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
| Measure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hauteur au garrot | 26–32 cm25–26 cmAlternative32–33 cmAlternative | 27.9–33 cm25.4–27.9 cmAlternative33–35.6 cmAlternative | 25.4–30.5 cm | 25–33 cm |
| Poids | 6 kg | No ruling | 5.9 kg | No ruling |
| Rapport hauteur/longueur | 1 | 0.9 | 1 | No ruling |
| Rapport crâne/museau | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Articulé dentaireArticulé en ciseaux | Standard (“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 supérieur | Éliminatoire (“Enognathisme ou prognathisme”) | No ruling | Défaut (“défauts graves, comme les articulés enognathe et prognathe”) | No ruling |
| Articulé dentairePrognathisme inférieur | Éliminatoire (“Enognathisme ou prognathisme”) | No ruling | Défaut (“défauts graves, comme les articulés enognathe et prognathe”) | No ruling |
| DentitionDentition complète | Standard (“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 manquantes | Éliminatoire (“Absence d'une ou de plusieurs incisives ou canines”) | No ruling | Défaut (“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 oreillesBasse | Standard (“Attachées bas (au niveau des yeux)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Forme des yeuxRonds | Standard (“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 amande | Éliminatoire (“Yeux : petits, en amande, saillants, trop clairs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| StopModéré | Standard (“Stop : modérément marqué”) | Standard (“Le stop est modérément bien défini”) | Standard (“rejoint le museau par un stop modéré”) | No ruling |
| Ligne du dessusHorizontale | Standard (“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 anneau | Éliminatoire (“Queue enroulée en anneau”) | No ruling | Défaut (“Défaut grave : queue en anneau”) | No ruling |
| Attache de la queueHaute | No ruling | Standard (“La queue est implantée haut”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Longueur de la queueMoyenne | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“De longueur moyenne, attachée légèrement sous le niveau de la ligne du dessus”) |
| PiedsÉcartés | No ruling | No ruling | Défaut (“Un pied écarté doit être pénalisé”) | No ruling |
| JarretsBien descendus | No ruling | Standard (“Les jarrets sont bien descendus”) | Standard (“Les jarrets sont bien descendus”) | No ruling |
| PoitrineDescendue | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“La poitrine est profonde jusqu'au coude”) | No ruling |
| Remontée du ventreMarquée | Standard (“remontée du flanc prononcée”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Remontée du ventreModérée | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Rein court et fort avec une remontée du flanc modérée”) |
Cropping, docking and other procedures
| Procedure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ablation des ergots | No ruling | Alternative (“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.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noir | Standard (“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”) |
| Blanc | Standard (“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”) |
| Bleu | Standard (“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”) |
| Argenté | Standard (“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”) |
| Marron | Standard (“brown coats and derivatives”) | Standard (“Chocolate”) | Standard (“dogs with brown coats”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“brown coats and derivatives”) |
| Feu | Standard (“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”) |
| Rouge | Standard (“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”) |
| Doré | Standard (“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”) |
| Crème | Standard (“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”) |
| Fauve | Standard (“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”) |
| Albinos | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Albinism”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Patterns | |||||
| Uni | Standard (“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”) |
| Bringé | Standard (“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”) |
| Pie | Standard (“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”) |
| Particolore | Standard (“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”) |
| Rouan | Standard (“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 charbonné | Standard (“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 feu | Standard (“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 inversé | Standard (“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”) |
| Merle | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Non reconnu (“merle which is unacceptable”) | No ruling |
| Double merle | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brun foncé | Standard (“very dark”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“dark”) | Standard (“very dark”) |
| Brun clair | Éliminatoire (“too light”) | Standard (“lighter colored dogs may have lighter brown eyes”) | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“too light”) |
| Bleu | Éliminatoire (“wall”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“wall”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noir | Standard (“Black”) | Standard (“black”) | Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“Black”) |
| Foie | Standard (“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
Sources
Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.