Invisible model when using particles

I am sorry if this question has been answered before. But… How do I put particles hair/fur on something without the origional object going invisible.
I am experimenting with particle fur on a bovine thing I have modeled, I can see the fur but the places where you should be able to see the model through the fur is just invisible.

In the particle settings, make sure MESH is on.

Ah, thank you very much!

Oh sweet, that solved my problem too. Thanks a lot.

you can also, if your doing a head, select everywhere you want the particles to be, then press P to seperate, thenShift-D to duplicate, leave them at the same place, select the duplicated part, and make your particles there