# What's the "Fluffiest" Breed Of Dog **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 10, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789 "2009-12-10T23:02:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/1 "2009-12-10T23:02:47Z")
I was out today and there was a dog outside the 7-11 and it was very cold in Chicago today, so as I went by I petted him, (yeah I know you shouldn’t pet strange dogs) and to my surprise my hand literally sunk into him. I kid you not my hand was almost to my wrist in dog fluff before I hit bone. I have never seen such a fluffy dog in my life. The owner came out and I asked her what kind of dog it was. She said it was a “mutt she got at the pound.” Now I realize dogs winter coats, but I have never seen such a fluffy dog before. So it got me to thinking, what kind of breed is the “fluffiest”? By this I mean made mostly of dog fur and not fat and bones and muscles ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/2 "2009-12-10T23:07:34Z")
Samoyed? Their fur was so thick and fluffy their owners could cuddle up to sleep with them when it got cold. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/3 "2009-12-10T23:38:29Z")
Pekingnese? Some of those little guys look like they’re ten pounds of fur and one pound of dog. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/4 "2009-12-11T00:26:09Z")
Old English Sheepdogs have a shocking amount of fur too. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/5 "2009-12-11T00:54:25Z")
Maybe they don’t win but [Komondors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komondor) are interesting. The [Puli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puli) is similar. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/6 "2009-12-11T01:04:55Z")
Similar to a Samoyed, but smaller\*, is the [American Eskimo Dog](http://www.akc.org/breeds/american_eskimo_dog/). The [Chow](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chow_Chow) can also be extremely fluffy, but their fur is pretty dense. \*:Three accepted sizes, in fact, all of which are smaller than the Samoyed. ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/7 "2009-12-11T01:10:41Z")
Keeshonden are pretty damn fluffy. [http://api.ning.com/files/G0yJVXg9aqeHzGFxLx5cnoRoFcaWEbvO3UIEQxEMO4HhOOh8r3LRNWpY4T2Ug2JYR14RStIfao0pmYStb\*awmzfGQsljrHpF/KEESHOND.jpg](http://api.ning.com/files/G0yJVXg9aqeHzGFxLx5cnoRoFcaWEbvO3UIEQxEMO4HhOOh8r3LRNWpY4T2Ug2JYR14RStIfao0pmYStb*awmzfGQsljrHpF/KEESHOND.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/8 "2009-12-11T03:40:24Z")
Ahem. The single-level fur of the Standard Poodle allows for _amazingly_ fluffy coats. Eight to ten inches of nothing but poof. [http://www.ridgewoodpoodles.com/George.jpg](http://www.ridgewoodpoodles.com/George.jpg) He is a manly boy. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/9 "2009-12-11T16:48:13Z")
> [@E-Sabbath](#): > > Ahem. The single-level fur of the Standard Poodle allows for _amazingly_ fluffy coats. Eight to ten inches of nothing but poof. > [http://www.ridgewoodpoodles.com/George.jpg](http://www.ridgewoodpoodles.com/George.jpg) > He is a manly boy. I concur. My dog is a poodle/terrier cross and he is very fluffy - but underneath is nothing but skinny, bony dog. People have remarked that he looks so much bigger than he is… ---
**Author:** ![StoutHearted](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2bfe46/32.png) [@StoutHearted](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StoutHearted)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/10 "2009-12-11T17:46:11Z")
Chow chows are also very fluffy, but have a stocky body underneath all that fur. ---
**Author:** ![schnuckiputzi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@schnuckiputzi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/schnuckiputzi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/11 "2009-12-11T19:15:42Z")
Great Pyrenees are white poofy marshmallows, inside and out. Biggest babies there are. ---
**Author:** ![Elysium](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3be4f8/32.png) [@Elysium](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elysium)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/12 "2009-12-11T19:40:07Z")
Pomeranians are crazy-fluffy too. [Pom.](http://thesummer.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/pomeranian_h01.jpg) My friend has 2 and they are tiny dogs underneath all the puff. Huskies and Samoyeds are definitely fluffy, too. ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/13 "2009-12-11T22:00:35Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Old English Sheepdogs have a shocking amount of fur too. They get my vote. And for cutest too. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/14 "2009-12-11T22:06:40Z")
Now see I’ve petted old english sheepdogs and they certainly do have a lot of hair, but to me at least, they don’t seem really fluffy, if that makes sense, they just seem hairy 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![myskepticsight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@myskepticsight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/myskepticsight)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/15 "2009-12-11T23:24:59Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > Maybe they don’t win but [Komondors](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komondor) are interesting. The [Puli](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puli) is similar. Those are some badass looking dogs, the Komondor. And as puppies they are sickeningly adorable! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2009, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-fluffiest-breed-of-dog/520789/16 "2009-12-11T23:38:05Z")
[Bichons Frise](http://www.animal-photography.com/search.html?breed=dog&search=bichon%20frise) are really fluffy. When my sister first had her dog’s coat cut all the way back, he was such a tiny little beastie.