Braco de Weimar 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
| Measure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altura a la cruz, male | 59–70 cmunder 57 cmDescalificanteover 72 cmDescalificante | 63.5–68.6 cm61–63.5 cmFalta68.6–71.1 cmFaltaunder 61 cmDescalificanteover 71.1 cmDescalificante | 61–66 cm58.4–61 cmAlternativo66–68.6 cmAlternativounder 58.4 cmDescalificanteover 68.6 cmDescalificante | 61–69 cm | 63.5–68.5 cmunder 63.5 cmFaltaover 68.5 cmFalta |
| Altura a la cruz, female | 57–65 cmunder 55 cmDescalificanteover 67 cmDescalificante | 58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmFalta63.5–66 cmFaltaunder 55.9 cmDescalificanteover 66 cmDescalificante | 58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmAlternativounder 55.9 cmDescalificanteover 63.5 cmDescalificante | 56–64 cm | 58.5–63.5 cmunder 58.5 cmFaltaover 63.5 cmFalta |
| Longitud de la cola | No ruling | 15.2 cm | 15.2 cm | No ruling | 15.3 cm |
| Peso, male | 30–40 kg | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Peso, female | 25–35 kg | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Relación altura-longitud | 0.9 | No ruling | No ruling | 0.8 | No ruling |
| Relación cráneo-hocico | No ruling | 1 | No ruling | 1 | 1 |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MordidaMordida en tijera | Estándar (“Top and bottom incisors closely touching scissor bite”) | Estándar (“with correct scissors bite”) | Estándar (“meet in a scissors bite”) | Estándar (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”) | Estándar (“with correct scissors bite”) |
| MordidaPrognatismo inferior | No ruling | Falta (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”) | Descalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”) | No ruling | Falta (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”) |
| MordidaPrognatismo superior | No ruling | Falta (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”) | Descalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”) | No ruling | Falta (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”) |
| DenticiónDentición completa | Estándar (“teeth complete, regular and strong”) | Estándar (“Complete dentition is greatly to be desired”) | Estándar (“A full complement of well set, strong, even, white teeth”) | Estándar (“Complete dentition highly desirable”) | Estándar (“Complete dentition is greatly desired”) |
| DenticiónAusencia de dientes | No ruling | Falta (“More than four teeth missing”) | Falta (“Serious Faults: ... More than four missing teeth”) | No ruling | Falta (“More than four missing teeth”) |
| Porte de las orejasPlegadas | Estándar (“In alertness, turned slightly forward, folded”) | Estándar (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”) | Estándar (“The long, lobular, slightly folded ears are set high”) | Estándar (“Long, lobular, slightly folded, set high”) | Estándar (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”) |
| Inserción de las orejasAlta | Estándar (“Set on high and narrow”) | Estándar (“slightly folded and set high”) | Estándar (“are set high”) | Estándar (“slightly folded, set high”) | Estándar (“slightly folded and set high”) |
| Forma de los ojosRedondos | Estándar (“Round, set barely slanting”) | No ruling | No ruling | Estándar (“Medium-sized, round”) | No ruling |
| StopLeve | Estándar (“Stop: Extremely slight”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| StopModerado | No ruling | Estándar (“with moderate stop”) | Estándar (“The stop is moderate”) | Estándar (“moderate stop”) | Estándar (“with moderate stop”) |
| Perfil facialCóncavo | No reconocido (“never with a concave curve”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Línea superiorDescendente hacia atrás | No ruling | Estándar (“should slope slightly from the withers”) | Estándar (“sloping slightly from the withers”) | No ruling | Estándar (“should slope slightly from the withers”) |
| Línea superiorHorizontal | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Estándar (“Topline level, with slightly sloping croup”) | No ruling |
| Línea superiorDe carpa (arqueada) | No ruling | Falta (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”) | Falta (“Roached or sway back”) | No ruling | Falta (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”) |
| Línea superiorEnsillada | No ruling | Falta (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”) | Falta (“Roached or sway back”) | No ruling | Falta (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”) |
| Inserción de la colaBaja | Estándar (“Set on slightly lower than with other similar breeds”) | Falta (“Low-set tail”) | Falta (“Serious Fault: Low set tail”) | No ruling | Falta (“Low tail set”) |
| Porte de la colaBaja (colgante) | Estándar (“Carried hanging down in repose”) | No ruling | Estándar (“At rest the tail hangs down”) | Estándar (“Carried below level of back when relaxed”) | No ruling |
| Porte de la colaHorizontal | Alternativo (“When alert or working, carried level or higher”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“the tail is carried level or higher”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Porte de la colaLevantada (alegre) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“may be raised when animated”) | No ruling |
| Porte de la colaEnroscada sobre el dorso | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Falta (“Not curled over back”) | No ruling |
| Membrana interdigitalCompleta | No ruling | Estándar (“Firm and compact, webbed”) | Estándar (“The webbed feet are firm and compact”) | No ruling | Estándar (“Firm and compact, webbed”) |
| Espolones anterioresPresentes | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs; they're optional”) |
| Espolones posterioresNinguno | Estándar (“Hind feet: Tight and firm, without dewclaws”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Estándar (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs”) |
| Longitud del cuelloCorto | No ruling | Falta (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | Falta (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | No ruling | Falta (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) |
