What does each club give for Hauteur au garrot in the Spitz finlandais?

FCI, Male: 44–50 cm; AKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; UKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; KC, Male: 43–50 cm; CKC, Male: 44.5–49.5 cm; FCI, Female: 39–45 cm; AKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; UKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; KC, Female: 39–45 cm; CKC, Female: 39.3–44.5 cm.

Spitz finlandais 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
Hauteur au garrot, male	44–50 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	43–50 cm	44.5–49.5 cm
Hauteur au garrot, female	39–45 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39–45 cm	39.3–44.5 cm
Poids, male	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg
Poids, female	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	10–13.3 kg
Poids	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg	No ruling
Rapport hauteur/longueur	1	1	1	No ruling	No ruling
Rapport crâne/museau	1.3	1.3	1.3	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseaux	Standard (“Close fitting scissor bite”)	Standard (“Bite - Scissors bite”)	Standard (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”)	Standard (“perfect regular scissor bite”)	Standard (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”)
Articulé dentairePrognathisme inférieur	Éliminatoire (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
Articulé dentairePrognathisme supérieur	Éliminatoire (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
Articulé dentaireMâchoire déviée	No ruling	Défaut (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DentitionDentition complète	Standard (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”)	No ruling	Standard (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentitionDents manquantes	Défaut (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Missing teeth undesirable”)
Port des oreillesDressées (droites)	Standard (“Set rather high, always erect”)	Standard (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”)	Standard (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”)	Standard (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”)	Standard (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”)
Port des oreillesTombantes (pendantes)	Éliminatoire (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Port des oreillesSemi-dressées	Éliminatoire (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Attache des oreillesHaute	Standard (“EARS: Set rather high”)	Standard (“Ears - Set on high”)	Standard (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forme des yeuxEn amande	Standard (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”)	Standard (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”)	Standard (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”)	Standard (“Almond shaped with black rims”)	Standard (“almond shaped with black rims”)
Forme des yeuxRonds	No ruling	Défaut (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”)	Défaut (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopModéré	No ruling	Standard (“Stop - Moderate”)	No ruling	Standard (“stop moderate”)	No ruling
StopMarqué	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“the stop pronounced”)
Forme du museauEffilé	Standard (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”)	Standard (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”)	Standard (“It tapers evenly to the tip”)	Standard (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”)	Standard (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”)
Forme du museauPointu	No ruling	Défaut (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”)	Défaut (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Longueur du couMoyen	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Muscular, of medium length”)	Standard (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”)
FanonAucun (gorge sèche)	Standard (“Throat without dewlap”)	Standard (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Ligne du dessusHorizontale	Standard (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”)	Standard (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”)	Standard (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”)	No ruling	Standard (“The back is short, level, and strong”)
Ligne du dessusVoussée (en dos de carpe)	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
Ligne du dessusEnsellée	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
PoitrineDescendue	No ruling	Standard (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”)	Standard (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”)	Standard (“Chest deep”)	Standard (“Chest is deep”)
Attache de la queueBasse	No ruling	Défaut (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Défaut (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Attache de la queueHaute	No ruling	Défaut (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Défaut (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	No ruling
Longueur de la queueCourte	No ruling	Défaut (“or a short tail is to be faulted”)	Défaut (“Faults: ... Too short”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Forme de la queueCoudée	Éliminatoire (“Kinked tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PiedsPied de chat	Standard (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”)	Standard (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”)	Standard (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”)	No ruling	Standard (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”)
PiedsÉcartés	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”)	No ruling	Défaut (“flat, splayed, or long feet”)
PiedsPied de lièvre	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”)
JarretsJarrets clos	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Faults: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Long hocks, cowhocks”)
Ergots postérieursAucun	No ruling	Standard (“Dewclaws - Removed”)	Standard (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Balzanes	Alternative (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternative (“White markings on the tips of the toes”)	Alternative (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Étoile	Alternative (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternative (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”)	Alternative (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”)	Alternative (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted.”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Ablation des ergots	No ruling	Alternative (“Dewclaws - May be removed”)	Standard (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	Alternative (“Removal of dewclaws is optional”)

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

Spitz finlandais colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Spitz finlandais in Blanc, Rouge et Doré. Standard patterns: Fauve charbonné.

Pelage: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Blanc	Standard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Standard (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)	Standard (“The following white markings are permitted”)	Standard (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)	Standard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
Rouge	Standard (“bright red”)	Alternative (“Red”)	No ruling	Standard (“reddish brown”)	Standard (“bright red”)
Doré	Standard (“golden red”)	Standard (“Red Gold”)	Standard (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”)	Standard (“red gold”)	Standard (“golden red”)
Albinos	Éliminatoire	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Albinism”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire
Patterns
Fauve charbonné	No ruling	Standard (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”)	Standard (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”)	Standard (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”)	No ruling

Yeux: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Brun foncé	Standard (“preferably dark”)	Standard (“Dark in color”)	Standard (“preferably dark in color”)	Standard (“preferably dark”)	Standard (“preferably dark”)
Brun clair	No ruling	Défaut (“light eyes should be faulted”)	Défaut (“Light”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bleu	Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“wall eye”)
Jaune	Éliminatoire (“Eyes bright yellow”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Eyes bright yellow”)

Truffe: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Noir	Standard (“jet-black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“black”)	Standard (“Nose pitch black”)	Standard (“jet-black”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternative: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Défaut: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Éliminatoire: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Non reconnu: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Spitz finlandais's colors can change over its life.

Blancchanges toRouan
Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks
Noirchanges toNez de neige
Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back
Noirchanges toRose
Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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