Chien color
Foie
The dog fancy's word for brown eumelanin, a reddish chocolate, and for the brown nose and pads that go with it.
198 Chien breeds list Foie. It is in a club standard for 158 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 32 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Foie
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkbashTruffe | Standard (“solid dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Akita | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Non reconnu | Non reconnu | Standard (“any colour (Akita)”) | Non reconnu |
| AkitaAméricain | Standard (“any color including white”) | Éliminatoire (“liver color”) | Éliminatoire (“liver color”) | Standard (“any colour”) | Éliminatoire (“liver color”) |
| AkitaTruffe | Standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAméricain · Truffe | Standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Klee KaiTruffe | Standard (“liver-colored for dogs whose coat colors are shades of red”) | No ruling | Standard (“shades of red with white have a nose that is liver/brown colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundTruffe | Standard (“Red merle-colored dogs have brown or liver colored noses”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) |
| American Water Spaniel | Standard (“Solid liver or dark chocolate”) | Standard (“Colour either solid liver, brown or dark chocolate”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| American Water SpanielTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Dark in colour, black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose dark in color, black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AzawakhTruffe | Standard (“generally either black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) | No ruling | Standard (“either black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) |
| BarbetTruffe | Standard (“Black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“black or brown depending on the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset fauve de BretagneTruffe | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Basset HoundTruffe | Standard (“in light-colored hounds, where it may be brown or liver”) | Standard (“in light-coloured hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) | Défaut (“A deep liver-colored nose ... is permissible but not desirable”) | Standard (“in light-coloured hounds when it may be brown or liver”) | Standard (“in light-coloured Hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) |
| Bedlington Terrier | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Bedlington TerrierTruffe | Standard (“Liver-, liver and tan-, sandy-, and sandy and tan-colored dogs have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Standard (“Livers, livers and tans, sandies, sandies and tans have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) |
| Berger américain miniatureTruffe | Standard (“reds and red merles have red (liver) nose leather pigmentation”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“brown tones in reds and red merles”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) |
| Berger australienTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“shades of brown in red merles and reds”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) |
| Berger d'Anatolie | Standard (“liver-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“All colours”) | No ruling |
| Berger d'AnatolieTruffe | Standard (“except in liver-colored dogs, where it is brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“solid black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger de Laponie | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger de LaponieTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Berger du CaucaseTruffe | Standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in white and light fawn colored dogs”) | Éliminatoire (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | Éliminatoire (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Genetic brown nose, lips, and eye rims”) |
| Berger polonais de plaineTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bichon havanaisTruffe | Standard (“true chocolate-coated dogs, which have dark brown/liver colored pigment”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“chocolate dogs which have solid brown pigment”) | Standard (“for brown shades the pigment may be brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Bolonka tsvetnaya russeTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“All shades of solid brown pigmentation are allowed in brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border CollieTruffe | Standard (“in brown dogs where it may be brown”) | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour, when it may be brown”) |
| Border TerrierTruffe | Standard (“liver or flesh colored are acceptable”) | Défaut (“liver or flesh-coloured one not a serious fault”) | No ruling | Défaut (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) | Défaut (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) |
| Bouledogue françaisTruffe | Éliminatoire (“never brown”) | Éliminatoire (“never brown”) | Standard (“creams or fawns without black masks, where a lighter colored nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“never brown”) |
| Bouvier de l'AppenzellTruffe | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | No ruling | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs, brown (as dark as possible)”) |
| Boykin Spaniel | Standard (“Solid, rich liver or dark chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boykin SpanielTruffe | Standard (“Liver in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque allemand à poil court | Standard (“solid liver”) | Standard (“Solid brown, without markings”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Solid liver”) | Standard (“Solid liver”) |
| Braque allemand à poil courtTruffe | Standard (“solid brown in liver-colored dogs”) | Standard (“Basically brown”) | Standard (“brown on a liver dog”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) |
| Braque allemand à poil dur | Standard (“Solid liver”) | Standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“solid liver”) | Standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) |
| Braque allemand à poil durTruffe | Standard (“Dark brown in liver dogs”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“The nose is dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose liver or black”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) |
| Braque allemand à poil longTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) | No ruling |
| Braque du BourbonnaisTruffe | Standard (“matches the coat in color”) | Standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | Standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque français type PyrénéesTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | Standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque hongrois à poil courtTruffe | Standard (“The nose is brown”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose self-colored”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) |
