like. The tail is carried curled up.

Care: about the laced coat of the Puli

The string hair is caused by a very specific type of coat care. The Puli has a very specific mixture of undercoat and top coat when grown up. The coat is traditionally neither shorn, combed nor brushed, but shagged - the tips are regularly plucked apart. The result is the well-known hairstyle. The dead undercoat remains on the dog, which gives it a very dense coat, but also has the consequence that the coat stinks quite a lot when it is wet.

Since the dog hardly loses any hair, it is quite suitable for allergy sufferers. However, it brings a lot of dirt into the house with its shaggy hair, so you have to be a little less sensitive.

When herding the coat gives them protection from the weather condotions but also from the bites of wild animals.

To avoid too much dirt and to give the dog some visibility, you can trim the coat in the anal area and above the eyes a little.

Behind the ears the coat is slightly matted, you should pay special attention to this area.

Otherwise you should regularly check the ears, eyes, claws and paws.

Bathing is not necessarily a good idea, the Puli takes a long time to dry out and then easily catches a cold.