What does each club give for Height at the withers in the Weimaraner?

FCI, Male: 59–70 cm; AKC, Male: 63.5–68.6 cm; UKC, Male: 61–66 cm; KC, Male: 61–69 cm; CKC, Male: 63.5–68.5 cm; FCI, Female: 57–65 cm; AKC, Female: 58.4–63.5 cm; UKC, Female: 58.4–63.5 cm; KC, Female: 56–64 cm; CKC, Female: 58.5–63.5 cm.

Weimaraner 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
Height at the withers, male	59–70 cmunder 57 cmDisqualifyingover 72 cmDisqualifying	63.5–68.6 cm61–63.5 cmFault68.6–71.1 cmFaultunder 61 cmDisqualifyingover 71.1 cmDisqualifying	61–66 cm58.4–61 cmAlternate66–68.6 cmAlternateunder 58.4 cmDisqualifyingover 68.6 cmDisqualifying	61–69 cm	63.5–68.5 cmunder 63.5 cmFaultover 68.5 cmFault
Height at the withers, female	57–65 cmunder 55 cmDisqualifyingover 67 cmDisqualifying	58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmFault63.5–66 cmFaultunder 55.9 cmDisqualifyingover 66 cmDisqualifying	58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmAlternateunder 55.9 cmDisqualifyingover 63.5 cmDisqualifying	56–64 cm	58.5–63.5 cmunder 58.5 cmFaultover 63.5 cmFault
Tail length	No ruling	15.2 cm	15.2 cm	No ruling	15.3 cm
Weight, male	30–40 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Weight, female	25–35 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Height to length	0.9	No ruling	No ruling	0.8	No ruling
Skull to muzzle	No ruling	1	No ruling	1	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
BiteScissors bite	Standard (“Top and bottom incisors closely touching scissor bite”)	Standard (“with correct scissors bite”)	Standard (“meet in a scissors bite”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“with correct scissors bite”)
BiteUndershot	No ruling	Fault (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)	Disqualifying (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling	Fault (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
BiteOvershot	No ruling	Fault (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)	Disqualifying (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling	Fault (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
DentitionFull dentition	Standard (“teeth complete, regular and strong”)	Standard (“Complete dentition is greatly to be desired”)	Standard (“A full complement of well set, strong, even, white teeth”)	Standard (“Complete dentition highly desirable”)	Standard (“Complete dentition is greatly desired”)
DentitionMissing teeth	No ruling	Fault (“More than four teeth missing”)	Fault (“Serious Faults: ... More than four missing teeth”)	No ruling	Fault (“More than four missing teeth”)
Ear carriageFolded	Standard (“In alertness, turned slightly forward, folded”)	Standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)	Standard (“The long, lobular, slightly folded ears are set high”)	Standard (“Long, lobular, slightly folded, set high”)	Standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)
Ear setHigh	Standard (“Set on high and narrow”)	Standard (“slightly folded and set high”)	Standard (“are set high”)	Standard (“slightly folded, set high”)	Standard (“slightly folded and set high”)
Eye shapeRound	Standard (“Round, set barely slanting”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Medium-sized, round”)	No ruling
StopSlight	Standard (“Stop: Extremely slight”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerate	No ruling	Standard (“with moderate stop”)	Standard (“The stop is moderate”)	Standard (“moderate stop”)	Standard (“with moderate stop”)
Facial profileDished (concave)	Not recognised (“never with a concave curve”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
ToplineSloping to the rear	No ruling	Standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)	Standard (“sloping slightly from the withers”)	No ruling	Standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)
ToplineLevel	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Topline level, with slightly sloping croup”)	No ruling
ToplineRoach (arched)	No ruling	Fault (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)	Fault (“Roached or sway back”)	No ruling	Fault (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
ToplineSwayback	No ruling	Fault (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)	Fault (“Roached or sway back”)	No ruling	Fault (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
Tail setLow	Standard (“Set on slightly lower than with other similar breeds”)	Fault (“Low-set tail”)	Fault (“Serious Fault: Low set tail”)	No ruling	Fault (“Low tail set”)
Tail carriageLow (hanging)	Standard (“Carried hanging down in repose”)	No ruling	Standard (“At rest the tail hangs down”)	Standard (“Carried below level of back when relaxed”)	No ruling
Tail carriageLevel	Alternate (“When alert or working, carried level or higher”)	No ruling	Alternate (“the tail is carried level or higher”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tail carriageRaised (gay)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternate (“may be raised when animated”)	No ruling
Tail carriageCurled over the back	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Fault (“Not curled over back”)	No ruling
Webbed feetFull	No ruling	Standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)	Standard (“The webbed feet are firm and compact”)	No ruling	Standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)
Front dewclawsPresent	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternate (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs; they're optional”)
Rear dewclawsNone	Standard (“Hind feet: Tight and firm, without dewclaws”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs”)
Neck lengthShort	No ruling	Fault (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	Fault (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	No ruling	Fault (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
DewlapPronounced	No ruling	Fault (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	Fault (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	No ruling	Fault (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
ChestDeep	No ruling	Standard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)	Standard (“The deep chest is well-developed”)	Standard (“Chest well developed and deep”)	Standard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)
ChestBarrel	Fault (“Well sprung without being barrel-shaped”)	No ruling	Fault (“Ribs are long and well sprung but not barrel shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tuck-upNone (straight underline)	Standard (“Rising slightly, but belly not tucked up”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tuck-upModerate	No ruling	Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)	Standard (“Tuck up is moderate”)	Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)	Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)
HocksStraight and parallel	No ruling	Standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)
HocksWell let down	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Hocks well let down, turned neither in nor out”)	No ruling
HocksCow-hocked	No ruling	Fault (“Cowhocks”)	Fault (“Serious Fault: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Fault (“Cow hocks”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Star	Alternate (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)	Alternate (“A small white marking on the chest is permitted”)	Alternate (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)	Alternate (“Small white mark permissible on chest.”)	Alternate (“Small white mark allowable on the chest”)
Socks	Alternate (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)	No ruling	Alternate (“small white marking ... on the toes are acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dorsal stripe	Alternate (“Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternate (“Dark eel stripe frequently occurs along back.”)	No ruling
Chest patch	Alternate (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)	Alternate (“A small white marking on the chest is permitted”)	Alternate (“small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)	No ruling	Alternate (“White, other than a spot on chest”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Tail docking	Alternate (“appropriate tail docking is permissible for shorthaired Weimaraner”)	Standard (“Tail: Docked. A non-docked tail shall be penalized”)	Alternate (“Docked tail ... Natural tail”)	Alternate (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”)	Alternate (“Short-hair variety may be undocked or docked”)
Dewclaw removal	No ruling	Standard (“Dewclaws-Should be removed”)	Alternate (“Removal of rear dewclaws is customary but not mandatory”)	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. See where each procedure is banned or allowed.

