Why dont dogs have to cut there hair?

Question

If a human stops cutting there hair for a few years it will just keep on growing, i a dog stops cutting its hair, it seems to stop growing, why is this?

Answer 1

some do some dont

Answer 2

Well, I've never known a dog to cut its own hair. Dogs in the wild don't have scissors, so they never get haircuts. Anyway.

Dogs usually shed a time or two a year. So their hair would only grow for six months, then fall out, so that would limit the growth of the hair. Some dogs that have been bred for super-long hair need trims and maintenance. But most dogs have hair that only gets to a certain length and stops growing. If their hair doesn't shed, then it's like human hair--it grows a certain length of time, then falls out and is replaced by another hair growing out of the follicle (if everything is going normally.) Most people have a turnover rate (hair growing, falling out, then being replaced) of a few months to a couple of years, so their hair only gets so long during that period of time. Some people have really slow turnover rates, so their hair grows for years but doesn't fall out, or their hair grows really fast, so it gets long even if it doesn't grow for a long period of time.

Check out a good book on dog breeds for more info on particular dog-hair characteristics. For instance, I have a Dalmatian and she sheds all year long but a little more a couple times a year. But I love her in spite of all the little white hairs over everything.

Answer 3

It grows to where it is suposed to be naturally.
All womens hair doesn't keep growing.
I decided to let my hair grow and it reached a certain length 5" and quit growing. My mother-in-laws hair is thin and not over 2 or 3 inches. One penecostal lady told her she shouldn't cut her hair she said I haven't cut it in many many years. It doesn't grow.
Use to work in the shop. Most womens hair reaches a certain length and stops growing. Or it just seems to breaks off actually.

Answer 4

Actually they do have to get their hair cut. Some breeds, if you don't cut their hair, it actually grows back into the skin, and can get infected and kill the dog. And in hotter climates, if you don't keep your dog's hair cut, it could overheat and die.

Answer 5

Hair follicles have a determined hair length they'll grow to. Your eyelashes, for example (and dogs' and other hairy animals') will only grow so long before they fall out. Some dogs are "short-haired" varieties so their hair grows short and falls out. Others grow loing hair before it falls out.

Answer 6

Dogs shed their coat year round, but shed at a much faster pace in the summer. Depending on breed, you may have to cut your pets hair (ie: pomeranian)

Answer 7

That's not true. On Tuesday, I had to put my Lhasa Apso to sleep. But I can tell you, that in her 12 years, she was at the groomers getting her hair cut every 6 weeks.

Answer 8

People cut hair on french poodle dogs.

Answer 9

Because they don't have hair, it's fur. Poodles have hair and so they have to keep getting it cut their whole lives. Fur like eyebrows & pubic hair grow to a proscribed length and then stop.

Answer 10

dogs shed their hair seasonally and grow nw hair... however there are some breeds where this is not true and their hair becomes a mass of knots and tangles if not kept trimmed.

Answer 11

differnent breeds of dogs have to have their hair cut to keep the dog cool, and comfortable. Other breeds are meant to have long hair to keep them warm