What does each club give for Peso in the Carlino?

FCI, Peso: 6.3–8.1 kg; AKC, Peso: 6.4–8.2 kg; UKC, Peso: 6.4–8.2 kg; KC, Peso: 6.3–8.1 kg; CKC, Peso: 6.3–8.3 kg.

Carlino 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
Peso	6.3–8.1 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.3–8.1 kg	6.3–8.3 kg
Relación altura-longitud	1	1	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MordidaPrognatismo inferior	Estándar (“Jaws / Teeth: Slightly undershot.”)	Estándar (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)	Estándar (“meet in a slightly undershot bite”)	Estándar (“Mouth: Slightly undershot.”)	Estándar (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)
MordidaBoca torcida	Falta (“Wry mouth, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	No ruling	Descalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Wry mouth.”)	Falta (“Wry mouths, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	Descalificante (“DISQUALIFICATIONS Wry mouth”)
DenticiónDentición completa	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“A full complement of large, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma de los ojosRedondos	Estándar (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling
Porte de las orejasDe botón	Estándar (“Button ear ... Preference given to latter.”)	Estándar (“Preference is given to the latter.”)	Estándar (“preference is given to the button ear”)	Alternativo (“Two kinds: button ear”)	Estándar (“Preference is given to the latter.”)
Porte de las orejasEn rosa	Alternativo (“Two kinds - Rose ear - small drop-ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativo (“There are two kinds - the rose and the button.”)	Alternativo (“rose (drop ears that fold over and back)”)	Alternativo (“rose ear - small drop ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativo (“There are two kinds the rose and the button.”)
Forma del hocicoRomo	Estándar (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Estándar (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Forma del hocicoCuadrado	Estándar (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Estándar (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Estándar (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Línea superiorHorizontal	Estándar (“Topline: Level, neither roached nor dipping.”)	Estándar (“The short back is level from the withers”)	Estándar (“The topline is level.”)	Estándar (“Topline level neither roached nor dipping.”)	Estándar (“The short back is level from the withers”)
PechoAncho	Estándar (“Broad in chest.”)	Estándar (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)	Estándar (“with a wide chest and well-sprung ribs”)	Estándar (“broad in chest.”)	Estándar (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)
Inserción de la colaAlta	Estándar (“TAIL: High-set”)	Estándar (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)	Estándar (“The high-set tail”)	Estándar (“High set”)	Estándar (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)
Porte de la colaEnroscada sobre el dorso	Estándar (“tightly curled over hip”)	Estándar (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Estándar (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Estándar (“tightly curled over hip”)	Estándar (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)
Porte de la colaDoble enroscadura	Estándar (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Estándar (“The double curl is perfection.”)	Estándar (“the double curl considered the ideal”)	Estándar (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Estándar (“The double curl is perfection.”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Máscara	Estándar (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“The mask should be black”)	Estándar (“Markings are found on the muzzle, to include the mask”)	Estándar (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“The mask should be black”)
Raya de mulo	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)	Estándar (“as a back-trace, which is a line extending from the occiput to the tail”)	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)
Lunares	Estándar (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)	Estándar (“as moles on the cheeks”)	Estándar (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Estándar (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)
Marcas blancas	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Any solid white patch anywhere but on the chest”)
Mancha en el pecho	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“The white on the chest to be no larger than a dime”)
Huella de pulgar en la frente	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Estándar (“as thumb marks or diamonds on the forehead”)	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Estándar (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Extirpación de los espolones	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws are generally removed.”)	Alternativo (“Dewclaws may be removed.”)	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.

Carlino colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Carlino in Negro, Plateado, Leonado y Albaricoque. Standard patterns: Unicolor.

Pelaje: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Black”)	Estándar (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Plateado	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Descalificante	Estándar (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Leonado	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Fawn”)	Estándar (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Albaricoque	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Descalificante	Estándar (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Blanco	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido (“White”)	No reconocido
Albino	No reconocido	Descalificante	Descalificante (“Albinism”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Azul	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido (“Blue”)	No reconocido
Marrón	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido (“Brown”)	No reconocido
Chocolate	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido	No reconocido
Fuego	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido (“Black & Tan”)	No reconocido
Crema	No reconocido	Descalificante	No reconocido	No reconocido (“Cream - no Black Mask”)	No reconocido
Patterns
Unicolor	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“The colors are fawn or black”)	Estándar (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Estándar (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Atigrado	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido
Sable	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido (“Sable”)	No reconocido
Con fuego	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido (“Black & Tan”)	No reconocido
Atigrado inverso	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido

Ojos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marrón oscuro	Estándar (“Dark, relatively large”)	Estándar (“dark in color”)	Estándar (“dark in color”)	Estándar (“Dark, relatively large”)	Estándar (“Dark, relatively large”)

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“Nose: Black”)	Estándar (“Nose black”)	Estándar (“Nose black”)

What the rulings mean

Estándar: Described by the club's breed standard.
Descalificante: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
No reconocido: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Carlino's colors can change over its life.

Negrochanges toÓxido
Pelaje · Con el estado corporal · can change back
Negrochanges toGris
Pelaje · Progresivo
Negrochanges toMarrón
Pelaje · Al sol · can change back
Negrochanges toNariz de nieve
Nariz · Con la estación · can change back
Negrochanges toRosa
Nariz · Con la estación · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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