What does each club give for Altura a la cruz in the Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto?

FCI, Male: 62–66 cm; AKC, Male: 58.4–63.5 cm; UKC, Male: 61–66 cm; KC, Male: 58–64 cm; FCI, Female: 58–63 cm; AKC, Female: 53.3–58.4 cm; UKC, Female: 58.4–63.5 cm; KC, Female: 53–59 cm.

Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto 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.

Size

Size
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Altura a la cruz, male	62–66 cm	58.4–63.5 cmover 66 cmFaltaunder 55.9 cmFalta	61–66 cm	58–64 cm
Altura a la cruz, female	58–63 cm	53.3–58.4 cmover 61 cmFaltaunder 50.8 cmFalta	58.4–63.5 cm	53–59 cm
Peso, male	No ruling	25–31.8 kg	25–31.8 kg	No ruling
Peso, female	No ruling	20.4–27.2 kg	20.4–27.2 kg	No ruling
Relación cráneo-hocico	No ruling	1	1	No ruling
Ángulo escapulohumeral	No ruling	No ruling	90°	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
MordidaMordida en tijera	Estándar (“a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Estándar (“The bite is a true scissors bite”)	Estándar (“teeth meeting in a scissors bite”)	Estándar (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
MordidaMordida en pinza	No ruling	Falta (“A perfect level bite is not desirable and must be penalized”)	Falta (“Serious Fault: Level bite”)	No ruling
MordidaPrognatismo superior	No ruling	Descalificante (“Extreme overshot or undershot disqualifies”)	Descalificante (“Disqualifications: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling
MordidaPrognatismo inferior	No ruling	Descalificante (“Extreme overshot or undershot disqualifies”)	Descalificante (“Disqualifications: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling
MordidaBoca torcida	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificante (“Disqualifications: Undershot or overshot bite. Wry Mouth”)	No ruling
DenticiónDentición completa	Estándar (“42 sound teeth, in accordance with the teeth formula”)	No ruling	Estándar (“a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling
StopModerado	Estándar (“Stop: Moderately defined”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StopPronunciado	No ruling	Falta (“A definite Pointer stop is a serious fault”)	Falta (“Serious Fault: Pronounced stop”)	No reconocido (“never possessing a definite stop”)
Perfil facialCóncavo	Falta (“a concave bridge (dish-face) is a serious fault”)	Falta (“A dish-shaped muzzle is a fault”)	Falta (“Faults: Concave or dished muzzle”)	Falta (“Dish-faced and snipy muzzle undesirable”)
Perfil facialAcarnerado (convexo)	Alternativo (“from a nobly constructed ram's nose to a slight rise above the straight line”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Perfil facialRecto	Alternativo (“A totally straight nasal bridge, although still acceptable, is less attractive”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forma del hocicoPuntiagudo	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: ... snipey muzzle”)	Falta (“Dish-faced and snipy muzzle undesirable”)
Inserción de las orejasAlta	Estándar (“EARS: Moderately long, set on high”)	Estándar (“The ears are broad and set fairly high”)	No ruling	Estándar (“Broad and set high”)
Porte de las orejasCaídas (colgantes)	Estándar (“hanging down close to the head”)	Estándar (“lie flat and never hang away from the head”)	Estándar (“The ears are pendent ... hanging close to the head”)	Estándar (“hung close to head, no pronounced fold”)
Porte de las orejasPlegadas	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: ... ears permanently folded”)	No ruling
Punta de la orejaRedondeada	Estándar (“bluntly rounded at the tip”)	No ruling	Estándar (“rounded at the tips”)	Estándar (“rounded at tip”)
Forma de los ojosAlmendrados	No ruling	Estándar (“The eye is almond shaped”)	Estándar (“They are medium sized and almond-shaped”)	No ruling
Forma de los ojosRedondos	No ruling	Falta (“almond shaped, not circular”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tamaño de los ojosMedianos	Estándar (“EYES: OF medium size”)	Estándar (“The eyes are of medium size”)	Estándar (“They are medium sized”)	Estándar (“Medium size, soft and intelligent”)
Inserción de los ojosProminentes	Falta (“neither protruding nor deep set”)	Falta (“neither protruding nor sunken”)	No ruling	Falta (“neither protruding nor too deep set”)
Inserción de los ojosHundidos	Falta (“neither protruding nor deep set”)	Falta (“neither protruding nor sunken”)	No ruling	Falta (“neither protruding nor too deep set”)
Inserción de los ojosJuntos	No ruling	Falta (“Closely set eyes are to be faulted”)	No ruling	No ruling
Inserción de los ojosSeparados	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“set in to the skull, but not too deep, and wide apart”)	No ruling
Forma del cuelloArqueado	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“moderately long, slightly arched”)	Estándar (“Moderately long, muscular and slightly arched”)
PapadaNinguna (cuello seco)	Estándar (“Tight fitting skin of throat”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PapadaLeve	No ruling	Alternativo (“Moderate throatiness is permitted”)	No ruling	No ruling
Línea superiorDescendente hacia atrás	Estándar (“Topline: Straight and slightly sloping”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PechoProfundo	Estándar (“Somewhat deeper than broad”)	Estándar (“impression of depth rather than breadth”)	Estándar (“curving down and inward to form a deep body”)	Estándar (“Chest must appear deep rather than wide”)
PechoEn barril	Falta (“Ribs well sprung, neither flat nor barrel-shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido (“never barrel shaped nor flat”)
GrupaLigeramente inclinada	Estándar (“not abruptly slanting, but slightly slanting towards the tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“sloping gradually towards tail”)
Inserción de la colaAlta	Estándar (“TAIL: Set high”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Docked: Starts high and thick”)
Longitud de la colaMedia	Estándar (“of medium length”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“customarily docked to medium length”)
Porte de la colaHorizontal	Estándar (“in movement horizontal”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“when moving, horizontally”)
Porte de la colaLevantada (alegre)	Falta (“neither carried too high above the backline nor extremely bent”)	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido (“Never held high over back or bent”)
Porte de la colaEn sable	Alternativo (“natural ... carried straight or slightly sabre tail fashion”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
CorvejonesRectos y paralelos	Estándar (“Hocks: Strong, vertical”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Angulación posteriorBien angulada	Estándar (“Good angulations in stifles and hocks”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Stifles well bent”)
Angulación anteriorEscápula bien inclinada	Estándar (“Shoulder blades well laid back”)	No ruling	Estándar (“The shoulder blades are long and well laid back”)	No ruling
Metacarpos (cuartillas)Ligeramente inclinados	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Pasterns are strong, short, slightly sloping”)	Estándar (“Pasterns slightly sloping”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Marcas fuego	Alternativo (“Yellow tan markings are permissible”)	Descalificante (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”)	Alternativo (“Tan markings are permissible”)	No ruling
Lucero corrido	Alternativo (“Blaze, fleck and speckled flews are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Entrepelado	Alternativo (“Blaze, fleck and speckled flews are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Caudectomía (corte de cola)	Estándar (“About halfway docked for hunting purposes”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”)

