Which Dog breeds come in Roan?

Club breed standards describe Roan for the American Cocker Spaniel, American English Coonhound, American Hairless Terrier, Australian Cattle Dog, Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog, Beagle, Bloodhound, Bluetick Coonhound, Border Collie, Borzoi, Bracco Italiano and Braque du Bourbonnais, and 46 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Roan?

At least one club disqualifies Roan in the Cardigan Welsh Corgi, Pyrenean Mastiff, Appenzeller Sennenhund, Spanish Water Dog, Tibetan Mastiff, Basset Artésien Normand, Boerboel, Carolina Dog, Carpathian Sheepdog and Croatian Sheepdog.

Dog pattern

Roan

White hairs evenly intermingled with the coloured hairs of the body while head and legs stay darker: roan horses and cattle, blue roan Cocker Spaniels.

83 Dog breeds list Roan. It is in a club standard for 59 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 10 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Roan

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
American Cocker Spaniel	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
American Cocker SpanielParticolour	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
American English Coonhound	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	Standard (“Red and white ticked; blue and white ticked”)	Standard (“Redtick, bluetick, tri color with ticking”)
American Hairless Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Australian Cattle Dog	Standard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“Blue Mottled”)	Standard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckled”)
Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog	Standard (“blue mottled”)	Standard (“Blue Mottled”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blue speckle or blue mottled”)
Beagle	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“all the above-mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)
Bloodhound	No ruling	Standard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	Standard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bluetick Coonhound	No ruling	Standard (“Blue Ticked”)	No ruling	Standard (“thickly mottled body”)	Standard (“thickly mottled body”)
Border Collie	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“White Ticked”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“white markings may be clear white or ticked to any degree”)
Borzoi	Fault (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standard (“Spotted On White, Ticked”)	Standard (“Any colour, except merle”)	Fault (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)
Bracco Italiano	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“patches, ticking, or roan”)	Standard (“White may be speckled. Roan with solid markings”)	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“Orange or chestnut roan”)
Braque du Bourbonnais	Standard (“An intimate mix of white and coloured hairs, giving an overall roan colour, is also accepted”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Overall roaning is also accepted”)
Brittany	Standard (“Piobald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standard (“Liver Roan”)	Standard (“roan of any of these colours”)	Standard (“Piebald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standard (“in clear or roan patterns. Some ticking is desirable”)
Bulldog	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“ticking”)	Standard (“ticking”)	No ruling
Canaan	Not recognised	Standard (“in all color patterns self-ticking may be present”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling
Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Not recognised	Standard (“Ticked”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	Disqualifying
Central Asian Shepherd Dog	Standard (“Any”)	Standard (“Any”)	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour”)	Standard (“ticked”)
Coton de Tulear	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white & fawn hairs)”)
Danish-Swedish Farmdog	Standard (“Flecking permissible”)	Standard (“Flecking accepted”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ticking or flecking is acceptable”)
Deutscher Wachtelhund	Standard (“Brown roan, more seldom red roan”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brown schimmel (brown ticked with white or roaned)”)
Dogo Argentino	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“some light ticking”)
Drentsche Patrijshond	Standard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	Standard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan dogs or dogs with a solid mantle are acceptable but less desirable”)
English Cocker Spaniel	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Parti-colors may be clearly marked, ticked or roaned”)
English Foxhound	Standard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tricolour Mottle”)	Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”)	Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)
English Setter	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standard (“belton markings varying in degree from clear distinct flecking to roan shading”)	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferable”)	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standard (“white and orange ticked, white and blue ticked”)
English Springer Spaniel	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	Standard (“blue or liver roan”)
Field Spaniel	Standard (“Blue roan”)	Standard (“Blue Roan”)	Standard (“blue roan”)	Standard (“Blue roan”)	Standard (“roan”)
French Bulldog	Fault (“Fawn and white coat strongly red speckled”)	Standard (“Ticking is acceptable but not desired”)	Not recognised	Fault (“Fawn and white coat strongly red-speckled”)	Fault (“Excessive ticking”)
French Spaniel	Standard (“slightly or moderately flecked and roan without excess”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“with or without ticking and roaning”)
German Longhaired Pointer	Standard (“Dark roan”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Dark roan”)	No ruling	No ruling
German Shorthaired Pointer	Standard (“Dark brown roan”)	Standard (“Liver Roan”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)
German Wirehaired Pointer	Standard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Liver & White Ticked”)	Standard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)
Great Dane	Fault (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standard (“Eligible but less desirable, are black hairs showing through the white base coat”)	Not recognised	Fault (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standard (“single black hairs showing through the white background ... allowed but not preferred”)
Greyhound	Not recognised	Standard (“Ticked”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	Standard (“Immaterial”)
Havanese	No ruling	Standard (“Parti Belton”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)	No ruling	Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)
Irish Red and White Setter	Standard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“Flecking but not roaning is permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“Mottling or flecking permissible around face and feet”)	Standard (“Flecking (but not roaning) permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)
Lagotto Romagnolo	Standard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	Standard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“Orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“brown roan”)
Löwchen	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“Parti Belton”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)
Miniature American Shepherd	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Not recognised	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	No ruling
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are acceptable, but less desirable”)	Standard (“slight ticking are acceptable but less desirable”)	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	No ruling
Newfoundland	Standard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standard (“Clear white or white with minimal ticking is preferred”)	Standard (“Coat white with minimal ticking”)	Standard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standard (“may have minimal ticking”)
Parson Russell Terrier	No ruling	No ruling	Not recognised	No ruling	Standard (“Any white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Pointer	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	Not recognised	No ruling	No ruling
Porcelaine	Standard (“Orange ticking on the ears is highly characteristic of the breed”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Orange ticking on the ears is characteristic”)
Portuguese Sheepdog	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with or without mixed white hairs”)
Pyrenean Mastiff	No ruling	Standard (“light flecking the same color as the patches”)	Not recognised	No ruling	Disqualifying
Rastreador Brasileiro	Standard (“Fully mottled black and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rat Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Speckling, ticking and mottling is common, but heavy ticking is undesirable”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Russell Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Ticking is acceptable”)	Not recognised	No ruling	Standard (“Any white area may be ticked providing that white predominates”)
Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	Standard (“Evenly speckled grey roan is acceptable”)	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	No ruling
Small Munsterlander Pointer	Standard (“brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	Standard (“Brown roan”)	Standard (“brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown roan”)
Spanish Greyhound	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)
Spinone Italiano	Standard (“orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standard (“Orange Roan”)	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“Orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standard (“roan or roan-brown (chestnut)”)
Stabyhoun	Standard (“black or brown roans are accepted”)	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“black or brown roans are also accepted”)	Standard (“Ticking or roaning in the white is permissible”)
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“ticking in any white portion is acceptable as long as white is predominant”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“the white area may be ticked if white predominates”)
Toy Fox Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalized”)	No ruling	Standard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalised”)	Standard (“Ticking is permitted to some degree”)
Welsh Springer Spaniel	No ruling	Standard (“any white area may be flecked with red ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Red ticking in any of the white areas is acceptable”)
Wirehaired Pointing Griffon	Standard (“Frequently liver-roan”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Liver roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“liver roan”)
Basset Hound	No ruling	Alternate (“Ticked”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling

