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Dog pattern
Piebald
Irregular patches of colour on a white ground: piebald Dachshunds, pigs, rats and ball pythons.
77 Dog breeds list Piebald. It is in a club standard for 52 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 25 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Piebald
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“pinto (American Akita)”) | Standard (“Pinto, Black Mask (Akita)”) | Standard (“pintos (Akita)”) | Standard (“pinto (Akita)”) | Standard (“pinto (American Akita)”) |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“pinto”) | Standard (“Pinto, Black Mask”) | Standard (“pintos have a white background with large, evenly-placed patches”) | Standard (“pinto”) | Standard (“pinto”) |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Anatolian Shepherd | No ruling | Standard (“Pinto”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours”) | No ruling |
| Azawakh | Disqualifying (“invasive white”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“invasive white”) |
| Barbet | Standard (“more or less pied”) | Standard (“Pied (primarily white with all shades of black, gray, brown, fawn markings)”) | Standard (“more or less pied”) | Standard (“Pied”) | No ruling |
| Beagle | Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”) | No ruling | Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”) | Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald white spots on a brown (tan, red), fawn or brindle dog”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“A piebald or black dog”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“All the colours may be ... pied”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour, except merle”) | Standard (“All the colours may be ... pied”) |
| Brittany | Standard (“Piobald”) | Standard (“the standard parti-color or piebald patterns”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Standard (“Piebald”) |
| Bulldog | Standard (“pied”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Pied”) | Standard (“Pied”) |
| Carolina Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“piebald”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Standard (“piebald”) |
| Cirneco dell’Etna | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“white with orange patches is acceptable, but not preferred”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Dachshund | Disqualifying | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“piebald”) | Not recognised (“piebald”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Disqualifying | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“piebald”) | Not recognised (“piebald”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Disqualifying | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“piebald”) | Not recognised (“piebald”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Disqualifying | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Not recognised (“piebald”) | Not recognised (“piebald”) |
| Dalmatian | Disqualifying (“Monocle (patching around one or both eyes) or patching elsewhere”) | Disqualifying (“Patches are a disqualification”) | Standard (“Some limited patching around the eyes (monocle) and on or around ears is acceptable but not preferred”) | Standard (“Some patching on ears or head not to be penalised”) | Standard (“Some patching on ears or head not to be penalised”) |
| Deutscher Wachtelhund | Standard (“pied colour patterns with white as basic colour and large brown or red patches”) | Standard (“Patched & Ticked”) | Standard (“White, with or without ticking with brown patches”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Foxhound | Standard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”) | Standard (“the various "pies" compounded of white and the color of the hare and badger”) | Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”) | Standard (“Badger Pied”) | Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”) |
| French Bulldog | Standard (“So-called 'pied'; so-called 'fawn and white'”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Brindle with moderate or significant white (Pied)”) | Standard (“Pied”) | Standard (“Pied; Fawn and white”) |
| Great Dane | Standard (“dogs with basic white colour and large black patches so called “Plattenhunde””) | Fault (“Piebald”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Standard (“dogs with basic white colour and large black patches so called “Plattenhunde””) |
| Harrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Badger Pied”) | No ruling |
| Havanese | No ruling | Standard (“Irish Pied”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | No ruling |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“pied dogs have patches of colour on the body on a white background”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“a pied pattern ... is permitted”) | Standard (“(pied) permissible”) | No ruling |
| Italian Greyhound | Disqualifying (“Multi-coloured coat”) | Standard (“White & Black”) | Standard (“pied”) | Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”) | Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Irish Pied”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Newfoundland | Standard (“White and black”) | Standard (“Landseer-White base coat with black markings”) | Standard (“White and black (Landseer)”) | Standard (“Landseer”) | Standard (“White and Black”) |
| Norrbottenspets | Standard (“Pure white, always with well defined and well distributed patches”) | Standard (“a base color of pure white overlaid with ... well-defined and well-distributed body patches”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Lundehund | Standard (“white with dark patches”) | Standard (“white with red or dark markings”) | Standard (“white with dark patches”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“pied”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Otterhound | Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”) | Standard (“White Hounds may have slight lemon, blue, or badger pied markings”) |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“white with either black, gray or sandy patches”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours other than merle”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | No ruling | Standard (“Piebald - White with patches of color”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Portuguese Podengo | Standard (“white with patches of these colours”) | Standard (“primarily white with patches of any shade of yellow or fawn”) | Standard (“primarily white with patches of any shade of yellow or fawn”) | Standard (“White only if accompanied by markings of one of the listed colours”) | No ruling |
| Portuguese Podengo Pequeno | Standard (“white with patches of these colours”) | Standard (“white with markings of the above colors”) | Standard (“primarily white with patches of any shade of yellow or fawn”) | Standard (“White only if accompanied by markings of one of the listed colours”) | No ruling |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | Standard (“irregularly distributed distinctly outlined patches”) | Standard (“always piebald”) | Standard (“irregularly distributed, clearly outlined patches”) | Standard (“Irregularly distributed, distinctly-outlined patches”) | No ruling |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | Standard (“piebald”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rough Collie | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“predominately white, preferably with sable, tri-color or blue merle markings”) | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“white with smaller or larger clear red patches (splash-coated dogs)”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“white with patches on body of any of the above named colours”) | Standard (“white, with smaller or larger clear red patches (splash-coated dogs)”) |