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto in Negro, Blanco, Hígado y Fuego. Standard patterns: Unicolor, Bicolor, Roano, Moteado y Con fuego.

Pelaje: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“Black colour in the same nuances as the brown”)	Estándar (“Black”)	Estándar (“solid black”)	Estándar (“solid black”)	Estándar (“Solid black”)
Blanco	Estándar (“White with brown head markings, brown patches or specks”)	Estándar (“Liver & White”)	Estándar (“any combination of liver and white”)	Estándar (“liver and white spotted”)	Estándar (“liver and white spotted”)
Hígado	Estándar (“Solid brown, without markings”)	Estándar (“Liver”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)
Fuego	Estándar (“Yellow tan markings are permissible”)	Descalificante (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”)	Estándar (“Tan markings are permissible”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Albino	No reconocido	Descalificante	Descalificante (“Albinism”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Rojo	No reconocido	Descalificante (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”)	Descalificante (“Any red, orange, or lemon color”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Naranja	No reconocido	Descalificante (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”)	Descalificante (“Any red, orange, or lemon color”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Limón	No reconocido	Descalificante (“A dog with any area of red, orange, lemon or tan”)	Descalificante (“Any red, orange, or lemon color”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Patterns
Unicolor	Estándar (“Solid brown, without markings”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)
Bicolor	Estándar (“White with brown head markings”)	Estándar (“a combination of liver and white”)	Estándar (“any combination of liver and white”)	Estándar (“black and white same variations”)	Estándar (“black and white, same variations”)
Roano	Estándar (“Dark brown roan”)	Estándar (“Liver Roan”)	Estándar (“liver and white ticked”)	Estándar (“liver and white ticked”)	Estándar (“liver and white ticked”)
Moteado	Estándar (“brown patches or specks”)	Estándar (“Patched”)	Estándar (“liver spotted and white ticked”)	Estándar (“liver and white spotted”)	Estándar (“liver and white spotted”)
Con fuego	Estándar (“Yellow tan markings are permissible”)	Descalificante	Estándar (“Tan markings are permissible”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Tricolor	No ruling	Descalificante	No ruling	No reconocido (“not tricolour”)	No reconocido (“Not tri-colour”)

Ojos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marrón	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Eye color is brown”)	Estándar (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”)	Estándar (“Varying in shades of brown to tone with coat”)
Marrón oscuro	Estándar (“The ideal colour is dark brown”)	Estándar (“The preferred color is dark brown”)	Estándar (“Darker brown is preferred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Marrón claro	Falta (“Eyes too light”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Amarillo	Falta (“Yellowish « bird of prey » eyes”)	Falta (“Light yellow eyes are not desirable and are a fault”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Azul	No ruling	Descalificante (“China or wall eyes are to be disqualified”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“black in black or black roan dogs”)	Estándar (“black on a black dog”)	Estándar (“black in black-colored dogs”)	Estándar (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”)	Estándar (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”)
Hígado	Estándar (“Basically brown”)	Estándar (“brown on a liver dog”)	Estándar (“solid brown in liver-colored dogs”)	Estándar (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”)	Estándar (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”)
Rosa	Estándar (“A flesh-coloured or spotted nose is only permissible in dogs with white as basic colour”)	Descalificante (“A flesh colored nose disqualifies”)	Descalificante (“Flesh-colored nose”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Nariz mariposa	Estándar (“A flesh-coloured or spotted nose is only permissible in dogs with white as basic colour”)	Falta (“A spotted nose is not desirable”)	Falta (“Spotted nose”)	No ruling	No ruling

What the rulings mean

Estándar: Described by the club's breed standard.
Falta: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
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 Braco Alemán de Pelo Corto'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
Blancochanges toRoano
Pelaje · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Con fuegochanges toEnsillado
Pelaje · Con la edad · from 6 to 156 weeks
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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