What does each club give for Vægt in the Mops?

FCI, Vægt: 6.3–8.1 kg; AKC, Vægt: 6.4–8.2 kg; UKC, Vægt: 6.4–8.2 kg; KC, Vægt: 6.3–8.1 kg; CKC, Vægt: 6.3–8.3 kg.

Mops 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
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Vægt	6.3–8.1 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.3–8.1 kg	6.3–8.3 kg
Højde i forhold til længde	1	1	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
BidUnderbid	Standard (“Jaws / Teeth: Slightly undershot.”)	Standard (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)	Standard (“meet in a slightly undershot bite”)	Standard (“Mouth: Slightly undershot.”)	Standard (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)
BidSkævt bid	Fejl (“Wry mouth, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	No ruling	Diskvalificerende (“Eliminating Faults: Wry mouth.”)	Fejl (“Wry mouths, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	Diskvalificerende (“DISQUALIFICATIONS Wry mouth”)
TandsætFuldt tandsæt	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“A full complement of large, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
ØjenformRund	Standard (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling
ØrestillingKnapøre	Standard (“Button ear ... Preference given to latter.”)	Standard (“Preference is given to the latter.”)	Standard (“preference is given to the button ear”)	Alternativ (“Two kinds: button ear”)	Standard (“Preference is given to the latter.”)
ØrestillingRosenøre	Alternativ (“Two kinds - Rose ear - small drop-ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativ (“There are two kinds - the rose and the button.”)	Alternativ (“rose (drop ears that fold over and back)”)	Alternativ (“rose ear - small drop ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativ (“There are two kinds the rose and the button.”)
Næsepartiets formStump	Standard (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Standard (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Næsepartiets formKvadratisk	Standard (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Standard (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Standard (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
OverlinjeLige	Standard (“Topline: Level, neither roached nor dipping.”)	Standard (“The short back is level from the withers”)	Standard (“The topline is level.”)	Standard (“Topline level neither roached nor dipping.”)	Standard (“The short back is level from the withers”)
BrystBredt	Standard (“Broad in chest.”)	Standard (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)	Standard (“with a wide chest and well-sprung ribs”)	Standard (“broad in chest.”)	Standard (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)
HaleansætningHøj	Standard (“TAIL: High-set”)	Standard (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)	Standard (“The high-set tail”)	Standard (“High set”)	Standard (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)
HalebæringKrøllet over ryggen	Standard (“tightly curled over hip”)	Standard (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Standard (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Standard (“tightly curled over hip”)	Standard (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)
HalebæringDobbelt krøllet	Standard (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Standard (“The double curl is perfection.”)	Standard (“the double curl considered the ideal”)	Standard (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Standard (“The double curl is perfection.”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Maske	Standard (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“The mask should be black”)	Standard (“Markings are found on the muzzle, to include the mask”)	Standard (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“The mask should be black”)
Ålestribe	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)	Standard (“as a back-trace, which is a line extending from the occiput to the tail”)	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)
Prikker	Standard (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)	Standard (“as moles on the cheeks”)	Standard (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standard (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)
Hvide aftegn	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Fejl (“Any solid white patch anywhere but on the chest”)
Brystplet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“The white on the chest to be no larger than a dime”)
Tommelfingeraftryk på panden	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standard (“as thumb marks or diamonds on the forehead”)	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standard (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Fjernelse af ulvekløer	No ruling	Alternativ (“Dewclaws are generally removed.”)	Alternativ (“Dewclaws may be removed.”)	No ruling	No ruling

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

Mops colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Mops in Sort, Sølv, Fawn og Abrikos. Standard patterns: Ensfarvet.

Pels: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Sort	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Sølv	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Diskvalificerende	Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Fawn	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Fawn”)	Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Abrikos	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Diskvalificerende	Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Hvid	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt (“White”)	Ikke anerkendt
Albino	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Diskvalificerende (“Albinism”)	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt
Blå	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt (“Blue”)	Ikke anerkendt
Brun	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt (“Brown”)	Ikke anerkendt
Chokolade	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt
Tan	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt (“Black & Tan”)	Ikke anerkendt
Creme	Ikke anerkendt	Diskvalificerende	Ikke anerkendt	Ikke anerkendt (“Cream - no Black Mask”)	Ikke anerkendt
Patterns
Ensfarvet	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“The colors are fawn or black”)	Standard (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standard (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Tigerstribet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkendt
Zobel	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkendt (“Sable”)	Ikke anerkendt
Tantegning	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkendt (“Black & Tan”)	Ikke anerkendt
Mørkt tigerstribet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Ikke anerkendt

Øjne: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Mørkebrun	Standard (“Dark, relatively large”)	Standard (“dark in color”)	Standard (“dark in color”)	Standard (“Dark, relatively large”)	Standard (“Dark, relatively large”)

Næse: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	KC	KUSA
Sort	Standard (“Nose: Black”)	Standard (“Nose black”)	Standard (“Nose black”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Diskvalificerende: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Ikke anerkendt: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

Sortchanges toRustrød
Pels · Med kropstilstanden · can change back
Sortchanges toGrå
Pels · Progressiv
Sortchanges toBrun
Pels · I solen · can change back
Sortchanges toSnenæse
Næse · Med årstiden · can change back
Sortchanges toLyserød
Næse · Med årstiden · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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