Hair loss, hot spots, ears that keep flaring. The coat is a report card. Here's what it's grading.
The outside is usually reporting on the inside.
The guides explain it.
The families lived it.

coatnoun, singular
/ˈkōt/: hair, skin, and ears, read together
Dull, shedding, flaring: things a dog just has, managed forever.
More often: a report card on the inside. The grade is set at the bowl.









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