Which Chien breeds come in Rouan?

Club breed standards describe Rouan for the American English Coonhound, Barzoï, Beagle, Berger américain miniature, Berger d'Asie centrale, Bichon havanais, Bluetick Coonhound, Border Collie, Bouledogue français, Bouvier australien, Bouvier australien courte queue et Braque allemand à poil court, and 46 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Rouan?

At least one club disqualifies Rouan in the Mâtin des Pyrénées, Welsh Corgi Cardigan, Bouvier de l'Appenzell, Chien d'eau espagnol, Dogue du Tibet, Basset artésien normand, Berger des Carpates, Boerboel, Carolina Dog et Chien de berger croate.

Chien pattern

Rouan

White hairs evenly intermingled with the colored hairs of the body while head and legs stay darker: roan horses and cattle, blue roan Cocker Spaniels.

83 Chien breeds list Rouan. It is in a club standard for 59 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 10 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Rouan

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
American English Coonhound	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	Standard (“Red and white ticked; blue and white ticked”)	Standard (“Redtick, bluetick, tri color with ticking”)
Barzoï	Défaut (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standard (“Spotted On White, Ticked”)	Standard (“Any colour, except merle”)	Défaut (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)
Beagle	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“all the above-mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)
Berger américain miniature	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Non reconnu	Standard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	No ruling
Berger d'Asie centrale	Standard (“Any”)	Standard (“Any”)	No ruling	Standard (“Any colour”)	Standard (“ticked”)
Bichon havanais	No ruling	Standard (“Parti Belton”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)	No ruling	Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)
Bluetick Coonhound	No ruling	Standard (“Blue Ticked”)	No ruling	Standard (“thickly mottled body”)	Standard (“thickly mottled body”)
Border Collie	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“White Ticked”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standard (“white markings may be clear white or ticked to any degree”)
Bouledogue français	Défaut (“Fawn and white coat strongly red speckled”)	Standard (“Ticking is acceptable but not desired”)	Non reconnu	Défaut (“Fawn and white coat strongly red-speckled”)	Défaut (“Excessive ticking”)
Bouvier australien	Standard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“Blue Mottled”)	Standard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckled”)
Bouvier australien courte queue	Standard (“blue mottled”)	Standard (“Blue Mottled”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“blue speckle or blue mottled”)
Braque allemand à poil court	Standard (“Dark brown roan”)	Standard (“Liver Roan”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)
Braque allemand à poil dur	Standard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Liver & White Ticked”)	Standard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standard (“liver and white ticked”)
Braque allemand à poil long	Standard (“Dark roan”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Dark roan”)	No ruling	No ruling
Braque du Bourbonnais	Standard (“An intimate mix of white and coloured hairs, giving an overall roan colour, is also accepted”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Overall roaning is also accepted”)
Braque italien	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“patches, ticking, or roan”)	Standard (“White may be speckled. Roan with solid markings”)	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“Orange or chestnut roan”)
Braque slovaque à poil dur	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	Standard (“Evenly speckled grey roan is acceptable”)	Standard (“eventually speckled”)	No ruling
Bulldog anglais	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“ticking”)	Standard (“ticking”)	No ruling
Chien d'eau allemand	Standard (“Brown roan, more seldom red roan”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“brown schimmel (brown ticked with white or roaned)”)
Chien de berger portugais	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with or without mixed white hairs”)
Chien de Canaan	Non reconnu	Standard (“in all color patterns self-ticking may be present”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Chien de ferme dano-suédois	Standard (“Flecking permissible”)	Standard (“Flecking accepted”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Ticking or flecking is acceptable”)
Chien de Saint-Hubert	No ruling	Standard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	Standard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	No ruling	No ruling
Cocker américain	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
Cocker américainMulticolore	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
Cocker anglais	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Roans”)	Standard (“Parti-colors may be clearly marked, ticked or roaned”)
Coton de Tuléar	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	Standard (“red-roan (mixture of white & fawn hairs)”)
Dogo argentin	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“some light ticking”)
Dogue allemand	Défaut (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standard (“Eligible but less desirable, are black hairs showing through the white base coat”)	Non reconnu	Défaut (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standard (“single black hairs showing through the white background ... allowed but not preferred”)
Épagneul breton	Standard (“Piobald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standard (“Liver Roan”)	Standard (“roan of any of these colours”)	Standard (“Piebald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standard (“in clear or roan patterns. Some ticking is desirable”)
Épagneul de Drente	Standard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	Standard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Roan dogs or dogs with a solid mantle are acceptable but less desirable”)
Épagneul français	Standard (“slightly or moderately flecked and roan without excess”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“with or without ticking and roaning”)
Field Spaniel	Standard (“Blue roan”)	Standard (“Blue Roan”)	Standard (“blue roan”)	Standard (“Blue roan”)	Standard (“roan”)
Foxhound anglais	Standard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”)	No ruling	Standard (“Tricolour Mottle”)	Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”)	Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)
Greyhound	Non reconnu	Standard (“Ticked”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Standard (“Immaterial”)
Griffon d'arrêt à poil dur Korthals	Standard (“Frequently liver-roan”)	Standard (“Roan”)	Standard (“Liver roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“liver roan”)
Jack Russell Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Ticking is acceptable”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Standard (“Any white area may be ticked providing that white predominates”)
Kooikerhondje	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are acceptable, but less desirable”)	Standard (“slight ticking are acceptable but less desirable”)	Standard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	No ruling
Lagotto Romagnolo	Standard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	Standard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“Orange roan, brown roan”)	Standard (“brown roan”)
Lévrier espagnol	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	Standard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)
Mâtin des Pyrénées	No ruling	Standard (“light flecking the same color as the patches”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	Éliminatoire
Parson Russell Terrier	No ruling	No ruling	Non reconnu	No ruling	Standard (“Any white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Petit chien lion	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“Parti Belton”)	Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)	Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)
Petit épagneul de Münster	Standard (“brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown Roan”)	Standard (“Brown roan”)	Standard (“brown roan”)	Standard (“Brown roan”)
Pointer	No ruling	Standard (“Ticked”)	Non reconnu	No ruling	No ruling
Porcelaine	Standard (“Orange ticking on the ears is highly characteristic of the breed”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Orange ticking on the ears is characteristic”)
Rastreador brésilien	Standard (“Fully mottled black and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rat Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“Speckling, ticking and mottling is common, but heavy ticking is undesirable”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Setter anglais	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standard (“belton markings varying in degree from clear distinct flecking to roan shading”)	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferable”)	Standard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standard (“white and orange ticked, white and blue ticked”)
Setter irlandais rouge et blanc	Standard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“Flecking but not roaning is permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“Mottling or flecking permissible around face and feet”)	Standard (“Flecking (but not roaning) permitted around the face and feet”)	Standard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)
Spinone italien	Standard (“orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standard (“Orange Roan”)	Standard (“orange roan”)	Standard (“Orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standard (“roan or roan-brown (chestnut)”)
Springer anglais	No ruling	Standard (“Roan”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Standard (“blue or liver roan”)
Springer gallois	No ruling	Standard (“any white area may be flecked with red ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Red ticking in any of the white areas is acceptable”)
Stabyhoun	Standard (“black or brown roans are accepted”)	Standard (“Roan”)	No ruling	Standard (“black or brown roans are also accepted”)	Standard (“Ticking or roaning in the white is permissible”)
Teddy Roosevelt Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“ticking in any white portion is acceptable as long as white is predominant”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“the white area may be ticked if white predominates”)
Terre-Neuve	Standard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standard (“Clear white or white with minimal ticking is preferred”)	Standard (“Coat white with minimal ticking”)	Standard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standard (“may have minimal ticking”)
Terrier nu américain	No ruling	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Toy Fox Terrier	No ruling	Standard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalized”)	No ruling	Standard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalised”)	Standard (“Ticking is permitted to some degree”)
Welsh Corgi Cardigan	Non reconnu	Standard (“Ticked”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire
Basset Hound	No ruling	Alternative (“Ticked”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling

