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Dog pattern
Butterfly nose
A nose part pigmented and part pink, in irregular patches.
89 Dog breeds list Butterfly nose. It is in a club standard for 14 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 28 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Butterfly nose
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KUSA | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian ShepherdNose | Standard (“butterfly nose should not be faulted under one year of age”) | Standard (“on the merles it is permissible to have small pink spots”) | Standard (“on the merles it is permissible to have small pink spots”) | Standard (“on the merles it is permissible to have small pink spots”) | Fault (“poor pigmentation undesirable over one year of age”) |
| Cardigan Welsh CorgiNose | Standard (“in blue merles, a butterfly nose is tolerated”) | No ruling | Standard (“in blue merles ... butterfly noses are tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Catahoula Leopard DogNose | Standard (“Nose pigment may be any color or combination of colors”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogo ArgentinoNose | Standard (“Some pink pigment on the nose is acceptable, provided the nose is predominantly black”) | Fault (“Nose partially pigmented in adult specimens”) | Fault (“Noses that are only partially pigmented in adult specimens are to be severely penalized”) | Fault (“Nose partially pigmented in adult specimens”) | No ruling |
| German Longhaired PointerNose | No ruling | Standard (“slightly lighter spots permitted”) | Standard (“slightly lighter spots permitted”) | No ruling | Standard (“slightly flecked markings permissible”) |
| German Shorthaired PointerNose | Fault (“Spotted nose”) | Standard (“A flesh-coloured or spotted nose is only permissible in dogs with white as basic colour”) | Fault (“A spotted nose is not desirable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Great DaneNose | Standard (“A black spotted nose is permitted on Harlequins and Merles”) | Standard (“a butterfly nose (black with pink patches) ... is tolerated”) | Standard (“A black spotted nose is permitted on the Harlequins and Merles”) | Standard (“a butterfly nose (black with pink patches) ... is tolerated”) | Standard (“In harlequins, ... butterfly noses permissible”) |
| Ibizan HoundNose | Standard (“may be solid or butterfly”) | No ruling | Standard (“Pigment is solid or butterfly”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiNose | Disqualifying (“Butterfly or pink nose”) | Standard (“except for a small amount of spotting in merle colours”) | Disqualifying (“Pink or spotted nose”) | Standard (“except for a small amount of spotting in merle colours”) | Fault (“Spotted or flesh-coloured nose leather highly undesirable”) |
| OtterhoundNose | No ruling | Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”) | No ruling | Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”) | Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidNose | Standard (“Complete pigment is preferred”) | Disqualifying (“Total or partial de-pigmented nose”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Total or partial de-pigmented nose”) | No ruling |
| Treeing Walker CoonhoundNose | Standard (“White or pink spots inside the nostril or on the outside of the nose are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| WhippetNose | No ruling | Standard (“in white or parti-colour a butterfly nose is permissible”) | No ruling | Standard (“In whites or particolours a butterfly nose is permissible”) | Standard (“In whites or particolours a butterfly nose is permissible”) |
| XoloitzcuintliNose | Standard (“spotted as the rest of the body only in spotted dogs”) | Standard (“spotted in spotted dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“spotted in spotted dogs”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Butterfly nose is a fault
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KUSA | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkbashNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierNose | Fault (“Dudley or butterfly nose”) | No ruling | Fault (“a Dudley or butterfly nose are to be faulted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Anatolian ShepherdNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Incomplete pigment is a serious fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneNose | Disqualifying (“totally or partially unpigmented areas on nose”) | Disqualifying (“partially unpigmented areas on the nose”) | Fault (“Totally or partially unpigmented areas on the nose is a fault”) | Disqualifying (“partially unpigmented areas on the nose”) | No ruling |
| Belgian LaekenoisNose | No ruling | Fault (“Nose, lips and eyelids: traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling | Fault (“Nose, lips and eyelids: traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling |
| Belgian MalinoisNose | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling |
| Belgian ShepherdNose | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling |
| Belgian TervurenNose | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling | Fault (“traces of depigmentation”) | No ruling |
| Bergamasco SheepdogNose | Disqualifying (“nose partially depigmented”) | Fault (“nose partially depigmented”) | No ruling | Fault (“nose partially depigmented”) | No ruling |
| Bichon FriseNose | No ruling | Fault (“Nose: Loss of pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| BloodhoundNose | No ruling | Fault (“Nose and lips: Loss of pigment”) | No ruling | Fault (“Nose and lips: Loss of pigment”) | No ruling |
| BorzoiNose | No ruling | Fault (“Partly depigmented (pink) nose”) | No ruling | Fault (“Partly depigmented (pink) nose”) | No ruling |
