Nau'in rigar kare yana da halaye guda uku: tsayinsa, nau'insa, da kuma "biyu" ko "guda".
Tsawon gashi
Dangane da tsayin Jawo, an bambanta tsakanin gajere mai gashi karnuka, karnuka da matsakaici-tsawo fur, kuma dogon gashi karnuka (daga 7.5 centimeters). Tabbas, karnuka masu dogon gashi, irin su Afganistan, Shih-Tzu, ko Maltese, suna da matuƙar kulawa. Amma ko da karnuka masu gajeren gashi irin su Dobermanns, Boxers, ko Pugs suna buƙatar isasshen kulawa, musamman idan suna da riga biyu.
Gashi biyu ko guda ɗaya
Daya yayi maganar a gashi biyu lokacin da gashi ya yi santsi da ƙarfi a saman ( babban gashi ) amma yana da girma tufafi kasa. An fara amfani da rigar ƙanƙara mai ƙanƙara don ƙoshin zafi. Babban gashi na iya zama gajere, matsakaici, ko tsayi. Dole ne a cire matattun rigar a kai a kai don kada ta zama tabo. Karnuka masu riguna biyu suna zubar da jini sosai, musamman a lokacin molting. Wakilai na yau da kullun sune, alal misali, Labrador (tare da ɗan gajeren gashi) ko makiyayi na Jamus (tare da dogon gashi).
Idan kare yana da sauki gashi, watau babu undercoat, rubutu da kauri na gashi zai kasance iri ɗaya. Wadannan kiwo da kyar zube saboda ba su da canjin gashi, amma har yanzu rigar su tana buƙatar kulawa ta yau da kullun. Jawo sau da yawa yana da kyau sosai kuma yana da laushi don haka yana ƙoƙarin zama matted. Dabbobi masu laushi, masu rufaffiyar iri ɗaya, kamar Poodles da Maltese, suna buƙatar zama yanka akai akai don kiyaye rigar da kyau.
Jawo rubutu
Rubutun gashin kare na iya zama santsi (Doberman Pinscher), frizzy da curly (Poodle), silky (Yorkshire), m (Wire-Haired Dachshund), ko wiry (Kare mai Gashi, Fox Terrier). Karnukan masu gashin waya ko waya - waɗanda suka haɗa da mafi yawan nau'o'in terrier da schnauzers - yakamata a gyara su akai-akai. Yaushe ƙaddamarwa, Gashin da ya mutu wanda har yanzu yana kwance a fatar jiki ana fizge shi da wuka mai sassaƙa ko da hannu. Wannan yana sake sake haɓaka gashin gashi kuma yana hana kumburin fata.