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

FCI, Male: 61–68 cm; AKC, Male: 61–66 cm; UKC, Male: 61–67.9 cm; KC, Male: 60–67 cm; FCI, Female: 57–64 cm; AKC, Female: over 55.9 cm; UKC, Female: 55.9–63.5 cm; KC, Female: 56–62 cm.

Braco Alemán de Pelo Duro 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	61–68 cm	61–66 cmover 66 cmFaltaunder 61 cmFalta	61–67.9 cm	60–67 cm
Altura a la cruz, female	57–64 cm	over 55.9 cmunder 55.9 cmFalta	55.9–63.5 cm	56–62 cm
Peso, male	No ruling	No ruling	25–31.8 kg	25–34 kg
Peso, female	No ruling	No ruling	20.4–27.2 kg	20.5–29 kg
Relación altura-longitud	1	0.9	No ruling	No ruling
Relación cráneo-hocico	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
MordidaMordida en tijera	Estándar (“regular, complete scissor bite”)	Estándar (“The incisors meet in a true scissors bite”)	Estándar (“meet in a scissors bite”)	Estándar (“perfect regular and complete scissor bite”)
MordidaPrognatismo superior	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling
MordidaPrognatismo inferior	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling
DenticiónDentición completa	Estándar (“42 teeth according to the dentition formula”)	Estándar (“a full complement of evenly set and properly intermeshing teeth”)	Estándar (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)	Estándar (“with full dentition”)
StopPronunciado	Estándar (“Stop: Clearly visibly pronounced”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerado	No ruling	Estándar (“The stop is medium”)	Estándar (“Stop is medium, clearly defined”)	Estándar (“Moderate stop”)
Perfil facialAcarnerado (convexo)	Estándar (“Slight roman nose”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Perfil facialRecto	No ruling	Estándar (“nasal bone straight, broad and parallel to the top of the skull”)	Estándar (“Long, with nasal bones straight and broad”)	No ruling
Longitud del hocicoLargo	Estándar (“Muzzle: Long, broad, strong, deep”)	No ruling	Estándar (“MUZZLE Long, with nasal bones straight and broad”)	No ruling
Inserción de las orejasAlta	Estándar (“set on high and wide”)	No ruling	Estándar (“Set on high, rounded and not too broad”)	Estándar (“Medium sized in relation to head, set high”)
Porte de las orejasCaídas (colgantes)	No ruling	Estándar (“hang close to the head”)	Estándar (“Hang close to sides of head”)	No ruling
Punta de la orejaRedondeada	No ruling	Estándar (“The ears are rounded but not too broad”)	Estándar (“Set on high, rounded and not too broad”)	No ruling
Tamaño de las orejasMedianas	Estándar (“EARS: Of medium size”)	No ruling	Estándar (“medium in size”)	Estándar (“Medium sized in relation to head”)
Forma de los ojosOvalados	No ruling	Estándar (“medium in size, oval in contour”)	Estándar (“Medium size, oval in shape”)	Estándar (“Medium-sized oval”)
Tamaño de los ojosMedianos	No ruling	Estándar (“medium in size”)	Estándar (“Medium size”)	Estándar (“Medium-sized oval”)
Inserción de los ojosProminentes	Falta (“neither too deep-set nor protruding”)	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“not protruding nor too deep set”)
Inserción de los ojosHundidos	Falta (“neither too deep-set nor protruding”)	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“not protruding nor too deep set”)
Longitud del cuelloMedio	Estándar (“NECK: Of medium length”)	Estándar (“The neck is of medium length”)	Estándar (“Strong and of medium length”)	No ruling
Forma del cuelloArqueado	Estándar (“slightly arched napeline”)	Estándar (“slightly arched”)	Estándar (“Slightly arched and devoid of dewlap”)	No ruling
PapadaNinguna (cuello seco)	Estándar (“clean cut throat, no dewlap”)	Estándar (“devoid of dewlap”)	Estándar (“devoid of dewlap”)	No ruling
Línea superiorDescendente hacia atrás	Estándar (“Slightly sloping from the withers in a straight line”)	Estándar (“a perceptible slope down from withers to croup”)	Estándar (“the topline slopes from withers to set on of tail”)	Estándar (“slightly falling back line”)
Línea superiorEnsillada	Falta (“SEVERE FAULTS: Swayback or roach back”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Línea superiorDe carpa (arqueada)	Falta (“SEVERE FAULTS: Swayback or roach back”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PechoProfundo	Estándar (“Chest: Broad and deep”)	Estándar (“The chest is deep and capacious”)	Estándar (“The chest is broad and deep”)	Estándar (“Chest must appear deep rather than wide”)
PechoAncho	Estándar (“Chest: Broad and deep”)	No ruling	Estándar (“The chest is broad and deep”)	No ruling
PechoEn barril	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No reconocido (“never barrel shaped nor flat”)
GrupaLigeramente inclinada	Estándar (“Long and broad, slightly sloping”)	No ruling	Estándar (“Croup slopes slightly”)	Estándar (“croup falling slightly towards tail”)
Inserción de la colaAlta	No ruling	Estándar (“The tail is set high”)	Estándar (“Set high, carried at or slightly above the horizontal”)	No ruling
Porte de la colaHorizontal	Estándar (“carried as horizontally as possible or slightly raised, but not steep”)	Estándar (“carried at or above the horizontal when the dog is alert”)	Estándar (“carried at or slightly above the horizontal”)	Estándar (“carried horizontally or slightly upward”)
Porte de la colaLevantada (alegre)	Alternativo (“or slightly raised, but not steep”)	Alternativo (“at or above the horizontal”)	Alternativo (“at or slightly above the horizontal”)	Alternativo (“horizontally or slightly upward”)
Porte de la colaEn sable	Alternativo (“natural ... carried straight or slightly sabre-like”)	No ruling	Alternativo (“natural tail ... straight or slightly saber-like”)	Alternativo (“Undocked: ... carried straight or slightly sabre fashion”)
PiesOvalados	Estándar (“Oval-round with well-knit toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“Compact, close knit, round to oval shaped”)
CorvejonesCorvejones de vaca	Falta (“SEVERE FAULTS: ... cow hocked or close behind”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
CorvejonesRectos y paralelos	No ruling	Estándar (“The hocks (metatarsus) are short, straight and parallel”)	No ruling	No ruling
Angulación posteriorBien angulada	Estándar (“Well angulated at the stifles and the hocks”)	No ruling	Estándar (“good angulation at the stifle and hock”)	Estándar (“Stifles well bent”)
Angulación anteriorEscápula bien inclinada	Estándar (“Shoulders: Well laid-back, sloping shoulder blade”)	Estándar (“The shoulders are well laid back”)	No ruling	No ruling
Metacarpos (cuartillas)Ligeramente inclinados	Estándar (“Pasterns: Slightly sloping”)	No ruling	Estándar (“Pasterns strong and very slightly sloping”)	Estándar (“Pasterns slightly sloping”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Lucero corrido	No ruling	Alternativo (“The head is liver, sometimes with a white blaze”)	No ruling	No ruling
Mancha en el pecho	Alternativo (“Brown with or without white chest patch”)	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 (“Docked for the hunting purposes”)	Estándar (“The tail is docked to approximately two-fifths of its original length”)	Alternativo (“Customarily docked to 2/5 original length. A natural tail is acceptable”)	Alternativo (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”)
Extirpación de los espolones	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws are generally removed”)	Alternativo (“Removal of dewclaws is preferred but not mandatory”)	No ruling

