What does each club give for Gewicht in the Mops?

FCI, Gewicht: 6.3–8.1 kg; AKC, Gewicht: 6.4–8.2 kg; UKC, Gewicht: 6.4–8.2 kg; KC, Gewicht: 6.3–8.1 kg; CKC, Gewicht: 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
Gewicht	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
Verhältnis Höhe zu Länge	1	1	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
BissVorbiss	Standardgemäss (“Jaws / Teeth: Slightly undershot.”)	Standardgemäss (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)	Standardgemäss (“meet in a slightly undershot bite”)	Standardgemäss (“Mouth: Slightly undershot.”)	Standardgemäss (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)
BissSchiefes Gebiss	Fehler (“Wry mouth, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	No ruling	Disqualifizierend (“Eliminating Faults: Wry mouth.”)	Fehler (“Wry mouths, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	Disqualifizierend (“DISQUALIFICATIONS Wry mouth”)
BezahnungVollzahnig	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“A full complement of large, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
AugenformRund	Standardgemäss (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standardgemäss (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling
OhrhaltungKnopfohr	Standardgemäss (“Button ear ... Preference given to latter.”)	Standardgemäss (“Preference is given to the latter.”)	Standardgemäss (“preference is given to the button ear”)	Alternativ (“Two kinds: button ear”)	Standardgemäss (“Preference is given to the latter.”)
OhrhaltungRosenohr	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.”)
SchnauzenformStumpf	Standardgemäss (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Standardgemäss (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
SchnauzenformQuadratisch	Standardgemäss (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Standardgemäss (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Standardgemäss (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
RückenlinieGerade	Standardgemäss (“Topline: Level, neither roached nor dipping.”)	Standardgemäss (“The short back is level from the withers”)	Standardgemäss (“The topline is level.”)	Standardgemäss (“Topline level neither roached nor dipping.”)	Standardgemäss (“The short back is level from the withers”)
BrustBreit	Standardgemäss (“Broad in chest.”)	Standardgemäss (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)	Standardgemäss (“with a wide chest and well-sprung ribs”)	Standardgemäss (“broad in chest.”)	Standardgemäss (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)
SchwanzansatzHoch	Standardgemäss (“TAIL: High-set”)	Standardgemäss (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)	Standardgemäss (“The high-set tail”)	Standardgemäss (“High set”)	Standardgemäss (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)
SchwanzhaltungÜber den Rücken gerollt	Standardgemäss (“tightly curled over hip”)	Standardgemäss (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Standardgemäss (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Standardgemäss (“tightly curled over hip”)	Standardgemäss (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)
SchwanzhaltungDoppelt geringelt	Standardgemäss (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Standardgemäss (“The double curl is perfection.”)	Standardgemäss (“the double curl considered the ideal”)	Standardgemäss (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Standardgemäss (“The double curl is perfection.”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Maske	Standardgemäss (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“The mask should be black”)	Standardgemäss (“Markings are found on the muzzle, to include the mask”)	Standardgemäss (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“The mask should be black”)
Aalstrich	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“as a back-trace, which is a line extending from the occiput to the tail”)	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)
Tupfen	Standardgemäss (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“as moles on the cheeks”)	Standardgemäss (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Standardgemäss (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)
Weisse Abzeichen	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Fehler (“Any solid white patch anywhere but on the chest”)
Brustfleck	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“The white on the chest to be no larger than a dime”)
Daumenabdruck auf der Stirn	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standardgemäss (“as thumb marks or diamonds on the forehead”)	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Standardgemäss (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Entfernen der Wolfskrallen	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 Schwarz, Silber, Rehfarben und Aprikose. Standard patterns: Einfarbig.

Fell: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Schwarz	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Black”)	Standardgemäss (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Silber	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Disqualifizierend	Standardgemäss (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Rehfarben	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Fawn”)	Standardgemäss (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Aprikose	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Disqualifizierend	Standardgemäss (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Weiss	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt (“White”)	Nicht anerkannt
Albino	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Disqualifizierend (“Albinism”)	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt
Blau	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt (“Blue”)	Nicht anerkannt
Braun	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt (“Brown”)	Nicht anerkannt
Schokolade	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt
Lohfarben	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt (“Black & Tan”)	Nicht anerkannt
Creme	Nicht anerkannt	Disqualifizierend	Nicht anerkannt	Nicht anerkannt (“Cream - no Black Mask”)	Nicht anerkannt
Patterns
Einfarbig	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“The colors are fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Standardgemäss (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Gestromt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Nicht anerkannt
Zobel	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Nicht anerkannt (“Sable”)	Nicht anerkannt
Lohzeichnung	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Nicht anerkannt (“Black & Tan”)	Nicht anerkannt
Dunkel gestromt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Nicht anerkannt

Augen: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Dunkelbraun	Standardgemäss (“Dark, relatively large”)	Standardgemäss (“dark in color”)	Standardgemäss (“dark in color”)	Standardgemäss (“Dark, relatively large”)	Standardgemäss (“Dark, relatively large”)

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

What the rulings mean

Standardgemäss: Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Mops's colors can change over its life.

Schwarzchanges toRostrot
Fell · Mit dem Körperzustand · can change back
Schwarzchanges toGrau
Fell · Fortschreitend
Schwarzchanges toBraun
Fell · In der Sonne · can change back
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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