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Dog pattern
Sable
Light hairs tipped with black, a shaded darker overlay often heaviest on the back: sable Collies, German Shepherds and Shelties. As a color, sable is the ferret's and Burmese's brown.
132 Dog breeds list Sable. It is in a club standard for 110 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 19 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Sable
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghan Hound | Standard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standard (“All colors are permissible”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Shaded Mask Cream”) | Standard (“All colours”) |
| Akita | Standard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips) (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“Red, Black Overlay (Akita)”) | No ruling | Standard (“Sesame (Japanese Akita Inu)”) | Standard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips) (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapanese | Standard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) | Not recognized | No ruling | Standard (“Sesame: red fawn, guard hairs with black tips”) | Standard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) |
| AkitaAmerican | No ruling | Standard (“Red, Black Overlay”) | No ruling | Standard (“Red & White With Black Overlay”) | No ruling |
| Alaskan Malamute | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“sable”) |
| American Cocker Spaniel | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Sable”) | Standard (“A lacing of black hairs over a lighter background color”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Disqualifying |
| American Cocker SpanielASCOB | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Sable”) | Standard (“Sables may be solid or parti-colored”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Disqualifying |
| American Cocker SpanielParticolor | Disqualifying | Disqualifying (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“Sables may be solid or parti-colored”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Disqualifying |
| American Hairless Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable (Coated Variety)”) | 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 Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) |
| Azawakh | Disqualifying | Standard (“Color and markings are immaterial”) | Standard (“overlays”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Disqualifying |
| Basset Fauve de Bretagne | Standard (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back and ears are tolerated”) | Fault (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back, ears and tail are tolerated ... but not desirable”) | Fault (“A few black hairs on the ears or the back are acceptable but not desirable”) | Not recognized | Standard (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back and ears are tolerated”) |
| Bavarian Mountain Scent Hound | Standard (“interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“interspersed with black hair”) | Standard (“any of which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“interspersed with black hairs”) |
| Belgian Laekenois | Standard (“fawn with traces of black overlay”) | Standard (“Fawn Sable”) | Standard (“Fawn and Sable”) | Standard (“Reddish fawn with black shading”) | Standard (“fawn with traces of black overlay”) |
| Belgian Malinois | Standard (“fawn with black overlay”) | Standard (“black tips on the hairs giving an overlay appearance”) | Standard (“fawn and sable ... with charcoaling”) | Standard (“with black overlay”) | Standard (“fawn with black overlay”) |
| Belgian Tervuren | Standard (“fawn with black overlay or grey with black overlay”) | Standard (“body rich fawn to russet mahogany with black overlay”) | Standard (“fawn and sable ... with charcoaling”) | Standard (“with black overlay”) | Standard (“fawn with black overlay or grey with black overlay”) |
| Berger Picard | Standard (“fawn with dark overlay”) | Standard (“fawn charbonné (fawn with charcoal)”) | Standard (“gray with black highlights”) | Standard (“fawn with or without dark overlay”) | Standard (“fawn with dark overlay”) |
| Border Collie | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“red with black overlay hair often combined with dark muzzle (sable)”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Red with black overlay, hair often combined with dark muzzle (sable)”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standard (“overlaid with black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognized | Standard (“overlaid with black”) |
| Briard | Standard (“fawn with black overlay (slight to medium)”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“fawns may have dark shadings on ears, muzzle, back and tail”) | Standard (“fawn with black overlay (slight to medium)”) |
| Bull Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Red Smut”) | Standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Not recognized | Not recognized |
| Bull TerrierColored | No ruling | Standard (“Red Smut”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Not recognized | Not recognized |
| Bulldog | No ruling | Standard (“Black Tips”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark tips”) | Standard (“dark tips”) |
| Canaan | Not recognized | Standard (“shadings of black on a solid brown or tan dog are frequently seen”) | Standard (“black shading on red or sand-colored dogs is acceptable”) | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
| Cardigan Welsh Corgi | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“sable”) |