| Bouvier des FlandresNose | Fault (“spotted nose”) | No ruling | Fault (“a ... spotted nose is a serious fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| BrittanyNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose. Two-toned nose.”) | Fault (“Very slightly depigmented, interior of the nostrils depigmented”) | Fault (“A two-tone or butterfly nose should be penalized”) | Fault (“Very slightly unpigmented, interior of the nostrils unpigmented”) | No ruling |
| Cane CorsoNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | Fault (“Partial depigmentation of the nose”) | No ruling | Fault (“Partial depigmentation of the nose”) | No ruling |
| Carolina DogNose | Fault (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | Fault (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chinese CrestedNose | Fault (“Partially pigmented or butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de TulearNose | Fault (“nose ... partially lacking in pigmentation”) | Fault (“discoloured nose, with unpigmented areas”) | No ruling | Fault (“discoloured nose, with unpigmented areas”) | No ruling |
| DalmatianNose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigmentation”) | No ruling | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigmentation is a major fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Deutscher WachtelhundNose | No ruling | Fault (“Depigmented patches are a fault”) | Fault (“Depigmented patches are a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Estrela Mountain DogNose | Fault (“incomplete or absence of pigmentation”) | Fault (“Pale coloured nostrils, partly unpigmented nose”) | Fault (“Pale coloured nostrils, partly unpigmented nose”) | Fault (“Pale-coloured nostrils, partly unpigmented nose”) | No ruling |
| German SpitzNose | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“parti-colour ... nose highly undesirable”) |
| German Wirehaired PointerNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“A spotted or flesh colored nose is to be penalized”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon VendéenNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | Fault (“Depigmentation of the nose, lips or eyelids”) | No ruling | Fault (“depigmentation of the nose, lips or eyelids”) | No ruling |
| Great PyreneesNose | Disqualifying (“Nose not completely black”) | Disqualifying (“Nose: Not completely black”) | Fault (“Missing pigmentation on nose”) | Disqualifying (“Nose: Not completely black”) | No ruling |
| Italian GreyhoundNose | Fault (“Dudley or butterfly nose”) | Disqualifying (“Nose ... half de-pigmented”) | Fault (“A light or partly pigmented nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| JagdterrierNose | Fault (“Spotted nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lagotto RomagnoloNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Partial and/or total de-pigmentation”) | Fault (“Depigmentation anywhere on the body is a serious fault”) | Disqualifying (“Partial and/or total de-pigmentation”) | Fault (“Partial or total lack of pigmentation highly undesirable”) |
| Lakeland TerrierNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“A ... distinctly spotted nose is very undesirable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Miniature American ShepherdNose | Fault (“butterfly nose in dogs over one year of age”) | Fault (“noses that are less than fully pigmented will be faulted”) | Fault (“noses that are less than fully pigmented will be faulted”) | Fault (“noses that are less than fully pigmented will be faulted”) | Fault (“poor pigmentation undesirable over one year of age”) |
| Neapolitan MastiffNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Incomplete pigmentation of the nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perro de Presa CanarioNose | No ruling | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | No ruling |
| Petit Basset Griffon VendéenNose | No ruling | Fault (“Depigmentation of nose, lips or eyelids”) | Fault (“A butterfly nose is a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Polish Lowland SheepdogNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“a nose partially lacking pigment should be penalized”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Miniature)Nose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigment”) | Fault (“Partially depigmented nose”) | Fault (“color of nose, lips and eye-rims incomplete”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Standard)Nose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigment”) | Fault (“Partially depigmented nose”) | Fault (“color of nose, lips and eye-rims incomplete”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Toy)Nose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigment”) | Fault (“Partially depigmented nose”) | Fault (“color of nose, lips and eye-rims incomplete”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese PodengoNose | Fault (“Partial lack of nose pigment”) | Fault (“Nose: Partial lack of pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo PequenoNose | Fault (“Partial lack of nose pigment”) | Fault (“Nose: Partial lack of pigmentation”) | Fault (“Nose - Partial lack of pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese Water DogNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“marbled nostrils in whole or in part”) | Fault (“pink or partial pigmentation in nose”) | Disqualifying (“marbled nostrils in whole or in part”) | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do AlentejoNose | No ruling | Fault (“Partial external lack of pigmentation of the mouth, eyelids, lips and nose”) | Fault (“Partial external lack of pigmentation of the mouth, eyelids, lips and nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierNose | Fault (“Dudley or butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater ValenciáNose | No ruling | Fault (“with depigmented spots”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| RottweilerNose | No ruling | Fault (“spotted nose (butterfly nose)”) | No ruling | Fault (“spotted nose (butterfly nose)”) | No ruling |
