Which Chien breeds come in Bringé inversé?

Club breed standards describe Bringé inversé for the Akita, American Leopard Hound, American Pit Bull Terrier, American Staffordshire Terrier, Azawakh, Barzoï, Basenji, Berger d'Anatolie, Berger d'Asie centrale, Berger de Picardie, Berger des Pyrénées et Berger du Caucase, and 68 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Bringé inversé?

At least one club disqualifies Bringé inversé in the Caniche (grand), Caniche (nain), Caniche (Toy), Mâtin des Pyrénées, Terrier tchèque, Xoloitzcuintle, Berger Kangal, Dogue du Tibet, Podengo portugais, American English Coonhound, Beagle et Berger allemand, and 19 more breeds.

Chien pattern

Bringé inversé

Brindle so heavy the dark stripes cover most of the coat and the lighter ground shows through as stripes, as fanciers of Boxers, French Bulldogs and Mastiffs say.

126 Chien breeds list Bringé inversé. It is in a club standard for 87 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 34 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Bringé inversé

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
Akita	Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita)”)	Standard (“Brindle (Japanese Akitainu)”)	Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita Inu)”)	Standard (“brindle (Akita)”)	No ruling
AkitaJaponais	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle: defined striping, evenly distributed”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling
AkitaAméricain	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brown Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling
American Leopard Hound	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
American Pit Bull Terrier	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”)
American Staffordshire Terrier	Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”)	No ruling
Azawakh	Standard (“with or without brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Light to dark brindle”)	Standard (“with or without brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Barzoï	Standard (“brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)
Basenji	Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“Brindle and white: red background with black stripes”)	Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”)	Standard (“brindle (black stripes on a background of chestnut red)”)
Berger d'Anatolie	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours”)	No ruling	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)
Berger d'Asie centrale	Standard (“Any”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Berger de Picardie	Standard (“fawn brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“fawn brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Berger des Pyrénées	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	No ruling
Berger du Caucase	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)
Berger hollandais	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Gold Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Must be brindle”)
Bichon havanais	No ruling	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)	No ruling	Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)
Boerboel	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle a color pattern with irregular, apparent vertical lines of only black hair”)
Bolonka tsvetnaya russe	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Border Collie	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)
Boston Terrier	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“Brindle: being a mixture of any shade of brown and black”)	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle is preferred”)
Bouledogue français	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Bouvier des Flandres	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“including brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Boxer	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Bull Terrier	Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle preferable (Coloured)”)	Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle (Colored)”)
Bull TerrierColoré	Standard (“brindle preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)	Standard (“brindle preferred”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”)
Bull Terrier miniature	Standard (“brindle preferred”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)	Standard (“brindle preferable”)	Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”)
Bulldog anglais	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Red brindle”)
Bullmastiff	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Fawn Brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)
Ca de Bou	Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, preference in this order”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, in that order of preference”)
Cairn Terrier	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindling in these colors acceptable”)
Cane Corso	Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Caniche (grand)	Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”)	Éliminatoire	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Caniche (nain)	Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”)	Éliminatoire	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Caniche (Toy)	Standard (“Brindle and white”)	Éliminatoire	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Catahoula Leopard Dog	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Brindles may have a light or dark base coat color with contrasting stripes”)
Chien de montagne de l'Estrela	Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”)	Standard (“with or without brindling”)
Chien de rouge de Bavière	Standard (“also brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“or brindle”)	Standard (“Also brindled”)	Standard (“also brindled”)
Chien de rouge de Hanovre	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)	Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”)
Chien de Taïwan	Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”)	Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Chien nu du Pérou	Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)	Standard (“Tan Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)	No ruling
Chihuahua	Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)	Standard (“Black Brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)	Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)
Dogue allemand	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindles: must be striped”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)
Dogue des Canaries	Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand color”)	Standard (“Tiger”)	No ruling	Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand colour”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Drever	Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”)
Fila Brasileiro	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling
Glen of Imaal Terrier	Standard (“Blue brindle”)	Standard (“Blue Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Blue brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Greyhound	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Immaterial”)
Hokkaïdo	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Jindo	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Kai	Standard (“Black brindle, red brindle and brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“All brindle colors are equally acceptable”)
Lévrier afghan	Standard (“All colours acceptable”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours”)	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)
Lévrier écossais	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“brindles”)	Standard (“brindles”)
Lévrier espagnol	Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”)	Standard (“Fawn and well pigmented brindle”)
Lévrier irlandais	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Lhassa Apso	Non reconnu	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)
Mastiff	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“dark fawn-brindle”)
Mâtin des Pyrénées	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire
Mâtin espagnol	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Mâtin napolitain	Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”)	Standard (“Brindle Markings”)	Standard (“Brindling in any of the colours acceptable”)	Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”)	Standard (“Each color may be brindled”)
Mountain Cur	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Olde English Bulldogge	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)
Pékinois	Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)	Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”)
Petit chien lion	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)
Plott Hound	No ruling	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Any shade of brindle”)
Rafeiro de l'Alentejo	Standard (“with or without brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Retriever de la baie de Chesapeake	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Masking and brindling in coat pattern is permissible”)	No ruling	Standard (“slight light and dark striping effect through the body and on the legs”)
Saint-Bernard	Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“mahogany-brindle, red-brindle”)	Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”)	Standard (“brindle and white”)
Shih Tzu	Standard (“All colours permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“All colours permissible”)	Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)
Sloughi	Standard (“with or without black brindling”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle with or without black mask”)	Standard (“With or without black brindling”)	Standard (“brindling”)
Sloughi oriental	Défaut (“Brindles are undesirable”)	Standard (“Red Brindle”)	Non reconnu (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)	Non reconnu (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”)	Défaut (“brindles, which are undesirable”)
Spitz nain	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Standard (“any solid color with sable or brindle shadings”)
Staffordshire Bull Terrier	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)	Standard (“any shade of brindle”)
Teckel	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)
TeckelLisse	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)
TeckelPoil dur	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)
TeckelÀ poil long	Standard (“red with dark brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”)	Standard (“striped (brindle)”)
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Terrier écossais	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)	Standard (“brindle of any shade”)	Standard (“brindle of any color”)
Terrier nu américain	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle (Coated Variety)”)
Terrier tchèque	Éliminatoire (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”)	Standard (“A brindled or reverse brindled coat is permitted in a dog up to 2 years of age”)	Standard (“Striping, (brindling) ... is only acceptable in dogs under two years of age”)	Éliminatoire (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”)	Défaut (“A long brindled coat on dogs over two years old”)
Terrier tibétain	Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“in fact any colour permissible”)	Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”)
Tosa	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“any combination of red and black brindling”)
Treeing Tennessee Brindle	No ruling	Standard (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brindle or black with brindle trim”)
Welsh Corgi Cardigan	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle & White”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)	Standard (“brindle”)
Whippet	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)	Standard (“Fawn Brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)	Standard (“Color is inconsequential”)
Xoloitzcuintle	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)
XoloitzcuintleÀ poil	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Standard (“Brindle”)	Standard (“Black Brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)
Lakeland Terrier	No ruling	Alternative (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	No ruling
Tervueren	Défaut (“brindle”)	Alternative (“Brindle”)	No ruling	Défaut (“brindle”)	No ruling

