Finnish Spitz breed standards compared
Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.
Clubs compared: FCI, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC.
Size
| Measure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Вышыня ў карку, male | 44–50 cm | 44.5–50.8 cm | 44.5–50.8 cm | 43–50 cm | 44.5–49.5 cm |
| Вышыня ў карку, female | 39–45 cm | 39.4–45.7 cm | 39.4–45.7 cm | 39–45 cm | 39.3–44.5 cm |
| Вага, male | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | 14–16 kg |
| Вага, female | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | 10–13.3 kg |
| Вага | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | 14–16 kg | No ruling |
| Індэкс фармату (вышыня да даўжыні) | 1 | 1 | 1 | No ruling | No ruling |
| Суадносіны чэрапа і морды | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.3 | No ruling | No ruling |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ПрыкусНажніцападобны прыкус | Па стандарце (“Close fitting scissor bite”) | Па стандарце (“Bite - Scissors bite”) | Па стандарце (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”) | Па стандарце (“perfect regular scissor bite”) | Па стандарце (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”) |
| ПрыкусПеракус | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Overshot or undershot mouth”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”) |
| ПрыкусНедакус | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Overshot or undershot mouth”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”) |
| ПрыкусПеракос сківіцы | No ruling | Недахоп (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Зубная формулаПоўная зубная формула | Па стандарце (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Зубная формулаАдсутнасць зубоў | Недахоп (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Missing teeth undesirable”) |
| Пастава вушэйСтаячыя | Па стандарце (“Set rather high, always erect”) | Па стандарце (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”) | Па стандарце (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”) | Па стандарце (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”) | Па стандарце (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”) |
| Пастава вушэйЗвісныя | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Other than erect ears”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Пастава вушэйПаўстаячыя | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Other than erect ears”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Пасадка вушэйВысокая | Па стандарце (“EARS: Set rather high”) | Па стандарце (“Ears - Set on high”) | Па стандарце (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Форма вачэйМіндалепадобныя | Па стандарце (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”) | Па стандарце (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”) | Па стандарце (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”) | Па стандарце (“Almond shaped with black rims”) | Па стандарце (“almond shaped with black rims”) |
| Форма вачэйКруглыя | No ruling | Недахоп (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”) | Недахоп (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| СтопУмераны | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Stop - Moderate”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“stop moderate”) | No ruling |
| СтопВыразны | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Па стандарце (“the stop pronounced”) |
| Форма мордыЗвужаная | Па стандарце (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”) | Па стандарце (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”) | Па стандарце (“It tapers evenly to the tip”) | Па стандарце (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”) | Па стандарце (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”) |
| Форма мордыЗавостраная (слабая) | No ruling | Недахоп (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”) | Недахоп (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Даўжыня шыіСярэдняя | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Muscular, of medium length”) | Па стандарце (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”) |
| ПадвесНяма (сухое горла) | Па стандарце (“Throat without dewlap”) | Па стандарце (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Лінія верхуРоўная | Па стандарце (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”) | Па стандарце (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”) | Па стандарце (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“The back is short, level, and strong”) |
| Лінія верхуКарпападобная (выпуклая) | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Roached, dipped or long back”) |
| Лінія верхуПравіслая (мяккая спіна) | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Roached, dipped or long back”) |
| ГрудзіГлыбокія | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”) | Па стандарце (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”) | Па стандарце (“Chest deep”) | Па стандарце (“Chest is deep”) |
| Пасадка хвастаНізкая | No ruling | Недахоп (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”) | Недахоп (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”) |
| Пасадка хвастаВысокая | No ruling | Недахоп (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”) | Недахоп (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Даўжыня хвастаКароткі | No ruling | Недахоп (“or a short tail is to be faulted”) | Недахоп (“Faults: ... Too short”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”) |
| Форма хвастаЗ заломам | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Kinked tail”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ЛапыКашэчая лапа | Па стандарце (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”) | Па стандарце (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”) | Па стандарце (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”) |
| ЛапыРаспушчаныя | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“flat, splayed, or long feet”) |
| ЛапыЗаечая лапа | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”) |
| Скакальныя суставыКаровін пастаў | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Cow hocks”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Long hocks, cowhocks”) |
| Прыбылыя пальцы на задніх лапахНяма | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Dewclaws - Removed”) | Па стандарце (“Dewclaws should be removed”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Markings
| Marking | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Шкарпэткі | Альтэрнатыўны (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“White markings on the tips of the toes”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Зорка | Альтэрнатыўны (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted.”) | No ruling |
Cropping, docking and other procedures
| Procedure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Выдаленне прыбылых пальцаў | No ruling | Альтэрнатыўны (“Dewclaws - May be removed”) | Па стандарце (“Dewclaws should be removed”) | No ruling | Альтэрнатыўны (“Removal of dewclaws is optional”) |
The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.
Finnish Spitz colors and patterns
What each club's breed standard says about every Finnish Spitz color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.
Breed standards describe the Finnish Spitz in Белы, Чырвоны і Залацісты. Standard patterns: Собалевы.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Белы | Па стандарце (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”) | Па стандарце (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”) | Па стандарце (“The following white markings are permitted”) | Па стандарце (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”) | Па стандарце (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”) |
| Чырвоны | Па стандарце (“bright red”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“Red”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“reddish brown”) | Па стандарце (“bright red”) |
| Залацісты | Па стандарце (“golden red”) | Па стандарце (“Red Gold”) | Па стандарце (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”) | Па стандарце (“red gold”) | Па стандарце (“golden red”) |
| Альбінос | Дыскваліфікацыйны | No ruling | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Albinism”) | Не прызнаны | Дыскваліфікацыйны |
| Patterns | |||||
| Собалевы | No ruling | Па стандарце (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”) | Па стандарце (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”) | Па стандарце (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”) | No ruling |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Цёмна-карычневы | Па стандарце (“preferably dark”) | Па стандарце (“Dark in color”) | Па стандарце (“preferably dark in color”) | Па стандарце (“preferably dark”) | Па стандарце (“preferably dark”) |
| Светла-карычневы | No ruling | Недахоп (“light eyes should be faulted”) | Недахоп (“Light”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Блакітны | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“wall eye”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“wall eye”) |
| Жоўты | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Eyes bright yellow”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Eyes bright yellow”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Чорны | Па стандарце (“jet-black”) | Па стандарце (“Black”) | Па стандарце (“black”) | Па стандарце (“Nose pitch black”) | Па стандарце (“jet-black”) |
What the rulings mean
- Па стандарце
- Described by the club's breed standard.
- Альтэрнатыўны
- Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
- Недахоп
- Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
- Дыскваліфікацыйны
- The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
- Не прызнаны
- The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.
Color changes
How a Finnish Spitz's colors can change over its life.
Белыchanges toЧалы
Поўсць · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Чорныchanges toЗімовы нос
Мочка носа · Па сезоне · can change back
Чорныchanges toРужовы
Мочка носа · Па сезоне · can change back
Sources
Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.