Which Dog breeds come in Brindle?

Club breed standards describe Brindle for the Afghan Hound, Akita, American Hairless Terrier, American Leopard Hound, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Anatolian Shepherd, Azawakh, Basenji, Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound, Berger Picard and Boerboel, and 68 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Brindle?

At least one club disqualifies Brindle in the Cesky Terrier, Poodle (Miniature), Poodle (Standard), Poodle (Toy), Pyrenean Mastiff, Xoloitzcuintli, Kangal Shepherd Dog, Portuguese Podengo, Tibetan Mastiff, American English Coonhound, Beagle and Canaan, and 19 more breeds.

Dog pattern

Brindle

Irregular dark stripes over a lighter red, fawn or gold ground, as in Boxers, Greyhounds and cattle.

125 Dog breeds list Brindle. It is in a club standard for 87 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 34 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Brindle

Breed	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Afghan Hound	Standard (“All colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours”)
Akita	Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita)”)	Standard (“Brindle (Japanese Akitainu)”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita Inu)”)	Standard (“brindle (Akita)”)
AkitaJapanese	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle: defined striping, evenly distributed”)	Standard (“brindle”)
AkitaAmerican	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brown Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
American Hairless Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle (Coated Variety)”)	No ruling	No ruling
American Leopard Hound	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Standard (“brindle”)	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
American Staffordshire Terrier	Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)
Anatolian Shepherd	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“All colours”)	No ruling
Azawakh	Standard (“with or without brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Light to dark brindle”)	Standard (“with or without brindle”)
Basenji	Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“brindle (black stripes on a background of chestnut red)”)	Standard (“Brindle and white: red background with black stripes”)	Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”)
Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound	Standard (“also brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“also brindled”)	Standard (“or brindle”)	Standard (“Also brindled”)
Berger Picard	Standard (“fawn brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“fawn brindle”)
Boerboel	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle a color pattern with irregular, apparent vertical lines of only black hair”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Border Collie	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)
Borzoi	Standard (“brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”)
Boston Terrier	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle: being a mixture of any shade of brown and black”)	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)
Bouvier des Flandres	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“including brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Boxer	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Bull Terrier	Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle (Colored)”)	Standard (“brindle preferable (Coloured)”)	Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”)
Bull TerrierColoured	Standard (“brindle preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)	Standard (“brindle preferred”)
Bulldog	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Red brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Bullmastiff	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Fawn Brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)
Ca de Bou	Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, preference in this order”)	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, in that order of preference”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cairn Terrier	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindling in these colors acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)
Cane Corso	Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”)
Cardigan Welsh Corgi	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Catahoula Leopard Dog	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindles may have a light or dark base coat color with contrasting stripes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Caucasian Shepherd Dog	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Central Asian Shepherd Dog	Standard (“Any”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour”)
Cesky Terrier	Disqualifying (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”)	Standard (“A brindled or reverse brindled coat is permitted in a dog up to 2 years of age”)	Fault (“A long brindled coat on dogs over two years old”)	Standard (“Striping, (brindling) ... is only acceptable in dogs under two years of age”)	Disqualifying (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”)
Chesapeake Bay Retriever	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“slight light and dark striping effect through the body and on the legs”)	Standard (“Masking and brindling in coat pattern is permissible”)	No ruling
Chihuahua	Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)	Standard (“Black Brindling”)	Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)
Dachshund	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)	Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”)
DachshundSmooth	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
DachshundWirehaired	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)	Not recognised	Not recognised
DachshundLonghaired	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)	Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”)
Drever	Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Dutch Shepherd	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Gold Brindle”)	Standard (“Must be brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)
Estrela Mountain Dog	Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“with or without brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”)
Fila Brasileiro	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)
French Bulldog	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Glen of Imaal Terrier	Standard (“Blue brindle”)	Standard (“Blue Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Blue brindle”)
Great Dane	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindles: must be striped”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Greyhound	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Hanoverian Scenthound	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)	No ruling	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)
Havanese	No ruling	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)	No ruling
Hokkaido	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Irish Wolfhound	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Jindo	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling
Kai Ken	Standard (“Black brindle, red brindle and brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All brindle colors are equally acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lhasa Apso	Not recognised	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Not recognised
Löwchen	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
Mastiff	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“dark fawn-brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Miniature Bull Terrier	Standard (“brindle preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)
Mountain Cur	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Neapolitan Mastiff	Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Standard (“Each color may be brindled”)	Standard (“Brindling in any of the colours acceptable”)	Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”)
Olde English Bulldogge	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Pekingese	Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)
Perro de Presa Canario	Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand color”)	Standard (“Tiger”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand colour”)
Peruvian Inca Orchid	Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)	Standard (“Tan Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)
Plott Hound	No ruling	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Pomeranian	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“any solid color with sable or brindle shadings”)	Not recognised	Not recognised
Poodle (Miniature)	Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”)	Disqualifying	No ruling	Not recognised	Not recognised
Poodle (Standard)	Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”)	Disqualifying	No ruling	Not recognised	Not recognised
Poodle (Toy)	Standard (“Brindle and white”)	Disqualifying	No ruling	Not recognised	Not recognised
Pyrenean Mastiff	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	No ruling
Pyrenean Shepherd	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Rafeiro do Alentejo	Standard (“with or without brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Saint Bernard	Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“brindle and white”)	Standard (“mahogany-brindle, red-brindle”)	Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”)
Saluki	Fault (“Brindles are undesirable”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Fault (“brindles, which are undesirable”)	Not recognised (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)	Not recognised (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)
Scottish Deerhound	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“brindles”)
Scottish Terrier	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle of any color”)	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)
Shih Tzu	Standard (“All colours permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours permissible”)
Sloughi	Standard (“with or without black brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle with or without black mask”)	Standard (“With or without black brindling”)
Spanish Greyhound	Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”)	No ruling	Standard (“Fawn and well pigmented brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”)
Spanish Mastiff	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)
Taiwan Dog	Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”)	Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Tibetan Terrier	Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”)	Standard (“in fact any colour permissible”)	Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”)
Tosa	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“any combination of red and black brindling”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Treeing Tennessee Brindle	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle or black with brindle trim”)	No ruling	No ruling
Whippet	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)	Standard (“Fawn Brindle”)	Standard (“Color is inconsequential”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)
Xoloitzcuintli	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)
XoloitzcuintliCoated	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)
Belgian Tervuren	Fault (“brindle”)	Alternate (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Fault (“brindle”)
Lakeland Terrier	No ruling	Alternate (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Not recognised	No ruling

