What does each club give for Altura a la cruz in the Samoyedo?

FCI, Male: 54–60 cm; AKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; UKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; KC, Male: 51–56 cm; CKC, Male: 53.3–59.8 cm; FCI, Female: 50–56 cm; AKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; UKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; KC, Female: 46–51 cm; CKC, Female: 48.3–54.5 cm.

Samoyedo 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
Altura a la cruz, male	54–60 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	51–56 cm	53.3–59.8 cm
Altura a la cruz, female	50–56 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	46–51 cm	48.3–54.5 cm
Relación altura-longitud	1	No ruling	1	No ruling	No ruling
Relación cráneo-hocico	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MordidaMordida en tijera	Estándar (“Regular and complete scissor bite”)	Estándar (“snugly overlapping with scissors bite”)	Estándar (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth with a scissors bite”)	Estándar (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Estándar (“snugly overlapping in a scissors bite”)
MordidaMordida en pinza	Falta (“FAULTS: ... Pincer bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
MordidaPrognatismo inferior	Descalificante (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Falta (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Falta (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
MordidaPrognatismo superior	Descalificante (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Falta (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Falta (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Porte de las orejasErguidas (tiesas)	Estándar (“EARS: Erect, rather small, thick, triangular”)	Estándar (“Strong and thick, erect, triangular”)	Estándar (“carried strongly erect”)	Estándar (“Fully erect in adults”)	No ruling
Inserción de las orejasAlta	Estándar (“They should be mobile, set high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forma de los ojosAlmendrados	Estándar (“somewhat slanting and almond-shaped”)	Estándar (“almond shaped with lower lid slanting”)	Estándar (“The eyes are dark brown, almond-shaped”)	Estándar (“Almond-shaped, obliquely set”)	No ruling
Forma de los ojosRedondos	No ruling	Falta (“Round or protruding eyes penalized”)	Falta (“Faults: Round or protruding eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Línea superiorHorizontal	Estándar (“Back: Of medium length, muscular and straight”)	No ruling	Estándar (“blend gracefully into the level back”)	No ruling	No ruling
Porte de la colaEnroscada sobre el dorso	Estándar (“carried bent from the root forward over the back or side”)	No ruling	Estándar (“normally carried over the back, draped to one side or the other”)	Estándar (“carried over the back and to side when alert”)	No ruling
Inserción de la colaAlta	Estándar (“TAIL: Set rather high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Longitud de la colaLarga	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Tail: Long, profusely coated”)	No ruling
Longitud de la colaMedia	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“The tail is moderately long”)	No ruling	No ruling
PiesOvalados	Estándar (“Fore Feet: Oval with long toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PiesPie de gato	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Round cat feet highly undesirable”)	No ruling
CorvejonesBien descendidos	Estándar (“Hocks: Rather low and well angulated”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“with well let down hocks”)	No ruling
CorvejonesCorvejones de vaca	Falta (“Badly bow-legged or cow hocked”)	Falta (“any suggestion of unsound stifles or cowhocks severely penalized”)	No ruling	Falta (“Cowhocks or straight stifles highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Longitud del cuelloMedio	Estándar (“NECK: Strong and of medium length”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PechoProfundo	Estándar (“Chest: Broad, deep and long”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Chest deep but not too broad”)	No ruling
PechoEn barril	Falta (“FAULTS: ... Barrel ribcage”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Retracción del vientreModerada	Estándar (“Underline: Moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	Estándar (“The belly is tight, with moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma del hocicoAfilado	Estándar (“gradually tapering towards the nose”)	Estándar (“should taper toward the nose”)	Estándar (“there is slight tapering toward the nose”)	Estándar (“tapering foreface not too sharply defined”)	No ruling
Forma del hocicoPuntiagudo	Falta (“neither snipey nor heavy and square”)	Falta (“neither coarse nor snipy”)	Falta (“Faults: Coarse, snipey, or shallow muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
DenticiónDentición completa	Estándar (“Normal dentition”)	No ruling	Estándar (“a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Extirpación de los espolones	Estándar (“The dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling	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.

Samoyedo colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Samoyedo in Blanco y Crema. Standard patterns: Unicolor y Bicolor.

Pelaje: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Blanco	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“White”)	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“pure white”)
Crema	Estándar (“cream”)	Estándar (“Cream”)	Estándar (“cream, or all biscuit”)	Estándar (“cream”)	Estándar (“cream”)
Albino	Descalificante	Descalificante	Descalificante (“albinism”)	No reconocido	Descalificante
Marrón	Descalificante (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)	Descalificante	Descalificante	No reconocido	Descalificante (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)
Patterns
Unicolor	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“White”)	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“pure white”)	Estándar (“pure white”)
Bicolor	Estándar (“white with biscuit”)	Estándar (“White & Biscuit”)	Estándar (“white and biscuit”)	Estándar (“white and biscuit”)	Estándar (“white with biscuit”)

Ojos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marrón	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“medium to dark brown”)	No ruling
Marrón oscuro	Estándar (“dark brown”)	Estándar (“dark for preference”)	Estándar (“dark brown”)	Estándar (“medium to dark brown”)	Estándar (“dark brown”)
Negro	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Marrón claro	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Amarillo	Falta (“yellow eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“yellow eyes”)
Azul	Descalificante (“eyes blue”)	Descalificante (“blue eyes”)	Descalificante (“blue eyes”)	No ruling	Descalificante (“eyes blue”)
Patterns
Ojos dispares	Descalificante (“eyes ... of different colours”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificante (“eyes ... of different colours”)

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“preferably black”)	Estándar (“black for preference”)	Estándar (“black is preferred”)	Estándar (“black for preference”)	Estándar (“preferably black”)
Hígado	No ruling	Estándar (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”)	Estándar (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	Estándar (“may be brown”)	No ruling
Rosa	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“flesh-coloured”)	No ruling
Nariz Dudley	No ruling	Estándar (“Dudley nose not penalized”)	Estándar (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Nariz de nieve	Estándar (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called « winter nose »”)	Estándar (“color of nose sometimes changes with age and weather”)	Estándar (“changes in nose color due to age or weather are not penalized”)	No ruling	Estándar (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called "winter nose"”)

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 Samoyedo's colors can change over its life.

Blancochanges toRoano
Pelaje · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Negrochanges toNariz de nieve
Nariz · Con la estación · can change back
Negrochanges toRosa
Nariz · Con la estación · can change back
Negrochanges toNariz de nieve
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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