Breeds where Roan is a fault

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
Akita	Not recognised	Fault (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle (Japanese Akitainu)”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling
AkitaJapanese	Not recognised	Fault (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling
Appenzeller Sennenhund	Fault (“Black ticks on white”)	Fault (“Black ticks on white”)	No ruling	Fault (“Black ticking on white”)	Disqualifying
Bull Terrier	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Ticking in white coat”)
Bull TerrierWhite	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Ticking in white coat”)
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	Fault	Fault (“Heavy ticking on Blenheims or Tricolors”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	Fault
Karelian Bear Dog	Fault (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	Fault (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Miniature Bull Terrier	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fault (“Ticking in white coat”)
Miniature Pinscher	Fault (“Roans”)	No ruling	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling
Norrbottenspets	Fault (“Roaning or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Pharaoh Hound	Fault (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fault (“Flecking or other white undesirable”)	Fault (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fault (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fault (“Flecking or any other white is undesirable”)
Pomeranian	No ruling	Fault (“ticking is undesirable”)	Not recognised	Not recognised	No ruling
Saint Bernard	Fault (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling	Not recognised	Fault (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling
Sealyham Terrier	Fault (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Fault (“excessive ticking should be discouraged”)	Fault (“heavy ticking on body undesirable”)	Fault (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Fault (“Ticking on the body”)
Spanish Water Dog	Disqualifying (“Spotty or flecked coat”)	No ruling	Not recognised	No ruling	Fault (“Ticking”)
Tibetan Mastiff	Disqualifying	Disqualifying	Fault (“flecked ... undesirable”)	Disqualifying	No ruling

Breeds where Roan is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FCI	AKC	KUSA	UKC
Basset Artésien Normand	Disqualifying (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	No ruling	Disqualifying (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	Disqualifying (“Too much black mottling in the white, giving it a bluish tint”)
Boerboel	No ruling	Disqualifying (“ticking or spots within the white to be disqualified”)	Not recognised	Disqualifying (“Ticking on any basic breed standard color”)
Carolina Dog	No ruling	Disqualifying (“merle/roan/mottling/dappling ... ticking on a dog's body”)	No ruling	Disqualifying (“merle, roan, mottling, dappling ... ticking”)
Carpathian Sheepdog	Disqualifying (“flecked in these colors”)	Disqualifying (“flecked in these colors”)	No ruling	No ruling
Croatian Sheepdog	Disqualifying (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	Disqualifying (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	No ruling	No ruling
Hortaya borzaya	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Welsh Sheepdog	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Color changes

How Roan can appear or change over an animal's life.

Whitechanges toRoan
Coat · With age · from 2 weeks

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