| Carolina Dog | No ruling | Standard (“some dark sabling over the back, loins and tail in a ginger dog is permissible”) | Standard (“some dark sabling over the back, loins and tail in a ginger dog is permissible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Carpathian Sheepdog | Standard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Caucasian Shepherd Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Central Asian Shepherd Dog | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Black Sabling”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese Crested | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese Shar-Pei | Standard (“Darker shading down the back and on the ears permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Standard (“Darker shading down the back and on the ears permissible”) |
| Collie | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Czechoslovakian Vlcak | No ruling | Standard (“sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dachshund | Standard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| DachshundSmooth | Standard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| DachshundWirehaired | Standard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| DachshundLonghaired | Standard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| Dogue de Bordeaux | Standard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and top of body”) | Standard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and back”) | Standard (“There may be slight black shading”) | Standard (“Slight black shading allowed”) | Standard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck, and top of body”) |
| Drever | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Shepherd | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Sable and White”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Estrela Mountain Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“shadings of black throughout the coat”) | Standard (“With or without guard hairs”) | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Standard (“colour combinations”) | Standard (“colour combinations”) | Standard (“combinations of colors”) | Standard (“Red Sable”) | No ruling |
| Finnish Lapphund | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| Finnish Spitz | No ruling | Standard (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”) | Standard (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”) | Standard (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”) | No ruling |
| French Bulldog | No ruling | Standard (“black shadings”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| German Pinscher | No ruling | Standard (“stag red (red with intermingling of black hairs)”) | Standard (“stag red”) | Standard (“stag red”) | No ruling |
| German Shepherd | Standard (“grey with darker shading”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Sable (gray, tan, red, or silver with black tips)”) | Standard (“with lighter or brown markings referred to as Sables”) | Standard (“grey, with darker shading”) |
| German Spitz | Standard (“orange-sable, cream-sable (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“cream-sable, orange-sable”) |
| German SpitzGiant | Disqualifying (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Standard (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”) | Standard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standard (“White & Sable”) | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) |
| Great Dane | Fault (“Fawn Danes: grey, blue, or sooty fawn”) | Fault (“dirty colored Fawns; are not desirable”) | Fault (“black-fronted or dirty colored fawns”) | Standard (“dark shadings on head and ears acceptable”) | Fault (“Fawn Danes: grey, blue, or sooty fawn”) |
| Havanese | Standard (“slight blackened overlay admitted”) | Standard (“Gold Sable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“slight blackened overlay admitted”) |
| Hokkaido | Standard (“sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole)”) | Standard (“Sesame”) | Standard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Icelandic Sheepdog | Standard (“dark overlay/sable”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“some black tips on the hairs”) | Standard (“black tips to outer hairs”) | No ruling |
| Irish Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Puppies sometimes have black hair at birth, which should disappear”) | No ruling | Fault (“Black shading highly undesirable”) | Fault (“Black shading highly undesirable”) |
| Italian Greyhound | Disqualifying | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
| Japanese Chin | No ruling | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“Sable includes any of the shades of red intermingled, or overlaid, with black”) | Standard (“Red includes all shades of sable”) | No ruling |
| Kangal Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“more dark (sable) hairs in the outer coat”) | Not recognized | No ruling |
| Keeshond | Standard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) | Standard (“The hair of the outer coat is black tipped”) | Standard (“The length of black tips on the outer hair coat produces the color shadings”) | Standard (“body hairs black tipped”) | Standard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) |
| Kishu Ken | Standard (“sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole)”) | Standard (“Sesame”) | Standard (“sesame (red hairs with black tips)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kromfohrlander | Standard (“With a brown undercoat the tips of hairs may be black”) | No ruling | Standard (“If the undercoat is brown, the tips of the hair may be black”) | No ruling | Standard (“With a brown undercoat the tips of hairs may be black”) |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Sable, brown mask and tan markings permissible”) | No ruling |
