United Pet Club

Chien pattern

Particolore

White with clearly defined patches of one or more colors, usually at least half white: parti-color Poodles, Cocker Spaniels and Yorkshire Terriers.

44 Chien breeds list Particolore. It is in a club standard for 31 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 16 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Particolore

BreedFCIAKCKUSAUKCKC
American Staffordshire TerrierStandard (“particolour, or patched”)Standard (“Patched”)Standard (“parti-colour, or patched”)No rulingNo ruling
AzawakhÉliminatoire (“invasive white”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Éliminatoire (“invasive white”)Standard (“parti-color”)Non reconnu
Berger d'Asie centraleStandard (“Any”)Standard (“Any”)Standard (“Any colour”)Standard (“parti-colored”)No ruling
Bichon havanaisNo rulingStandard (“Parti-Color”)No rulingStandard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)Standard (“Particolour”)
Caniche (grand)Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”)Éliminatoire (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”)Non reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu (“Particolour”)
Caniche (nain)Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”)Éliminatoire (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”)Non reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu (“Particolour”)
Caniche (Toy)Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”)Éliminatoire (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”)Non reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu (“Particolour”)
Chien d'eau espagnolStandard (“Bicoloured: White and black or white and brown in their different shades”)Standard (“parti-color where one of the colors must be white”)No rulingStandard (“Bi-color. White and any shade of black or brown”)Standard (“black and white or brown and white (particolour)”)
ChihuahuaStandard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)Standard (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Black Particolour”)
Cocker américainStandard (“Parti-Colour variety”)Standard (“Parti-Color Variety”)Standard (“Parti-Colour Variety”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“Parti-colours”)
Cocker américainMulticoloreStandard (“Parti-Colour variety”)Standard (“Parti-Color Variety”)Standard (“Parti-Colour Variety”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“Parti-colours”)
Cocker anglaisStandard (“Particolours”)Standard (“Parti-colors”)Standard (“Particolours”)Standard (“PARTI-COLORS”)Standard (“Particolours”)
Épagneul bretonNo rulingStandard (“the standard parti-color or piebald patterns”)No rulingNo rulingNon reconnu
Épagneul nain continental papillonStandard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”)Standard (“Always parti-color or white with patches of any color(s)”)Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”)Standard (“The Papillon is always parti-colored”)Standard (“White with patches, which may be any colour except liver”)
Épagneul tibétainStandard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”)Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”)Standard (“Particolour”)
GreyhoundStandard (“any of these colours broken with white”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”)Standard (“Immaterial”)Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”)
KooikerhondjeStandard (“orange-red parti-coloured”)Standard (“orange-red parti-colored”)Standard (“orange-red parti-coloured”)Standard (“Distinct patches of clear orange-red color on a white background”)Standard (“orange-red parti-coloured”)
Lhassa ApsoStandard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“parti-colour”)
Mâtin espagnolStandard (“parti-coloured”)Standard (“parti-coloured”)No rulingStandard (“parti-colored”)No ruling
OtterhoundNo rulingStandard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)No rulingStandard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“Particolour”)
PékinoisStandard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”)Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”)Standard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”)
Petit chien lionStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“Particolour”)
Setter irlandais rouge et blancStandard (“Base colour white with solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”)Standard (“Red Patched”)Standard (“Base colour white with solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”)Standard (“a large, red and white parti-colored dog”)Standard (“Clearly particoloured”)
Shih TzuStandard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”)Standard (“All are permissible”)Standard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”)Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Standard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”)
Sloughi orientalStandard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”)Standard (“Black & White Particolour”)
Spitz allemandStandard (“coats with patches (Medium, Miniature)”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“parti-colors”)Standard (“Black & White Particolour”)
Spitz allemandGrandÉliminatoire (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)Standard (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)No rulingStandard (“parti-colors”)No ruling
Spitz nainStandard (“coats with patches (white always as basic colour)”)Standard (“Parti-Color”)Standard (“parti-coloured dogs”)Standard (“parti-color”)Standard (“parti-coloured dogs”)
Terrier tibétainStandard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors including white are acceptable”)Standard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”)Standard (“parti-colour”)
TornjakStandard (“parti-coloured with distinct markings of various solid colours”)Standard (“parti-coloured with distinct markings of various solid colours”)No rulingStandard (“parti-colored, with distinct markings of various solid colors”)No ruling
WhippetStandard (“parti-colour”)Standard (“Color immaterial”)Standard (“particolours”)Standard (“Color is inconsequential”)Standard (“Black & White Particolour”)

Breeds where Particolore is a fault

BreedFCIAKCKUSAUKCKC
Bouvier des FlandresNo rulingDéfaut (“parti-color ... to be severely penalized”)No rulingDéfaut (“parti-color dogs”)Défaut (“white predominating ... highly undesirable”)
Dogue du TibetÉliminatoire (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... particolours”)Éliminatoire (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... particolors)”)Éliminatoire (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... particolours”)No rulingDéfaut (“parti-colour ... undesirable”)
Schnauzer nainDéfaut (“Patchy coat in the colours black/silver and white”)Éliminatoire (“Parti-Color”)Non reconnuÉliminatoireNon reconnu (“Parti Black & White”)

Breeds where Particolore is disqualified or not accepted

BreedFCIAKCKUSAUKCKC
Berger KangalNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingÉliminatoire (“other parti-colored patterns”)Non reconnu
Bolonka tsvetnaya russeNo rulingÉliminatoire (“parti-color”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Braque hongrois à poil courtÉliminatoire (“Parti-coloured, not uniformly coloured”)No rulingNon reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu
Braque hongrois à poil durÉliminatoire (“Particoloured, not uniformly coloured”)No rulingÉliminatoire (“Parti-coloured, not uniformly coloured”)No rulingNon reconnu
PuliÉliminatoireNon reconnuÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“parti-colors”)Non reconnu
PumiÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“parti-colored”)ÉliminatoireÉliminatoireNon reconnu
Shar PeïÉliminatoire (“patches”)Éliminatoire (“parti-colored”)Éliminatoire (“patches”)Éliminatoire (“parti-colored”)Non reconnu (“Black & White Flowered”)
SloughiÉliminatoireÉliminatoireÉliminatoireÉliminatoire (“Extensive white markings such as parti-color”)Non reconnu
Yorkshire TerrierNo rulingÉliminatoireNon reconnuNo rulingNon reconnu
Chow-ChowNon reconnu (“not ... parti-coloured”)No rulingNon reconnu (“not ... particoloured”)No rulingNon reconnu (“not ... parti-coloured”)
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