I wouldn't say your breeder was dishonest on the coat type. Hairy hairless have tons of body hair, just not as hairy as the powder puff but much more hair than your very bald hairless cresteds. Dogs with the flowing mane and leg and tail hair look that is a hairy hairless or a powderpuff with a lion clip. Total hairless ones really have only hair on top of the heads. Hairy hairless are a bit cuter in my opinion, but I know several really cool total hairless cresteds that show in obedience that are gorgeous. I have full powderpuffs, they will grow coat to the floor. In their senior years I keep them cut shorter, the hair grows like human hair... constant. I trim the face and butt and bellies on my guys. On either hairless or hairy hairless prepare yourself, you will need to body clip them to maintain that slick appearance. They grow body hair like leg stubble. On the true hairless you need to condition the skin and keep them very clean. Think of yourself if you didn't wash your hair for weeks on end and shaved your legs without conditioning...You then can create material for the ugliest dog contest. LOL. People that think cresteds are ugly don't own one. They really grow on you. They have a ton of personality and are super trainable and very clean. Get your pup used to grooming. All my dogs stand for grooming and allow me to dremmel their toenails so they dont scratch me. Cresteds have dental issues as I mentioned before, however the hairless typically will lose teeth even as a young dog. The I believe this is the only breed that the standard allows for missing teeth for showing hairless. Your hairy hairless pup will grow hair constant like my powderpuff. Body clipping is a must. I keep a nice very sharp set of clippers, I think the clippers with ceramic blades are best. Or as an option you can let the coat grow all the way out, you will have a thinner coat than my guys but it will be easy to keep brushed if you don't want to keep body clipping Hairy hairless with extensive coats grown out look like disney dogs. Cresteds will grow a beard too. I don't like beards so I clean shave my guys on the face every couple of months. It is really a matter of taste. Cresteds are like a box of chocolates, every one is very different in color, coat type and appearance. Two of mine have down ears, one has erect ears. Very hard for breeders to get an exact standard for their cresteds. My three are as different as snowflakes in appearance. I have a black and white, a total white and a silver and white one. Three different coat types and very different body appearances. Some look like greyhounds, some are a bit more cobby in appearance. kind of like mini horses eh? All different.