| Leonberger | Standard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standard (“All colors may have black tips (some with long black tips)”) | Standard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Not recognized | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“any colour permissible”) | Not recognized |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Red Sable”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Gold Sable”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Miniature Bull Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“With or without white and/or smut markings”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Not recognized | Not recognized |
| Miniature Pinscher | No ruling | Standard (“Stag Red”) | Standard (“Stag red, which is red with an intermingling of black hairs”) | Not recognized | Not recognized |
| Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | Standard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red colour”) | Standard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red color”) | No ruling | Standard (“A few black hairs intermingling with the orange-red colour”) | Standard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red colour”) |
| Norrbottenspets | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norwegian Buhund | Standard (“with or without dark hair tips”) | Standard (“with or without dark tipped hairs”) | Standard (“with or without black tipped hairs”) | Not recognized | Standard (“with or without dark-tipped hairs”) |
| Norwegian Elkhound | Standard (“The colour is made by the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) | Standard (“variations in shade determined by the length of black tips”) | Standard (“determined by the quantity of the black tips of the guard hairs”) | Standard (“with black tips to outer coat”) | Standard (“The colour is made by the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) |
| Norwegian Lundehund | Standard (“coat more or less sprinkled with hairs with black tips”) | Standard (“Black Tips”) | Standard (“with more or less black hair tips”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Papillon | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White & Sable”) | Standard (“They may be any parti-color”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekingese | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Fawn Sable”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are of equal merit”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Pembroke Welsh Corgi | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“sable”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standard (“White & Sable”) | Not recognized | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“sable”) |
| Polish Lowland Sheepdog | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standard (“Gray Tips”) | No ruling | Standard (“all colours other than merle”) | Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pomeranian | Standard (“orange-sable, cream-sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“shaded sables”) | Standard (“shaded sables”) |
| Pumi | Standard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) | Standard (“with some black or gray shading desirable”) | Standard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable on the fawn colors”) | Standard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) | Standard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) |
| Pyrenean Mastiff | No ruling | Standard (“White & Sable”) | Disqualifying | Not recognized | No ruling |
| Pyrenean Shepherd | Standard (“fawn ... overlaid with black”) | Standard (“with or without a mixture of black hairs”) | No ruling | Standard (“various shades of fawn may be overlaid with black”) | Standard (“fawn ... overlaid with black”) |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Sabling is permitted”) | Standard (“Colored areas may have sable overlay”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rough Collie | Standard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) |
| Russian Toy | Standard (“red with black, red with blue; red with brown, red with lilac”) | Standard (“Red Sable”) | Standard (“red with black; red with blue; red with brown; red with lilac”) | Standard (“with or without black, brown, blue or lilac overlay”) | Standard (“red with black, red with blue; red with brown, red with lilac”) |
| Russian Tsvetnaya Bolonka | No ruling | Standard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“Dark shadings on head desirable. Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black shadings on face and ears”) | Standard (“Dark shadings on head desirable. Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Black Fringed Fawn”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schapendoes | Standard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Gray Tips”) | Standard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio Italiano | Standard (“dark red fawn with black overlay (wire-haired)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoWirehaired | Standard (“dark red fawn with black overlay”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shetland Sheepdog | Standard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) | Standard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) |
| Shiba Inu | Standard (“sesame, black sesame, red sesame”) | Standard (“Sesame”) | Standard (“RED SESAME”) | Standard (“Red Sesame: Red with an even overlay of black guard hairs”) | Standard (“sesame, black sesame, red sesame”) |