Breeds where Brindle is a fault

Breed	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Belgian Malinois	Fault (“brindle”)	Not recognised (“the blackening must not appear as patched or brindled”)	No ruling	No ruling	Fault (“brindle”)
Kangal Shepherd Dog	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Fault (“Brindle undesirable”)	No ruling
Portuguese Podengo	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Fault (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Not recognised	No ruling
Romanian Mioritic Shepherd Dog	Fault (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Fault (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Not recognised	No ruling	No ruling
Smooth Fox Terrier	Fault (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)	Fault (“brindle ... markings are objectionable”)	Fault (“Brindle”)	Fault (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)	Fault (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)
Standard Schnauzer	No ruling	Fault (“spotting or striping”)	No ruling	Not recognised	No ruling
Tibetan Mastiff	Disqualifying (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... brindle”)	Disqualifying (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... brindle ...)”)	No ruling	Fault (“brindle ... undesirable”)	Disqualifying (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... brindle”)
Toy Fox Terrier	No ruling	No ruling	Fault (“tan markings that are too red, chocolate-shaded or brindled”)	No ruling	No ruling
Wire Fox Terrier	Fault (“brindle ... markings undesirable”)	Fault (“brindle ... objectionable”)	Fault (“brindle”)	Fault (“brindle ... marking highly undesirable”)	Fault (“brindle ... marking undesirable”)

Breeds where Brindle is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
American English Coonhound	No ruling	Disqualifying (“any brindle color”)	Disqualifying (“Any brindle in coat”)	No ruling	Disqualifying (“any brindle color”)
Beagle	No ruling	Disqualifying (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Not recognised	Not recognised
Canaan	Not recognised (“brindle ... unacceptable”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Not recognised (“brindle ... unacceptable color patterns”)	Not recognised (“Brindle”)	Not recognised (“brindle ... unacceptable”)
Carpathian Sheepdog	Disqualifying (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”)	Disqualifying (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Chinese Shar-Pei	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Not recognised (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)
Cirneco dell’Etna	Disqualifying (“Coat colour that is solid ... brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle coat”)	Disqualifying (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”)	Not recognised	No ruling
Dalmatian	Disqualifying (“brindle coloured spots”)	No ruling	No ruling	Not recognised	Not recognised
Dogue de Bordeaux	Disqualifying (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Not recognised	Disqualifying (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”)
German Shepherd	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Italian Greyhound	Disqualifying	Disqualifying (“brindle markings”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle markings”)	Not recognised (“brindle”)	Not recognised (“brindle”)
Labrador Retriever	Disqualifying	Disqualifying (“brindle markings”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	Not recognised
Parson Russell Terrier	No ruling	Disqualifying (“Brindle markings”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	No ruling
Portuguese Podengo Pequeno	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Not recognised	No ruling
Puli	Disqualifying	Not recognised (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	Disqualifying
Pumi	Disqualifying	Disqualifying (“Brindle Markings”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	Disqualifying
Rat Terrier	No ruling	Disqualifying (“Brindle or merle color patterns”)	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Russell Terrier	No ruling	Disqualifying (“brindle coloring”)	Disqualifying	Not recognised	No ruling
Russian Toy	Disqualifying (“presence of brindle markings”)	Disqualifying (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Disqualifying (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Not recognised	Disqualifying (“presence of brindle markings”)
Segugio Italiano	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Segugio ItalianoShorthaired	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Segugio ItalianoWirehaired	Disqualifying (“brindle coat”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Shetland Sheepdog	Not recognised	Disqualifying (“Brindle”)	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	Not recognised	Not recognised
Siberian Husky	Disqualifying (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)	Disqualifying (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)	No ruling	No ruling	Disqualifying (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)
Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog	Disqualifying (“brindle pattern”)	No ruling	Disqualifying (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Barbet	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Not recognised (“Brindle”)	No ruling
Pug	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Not recognised
Hortaya borzaya	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

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