It is stiffer and longer on the neck and back. It is much more profuse in males, giving them a more ruffed appearance. The undercoat is short, soft and dense. The hair on the head and legs is short and close. It is longest and most dense on the tail plume and the back of the thighs.
Males carry more coat than females.
The coat is not to be trimmed, except for the feet. The whiskers are not to be trimmed. Coat color is lighter on the inner sides of the ears, the cheeks, under the muzzle, on the chest and abdomen, behind the shoulders, inside the legs, on the backs of the thighs and on the underside of the tail. The undercoat is a paler color, causing the coat to appear to glow. Sparse black hairs along the lip line are permitted, as are separate black hairs on the tail and back.