Weimaraner colours and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Weimaraner in Grey and Silver. Standard patterns: Solid.

Coat: rulings by club
Colour or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Grey	Standard (“roe or mouse grey”)	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“mouse-gray”)	Standard (“shades of mouse or roe grey”)	Standard (“roe, or mouse-grey”)
Silver	Standard (“silver”)	Standard (“Silver Gray”)	Standard (“silver-gray”)	Standard (“silver grey”)	Standard (“silver”)
Black	Disqualifying	Disqualifying (“A distinctly blue or black coat”)	Disqualifying (“distinctly black-colored coat”)	Not recognised	Disqualifying
Albino	Disqualifying	No ruling	Disqualifying (“albinism”)	Not recognised	Disqualifying
Blue	Disqualifying (“blue colouring”)	Disqualifying (“Blue”)	Disqualifying (“distinctly blue-colored coat”)	Not recognised (“Blue”)	Disqualifying (“blue colouring”)
Patterns
Solid	Standard	Standard (“solid color”)	Standard (“solid colors”)	Standard	Standard
Tan point	Disqualifying (“tan brand”)	No ruling	Fault (“tan or brown markings”)	Not recognised	Disqualifying (“tan”)

Eyes: rulings by club
Colour or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Grey	No ruling	Standard (“gray”)	Standard (“gray”)	No ruling	No ruling
Blue	No ruling	Standard (“blue-gray”)	Standard (“blue-gray”)	Standard (“blue-grey”)	No ruling
Amber	Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)	Standard (“light amber”)	Standard (“light amber”)	Standard (“shades of amber”)	Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)

Nose: rulings by club
Colour or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Slate	No ruling	Standard (“gray”)	Standard (“gray”)	Standard (“grey”)	No ruling
Pink	Standard (“Dark flesh colour, merging gradually into gray towards the rear”)	Fault (“pink nose”)	Fault (“pink nose”)	No ruling	Standard (“dark flesh colour, merging gradually into grey towards the rear”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Fault: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalised.
Disqualifying: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this colour or pattern.
Not recognised: The club does not accept this colour or pattern for the breed.

Colour changes

How a Weimaraner's colours can change over its life.

Brindlechanges toSolid
Coat · With age · from 0 to 1 weeks
Tan pointchanges toSaddle
Coat · With age · from 6 to 156 weeks
Bluechanges toDark brown
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toBrown
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toLight brown
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toAmber
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toHazel
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toYellow
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toAmber
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks
Bluechanges toGrey
Eyes · With age · from 2 weeks

Sources

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

Published standards

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