| Shikoku | Standard (“Sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole.)”) | Standard (“Sesame”) | Standard (“Sesame (equal mix of black and white hairs), black sesame, and red sesame”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberian Husky | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable & White”) | No ruling | Standard (“Sable & White”) | Standard (“sable”) |
| Sloughi | Standard (“with or without black overlay”) | Standard (“Darker Overlay”) | Standard (“dark overlay”) | Not recognized | Standard (“With or without black overlay”) |
| Slovakian Wirehaired Pointer | Standard (“brown shaded sable”) | Standard (“Gray Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown-shaded sable”) |
| Smooth Collie | Standard (“Sable: Any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standard (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) |
| Swedish Vallhund | Standard (“darker guard hairs visible on back, neck and sides of the body”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“as long as they are sabled”) | Standard (“with darker or black guard hairs”) | Standard (“darker guard hairs visible on back, neck, and sides of the body”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Sable & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tibetan Mastiff | Standard (“sable”) | Standard (“Red Gold Sable”) | Standard (“sable”) | Not recognized | Standard (“sable”) |
| Tibetan Spaniel | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Red Sable”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetan Terrier | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) |
| Tosa | Not recognized | Not recognized | Standard (“Black tipped hairs are allowed without penalty”) | No ruling | Not recognized |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Disqualifying (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Disqualifying (“sable”) |
| XoloitzcuintliCoated | Disqualifying (“sable”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“Sable”) | Disqualifying (“sable”) |
| Yugoslavian Shepherd Dog | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“tipped in black resulting in a sable color pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basenji | No ruling | Alternate (“Sable & White”) | Fault (“shaded”) | Not recognized | No ruling |
| English Cocker Spaniel | Fault | Alternate (“Sable”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
Breeds where Sable is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Terrier | Fault (“any smuttiness or dark shadings objectionable”) | Fault (“dark smut in sandy/red coated dogs”) | Fault (“Dark smut in Sandy or Red dogs”) | Fault (“smuttiness or dark shading undesirable”) | Fault (“any smuttiness or dark shadings objectionable”) |
| Basset Artésien Normand | Fault (“Colour: black shading on the head”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fault (“Colour: black shading on the head”) |
| Boxer | Fault (“Sooty ground colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognized | Fault (“Sooty ground colour”) |
| Broholmer | Fault (“Sooty”) | Fault (“Sooty”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Field Spaniel | Fault (“sable”) | Disqualifying (“The sable pattern”) | No ruling | Not recognized (“sable”) | Fault (“sable”) |
| Hamiltonstovare | Fault (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) | Fault (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) | Fault (“Black and brown hairs mixed together”) | Fault (“Lack of clear division between black and tan undesirable in an adult dog”) | Fault (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) |
| Mudi | Disqualifying | Disqualifying | Fault (“color patterns of sable”) | Not recognized | Disqualifying |
| Poodle (Toy) | Fault (“Subjects with solid coloured coat: undefined or not solid colour”) | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
| Porcelaine | Disqualifying (“Orange spots ... mingled with black hairs”) | Disqualifying (“Orange spots ... mingled with black hairs”) | Fault (“Intermingled gray or black hairs in the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian Ridgeback | Fault (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) | No ruling | Fault (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) | Not recognized | Fault (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) |
| Rottweiler | Disqualifying | Fault (“sooty markings”) | Disqualifying | Not recognized | Disqualifying |
Breeds where Sable is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgian Shepherd | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Black Russian Terrier | No ruling | Disqualifying (“Sable”) | No ruling | Not recognized | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Disqualifying (“blond with smutty touch”) | Disqualifying (“blond with smutty touch”) | Disqualifying | Not recognized | Disqualifying (“blonde with smutty touch”) |
| Lapponian Herder | Disqualifying (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | Disqualifying (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poodle (Standard) | Not recognized | Disqualifying | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
| Barbet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| Irish Setter | Not recognized (“with no trace of black”) | Not recognized (“with no black”) | Not recognized (“with no trace of black”) | Not recognized (“with no trace of black”) | Not recognized (“with no trace of black”) |
| Pug | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Not recognized (“Sable”) | Not recognized |
| Hortaya borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |