United Pet Club

Boxer 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

Size
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Výška v kohoutku, male57–63 cm58.4–63.5 cm55.9–63.5 cm57–63 cm57.3–63.5 cm
Výška v kohoutku, female53–59 cm54.6–59.7 cm53.3–58.4 cm53–59 cm53.3–59.8 cm
Hmotnost, maleover 30 kgNo rulingNo ruling30–32 kgNo ruling
Hmotnost, female25 kgNo rulingNo ruling25–27 kgNo ruling
Poměr výšky a délky11111
Poměr mozkovny a tlamy2222No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
SkusPodkusPodle standardu (“The Boxer is undershot”)Podle standardu (“The Boxer bite is undershot”)Podle standardu (“The Boxer's normal bite is undershot”)Podle standardu (“Lower jaw undershot, curving slightly upward”)Podle standardu (“The Boxer is normally undershot”)
Tvar tlamyTupáNo rulingPodle standardu (“The broad, blunt muzzle is the distinctive feature”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Nasazení ušíVysokéPodle standardu (“set on wide apart on highest part of skull”)Podle standardu (“Set at the highest points of the sides of the skull”)Podle standardu (“The ears are set high and far apart”)Podle standardu (“set wide apart on highest part of skull”)No ruling
Nasazení ocasuVysokéPodle standardu (“Set on high rather than low”)Podle standardu (“The tail is set high”)Podle standardu (“set high and carried upward”)Podle standardu (“Set on high and carried upward”)Podle standardu (“Tail attachment high, rather than low”)
Nesení ocasuVztyčený (veselý)No rulingPodle standardu (“set high, docked, and carried upward”)Podle standardu (“set high and carried upward”)Podle standardu (“Set on high and carried upward”)Podle standardu (“normal length or docked, carried upward”)
Hřbetní linieRovnáPodle standardu (“Back: Including loin should be short, firm, straight”)No rulingPodle standardu (“the back, including the loin, is short, straight”)No rulingNo ruling
TlapkyKočičí tlapkaNo rulingNo rulingPodle standardu (“The feet are small, round, tight and well-cushioned”)Podle standardu (“Front feet small and cat-like”)No ruling
HrudníkHlubokýPodle standardu (“Chest: Deep, reaching to elbows”)No rulingPodle standardu (“The chest is deep to the elbow”)Podle standardu (“Chest deep, reaching to elbows”)No ruling
LalokŽádný (suché hrdlo)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingPodle standardu (“Round, of ample length, strong, muscular, clean cut, no dewlap”)No ruling

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Bílé odznakyAlternativní (“White markings should not be discarded.”)Alternativní (“White markings, if present... may not exceed one-third of the entire coat”)Alternativní (“White markings are permissible if attractively distributed, but not required.”)Alternativní (“White markings acceptable not exceeding one-third of ground colour.”)Alternativní (“White markings in fawn and brindle dogs are not to be rejected”)
MaskaPodle standardu (“Black mask.”)Podle standardu (“the otherwise essential black mask”)Podle standardu (“A black mask is absolutely required.”)Podle standardu (“Dark mask confined to muzzle”)Podle standardu (“The dark mask is confined to the muzzle”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Kupírování ušíNo rulingAlternativní (“the ears are customarily cropped”)Alternativní (“If cropped, they come to a point”)No rulingNo ruling
Kupírování ocasuNo rulingPodle standardu (“The tail is set high, docked, and carried upward”)Alternativní (“The tail is generally docked”)Alternativní (“Previously customarily docked”)Alternativní (“The tail is of normal length or docked”)
Odstranění paspárkůNo rulingAlternativní (“The dewclaws may be removed”)No rulingNo rulingAlternativní (“Dewclaws, if any, may be removed”)

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

Boxer colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Boxer color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Boxer in Černá, Bílá, Červená, Zlatá a Plavá. Standard patterns: Jednobarevná, Žíhaná a Obráceně žíhaná.

Srst: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
ČernáPodle standardu (“dark or black stripes”)Podle standardu (“black stripes”)Podle standardu (“black stripes”)Podle standardu (“Black stripes”)Podle standardu (“dark or black stripes”)
BíláPodle standardu (“White markings should not be discarded”)Podle standardu (“White Markings”)Podle standardu (“White markings are permissible if attractively distributed”)Podle standardu (“White markings acceptable not exceeding one-third of ground colour”)Podle standardu (“White markings should not be discarded”)
ČervenáPodle standardu (“dark deer red”)Podle standardu (“Fawn shades vary from light tan to mahogany”)Podle standardu (“a deep dark red”)Podle standardu (“dark deer red”)Podle standardu (“dark deer red”)
ZlatáPodle standardu (“Fawn comes in various shades from light fawn to dark deer red”)Podle standardu (“Fawn shades vary from light tan to mahogany”)Podle standardu (“golden yellow”)Podle standardu (“Golden Brindle & White”)Podle standardu (“Various shades from light fawn to dark deer red”)
PlaváPodle standardu (“Fawn”)Podle standardu (“Fawn”)Podle standardu (“fawn”)Podle standardu (“Fawn”)Podle standardu (“Fawn”)
AlbinotickáVadaDiskvalifikujícíDiskvalifikující (“Albinism”)NeuznávánoVada
Patterns
JednobarevnáPodle standardu (“Fawn”)Podle standardu (“the so-called "plain" fawn or brindle, is perfectly acceptable”)Podle standardu (“White markings are permissible if attractively distributed, but not required”)Podle standardu (“Fawn”)Podle standardu (“Fawn”)
ŽíhanáPodle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“Brindle”)Podle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“Brindle”)
Obráceně žíhanáPodle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“Brindle”)Podle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“brindle”)Podle standardu (“Brindle”)
StrakatáVada (“white markings exceeding one third of the ground colour”)Diskvalifikující (“Boxers with a total of white markings exceeding one-third of the entire coat”)Diskvalifikující (“White markings that exceed one-third of the entire coat”)NeuznávánoVada (“white markings exceeding one-third of the ground colour”)
SobolíVada (“Sooty ground colour”)No rulingNo rulingNeuznávánoVada (“Sooty ground colour”)
Oči: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
Tmavě hnědáPodle standardu (“The dark eyes”)Podle standardu (“Dark brown in color”)Podle standardu (“dark brown in color”)Podle standardu (“Dark brown”)Podle standardu (“The dark eyes”)
Nos: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
ČernáPodle standardu (“Nose is broad and black”)Podle standardu (“The nose should be broad and black”)Podle standardu (“The nose is broad and black”)Podle standardu (“Nose broad, black”)Podle standardu (“Nose is broad and black”)
RůžováVada (“pale nose leather”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingVada (“pale nose leather”)

What the rulings mean

Podle standardu
Described by the club's breed standard.
Vada
Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Diskvalifikující
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Neuznáváno
The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Boxer's colors can change over its life.

  • Černáchanges toRezavá

    Srst · S tělesným stavem · can change back

  • Černáchanges toŠedá

    Srst · Postupná

  • Černáchanges toHnědá

    Srst · Na slunci · can change back

  • Bíláchanges toProkvetlá

    Srst · S věkem · from 2 weeks

  • Černáchanges toZimní nos

    Nos · S ročním obdobím · can change back

  • Černáchanges toRůžová

    Nos · S ročním obdobím · can change back

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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