# Fur or Hair?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [March 18, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836 "2002-03-18T04:39:20Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![David\_Bolton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Bolton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Bolton)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836/1 "2002-03-18T04:39:20Z")

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Dear Cecil-  
I have two dogs, a Labrador named Mrs. Daisy and a Standard Poodle named Mr. Zidane. Every spring and fall, the Mrs. sheds all over the place. but Mr. ZZ, does not. He does requires grooming about every two months, or he is subject to skin problems, overheating,etc. How did this come to be, that the Mrs. has “fur” and the gent “hair?”;j

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**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2002, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836/2 "2002-03-18T05:51:16Z")

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This is a new trick: addressing it direct to Cecil. Nothing like kissing up is there.

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**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836/3 "2002-03-19T00:54:34Z")

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A note to the newbie: While the forum description does point out that Cecil will occasionally read General Questions, it’s far from a common occurance. You’re very likely, however, to get a good answer from some member of the Teeming Millions, so one usually wouldn’t directly address Cecil in the post.

That said, I don’t know either.

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**Author:** ![David\_Bolton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9de053/32.png) [@David\_Bolton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/David_Bolton)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836/4 "2002-03-19T01:55:32Z")

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Well, I see I’ve been rounded up by the short hairs, dogged about protocol, and all fur naught. Perhaps some shedding is in order, and the best answer is left to the dogs.

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> “Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” - Groucho

My human companions appear too distracted.

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**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\
**Post date:** [March 19, 2002, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-or-hair/98836/5 "2002-03-19T03:55:18Z")

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General Questions is for questions that have factual answers. I don’t see a question here, so I’m going to close this thread.

Please read the forum descriptions.

**DrMatrix** - General Questions Moderator

Correction: It appears that this thread was meant as a reply to another thread started by **David Bolton**. So, I’ve merged the two threads.