I had a girl I re-homed to a wonderful family that as she got older started growing a very harsh short coat that wasn't curly but had like a half curl to it, not wavy. She had a huge undercoat and needed brushing all the time, more than we would consider normal for a Lab I should say. It is hard to the touch. Jasmine asked me when she met her " isn't she awfully wooly?" She doesn't care and loves her anyway. So it wasn't like the Barbet coat in the picture