United Pet Club

שפיץ פיני 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, CKC.

Size

Size
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
גובה בשכם, male44–50 cm44.5–50.8 cm44.5–50.8 cm43–50 cm44.5–49.5 cm
גובה בשכם, female39–45 cm39.4–45.7 cm39.4–45.7 cm39–45 cm39.3–44.5 cm
משקל, maleNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling14–16 kg
משקל, femaleNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling10–13.3 kg
משקלNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling14–16 kgNo ruling
יחס גובה לאורך111No rulingNo ruling
יחס גולגולת ללוע1.31.31.3No rulingNo ruling

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
נשיכהנשיכת מספרייםתקני (“Close fitting scissor bite”)תקני (“Bite - Scissors bite”)תקני (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”)תקני (“perfect regular scissor bite”)תקני (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”)
נשיכהתת-נשיכהפוסל (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)No rulingפגם (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)No rulingפגם (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
נשיכהנשיכת יתרפוסל (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)No rulingפגם (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)No rulingפגם (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
נשיכהפה עקוםNo rulingפגם (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
מערכת השינייםשיניים מלאותתקני (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”)No rulingתקני (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”)No rulingNo ruling
מערכת השינייםחוסר שינייםפגם (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”)No rulingפגם (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”)No rulingפגם (“Missing teeth undesirable”)
נשיאת האוזנייםזקופותתקני (“Set rather high, always erect”)תקני (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”)תקני (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”)תקני (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”)תקני (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”)
נשיאת האוזנייםתלויותפוסל (“Other than erect ears”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
נשיאת האוזנייםזקופות למחצהפוסל (“Other than erect ears”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
מיקום האוזנייםגבוהתקני (“EARS: Set rather high”)תקני (“Ears - Set on high”)תקני (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”)No rulingNo ruling
צורת העיןשקדיתתקני (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”)תקני (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”)תקני (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”)תקני (“Almond shaped with black rims”)תקני (“almond shaped with black rims”)
צורת העיןעגולהNo rulingפגם (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”)פגם (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”)No rulingNo ruling
סטופמתוןNo rulingתקני (“Stop - Moderate”)No rulingתקני (“stop moderate”)No ruling
סטופבולטNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingתקני (“the stop pronounced”)
צורת הלועמתחדדתקני (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”)תקני (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”)תקני (“It tapers evenly to the tip”)תקני (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”)תקני (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”)
צורת הלועחד וחלשNo rulingפגם (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”)פגם (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”)No rulingNo ruling
אורך הצווארבינוניNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingתקני (“Muscular, of medium length”)תקני (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”)
עור גרון רפויאין (גרון נקי)תקני (“Throat without dewlap”)תקני (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
קו הגבמאוזןתקני (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”)תקני (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”)תקני (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”)No rulingתקני (“The back is short, level, and strong”)
קו הגבמקומר (מקושת)No rulingNo rulingפגם (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)No rulingפגם (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
קו הגבגב שקועNo rulingNo rulingפגם (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)No rulingפגם (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
חזהעמוקNo rulingתקני (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”)תקני (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”)תקני (“Chest deep”)תקני (“Chest is deep”)
מיקום הזנבנמוךNo rulingפגם (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)פגם (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)No rulingפגם (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
מיקום הזנבגבוהNo rulingפגם (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)פגם (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)No rulingNo ruling
אורך הזנבקצרNo rulingפגם (“or a short tail is to be faulted”)פגם (“Faults: ... Too short”)No rulingפגם (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
צורת הזנבשבור (מקופל)פוסל (“Kinked tail”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
צורת כף הרגלרגל חתולתקני (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”)תקני (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”)תקני (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”)No rulingתקני (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”)
צורת כף הרגלאצבעות פשוקותNo rulingNo rulingפגם (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”)No rulingפגם (“flat, splayed, or long feet”)
צורת כף הרגלרגל ארנבתNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingפגם (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”)
עקביםעקבי פרהNo rulingNo rulingפגם (“Faults: Cow hocks”)No rulingפגם (“Long hocks, cowhocks”)
אצבעות זאב אחוריותאיןNo rulingתקני (“Dewclaws - Removed”)תקני (“Dewclaws should be removed”)No rulingNo ruling

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
גרבייםחלופי (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”)חלופי (“White markings on the tips of the toes”)חלופי (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”)No rulingNo ruling
כוכבחלופי (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)חלופי (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”)חלופי (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”)חלופי (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted.”)No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
הסרת אצבע זאבNo rulingחלופי (“Dewclaws - May be removed”)תקני (“Dewclaws should be removed”)No rulingחלופי (“Removal of dewclaws is optional”)

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

שפיץ פיני colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every שפיץ פיני color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the שפיץ פיני in לבן, אדום וזהב. Standard patterns: סייבל.

פרווה: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
לבןתקני (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)תקני (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)תקני (“The following white markings are permitted”)תקני (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)תקני (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
אדוםתקני (“bright red”)חלופי (“Red”)No rulingתקני (“reddish brown”)תקני (“bright red”)
זהבתקני (“golden red”)תקני (“Red Gold”)תקני (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”)תקני (“red gold”)תקני (“golden red”)
לבקןפוסלNo rulingפוסל (“Albinism”)לא מוכרפוסל
Patterns
סייבלNo rulingתקני (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”)תקני (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”)תקני (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”)No ruling
עיניים: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
חום כההתקני (“preferably dark”)תקני (“Dark in color”)תקני (“preferably dark in color”)תקני (“preferably dark”)תקני (“preferably dark”)
חום בהירNo rulingפגם (“light eyes should be faulted”)פגם (“Light”)No rulingNo ruling
כחולפוסל (“wall eye”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingפוסל (“wall eye”)
צהובפוסל (“Eyes bright yellow”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingפוסל (“Eyes bright yellow”)
אף: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
שחורתקני (“jet-black”)תקני (“Black”)תקני (“black”)תקני (“Nose pitch black”)תקני (“jet-black”)

What the rulings mean

תקני
Described by the club's breed standard.
חלופי
Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
פגם
Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
פוסל
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
לא מוכר
The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a שפיץ פיני's colors can change over its life.

  • לבןchanges toרואן

    פרווה · עם הגיל · from 2 weeks

  • שחורchanges toאף שלג

    אף · עם העונה · can change back

  • שחורchanges toורוד

    אף · עם העונה · can change back

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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