Smooth Collie 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 | 56–61 cm | 61–66 cm | 61–66 cm | 56–61 cm | 61–66 cm |
| Вышыня ў карку, female | 51–56 cm | 55.9–61 cm | 55.9–61 cm | 51–56 cm | 56–61 cm |
| Вага, male | 20.5–29.5 kg | 27.2–34 kg | 27.2–34 kg | 20.5–29.5 kg | 27.3–34 kg |
| Вага, female | 18–25 kg | 22.7–29.5 kg | 22.7–29.5 kg | 18–25 kg | 22.8–29.5 kg |
| Суадносіны чэрапа і морды | 1 | No ruling | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| СтопСлабы | Па стандарце (“Stop: Slight, but perceptible.”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“joined by a very slight, but perceptible, stop”) | Па стандарце (“divided by a slight, but perceptible stop or break”) | Па стандарце (“divided by a very slight but perceptible stop or break”) |
| ПрыкусНажніцападобны прыкус | Па стандарце (“a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“A full complement of strong, white teeth meet in a scissors bite.”) | Па стандарце (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”) | Па стандарце (“Teeth: The teeth are of good size, meeting in a scissors bite.”) |
| ПрыкусНедакус | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Serious Fault: Overshot bite.”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“Overshot or undershot jaws are undesirable”) |
| ПрыкусПеракус | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Very Serious Fault: Undershot bite.”) | No ruling | Недахоп (“the latter being more severely penalized”) |
| Форма вачэйМіндалепадобныя | Па стандарце (“of almond-shape and dark brown colour”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“The eyes are medium in size, almond in shape”) | Па стандарце (“of almond-shape and dark brown colour”) | No ruling |
| Пастава вушэйПаўстаячыя | Па стандарце (“carried semi-erect, that is, with approximately two-thirds of ear standing erect”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“they are carried about three-quarters erect”) | Па стандарце (“carried semi-erect, that is, with approximately two-thirds of ear standing erect”) | Па стандарце (“carried about three-quarters erect, with about one-fourth of the ear tipping”) |
| Пастава вушэйСтаячыя | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Prick or low ears.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Пасадка вушэйНізкая | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Faults: Prick or low ears.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Форма шыіВыгнутая | Па стандарце (“Muscular, powerful, of fair length, well arched.”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“fairly long and well-arched”) | Па стандарце (“Muscular, powerful, of fair length; well arched.”) | No ruling |
| Лінія верхуРоўная | Па стандарце (“Back: Level and firm.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Па стандарце (“back level and firm with slight rise over loins”) | No ruling |
| Даўжыня хвастаДоўгі | Па стандарце (“Long with bone reaching at least to hock joint.”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Long, reaching to the hock joint.”) | Па стандарце (“Long with bone reaching at least to hock joint.”) | No ruling |
| Пастава хвастаНізка апушчаны (звіслы) | Па стандарце (“To be carried low when quiet”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Carried low when the dog is quiet”) | Па стандарце (“To be carried low when quiet”) | No ruling |
| Скакальныя суставыНізка апушчаныя | Па стандарце (“Metatarsus (Rear pasterns): Well let down and powerful.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Па стандарце (“Hocks well let down and powerful.”) | No ruling |
| Скакальныя суставыКаровін пастаў | No ruling | No ruling | Недахоп (“Clean and sinewy below the thighs, never cow-hocked.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| ЛапыАвальныя | Па стандарце (“Forefeet: Oval soles well padded.”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“The feet are comparatively small, oval in shape”) | Па стандарце (“Oval soles well padded.”) | No ruling |
Markings
| Marking | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Каўнер | Па стандарце (“Following markings are favourable: white collar, full or part”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“a full or partial white collar”) | Па стандарце (“Following markings are favourable: white collar full or part”) | No ruling |
| Манішка | Па стандарце (“white front, legs and feet”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“white shirtfront”) | Па стандарце (“white front, legs and feet”) | No ruling |
| Шкарпэткі | Па стандарце (“white front, legs and feet”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“white markings usually on the chest, neck, legs, feet and the tip of the tail”) | Па стандарце (“white shirtfront, legs, feet”) | Па стандарце (“white front, legs and feet”) | No ruling |
| Пляма на грудзях | No ruling | Альтэрнатыўны (“white markings usually on the chest, neck, legs, feet and the tip of the tail”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Белы кончык хваста | Па стандарце (“white tail tip”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“white markings usually on the chest, neck, legs, feet and the tip of the tail”) | Па стандарце (“a white tail tip”) | Па стандарце (“white tail tip”) | No ruling |
| Лысіна | Альтэрнатыўны (“A blaze may be carried on muzzle or skull”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“A blaze may appear on the foreface or”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“A blaze may appear on the muzzle and/or skull”) | Альтэрнатыўны (“A blaze may be carried on muzzle or skull”) | No ruling |
| Падпаліны | Па стандарце (“Rich tan markings preferable, but absence should not be penalised”) | No ruling | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings on the head and legs”) | Па стандарце (“Rich tan markings preferable”) | No ruling |
Smooth Collie colors and patterns
What each club's breed standard says about every Smooth Collie color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.
