I know you can cord them, which is cute. The coat is extremely high maintnance, at the least ones I know are. We looked at them as a possible replacement for tibbies a few years back and I decided NO, I didn't want to deal with all that. Cottony hair like that matts really easily. Momma didn't want a corded dog running around the house so it was a big veto on both sides, (ha, the one time we were in agreement lol). If you keep them clipped shorter I guess the hair would be easier to maintain.
Another note is that more than one breeder at the time cautioned us against other breeders because of temperment issues with their dogs. Sooo that to me says that, at the time at least, there were some temperment issues with the breed in general. Another tibbie breeder got rid of his because it bit the heck out of him one day while he was grooming it. Could be just the guy though, so I couldn't make any sort of judgement. As with any dog ask the breeder a ton of questions and try and talk to more than one breeder about the breed in general so you can get as much info as possible.
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