Have you ever wondered what a hairless Cocker Spaniel would look like?
Well, the answer is below. This 1946 photograph show a hairless Cocker Spaniel who went by the name of "Curley". It is rather interesting to see just what the breed looks like underneath all that hair.
Congenital (genetic) baldness is referred to as inherited hypotrichosis, it is recorded as occurring in cocker spaniels. But this condition does not normally cause complete hair loss.
Well, the answer is below. This 1946 photograph show a hairless Cocker Spaniel who went by the name of "Curley". It is rather interesting to see just what the breed looks like underneath all that hair.
Curley belonged to a Mr. D M Wentworth of Boise. Her parents and four sibling all had normal hair.
She seems to be the first known hairless dog of her breed--and quite possibly the only one as I have not been able to find any other accounts of this phenomenon.
Wentworth is holding her in this rather uncomfortable-looking way to demonstrate the elasticity of her skin (personally, I would have just taken his word for it).
She seems to be the first known hairless dog of her breed--and quite possibly the only one as I have not been able to find any other accounts of this phenomenon.
Wentworth is holding her in this rather uncomfortable-looking way to demonstrate the elasticity of her skin (personally, I would have just taken his word for it).
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| Cocker spaniel with hair
Source: F. Genevey
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