| Sealyham Terrier | Standard (“white with lemon, brown, blue or badger pied markings on head and ears”) | Standard (“with lemon, tan or badger markings on head and ears”) | Standard (“predominately white with lemon, brown, blue or badger markings”) | Standard (“white with lemon, brown, blue or badger pied markings on head and ears”) | Standard (“white with lemon, brown, blue or badger pied markings on head and ears”) |
| Shetland Sheepdog | Fault (“Patches of white on body highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Specimens with more than 50 percent white shall be so severely penalized”) | Standard (“predominantly white”) | Fault (“Patches of white on body highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Patches of white on body highly undesirable”) |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“including piebald”) | Standard (“Piebald”) | No ruling | Standard (“Black & White Piebald”) | Standard (“including piebald”) |
| Smooth Collie | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) | Standard (“White”) | Standard (“predominately white, preferably with sable, tri-color or blue merle markings”) | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is highly undesirable”) | Fault (“All white or predominantly white is most undesirable”) |
| Spanish Greyhound | Standard (“With white markings and pied”) | No ruling | Standard (“With white markings and pied”) | No ruling | Standard (“With white markings and pied”) |
| Stabyhoun | Standard (“a pied dog in black or brown with white markings”) | Standard (“a pied dog in black or brown with white markings”) | Standard (“Black, brown or orange, with white markings”) | No ruling | Standard (“a pied dog in black or brown with white markings”) |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“White & Black Pied”) | Standard (“any one of these colours with white”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“a piebald ... patterned dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tosa | Not recognised | Not recognised | Standard (“pied, which is the least desirable”) | No ruling | Not recognised |
Breeds where Piebald is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaskan Malamute | Fault (“broken colours extending over the body or uneven splashing are undesirable”) | Fault (“broken colors extending over the body or uneven splashing are undesirable”) | Fault (“broken color extending over the body in spots of uneven splashing is undesirable”) | Fault (“broken colour extending over body in spots or uneven splashings undesirable”) | Fault (“broken colours extending over the body or uneven splashing are undesirable”) |
| Boxer | Fault (“white markings exceeding one third of the ground colour”) | Disqualifying (“Boxers with a total of white markings exceeding one-third of the entire coat”) | Disqualifying (“White markings that exceed one-third of the entire coat”) | Not recognised | Fault (“white markings exceeding one-third of the ground colour”) |
| Hokkaido | Fault (“pinto colour”) | Fault (“pinto colour”) | Not recognised | No ruling | No ruling |
| Karelian Bear Dog | Fault (“Predominantly white colour with black markings”) | Fault (“Predominantly white colour with black markings”) | Fault (“White with black patches”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kishu Ken | Fault (“Pinto colour”) | Fault (“Pinto colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Not recognised | Fault (“Whitelies - Body color white, with red or dark markings”) | Fault (“Whitelies: white body color, with red or dark markings”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Shiba Inu | Fault (“Pinto colour”) | Fault (“pinto”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Fault (“Pinto colour”) |
| Shikoku | Fault (“Pinto colour”) | Fault (“Pinto colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Piebald is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkitaJapanese | Disqualifying (“markings on white ground”) | Disqualifying (“pinto markings”) | No ruling | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“markings on white ground”) |
| Berger Picard | Disqualifying (“pied”) | Disqualifying (“pied”) | Disqualifying (“pied”) | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“pied”) |
| Cane Corso | Disqualifying (“large white patches”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“large white patches”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“large white patches”) |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“body color predominantly white”) | Disqualifying (“body color predominantly white”) | Not recognised | Not recognised |
| Dogo Argentino | Disqualifying (“Spots on the hair of the body”) | Disqualifying (“A black spot anywhere other than on the head”) | Disqualifying (“A solid patch of color anywhere except on the head”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Spots on the hair of the body”) |
| English Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Whites with black or sable spots”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Disqualifying (“pied colouring”) | Disqualifying (“Pinto”) | Not recognised (“with the exception of ... white patches”) | Not recognised (“white patches on body ... unacceptable”) | No ruling |
| German Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Panda (characterized by white markings on the muzzle, chest, legs, neck and tip of the tail) ... piebald”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Disqualifying (“patched”) | Disqualifying (“patched”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Disqualifying (“patched”) |
| Kai Ken | Disqualifying (“Pinto colour”) | Disqualifying (“Pinto”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Disqualifying (“piebald”) | Not recognised | No ruling |
| Portuguese Sheepdog | Disqualifying (“White on the extremities of limbs or pied”) | Disqualifying (“White on the extremities of limbs or pied”) | Not recognised (“never with white patches, except a small patch on the chest”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pumi | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“piebald”) | Disqualifying | Not recognised | Disqualifying |
| Slovensky Cuvac | Disqualifying (“Yellow patches in coat”) | Disqualifying (“Yellow patches in coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog | Disqualifying (“Extended white markings (spotting)”) | No ruling | Disqualifying (“White spots or patches other than tiny white markings”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow Chow | Not recognised (“not in patches”) | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognised (“not in patches”) | Not recognised (“not in patches”) |
| Hortaya borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |