United Pet Club

Dog pattern

Agouti

Hairs banded with alternating dark and light pigment and a lighter belly, the wild pattern on any base colour: golden or silver agouti cavies, wolf sable dogs.

42 Dog breeds list Agouti. It is in a club standard for 35 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 8 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Agouti

BreedAKCKCFCIUKCKUSA
Alaskan MalamuteStandard (“Agouti & White”)Standard (“Agouti & White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BorzoiStandard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”)Standard (“Wolf Sable”)Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“Any colours from white to black in any combination are acceptable”)
Carpathian SheepdogStandard (“Wolfgray & Black”)No rulingStandard (“wolf-grey”)Standard (“wolf grey”)No ruling
Caucasian Shepherd DogStandard (“Agouti & White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Agouti gray”)No ruling
Chesapeake Bay RetrieverNo rulingNot recognisedNo rulingStandard (“agouti coloring”)No ruling
ChihuahuaStandard (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”)Standard (“Wolf Sable”)Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)
DachshundStandard (“Wild Boar”)Standard (“wild boar of any shade (wire-haired)”)Standard (“wild boar, brown wild boar (wire-haired)”)No rulingStandard (“wild boar of any shade (wire-haired)”)
DachshundSmoothStandard (“Wild Boar”)Not recognisedDisqualifyingNo rulingNot recognised
DachshundWirehairedStandard (“Wild Boar”)Standard (“wild boar of any shade”)Standard (“wild boar, brown wild boar”)No rulingStandard (“wild boar of any shade”)
DachshundLonghairedStandard (“Wild Boar”)Not recognisedDisqualifyingNo rulingNot recognised
Danish-Swedish FarmdogStandard (“Agouti & White”)No rulingStandard (“badger”)No rulingNo ruling
Estrela Mountain DogStandard (“Wolfgray”)Standard (“Wolf Grey. a mixture of grey and black hairs intermingled”)Standard (“Wolf Grey”)Standard (“wolf gray”)Standard (“Wolf Grey”)
EurasierStandard (“Wolf Sable”)Standard (“colour combinations”)Standard (“colour combinations”)Standard (“combinations of colors”)No ruling
Finnish LapphundStandard (“Wolf Sable”)Standard (“Wolf Sable”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
German SpitzStandard (“Wolfgray”)Standard (“Wolf Sable”)No rulingStandard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)No ruling
German SpitzGiantNot recognisedNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)No ruling
Grand Basset Griffon VendéenNo rulingNot recognisedStandard (“Traditional names: hare colour, wolf colour, badger colour or wild boar colour”)Standard (“Traditional names: hare colour, wolf colour, badger colour or wild boar colour”)Standard (“Traditional names: hare colour, wolf colour, badger colour, or wild boar colour”)
Great PyreneesNo rulingStandard (“wolf-grey”)Standard (“grey (badger or wolf)”)Standard (“grey (badger or wolf)”)Standard (“grey (badger or wolf)”)
HarrierNo rulingStandard (“Badger Pied”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
JindoStandard (“wolf grey”)Standard (“Wolf grey”)Standard (“wolf grey”)Standard (“wolf grey”)No ruling
Kangal Shepherd DogNo rulingNot recognisedStandard (“wolf sable”)No rulingStandard (“wolf sable”)
KeeshondStandard (“Wolfgray & Black”)Not recognisedNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
NorrbottenspetsNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Patches in ... agouti are tolerated”)No rulingNo ruling
Norwegian BuhundNo rulingStandard (“wolf-sable”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Norwegian ElkhoundNo rulingStandard (“Wolf Grey”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
OtterhoundStandard (“Badger Markings”)Standard (“badger pied markings”)Standard (“badger pied markings”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“badger pied markings”)
Petit Basset Griffon VendéenNo rulingNot recognisedStandard (“Traditional names: hare colour, wolf colour, badger colour or wild boar colour”)Not recognisedNot recognised
PomeranianStandard (“Wolf Sable”)Standard (“Wolf Sable”)No rulingNo rulingNot recognised
Portuguese SheepdogStandard (“Wolfgray”)No rulingStandard (“wolf-grey”)Standard (“wolf grey”)No ruling
Pyrenean MastiffStandard (“Agouti & White”)Not recognisedNo rulingDisqualifyingNo ruling
Rafeiro do AlentejoStandard (“Wolfgray”)No rulingStandard (“wolf grey”)No rulingNo ruling
Russian Tsvetnaya BolonkaStandard (“Wolfgray”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Siberian HuskyStandard (“Agouti & White”)Standard (“Agouti & White”)Standard (“agouti”)No rulingStandard (“agouti”)
Spanish MastiffStandard (“Wolfgray”)No rulingStandard (“wolf colour”)Standard (“wolf or deer colored”)No ruling
Swedish VallhundNo rulingStandard (“Wolf Grey”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Breeds where Agouti is a fault

BreedAKCKCFCIUKCKUSA
Karelian Bear DogFault (“some so called wolf hair”)No rulingFault (“some so called wolf hair”)Fault (“wolf colored patches or spots”)No ruling
Shetland SheepdogNot recognisedFault (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”)Fault (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”)No rulingFault (“Wolf-sable and grey undesirable”)

Breeds where Agouti is disqualified or not accepted

BreedAKCKCFCIUKCKUSA
Belgian ShepherdDisqualifying (“Wolfgray & Black”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
HovawartDisqualifying (“predominantly banded hair”)Not recognisedDisqualifying (“predominantly banded hair”)DisqualifyingDisqualifying (“predominantly banded hair”)
LeonbergerNo rulingNot recognisedDisqualifying (“Faulty colours (... wild-coat colour)”)No rulingDisqualifying (“Faulty colours (... wild-coat colour)”)
MudiDisqualifying (“Wolf gray (agouti – alternating bands of color along each hair shaft)”)Not recognisedDisqualifyingNot recognisedDisqualifying
Tibetan MastiffDisqualifying (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... wolf sable ...)”)Not recognisedDisqualifyingNo rulingDisqualifying
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