United Pet Club

Petit chien lion 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
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKC
Hauteur au garrot26–32 cm25–26 cmAlternative32–33 cmAlternative27.9–33 cm25.4–27.9 cmAlternative33–35.6 cmAlternative25.4–30.5 cm25–33 cm
Poids6 kgNo ruling5.9 kgNo ruling
Rapport hauteur/longueur10.91No ruling
Rapport crâne/museau1.51.51.52

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKC
Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseauxStandard (“dentition complète avec mâchoires en ciseaux”)Standard (“L'articulé est en ciseaux”)Standard (“se rencontrent en articulé en ciseaux”)Standard (“articulé en ciseaux parfait, régulier et complet”)
Articulé dentairePrognathisme supérieurÉliminatoire (“Enognathisme ou prognathisme”)No rulingDéfaut (“défauts graves, comme les articulés enognathe et prognathe”)No ruling
Articulé dentairePrognathisme inférieurÉliminatoire (“Enognathisme ou prognathisme”)No rulingDéfaut (“défauts graves, comme les articulés enognathe et prognathe”)No ruling
DentitionDentition complèteStandard (“dentition complète avec mâchoires en ciseaux”)Standard (“idéalement dentition complète”)Standard (“Une dentition complète de dents fortes, plutôt grandes, bien espacées et blanches”)No ruling
DentitionDents manquantesÉliminatoire (“Absence d'une ou de plusieurs incisives ou canines”)No rulingDéfaut (“Toute autre dent manquante est un défaut grave”)No ruling
Port des oreillesTombantes (pendantes)Standard (“pendantes, bien frangées”)Standard (“Les oreilles sont pendantes, de longueur modérée, bien frangées”)Standard (“Les oreilles sont pendantes, bien frangées”)Standard (“Pendantes, de longueur modérée et bien frangées”)
Attache des oreillesBasseStandard (“Attachées bas (au niveau des yeux)”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Forme des yeuxRondsStandard (“les yeux sont grands, très foncés, ronds et bien espacés”)Standard (“de forme ronde, grands, bien écartés”)Standard (“grands et de forme plutôt ronde”)Standard (“Ronds, foncés, relativement grands”)
Forme des yeuxEn amandeÉliminatoire (“Yeux : petits, en amande, saillants, trop clairs”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
StopModéréStandard (“Stop : modérément marqué”)Standard (“Le stop est modérément bien défini”)Standard (“rejoint le museau par un stop modéré”)No ruling
Ligne du dessusHorizontaleStandard (“Ligne du dessus : droite”)Standard (“La ligne du dessus est horizontale du garrot à l'attache de la queue”)Standard (“La ligne du dessus est horizontale du garrot à l'attache de la queue”)Standard (“Ligne de dessus horizontale”)
Port de la queueEn anneauÉliminatoire (“Queue enroulée en anneau”)No rulingDéfaut (“Défaut grave : queue en anneau”)No ruling
Attache de la queueHauteNo rulingStandard (“La queue est implantée haut”)No rulingNo ruling
Longueur de la queueMoyenneNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“De longueur moyenne, attachée légèrement sous le niveau de la ligne du dessus”)
PiedsÉcartésNo rulingNo rulingDéfaut (“Un pied écarté doit être pénalisé”)No ruling
JarretsBien descendusNo rulingStandard (“Les jarrets sont bien descendus”)Standard (“Les jarrets sont bien descendus”)No ruling
PoitrineDescendueNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“La poitrine est profonde jusqu'au coude”)No ruling
Remontée du ventreMarquéeStandard (“remontée du flanc prononcée”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Remontée du ventreModéréeNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Rein court et fort avec une remontée du flanc modérée”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKC
Ablation des ergotsNo rulingAlternative (“Les ergots peuvent être enlevés”)Alternative (“Les ergots peuvent être enlevés”)No ruling

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

Petit chien lion colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Petit chien lion in Noir, Blanc, Bleu, Argenté, Marron, Feu, Rouge, Doré, Crème et Fauve. Standard patterns: Uni, Bringé, Pie, Particolore, Rouan, Fauve charbonné, Marqué de feu et Bringé inversé.

Pelage: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
NoirStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Black”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Black”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
BlancStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
BleuStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Blue”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
ArgentéStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Silver”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Silver”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
MarronStandard (“brown coats and derivatives”)Standard (“Chocolate”)Standard (“dogs with brown coats”)Standard (“Brown”)Standard (“brown coats and derivatives”)
FeuStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Black & Tan”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
RougeStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Red”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
DoréStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Gold”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Gold”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
CrèmeStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Cream”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Cream”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
FauveStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Fawn”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
AlbinosNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“Albinism”)No rulingNo ruling
Patterns
UniStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
BringéStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Black Brindle”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Brindle”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
PieStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Irish Pied”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
ParticoloreStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Particolour”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
RouanStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Parti Belton”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
Fauve charbonnéStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Red Sable”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Gold Sable”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
Marqué de feuStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Tan Points”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
Bringé inverséStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Black Brindle”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Brindle”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
MerleNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNon reconnu (“merle which is unacceptable”)No ruling
Double merleNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Yeux: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
Brun foncéStandard (“very dark”)Standard (“dark brown”)Standard (“dark”)Standard (“dark”)Standard (“very dark”)
Brun clairÉliminatoire (“too light”)Standard (“lighter colored dogs may have lighter brown eyes”)No rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“too light”)
BleuÉliminatoire (“wall”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“wall”)
Truffe: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIUKCKCKUSA
NoirStandard (“Black”)Standard (“black”)Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”)Standard (“Black”)
FoieStandard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”)Standard (“except in the brown-coated dogs, when it is dark brown”)Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”)Standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”)

What the rulings mean

Standard
Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Petit chien lion's colors can change over its life.

  • Noirchanges toRouille

    Pelage · Avec l'état corporel · can change back

  • Noirchanges toGris

    Pelage · Progressif

  • Noirchanges toMarron

    Pelage · Au soleil · can change back

  • Blancchanges toRouan

    Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

  • Marqué de feuchanges toÀ selle

    Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 6 to 156 weeks

  • Noirchanges toNez de neige

    Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back

  • Noirchanges toRose

    Truffe · Avec la saison · can change back

Published standards