| Braque hongrois à poil durTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Standard (“The nose color should blend with the coat color”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose is harmonious with the coat colour”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) |
| Braque italienTruffe | Standard (“Brown, pink or flesh colored depending on coat color”) | Standard (“more or less pink – to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“brown or from pale pink to more or less deep fleshy red depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“pale pink to dark brown, depending on coat colour, but never black”) | Standard (“more-or-less pink to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Braque portugaisTruffe | Standard (“brown on dogs with brown coats”) | Défaut | Défaut | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bull Terrier | Défaut (“Blue or liver color”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Bull TerrierColoré | Défaut (“Blue or liver color”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Caniche (grand)Truffe | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Caniche (nain)Truffe | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Caniche (Toy)Truffe | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Chien d'eau allemandTruffe | Standard (“Color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien d'eau espagnolTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beige or white dogs may have either black or brown pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien d'eau irlandais | Standard (“Solid liver in color”) | Standard (“A very rich puce liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Rich, dark liver with purplish tint or bloom peculiar to the breed”) | Standard (“A very rich puce liver”) |
| Chien d'eau irlandaisTruffe | Standard (“Liver colored”) | Standard (“of dark liver colour”) | Standard (“dark liver in color”) | Standard (“dark liver colour”) | Standard (“of dark liver colour”) |
| Chien d'eau portugaisTruffe | Standard (“Brown dogs have nose pigment in harmony with coat color”) | Standard (“In brown specimens the nose is the same colour as the coat”) | Standard (“various tones of brown in dogs with brown coats”) | Standard (“Nose liver in brown, brown and white and brown tones”) | Standard (“In brown specimens, the nose is the same colour as the coat”) |
| Chien de berger islandaisTruffe | Standard (“dark brown in chocolate and some cream-colored dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | No ruling |
| Chien de berger portugaisTruffe | Standard (“others are acceptable as long as it is darker than the color of the coat”) | Standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | Standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien de Canaan | Non reconnu (“liver”) | Non reconnu | Standard (“Liver”) | Non reconnu | Non reconnu |
| Chien de CanaanTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“varying shades of liver, harmonizing with coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chien de Rhodésie à crête dorsaleTruffe | Standard (“The nose has black or brown pigment”) | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) | Standard (“Should be black, or brown, also known as liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or brown”) | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) |
| Chien de rouge de HanovreTruffe | Standard (“occasionally dark brown”) | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) |
| Chien de Saint-Hubert | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) |
| Chien de Saint-HubertTruffe | Standard (“black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Chien finnois de Laponie | No ruling | No ruling | Alternative (“Liver”) | Standard (“Bear-brown, ... brown”) | No ruling |
| Chien finnois de LaponieTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“brown dogs will have dark brown pigmentation”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) |
| Chien nu du PérouTruffe | Standard (“self-colored in the lighter colored dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChihuahuaTruffe | Standard (“Accepted nose colors include black, brown”) | Standard (“Any colour permitted”) | Standard (“In moles, blues, and chocolates, they are self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chow-ChowTruffe | Standard (“cream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissible”) | Standard (“cream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissible”) | Standard (“Cream chows may have a range of nose color, from dark black/brown solid pigment”) | Standard (“cream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissible”) | Standard (“cream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissible”) |
| Cirneco de l'EtnaTruffe | Standard (“ranging from flesh colored through to dark chestnut”) | Standard (“light to dark flesh-colour to brown, depending on the intensity of the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Clumber SpanielTruffe | Standard (“Acceptable colors are shades of brown, to include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | Standard (“colored shades of brown, which include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cocker américainTruffe | Standard (“In other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“in other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“black or brown in buffs, browns, brown and tans, roans and parti-colours”) | Standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) |
| Cocker anglais | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) |
| Cocker anglaisTruffe | Standard (“brown in liver and liver parti-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“except in livers and parti-colors of that shade where they will be brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Colley barbuTruffe | Standard (“in a born brown, the pigmentation is brown”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Standard (“a born brown dog has brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) |
| Coton de TuléarTruffe | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown is tolerated”) |
| Dalmatien | Standard (“In liver-spotted dogs, the spots are liver brown”) | Standard (“liver spotted variety with brown spots”) | Standard (“White & Liver Brown”) | Standard (“liver spotted, liver brown spots”) | Standard (“liver-spotted dogs, liver brown spots”) |
| DalmatienTruffe | Standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“The colour must be in accordance to the colour of the spotting”) | Standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“in liver variety always brown”) | Standard (“in liver variety always brown”) |
