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

FCI, Male: 71–76 cm; UKC, Male: 68.6–73.7 cm; KC, Male: 71–76 cm; FCI, Female: 68–71 cm; UKC, Female: 66–71.1 cm; KC, Female: 69–71 cm.

Greyhound 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
Hauteur au garrot, male	71–76 cm	No ruling	68.6–73.7 cm	71–76 cm
Hauteur au garrot, female	68–71 cm	No ruling	66–71.1 cm	69–71 cm
Poids, male	No ruling	29.5–31.8 kg	29.5–34 kg	No ruling
Poids, female	No ruling	27.2–29.5 kg	27.2–31.8 kg	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
StopLéger	Standard (“Stop: Slight”)	No ruling	Standard (“there is a slight stop”)	Standard (“flat skull, slight stop”)
Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseaux	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
DentitionDentition complète	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“A full complement of strong, white, teeth”)	No ruling
Forme des yeuxOvales	Standard (“EYES: Bright, intelligent, oval and obliquely set”)	No ruling	Standard (“The eyes are oval shaped and dark in color”)	Standard (“Bright, intelligent, oval and obliquely set”)
Port des oreillesEn rose	Standard (“EARS: Small, rose-shape, of fine texture”)	No ruling	Standard (“The small, rose-shaped ears are fine in texture”)	Standard (“Small, rose-shape, of fine texture”)
Longueur du couLong	Standard (“NECK: Long and muscular”)	Standard (“Neck: Long, muscular, without throatiness”)	Standard (“Long, muscular and well arched”)	Standard (“Long and muscular, elegantly arched”)
Ligne du dessusLégère voussure du rein	Standard (“Loin: Powerful, slightly arched”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Loins powerful, slightly arched”)
PoitrineDescendue	Standard (“Chest: Deep and capacious”)	Standard (“Chest: Deep, and as wide as consistent with speed”)	Standard (“The chest is deep and capacious”)	Standard (“Chest deep and capacious”)
Remontée du ventreMarquée	Standard (“Flanks well cut up”)	Standard (“well cut up in the flanks”)	Standard (“The flank is well cut up”)	Standard (“Flanks well cut up”)
JarretsBien descendus	Standard (“Hocks well let down, inclining neither in nor out”)	No ruling	Standard (“the hocks are well let down”)	Standard (“Hocks well let down”)
PiedsPied de lièvre	No ruling	Standard (“rather more hare than catfeet”)	No ruling	No ruling
Longueur de la queueLongue	Standard (“TAIL: Long, set on rather low”)	Standard (“Tail: Long, fine and tapering”)	Standard (“the long tail tapers toward the end”)	Standard (“Long, set on rather low”)
Attache de la queueBasse	Standard (“set on rather low”)	No ruling	Standard (“Set on rather low”)	Standard (“set on rather low”)
Port de la queueBasse (pendante)	Standard (“carried low, slightly curved”)	No ruling	Standard (“is carried low, with a slight curve”)	Standard (“carried low, slightly curved”)

Greyhound colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Greyhound in Noir, Blanc, Bleu, Foie, Rouge et Fauve. Standard patterns: Uni, Bringé, Particolore, Rouan et Bringé inversé.

Pelage: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Noir	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“Black”)
Blanc	Standard (“white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“white”)	Standard (“white”)
Bleu	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“Blue”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“blue”)
Foie	Non reconnu	Standard (“Liver”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu
Rouge	Standard (“red”)	Standard (“Red”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“red”)	Standard (“red”)
Fauve	Standard (“fawn, fallow”)	Standard (“Fawn”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“fawn”)	Standard (“fawn, fallow”)
Albinos	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Albinism”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu
Patterns
Uni	Standard (“Black, white, red, blue, fawn, fallow”)	Standard (“Solid”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“Black, white, red, blue, fawn”)	Standard (“Black, white, red, blue, fawn, fallow”)
Bringé	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Particolore	Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”)	Standard (“Parti-Color”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”)	Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”)
Rouan	Non reconnu	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu
Bringé inversé	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)

Yeux: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Brun foncé	Standard (“Preferably dark”)	Standard (“Dark”)	Standard (“dark in color”)	Standard (“Preferably dark”)	Standard (“Preferably dark”)

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 Greyhound'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

Sources

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

Published standards

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