Breeds where Rouan is a fault

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
Akita	Non reconnu	Défaut (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle (Japanese Akitainu)”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
AkitaJaponais	Non reconnu	Défaut (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Bouvier de l'Appenzell	Défaut (“Black ticks on white”)	Défaut (“Black ticks on white”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Black ticking on white”)	Éliminatoire
Bull Terrier	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Ticking in white coat”)
Bull TerrierBlanc	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Ticking in white coat”)
Bull Terrier miniature	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Défaut (“Ticking in white coat”)
Cavalier King Charles Spaniel	Défaut	Défaut (“Heavy ticking on Blenheims or Tricolors”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	Défaut
Chien d'eau espagnol	Éliminatoire (“Spotty or flecked coat”)	No ruling	Non reconnu	No ruling	Défaut (“Ticking”)
Chien d'ours de Carélie	Défaut (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	Défaut (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dogue du Tibet	Éliminatoire	Éliminatoire	Défaut (“flecked ... undesirable”)	Éliminatoire	No ruling
Lévrier du Pharaon	Défaut (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Défaut (“Flecking or other white undesirable”)	Défaut (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Défaut (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Défaut (“Flecking or any other white is undesirable”)
Norrbottenspets	Défaut (“Roaning or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Pinscher nain	Défaut (“Roans”)	No ruling	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling
Saint-Bernard	Défaut (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling	Non reconnu	Défaut (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling
Sealyham Terrier	Défaut (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Défaut (“excessive ticking should be discouraged”)	Défaut (“heavy ticking on body undesirable”)	Défaut (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Défaut (“Ticking on the body”)
Spitz nain	No ruling	Défaut (“ticking is undesirable”)	Non reconnu	Non reconnu	No ruling

Breeds where Rouan is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FCI	AKC	KUSA	UKC
Basset artésien normand	Éliminatoire (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	Éliminatoire (“Too much black mottling in the white, giving it a bluish tint”)
Berger des Carpates	Éliminatoire (“flecked in these colors”)	Éliminatoire (“flecked in these colors”)	No ruling	No ruling
Boerboel	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“ticking or spots within the white to be disqualified”)	Non reconnu	Éliminatoire (“Ticking on any basic breed standard color”)
Carolina Dog	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“merle/roan/mottling/dappling ... ticking on a dog's body”)	No ruling	Éliminatoire (“merle, roan, mottling, dappling ... ticking”)
Chien de berger croate	Éliminatoire (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	Éliminatoire (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	No ruling	No ruling
Chien de berger gallois	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Hortaya borzaya	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Color changes

How Rouan can appear or change over an animal's life.

Blancchanges toRouan
Pelage · Avec l'âge · from 2 weeks

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