Breed standards describe the Smooth Collie in Чорны, Белы, Блакітны і Падпал. Standard patterns: Аднатонны, Трохколерны, Мерль, Пайбалд, Собалевы і З падпалам.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Чорны | Па стандарце (“Tricolour: Predominantly black”) | Па стандарце (“Black White & Tan”) | Па стандарце (“Tri-color: predominately black”) | Па стандарце (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) | Па стандарце (“Tricolour: predominantly black”) |
| Белы | Па стандарце (“Sable and white”) | Па стандарце (“White”) | Па стандарце (“White: predominately white”) | Па стандарце (“Sable and white”) | Па стандарце (“Sable and white”) |
| Блакітны | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle: Predominantly clear, silvery blue”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle”) | Па стандарце (“blue merle”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle: predominantly clear, silvery blue”) |
| Падпал | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about legs and head”) | Па стандарце (“Black White & Tan”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings on the head and legs”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about the legs and head”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about the legs and head”) |
| Аспідны | Недахоп (“Large black markings, slate colour, or rusty tinge in top or undercoat are highly undesirable”) | Не прызнаны | Не прызнаны | Недахоп (“Large black markings, slate colour or rusty tinge top or undercoat are highly undesirable”) | Недахоп (“Large black markings, slate colour or rusty tinge top or undercoat are highly undesirable”) |
| Іржавы | Недахоп (“A rusty tinge in top coat highly undesirable”) | Не прызнаны | Не прызнаны | Недахоп (“A rusty tinge in top coat is highly undesirable”) | Недахоп (“A rusty tinge in top coat is highly undesirable”) |
| Крэмавы | Недахоп (“Light straw or cream colour highly undesirable”) | Не прызнаны | Не прызнаны | Недахоп (“Light straw or cream colour is highly undesirable”) | Недахоп (“Light straw or cream colour is highly undesirable”) |
| Альбінос | Не прызнаны | Не прызнаны | Дыскваліфікацыйны (“Albinism”) | Не прызнаны | Не прызнаны |
| Patterns | |||||
| Аднатонны | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) | Па стандарце (“predominantly white, preferably with sable, tri-color or blue merle markings”) | Па стандарце (“predominately white, preferably with sable, tri-color or blue merle markings”) | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) |
| Трохколерны | Па стандарце (“Tricolour”) | Па стандарце (“Black White & Tan”) | Па стандарце (“tri-color”) | Па стандарце (“Tricolour”) | Па стандарце (“Tricolour”) |
| Мерль | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle”) | Па стандарце (“blue merle”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merle”) |
| Пайбалд | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) | Па стандарце (“White”) | Па стандарце (“predominately white, preferably with sable, tri-color or blue merle markings”) | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) | Недахоп (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) |
| Собалевы | Па стандарце (“Sable: Any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Па стандарце (“Sable”) | Па стандарце (“sable”) | Па стандарце (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Па стандарце (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) |
| З падпалам | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about legs and head”) | Па стандарце (“Black & Tan Markings”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings on the head and legs”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about the legs and head”) | Па стандарце (“rich tan markings about the legs and head”) |
| Падвойны мерль | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Блакітны | Па стандарце (“Blue Merles, when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”) | Па стандарце (“either or both eyes may be merle or china in color without specific penalty”) | Па стандарце (“the Blue Merle, which may have blue, or blue flecked, eyes (one or both)”) | Па стандарце (“blue merles when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”) | Па стандарце (“Blue Merles, when eyes are frequently (one or both, or part of one or both) blue”) |
| Цёмна-карычневы | Па стандарце (“dark brown colour”) | Па стандарце (“The color is dark”) | Па стандарце (“dark brown in color”) | Па стандарце (“dark brown colour”) | Па стандарце (“dark brown colour”) |
| Patterns | |||||
| Мармуровы | Па стандарце (“blue-flecked”) | Па стандарце (“either or both eyes may be merle”) | Па стандарце (“blue flecked”) | Па стандарце (“blue-flecked”) | Па стандарце (“blue-flecked”) |
| Рознавокі | Па стандарце (“one or both”) | Па стандарце (“either or both eyes may be merle or china”) | Па стандарце (“(one or both)”) | Па стандарце (“one or both”) | Па стандарце (“one or both”) |
| Сектаральны | Па стандарце (“part of one or both”) | No ruling | No ruling | Па стандарце (“part of one or both”) | Па стандарце (“part of one or both”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Чорны | Па стандарце (“Always black”) | Па стандарце (“the black nose”) | Па стандарце (“Must be black”) | Па стандарце (“Nose always black”) | Па стандарце (“Always black”) |
What the rulings mean
- Па стандарце
- Described by the club's breed standard.
- 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 Smooth Collie's colors can change over its life.
Чорныchanges toІржавы
Поўсць · Са станам арганізма · can change back
Чорныchanges toШэры
Поўсць · Прагрэсіўнае
Чорныchanges toКарычневы
Поўсць · На сонцы · can change back
Белыchanges toЧалы
Поўсць · З узростам · from 2 weeks
З падпаламchanges toСядлападобны
Поўсць · З узростам · from 6 to 156 weeks
Блакітныchanges toЦёмна-карычневы
Вочы · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Блакітныchanges toКарычневы
Вочы · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Блакітныchanges toСветла-карычневы
Вочы · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Блакітныchanges toБурштынавы
Вочы · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Блакітныchanges toАрэхавы
Вочы · З узростам · from 2 weeks
Блакітныchanges toЖоўты
Вочы · 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.