Breeds where Bringé inversé is a fault

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
Berger Kangal	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“Brindle undesirable”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)
Berger roumain de Mioritza	Défaut (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Défaut (“Presence of brindle markings”)	No ruling	No ruling	Non reconnu
Dogue du Tibet	Éliminatoire (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... brindle ...)”)	Défaut (“brindle ... undesirable”)	Éliminatoire (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... brindle”)	No ruling
Fox Terrier à poil dur	Défaut (“brindle ... markings undesirable”)	Défaut (“brindle ... objectionable”)	Défaut (“brindle ... marking highly undesirable”)	Défaut (“brindle ... marking undesirable”)	Défaut (“brindle”)
Fox Terrier à poil lisse	Défaut (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)	Défaut (“brindle ... markings are objectionable”)	Défaut (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)	Défaut (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”)	Défaut (“Brindle”)
Malinois	Défaut (“brindle”)	Non reconnu (“the blackening must not appear as patched or brindled”)	No ruling	Défaut (“brindle”)	No ruling
Podengo portugais	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)	Défaut (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)
Schnauzer moyen	No ruling	Défaut (“spotting or striping”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	No ruling
Toy Fox Terrier	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Défaut (“tan markings that are too red, chocolate-shaded or brindled”)

Breeds where Bringé inversé is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
American English Coonhound	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“any brindle color”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“any brindle color”)	Éliminatoire (“Any brindle in coat”)
Beagle	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)
Berger allemand	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)
Berger des Carpates	Éliminatoire (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”)	Éliminatoire (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Berger des Shetland	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)
Berger yougoslave	Éliminatoire (“brindle pattern”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)
Chien de Canaan	Non reconnu (“brindle ... unacceptable”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Non reconnu (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu (“brindle ... unacceptable”)	Non reconnu (“brindle ... unacceptable color patterns”)
Cirneco de l'Etna	Éliminatoire (“Coat colour that is solid ... brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle coat”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”)
Dalmatien	Éliminatoire (“brindle coloured spots”)	No ruling	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Dogue de Bordeaux	Éliminatoire (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”)	No ruling	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”)	No ruling
Husky de Sibérie	Éliminatoire (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”)	No ruling
Jack Russell Terrier	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“brindle coloring”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire
Labrador Retriever	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire (“brindle markings”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire
Lévrier italien	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire (“brindle markings”)	Non reconnu (“brindle”)	Non reconnu (“brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“Brindle markings”)
Parson Russell Terrier	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Brindle markings”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire
Petit chien russe	Éliminatoire (“presence of brindle markings”)	Éliminatoire (“Presence of brindle markings”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“presence of brindle markings”)	Éliminatoire (“Presence of brindle markings”)
Petit Podengo portugais	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)
Puli	Éliminatoire	Non reconnu (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire
Pumi	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire (“Brindle Markings”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire
Rat Terrier	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Brindle or merle color patterns”)	No ruling	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)
Segugio italien	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Segugio italienÀ poil court	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Segugio italienPoil dur	Éliminatoire (“brindle coat”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Shar Peï	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“Brindle”)	Non reconnu (“Brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)	Éliminatoire (“brindle”)
Barbet	No ruling	No ruling	Non reconnu (“Brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Carlin	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Non reconnu	No ruling
Bull TerrierBlanc	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hortaya borzaya	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

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