| DobermanTruffe | Standard (“dark brown in red dogs”) | Standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) | Standard (“dark brown on red ones”) | Standard (“solid dark brown in brown dogs”) | Standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxTruffe | Standard (“brown on brown-masked dogs”) | Standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) | Standard (“Brown Mask - Pigmentation of the nose ... will also be brown”) | Standard (“Brown mask - nose and eye rims are brown”) | Standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) |
| Dogue du TibetTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown dogs, the darkest shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Drever | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable ... solid liver brown”) | Éliminatoire (“liver brown colour”) | Éliminatoire (“liver brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Épagneul breton | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“white and liver”) | Standard (“Liver & White”) | Standard (“liver/white”) | Standard (“white and liver”) |
| Épagneul bretonTruffe | Standard (“Accepted colors include black, brown, fawn, tan and deep pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Épagneul de DrenteTruffe | Standard (“It is brown in color”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Épagneul françaisTruffe | Standard (“The pigment of all outer mucous membranes is brown”) | Standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | Standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Épagneul japonaisTruffe | Standard (“In a red and white dog, nose pigment is self-colored or black”) | Standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“self-colored or black in the red and white”) | Standard (“in red and whites where the colour can be appropriate to markings”) | Standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) |
| Épagneul nain continental papillon | Standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White & Liver”) | Non reconnu (“any colour except liver”) | Non reconnu (“any colour except liver”) |
| Eurasier | Non reconnu (“with the exception of ... liver”) | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Non reconnu (“liver ... unacceptable”) | No ruling |
| Field Spaniel | Standard (“liver, golden liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) |
| Field SpanielTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“light to dark brown or black as befits the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand basset griffon vendéenTruffe | Standard (“except in white and orange coats, when it may be brown”) | Standard (“except for white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | Standard (“white/orange and white/lemon coats where brown is accepted”) | Standard (“white/lemon, white/orange coats where brown is tolerated”) | Standard (“except for white and orange coats, where a brown nose is tolerated”) |
| Greyhound | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Non reconnu | Standard (“Liver”) | Non reconnu | Non reconnu |
| Griffon d'arrêt à poil dur KorthalsTruffe | Standard (“The nose is always brown”) | Standard (“Always brown”) | Standard (“Nose color is always brown”) | Standard (“always brown”) | No ruling |
| Husky de SibérieTruffe | Standard (“liver-colored in copper dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Standard (“liver in copper dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) |
| Jagdterrier allemandTruffe | Standard (“unless the dog's main color is brown, when a brown nose is acceptable”) | Standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | Standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| KomondorTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Défaut (“a dark gray or dark brown nose is not desirable but is acceptable”) | Standard (“dark grey or dark brown nose tolerated”) | No ruling |
| KromfohrländerTruffe | Standard (“preferably black, but brown is permitted”) | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) |
| Labrador RetrieverTruffe | Standard (“liver on chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown on chocolates”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lagotto RomagnoloTruffe | Standard (“light to dark brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“in shades from light to dark brown, varying with coat color”) | Standard (“Pigmentation ranges from light to very dark brown depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Laïka de IakoutieTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown in colour”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“black or brown”) | No ruling |
| Lakeland Terrier | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Lakeland TerrierTruffe | Standard (“in liver colored dogs, when it will be brown”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Standard (“Liver colored noses ... are permissible on liver coated dogs only”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) |
| Lancashire Heeler | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver brown and tan”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver brown and tan”) |
| Lancashire HeelerTruffe | Standard (“brown in the liver and tan dogs”) | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) |
| Lévrier afghanTruffe | Défaut (“Nose any color other than black”) | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) |
| Lévrier italienTruffe | Standard (“may be brown or blue in harmony with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown or in keeping with the color of the dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Malamute de l'AlaskaTruffe | Standard (“in the red dogs, where brown pigment is acceptable”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Standard (“in red and white dogs when it is brown”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) |
| Mâtin napolitainTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) |
| Mountain CurTruffe | Standard (“self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiTruffe | Standard (“Brown dogs will have brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) | Standard (“Brown and graybrown dogs – Brown nose”) | Standard (“brown and merle where nose colour brown”) | Standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) |
| Otterhound | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) |
| OtterhoundTruffe | Standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment”) | Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”) | Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Standard (“a tan Hound may have a brown nose”) |
| Petit basset griffon vendéenTruffe | Standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in orange and white dogs”) | Standard (“the white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Petit chien lionTruffe | Standard (“except in the brown-coated dogs, when it is dark brown”) | Standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) |