| PapadaPronunciada | No ruling | Falta (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | Falta (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | No ruling | Falta (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) |
| PechoProfundo | No ruling | Estándar (“The chest should be well developed and deep”) | Estándar (“The deep chest is well-developed”) | Estándar (“Chest well developed and deep”) | Estándar (“The chest should be well developed and deep”) |
| PechoEn barril | Falta (“Well sprung without being barrel-shaped”) | No ruling | Falta (“Ribs are long and well sprung but not barrel shaped”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retracción del vientreNinguna (línea inferior recta) | Estándar (“Rising slightly, but belly not tucked up”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retracción del vientreModerada | No ruling | Estándar (“moderately tucked-up flank”) | Estándar (“Tuck up is moderate”) | Estándar (“moderately tucked-up flank”) | Estándar (“moderately tucked-up flank”) |
| CorvejonesRectos y paralelos | No ruling | Estándar (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”) | No ruling | No ruling | Estándar (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”) |
| CorvejonesBien descendidos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Estándar (“Hocks well let down, turned neither in nor out”) | No ruling |
| CorvejonesCorvejones de vaca | No ruling | Falta (“Cowhocks”) | Falta (“Serious Fault: Cow hocks”) | No ruling | Falta (“Cow hocks”) |
Markings
| Marking | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrella | Alternativo (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”) | Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest is permitted”) | Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”) | Alternativo (“Small white mark permissible on chest.”) | Alternativo (“Small white mark allowable on the chest”) |
| Calzado bajo | Alternativo (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Marcas blancas | Falta (“White markings except on chest and toes.”) | Falta (“Very Serious Faults-White, other than a spot on the chest”) | Descalificante (“Any white other than a spot on the chest and toes.”) | No ruling | Falta (“White, other than a spot on chest”) |
| Raya de mulo | Alternativo (“Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back”) | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“Dark eel stripe frequently occurs along back.”) | No ruling |
Cropping, docking and other procedures
| Procedure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caudectomía (corte de cola) | Alternativo (“appropriate tail docking is permissible for shorthaired Weimaraner”) | Estándar (“Tail: Docked. A non-docked tail shall be penalized”) | Alternativo (“Docked tail ... Natural tail”) | Alternativo (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”) | Alternativo (“Short-hair variety may be undocked or docked”) |
| Extirpación de los espolones | No ruling | Estándar (“Dewclaws-Should be removed”) | Alternativo (“Removal of rear dewclaws is customary but not mandatory”) | 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.
Braco de Weimar colors and patterns
What each club's breed standard says about every Braco de Weimar color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.
Breed standards describe the Braco de Weimar in Gris y Plateado. Standard patterns: Unicolor.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gris | Estándar (“roe or mouse grey”) | Estándar (“Gray”) | Estándar (“mouse-gray”) | Estándar (“shades of mouse or roe grey”) | Estándar (“roe, or mouse-grey”) |
| Plateado | Estándar (“silver”) | Estándar (“Silver Gray”) | Estándar (“silver-gray”) | Estándar (“silver grey”) | Estándar (“silver”) |
| Negro | Descalificante | Descalificante (“A distinctly blue or black coat”) | Descalificante (“distinctly black-colored coat”) | No reconocido | Descalificante |
| Albino | Descalificante | No ruling | Descalificante (“albinism”) | No reconocido | Descalificante |
| Azul | Descalificante (“blue colouring”) | Descalificante (“Blue”) | Descalificante (“distinctly blue-colored coat”) | No reconocido (“Blue”) | Descalificante (“blue colouring”) |
| Patterns | |||||
| Unicolor | Estándar | Estándar (“solid color”) | Estándar (“solid colors”) | Estándar | Estándar |
| Con fuego | Descalificante (“tan brand”) | No ruling | Falta (“tan or brown markings”) | No reconocido | Descalificante (“tan”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gris | No ruling | Estándar (“gray”) | Estándar (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Azul | No ruling | Estándar (“blue-gray”) | Estándar (“blue-gray”) | Estándar (“blue-grey”) | No ruling |
| Ámbar | Estándar (“amber colour, dark to pale”) | Estándar (“light amber”) | Estándar (“light amber”) | Estándar (“shades of amber”) | Estándar (“amber colour, dark to pale”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pizarra | No ruling | Estándar (“gray”) | Estándar (“gray”) | Estándar (“grey”) | No ruling |
| Rosa | Estándar (“Dark flesh colour, merging gradually into gray towards the rear”) | Falta (“pink nose”) | Falta (“pink nose”) | No ruling | Estándar (“dark flesh colour, merging gradually into grey towards the rear”) |
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 de Weimar's colors can change over its life.
Atigradochanges toUnicolor
Pelaje · Con la edad · from 0 to 1 weeks
Con fuegochanges toEnsillado
Pelaje · Con la edad · from 6 to 156 weeks
Azulchanges toMarrón oscuro
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toMarrón
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toMarrón claro
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toÁmbar
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toAvellana
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toAmarillo
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toÁmbar
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Azulchanges toGris
Ojos · Con la edad · from 2 weeks
Sources
Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.