| Saint BernardNose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigment”) | Fault (“Incomplete or totally absent pigmentation on nose leather”) | No ruling | Fault (“Incomplete or totally absent pigmentation on nose leather”) | No ruling |
| Scottish TerrierNose | Fault (“Incomplete nose pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Sealyham TerrierNose | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“butterfly bad faults”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shiba InuNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shih TzuNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SloughiNose | Fault (“Unpigmented areas on nose”) | Disqualifying (“Depigmented areas on the mucous membranes”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Depigmented areas on the mucous membranes”) | No ruling |
| Small Munsterlander PointerNose | Fault (“Butterfly nose”) | Fault (“More than 50 % of the nose flesh-coloured or spotted”) | Fault (“More than 50 percent of the nose flesh-colored or spotted is a severe fault”) | Fault (“More than 50% of the nose flesh-coloured or spotted”) | No ruling |
| Toy Fox TerrierNose | Fault (“Small pink or flesh-colored specks on nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| White Swiss Shepherd DogNose | No ruling | Fault (“Partial loss of pigment of flecked appearance on nose, lips and/or eye rims”) | No ruling | Fault (“Partial loss of pigment of flecked appearance on nose, lips and/or eye-rims”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Butterfly nose is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KUSA | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkitaNose | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose (Akita)”) | Disqualifying (“a nose with unpigmented areas (Butterfly nose) (American Akita)”) | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose (Japanese Akitainu)”) | Disqualifying (“a nose with unpigmented areas (Butterfly nose) (American Akita)”) | No ruling |
| AkitaJapanese · Nose | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerican · Nose | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | Disqualifying (“a nose with unpigmented areas (Butterfly nose)”) | Disqualifying (“partial ... lack of pigmentation on the nose surface”) | Disqualifying (“a nose with unpigmented areas (Butterfly nose)”) | No ruling |
| BeauceronNose | Disqualifying (“unpigmented areas in nose”) | Disqualifying (“with unpigmented areas”) | Disqualifying (“nose ... with unpigmented areas”) | Disqualifying (“with unpigmented areas”) | No ruling |
| BriardNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“presence of pink (unpigmented areas)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“presence of pink (unpigmented areas)”) | No ruling |
| Brussels GriffonNose | Disqualifying (“Butterfly nose”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow ChowNose | Disqualifying (“Nose spotted”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Nose spotted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Croatian SheepdogNose | Disqualifying (“Lack of complete black pigment of the nose”) | Disqualifying (“Un-pigmented nose (more than 20%)”) | Disqualifying (“Un-pigmented nose (more than 20%)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| HavaneseNose | Disqualifying (“Less than full, dark pigment on eye rims, nose or lips”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Incomplete or total lack of pigmentation of the nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverNose | Disqualifying (“Butterfly nose”) | Disqualifying (“Butterfly nose”) | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PapillonNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Pink or pink spotted nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Portuguese PointerNose | Disqualifying (“Unpigmented or irregularly pigmented nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaNose | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A spotted or flesh-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Slovensky CuvacNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Pink spots on nose leather, lips or eyelids”) | Disqualifying (“Pink spots on nose leather, lips or eyelids”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Smooth Fox TerrierNose | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Nose ... spotted to a considerable extent”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| VizslaNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Spotted(butterfly) nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wire Fox TerrierNose | Disqualifying (“butterfly nose”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“spotted to a considerable extent”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wirehaired VizslaNose | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Spotted (butterfly) nose”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Spotted (butterfly) nose”) | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaNose | Not recognised (“must never show black patches or lack of complete pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| PomeranianNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“never parti-coloured”) | Not recognised (“never parti-coloured”) |
| Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-PonNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bodeguero AndaluzNose | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |