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

FCI, Male: 54–60 cm; AKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; UKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; KC, Male: 51–56 cm; CKC, Male: 53.3–59.8 cm; FCI, Female: 50–56 cm; AKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; UKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; KC, Female: 46–51 cm; CKC, Female: 48.3–54.5 cm.

Samoyède 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	54–60 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	51–56 cm	53.3–59.8 cm
Hauteur au garrot, female	50–56 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	46–51 cm	48.3–54.5 cm
Rapport hauteur/longueur	1	No ruling	1	No ruling	No ruling
Rapport crâne/museau	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseaux	Standard (“Regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“snugly overlapping with scissors bite”)	Standard (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth with a scissors bite”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“snugly overlapping in a scissors bite”)
Articulé dentaireArticulé en pince	Défaut (“FAULTS: ... Pincer bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Articulé dentairePrognathisme inférieur	Éliminatoire (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Défaut (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Défaut (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Articulé dentairePrognathisme supérieur	Éliminatoire (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Défaut (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Défaut (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Port des oreillesDressées (droites)	Standard (“EARS: Erect, rather small, thick, triangular”)	Standard (“Strong and thick, erect, triangular”)	Standard (“carried strongly erect”)	Standard (“Fully erect in adults”)	No ruling
Attache des oreillesHaute	Standard (“They should be mobile, set high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forme des yeuxEn amande	Standard (“somewhat slanting and almond-shaped”)	Standard (“almond shaped with lower lid slanting”)	Standard (“The eyes are dark brown, almond-shaped”)	Standard (“Almond-shaped, obliquely set”)	No ruling
Forme des yeuxRonds	No ruling	Défaut (“Round or protruding eyes penalized”)	Défaut (“Faults: Round or protruding eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Ligne du dessusHorizontale	Standard (“Back: Of medium length, muscular and straight”)	No ruling	Standard (“blend gracefully into the level back”)	No ruling	No ruling
Port de la queueEnroulée sur le dos	Standard (“carried bent from the root forward over the back or side”)	No ruling	Standard (“normally carried over the back, draped to one side or the other”)	Standard (“carried over the back and to side when alert”)	No ruling
Attache de la queueHaute	Standard (“TAIL: Set rather high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Longueur de la queueLongue	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tail: Long, profusely coated”)	No ruling
Longueur de la queueMoyenne	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The tail is moderately long”)	No ruling	No ruling
PiedsOvales	Standard (“Fore Feet: Oval with long toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PiedsPied de chat	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Round cat feet highly undesirable”)	No ruling
JarretsBien descendus	Standard (“Hocks: Rather low and well angulated”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with well let down hocks”)	No ruling
JarretsJarrets clos	Défaut (“Badly bow-legged or cow hocked”)	Défaut (“any suggestion of unsound stifles or cowhocks severely penalized”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Cowhocks or straight stifles highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Longueur du couMoyen	Standard (“NECK: Strong and of medium length”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PoitrineDescendue	Standard (“Chest: Broad, deep and long”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Chest deep but not too broad”)	No ruling
PoitrineEn tonneau	Défaut (“FAULTS: ... Barrel ribcage”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Remontée du ventreModérée	Standard (“Underline: Moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	Standard (“The belly is tight, with moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forme du museauEffilé	Standard (“gradually tapering towards the nose”)	Standard (“should taper toward the nose”)	Standard (“there is slight tapering toward the nose”)	Standard (“tapering foreface not too sharply defined”)	No ruling
Forme du museauPointu	Défaut (“neither snipey nor heavy and square”)	Défaut (“neither coarse nor snipy”)	Défaut (“Faults: Coarse, snipey, or shallow muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentitionDentition complète	Standard (“Normal dentition”)	No ruling	Standard (“a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Ablation des ergots	Standard (“The dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling	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.

Samoyède colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Samoyède in Blanc et Crème. Standard patterns: Uni et Bicolore.

Pelage: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Blanc	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)
Crème	Standard (“cream”)	Standard (“Cream”)	Standard (“cream, or all biscuit”)	Standard (“cream”)	Standard (“cream”)
Albinos	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire (“albinism”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire
Marron	Éliminatoire (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)
Patterns
Uni	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)
Bicolore	Standard (“white with biscuit”)	Standard (“White & Biscuit”)	Standard (“white and biscuit”)	Standard (“white and biscuit”)	Standard (“white with biscuit”)

Yeux: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marron	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“medium to dark brown”)	No ruling
Brun foncé	Standard (“dark brown”)	Standard (“dark for preference”)	Standard (“dark brown”)	Standard (“medium to dark brown”)	Standard (“dark brown”)
Noir	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Brun clair	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Jaune	Défaut (“yellow eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“yellow eyes”)
Bleu	Éliminatoire (“eyes blue”)	Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)	Éliminatoire (“blue eyes”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“eyes blue”)
Patterns
Yeux vairons	Éliminatoire (“eyes ... of different colours”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“eyes ... of different colours”)

Truffe: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Noir	Standard (“preferably black”)	Standard (“black for preference”)	Standard (“black is preferred”)	Standard (“black for preference”)	Standard (“preferably black”)
Foie	No ruling	Standard (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”)	Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	Standard (“may be brown”)	No ruling
Rose	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“flesh-coloured”)	No ruling
Nez Dudley	No ruling	Standard (“Dudley nose not penalized”)	Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Nez de neige	Standard (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called « winter nose »”)	Standard (“color of nose sometimes changes with age and weather”)	Standard (“changes in nose color due to age or weather are not penalized”)	No ruling	Standard (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called "winter nose"”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Samoyède'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
Noirchanges toNez de neige
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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