It is hot and humid where I live in the summer. All summer. Still, Chester sometimes likes to go out and sun himself for a little while.

Apparently, here he thinks his head is out the window of a car

These are what we refer to as Chester’s wings. When he was a younger puppy, he had this stripe of dark hair running down his back. Eventually it seemed to spread to pretty much all his coat.

Now, instead of dark hair (although you can see it’s darker), it’s a ridge of longer hair. It really looks very funky. I am hoping that it is the long haired chihuahua in him, and that eventually he’ll develop a longer coat. It can take 2-3 years for a long haired chihuahua’s coat to grow in.

I just took a walk down memory lane trying to find a picture of Chester’s tail when we originally got him. I had to do a lot of hunting, but here is Chester at 3 1/2 months, about a month after we got him. His tail is just beginning to unfurl here; when we first got him, it was what we affectionately called a rat’s tail.

Here’s Chester’s tail today

He’s 9 1/2 months old now. So yes, there’s been a huge change in his coat — more than I even remember. When he was a little puppy, it was all smooth hair, and pretty much the only place he had long hair was on his ears. Now he has a nice ruff around his neck and in the chest area, his tail is gorgeous (I really didn’t like that rat’s tail!), and he’s got the ridge of funky hair on his back. I really do think it will get longer, but only time will tell.

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