| Petit chien russeTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate and Tan dogs have noses that are brown to light brown”) | Standard (“Nose black or self-coloured”) | No ruling |
| Petit épagneul de MünsterTruffe | Standard (“Brown in color, fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Whole coloured brown”) | Standard (“Nose is solid brown”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown”) | Standard (“Whole-coloured brown”) |
| Pinscher nainTruffe | Standard (“chocolate-colored ... dogs, which have self-colored noses”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolates which should have a self-colored nose”) | Standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) | Standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) |
| Pointer | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“liver and white”) |
| PointerTruffe | Standard (“The nose leather may be black or self-colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“In the darker colors, the nose should be black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| PudelpointerTruffe | Standard (“Strongly pigmented according to the color of the coat”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierTruffe | Standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ratier valencienTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“dark, according to coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retriever à poil bouclé | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Retriever à poil boucléTruffe | Standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) | Standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) |
| Retriever à poil plat | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) |
| Retriever à poil platTruffe | Standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retriever de la baie de ChesapeakeTruffe | Standard (“Nose is fully pigmented and liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| SamoyèdeTruffe | Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”) | Standard (“may be brown”) | No ruling |
| SchipperkeTruffe | Standard (“self-colored on the brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) |
| Setter anglais | Standard (“liver and white; liver belton”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Standard (“Liver Belton”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) |
| Setter anglaisTruffe | Standard (“black or dark liver in color”) | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“colour of nose black or liver”) | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) |
| Setter irlandaisTruffe | Standard (“Black or chocolate”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“Nose black or chocolate”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) |
| Setter irlandais rouge et blancTruffe | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shar PeïTruffe | Standard (“In dilute-colored dogs, the nose is self-colored”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Standard (“In dilute colors, the preferred nose is self-colored”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Shih TzuTruffe | Standard (“on liver-colored dogs, when it is liver”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Standard (“liver on liver pigmented dogs”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver-marked dogs”) |
| Sloughi orientalTruffe | Standard (“black or liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver brown”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) |
| Spinone italienTruffe | Standard (“chestnut brown in brown (roan to chestnut) dogs”) | Standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) | Standard (“brown in brown-and-white or brown-roan dogs”) | Standard (“brown in brown roans”) | Standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) |
| Spitz allemandTruffe | Standard (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) |
| Spitz américainTruffe | Standard (“The nose leather is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose pigment is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spitz nainTruffe | Standard (“except in brown, blue and beaver colored dogs, when it may be self colored”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“self-colored in chocolate, beaver and blue”) | Standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) | Standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) |
| Springer anglais | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver & White”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) |
| Springer anglaisTruffe | Standard (“liver or black, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver or black in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Springer galloisTruffe | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| StabyhounTruffe | Standard (“black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) |
| Sussex Spaniel | Standard (“rich, golden liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Standard (“Golden Liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) |
| Sussex SpanielTruffe | Standard (“liver-colored”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) | Standard (“liver colored”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) |
| TeckelTruffe | Standard (“brown or black for chocolate dogs”) | Standard (“brown, in dogs with brown base colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) | Standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt TerrierTruffe | Standard (“self-colored corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-colored, corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Terre-NeuveTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“brown on brown dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown in brown dogs”) | Standard (“brown on brown dogs”) |
| Terrier nu américainTruffe | Standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Terrier tchèqueTruffe | Standard (“liver in the light coffee brown dogs”) | Standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) | Standard (“liver in coffee colored dogs”) | Standard (“liver in light brown dogs”) | Standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) |
| Toy Fox TerrierTruffe | Défaut (“Brown nose”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-colored in chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-coloured in chocolate dogs”) |
| WhippetTruffe | No ruling | Standard (“liver nose in creams and other dilute colours”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose liver in creams”) | Standard (“Nose liver in creams”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleÀ poil | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintlePeau et écailles | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleSans poil · Peau et écailles | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleTruffe | Standard (“brown or pink in bronze and blond dogs”) | Standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) |
