What does each club give for Widerristhöhe in the Finnischer Spitz?

FCI, Male: 44–50 cm; AKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; UKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; KC, Male: 43–50 cm; CKC, Male: 44.5–49.5 cm; FCI, Female: 39–45 cm; AKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; UKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; KC, Female: 39–45 cm; CKC, Female: 39.3–44.5 cm.

Finnischer 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

Size
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Widerristhöhe, male	44–50 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	43–50 cm	44.5–49.5 cm
Widerristhöhe, female	39–45 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39–45 cm	39.3–44.5 cm
Gewicht, male	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg
Gewicht, female	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	10–13.3 kg
Gewicht	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg	No ruling
Verhältnis Höhe zu Länge	1	1	1	No ruling	No ruling
Verhältnis Schädel zu Schnauze	1.3	1.3	1.3	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
BissScherengebiss	Standardgemäss (“Close fitting scissor bite”)	Standardgemäss (“Bite - Scissors bite”)	Standardgemäss (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”)	Standardgemäss (“perfect regular scissor bite”)	Standardgemäss (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”)
BissVorbiss	Disqualifizierend (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
BissRückbiss	Disqualifizierend (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
BissSchiefes Gebiss	No ruling	Fehler (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
BezahnungVollzahnig	Standardgemäss (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”)	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
BezahnungFehlende Zähne	Fehler (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Missing teeth undesirable”)
OhrhaltungStehend (Stehohr)	Standardgemäss (“Set rather high, always erect”)	Standardgemäss (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”)	Standardgemäss (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”)	Standardgemäss (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”)	Standardgemäss (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”)
OhrhaltungHängend (Hängeohr)	Disqualifizierend (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
OhrhaltungHalbstehend	Disqualifizierend (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
OhransatzHoch	Standardgemäss (“EARS: Set rather high”)	Standardgemäss (“Ears - Set on high”)	Standardgemäss (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”)	No ruling	No ruling
AugenformMandelförmig	Standardgemäss (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”)	Standardgemäss (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”)	Standardgemäss (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”)	Standardgemäss (“Almond shaped with black rims”)	Standardgemäss (“almond shaped with black rims”)
AugenformRund	No ruling	Fehler (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”)	Fehler (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopMässig	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Stop - Moderate”)	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“stop moderate”)	No ruling
StopAusgeprägt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“the stop pronounced”)
SchnauzenformSich verjüngend	Standardgemäss (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”)	Standardgemäss (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”)	Standardgemäss (“It tapers evenly to the tip”)	Standardgemäss (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”)
SchnauzenformSchwach und spitz	No ruling	Fehler (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”)	Fehler (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
HalslängeMittel	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Muscular, of medium length”)	Standardgemäss (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”)
WammeKeine (trockene Kehle)	Standardgemäss (“Throat without dewlap”)	Standardgemäss (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
RückenlinieGerade	Standardgemäss (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”)	Standardgemäss (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”)	Standardgemäss (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”)	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“The back is short, level, and strong”)
RückenlinieKarpfenrücken (gewölbt)	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
RückenlinieSenkrücken	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
BrustTief	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”)	Standardgemäss (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”)	Standardgemäss (“Chest deep”)	Standardgemäss (“Chest is deep”)
SchwanzansatzNiedrig	No ruling	Fehler (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Fehler (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
SchwanzansatzHoch	No ruling	Fehler (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Fehler (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	No ruling
SchwanzlängeKurz	No ruling	Fehler (“or a short tail is to be faulted”)	Fehler (“Faults: ... Too short”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
SchwanzformKnickschwanz	Disqualifizierend (“Kinked tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PfotenKatzenpfote	Standardgemäss (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”)	Standardgemäss (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”)	Standardgemäss (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”)	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”)
PfotenGespreizt	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”)	No ruling	Fehler (“flat, splayed, or long feet”)
PfotenHasenpfote	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”)
SprunggelenkeKuhhessig	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Faults: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Fehler (“Long hocks, cowhocks”)
Wolfskrallen hintenKeine	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Dewclaws - Removed”)	Standardgemäss (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Weisser Fuss	Alternativ (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativ (“White markings on the tips of the toes”)	Alternativ (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Stern	Alternativ (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativ (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”)	Alternativ (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”)	Alternativ (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted.”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Entfernen der Wolfskrallen	No ruling	Alternativ (“Dewclaws - May be removed”)	Standardgemäss (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“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.

Finnischer Spitz colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Finnischer Spitz in Weiss, Rot und Gold. Standard patterns: Zobel.

Fell: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Weiss	Standardgemäss (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Standardgemäss (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)	Standardgemäss (“The following white markings are permitted”)	Standardgemäss (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)	Standardgemäss (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
Rot	Standardgemäss (“bright red”)	Alternativ (“Red”)	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“reddish brown”)	Standardgemäss (“bright red”)
Gold	Standardgemäss (“golden red”)	Standardgemäss (“Red Gold”)	Standardgemäss (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”)	Standardgemäss (“red gold”)	Standardgemäss (“golden red”)
Albino	Disqualifizierend	No ruling	Disqualifizierend (“Albinism”)	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend
Patterns
Zobel	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”)	Standardgemäss (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”)	Standardgemäss (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”)	No ruling

Augen: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Dunkelbraun	Standardgemäss (“preferably dark”)	Standardgemäss (“Dark in color”)	Standardgemäss (“preferably dark in color”)	Standardgemäss (“preferably dark”)	Standardgemäss (“preferably dark”)
Hellbraun	No ruling	Fehler (“light eyes should be faulted”)	Fehler (“Light”)	No ruling	No ruling
Blau	Disqualifizierend (“wall eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifizierend (“wall eye”)
Gelb	Disqualifizierend (“Eyes bright yellow”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifizierend (“Eyes bright yellow”)

Nase: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Schwarz	Standardgemäss (“jet-black”)	Standardgemäss (“Black”)	Standardgemäss (“black”)	Standardgemäss (“Nose pitch black”)	Standardgemäss (“jet-black”)

What the rulings mean

Standardgemäss: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternativ: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Fehler: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Disqualifizierend: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Nicht anerkannt: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Finnischer Spitz's colors can change over its life.

Weisschanges toStichelschimmel
Fell · Mit dem Alter · from 2 weeks
Schwarzchanges toSchneenase
Nase · Mit der Jahreszeit · can change back
Schwarzchanges toRosa
Nase · Mit der Jahreszeit · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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