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 Duro colors and patterns

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

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

Pelaje: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“Black roan, with or without patches”)	Falta (“Black & White”)	Estándar (“Solid black”)	Estándar (“black and white”)	Estándar (“Black roan, with or without patches”)
Blanco	Estándar (“Light roan”)	Estándar (“Liver & White”)	Estándar (“liver and white ticked”)	Estándar (“Liver and white”)	Estándar (“Light roan”)
Hígado	Estándar (“Brown with or without white chest patch”)	Estándar (“Liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“Brown with or without white chest patch”)
Albino	No reconocido	No ruling	Descalificante (“Albinism”)	No reconocido	No reconocido
Patterns
Unicolor	Estándar (“Brown with or without white chest patch”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“Solid liver”)	Estándar (“solid liver”)	Estándar (“Brown with or without white chest patch”)
Bicolor	No ruling	Estándar (“The coat is liver and white”)	Estándar (“liver and white”)	Estándar (“Liver and white”)	No ruling
Roano	Estándar (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Estándar (“Roan”)	Estándar (“liver and white ticked”)	Estándar (“Liver & White Ticked”)	Estándar (“Brown roan with or without patches”)
Moteado	Estándar (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Estándar (“Spotted”)	Estándar (“liver and white spotted”)	No reconocido	Estándar (“Brown roan with or without patches”)
Tricolor	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Solid black and tricoloured highly undesirable”)	No ruling

Ojos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marrón	No ruling	Estándar (“Eyes are brown”)	No ruling	Estándar (“hazel or darker”)	No ruling
Marrón oscuro	Estándar (“As dark as possible”)	No ruling	Estándar (“as dark as possible”)	Estándar (“hazel or darker”)	Estándar (“As dark as possible”)
Avellana	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Estándar (“hazel or darker”)	No ruling
Amarillo	No ruling	Falta (“Yellow eyes are not desirable”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Ojos dispares	Descalificante (“differently coloured eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificante (“differently coloured eyes”)

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negro	Estándar (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”)	No ruling	Estándar (“black in black dogs”)	Estándar (“Nose liver or black”)	Estándar (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”)
Hígado	Estándar (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”)	Estándar (“The nose is dark brown”)	Estándar (“Dark brown in liver dogs”)	Estándar (“Nose liver or black”)	Estándar (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”)
Rosa	No ruling	Falta (“A spotted or flesh colored nose is to be penalized”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Nariz mariposa	No ruling	Falta (“A spotted or flesh colored nose is to be penalized”)	No ruling	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 Duro'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
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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