| Tervueren | No ruling | Éliminatoire | Alternative (“Fawn & Liver”) | Non reconnu | Éliminatoire |
Breeds where Foie is a fault
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berger allemand | Éliminatoire (“liver”) | Non reconnu | Défaut (“Liver”) | Défaut (“livers ... highly undesirable”) | Non reconnu |
| Bouvier australien courte queueTruffe | No ruling | Défaut (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | Défaut (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bouvier des FlandresTruffe | Défaut (“brown ... nose”) | Éliminatoire | Défaut (“a brown ... nose is a serious fault”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire |
| Buhund norvégienTruffe | Défaut (“liver colored ... nose”) | Défaut (“liver ... coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | Défaut (“liver- ... coloured nose”) |
| Bull Terrier miniature | Défaut (“Blue or liver color”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Éliminatoire | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Bulldog anglaisTruffe | Défaut | Non reconnu (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Éliminatoire (“a brown or liver-colored nose shall disqualify”) | Non reconnu (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Non reconnu (“under no circumstances liver colour, red, or brown”) |
| Épagneul tibétainTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Défaut (“Liver or putty-colored pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Fox Terrier à poil dur | Défaut (“liver”) | Défaut (“liver ... markings undesirable”) | Défaut (“liver ... objectionable”) | Défaut (“liver ... marking highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“liver ... marking undesirable”) |
| Fox Terrier à poil lisse | Défaut (“liver”) | Défaut (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“liver markings are objectionable”) | Défaut (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“liver markings highly undesirable”) |
| Lévrier irlandaisTruffe | Défaut | Défaut | Défaut (“Lips or nose liver-colored”) | No ruling | Défaut |
| Montagne des PyrénéesTruffe | Éliminatoire | Éliminatoire | No ruling | Défaut (“Liver or pink pigmentation highly undesirable”) | Éliminatoire |
| NorrbottenspetsTruffe | No ruling | Défaut (“liver brown nose”) | Défaut (“liver brown nose is a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Défaut (“liver”) | Défaut (“liver colour highly undesirable”) | Éliminatoire (“Liver”) | Non reconnu (“liver”) | Non reconnu (“liver”) |
| Vallhund suédois | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“liver brown ... coat colour”) | Défaut | Non reconnu | Éliminatoire (“liver brown ... coat colour”) |
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Éliminatoire | Défaut (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Éliminatoire (“Liver & White”) | Défaut (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Défaut (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) |
| Welsh Corgi PembrokeTruffe | Défaut (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | Défaut (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Foie is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berger Kangal | Éliminatoire (“Dogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body color”) | No ruling | No ruling | Non reconnu | No ruling |
| Berger KangalTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Liver or chocolate-colored nose”) | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) |
| Biewer TerrierTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Liver colored nose pigment”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“liver pigmentation of eye rims or nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boerboel | Éliminatoire (“Liver color on any basic breed standard color”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire | No ruling | Non reconnu (“Only dogs with black eumelanin pigmentation are acceptable”) |
| Boston Terrier | Éliminatoire (“gray or liver colors”) | Éliminatoire (“Grey or liver colours”) | Éliminatoire | Non reconnu (“Red & White”) | Éliminatoire (“Grey or liver colours”) |
| Bouledogue français | Éliminatoire (“liver”) | Éliminatoire | Éliminatoire (“liver”) | Non reconnu (“Brown”) | Éliminatoire |
| Cane Corso | No ruling | Éliminatoire | Non reconnu | No ruling | Éliminatoire |
| Dogo argentinTruffe | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose”) | Éliminatoire | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose”) |
| Dogue allemandTruffe | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Nose: Liver coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Nose: Liver coloured”) |
| Jack Russell TerrierTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Nose any color other than black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Leonberg | Éliminatoire (“Off colors, such as brown (liver) with brown nose and foot pads”) | Éliminatoire (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) | Éliminatoire | Non reconnu | Éliminatoire (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) |
| LeonbergTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose, which occurs in liver-colored dogs”) | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose leather”) | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Brown nose leather”) |
| Lévrier d'IbizaTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Dark brown pigment ... on the nose leather”) | Éliminatoire (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) | Éliminatoire (“never black or liver”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierTruffe | Éliminatoire (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“Liver color nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schnauzer nain | Éliminatoire | Non reconnu | Éliminatoire (“Liver”) | Non reconnu (“Liver”) | Non reconnu |
| Segugio italien | Éliminatoire | Éliminatoire (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Éliminatoire (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio italienÀ poil court | Éliminatoire | Éliminatoire (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Éliminatoire (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio italienPoil dur | Éliminatoire | Éliminatoire (“coffee, brown or liver colour”) | Éliminatoire (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Skye TerrierTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | Éliminatoire (“A ... brown nose shall disqualify”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pékinois | No ruling | Non reconnu (“except albino or liver”) | No ruling | Non reconnu (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) | Non reconnu (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) |
| Biewer Yorkshire Ă la Pom-PonTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco andalouTruffe | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |