Spitz Jerman 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.

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
GigitanGigitan gunting	Sesuai standar (“show a complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Sesuai standar (“Scissors bite preferred”)	Sesuai standar (“teeth meeting in a scissors bite”)	Sesuai standar (“A perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
GigitanGigitan rata (level)	Alternatif (“Pincer bite is permissible”)	Alternatif (“level bite permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
GigitanRahang bawah maju (undershot)	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
GigitanRahang atas maju (overshot)	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
GigitanMulut miring (wry)	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kelengkapan gigiGigi lengkap	Sesuai standar (“complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Sesuai standar (“Complete dentition”)	Sesuai standar (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling
Kelengkapan gigiGigi hilang	No ruling	Cacat (“Missing teeth is a serious fault”)	No ruling	No ruling
Posisi telingaTegak (prick)	Sesuai standar (“they are always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Sesuai standar (“always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Sesuai standar (“the ears are perfectly erect”)	Sesuai standar (“Perfectly erect”)
Posisi telingaSetengah tegak	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualification - Ears not fully erect”)	Mendiskualifikasi (“Disqualification: Semi-prick ears”)	No ruling
Letak telingaTinggi	Sesuai standar (“The small ears are set high”)	Sesuai standar (“small ears are set high”)	Sesuai standar (“set rather high”)	Sesuai standar (“Small, triangular and set rather high”)
Bentuk mataBentuk almon	Sesuai standar (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	Sesuai standar (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bentuk mataLonjong	No ruling	No ruling	Sesuai standar (“Medium sized, oval in shape”)	Sesuai standar (“Medium size, oval shaped and obliquely set”)
Stop (lekuk dahi)Sedang	No ruling	No ruling	Sesuai standar (“The stop is moderately defined”)	Sesuai standar (“Stop moderately defined”)
Garis punggungRata	No ruling	No ruling	Sesuai standar (“The topline is level”)	Sesuai standar (“Topline level”)
Lekukan perutSedang	No ruling	No ruling	Sesuai standar (“there is moderate tuck-up”)	Sesuai standar (“Moderate tuck-up”)
Letak ekorTinggi	Sesuai standar (“The tail is set on high”)	Sesuai standar (“The tail is set on high”)	Sesuai standar (“The tail is high set”)	Sesuai standar (“High set, curled right up from root”)
Posisi ekorMelingkar di atas punggung	Sesuai standar (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Sesuai standar (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Sesuai standar (“lies curled over the back”)	Sesuai standar (“lying curled over back”)
Posisi ekorMelingkar ganda	Alternatif (“A double curl at tip of tail is tolerated”)	Alternatif (“A double curl at tip of tail is permissible but not preferred”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bentuk kakiKaki kucing	Sesuai standar (“round and closed ... so called cat feet”)	Sesuai standar (“The forefeet are cat feet”)	Sesuai standar (“Small, rounded and cat-like”)	Sesuai standar (“Small, rounded, cat-like”)
Panjang leherSedang	Sesuai standar (“The medium length neck is set broadly”)	Sesuai standar (“The medium length neck is slightly arched”)	No ruling	No ruling
GelambirTidak ada (tenggorokan bersih)	Sesuai standar (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	Sesuai standar (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Kacamata	Sesuai standar (“round the eyes well defined <spectacles> shown as a delicately pencilled black line”)	Sesuai standar (“The eyes are well defined with a delicately penciled black line”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bintang	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kaus kaki	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Ujung ekor putih	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Tanda putih	Mendiskualifikasi (“Definite white markings or spots in all non-white Spitz dogs.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Spitz Jerman colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Spitz Jerman in Hitam, Putih, Abu-abu, Biru, Lila, Perak, Cokelat, Cokelat kehitaman, Cokelat muda kemerahan, Merah, Oranye, Emas, dan Krem. Standard patterns: Polos, Tiga warna, Parti, Ujung bulu hitam, Agouti, dan Bertanda cokelat.

Bulu: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Hitam	Sesuai standar (“black”)	Sesuai standar (“Black”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Black”)	Sesuai standar (“black”)
Putih	Sesuai standar (“white”)	Sesuai standar (“White”)	Sesuai standar (“including pure white”)	Sesuai standar (“White”)	Sesuai standar (“white”)
Abu-abu	Sesuai standar (“grey-shaded (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Gray”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Sesuai standar (“grey-shaded”)
Biru	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Blue”)	Mendiskualifikasi
Lila	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Lilac”)	Mendiskualifikasi
Perak	Sesuai standar (“black-and-silver (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“black and silver”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Sesuai standar (“black-and-silver”)
Cokelat	Sesuai standar (“brown”)	Sesuai standar (“Brown”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Brown”)	Sesuai standar (“brown”)
Cokelat kehitaman	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Seal”)	Mendiskualifikasi
Cokelat muda kemerahan	Sesuai standar (“black-and-tan, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Black & Tan”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Black & Tan”)	Sesuai standar (“black and tan”)
Merah	Mendiskualifikasi	Sesuai standar (“Red”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Mendiskualifikasi
Oranye	Sesuai standar (“orange (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Orange”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Orange”)	Sesuai standar (“orange”)
Emas	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Gold”)	Mendiskualifikasi
Krem	Sesuai standar (“cream (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Cream”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Cream”)	Sesuai standar (“cream”)
Albino	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Mendiskualifikasi (“albinism”)	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi
Patterns
Polos	Sesuai standar (“white, black, brown, orange”)	Sesuai standar (“White”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Black”)	Sesuai standar (“white, black, brown, orange”)
Tiga warna	Sesuai standar (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Sesuai standar (“Black Tricolour”)	Sesuai standar (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”)
Parti	Sesuai standar (“coats with patches (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Parti-Color”)	Sesuai standar (“parti-colors”)	Sesuai standar (“Black & White Particolour”)	Sesuai standar (“parti-colour”)
Ujung bulu hitam	Sesuai standar (“orange-sable, cream-sable (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Sable”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Sesuai standar (“Sable”)	Sesuai standar (“cream-sable, orange-sable”)
Agouti	No ruling	Sesuai standar (“Wolfgray”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Sesuai standar (“Wolf Sable”)	No ruling
Bertanda cokelat	Sesuai standar (“black-and-tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Sesuai standar (“Black & Tan”)	Sesuai standar (“black and tans”)	Sesuai standar (“Black & Tan”)	Sesuai standar (“black and tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan”)
Merle	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“merle”)	No ruling	Tidak diakui (“with the exception of merle, which is unacceptable”)	No ruling
Merle ganda	No ruling	Tidak diakui	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Mata: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Cokelat tua	Sesuai standar (“dark”)	Sesuai standar (“dark brown”)	Sesuai standar (“always dark in color”)	Sesuai standar (“always dark”)	Sesuai standar (“dark”)
Cokelat muda	Cacat (“too big and too light eyes”)	Sesuai standar (“the brown dog may have a lighter brown eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	Cacat (“too big or too light eyes”)

Hidung: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Hitam	Sesuai standar (“pure black”)	Sesuai standar (“small and solid black”)	Sesuai standar (“black in black, white, black and white parti-colors and black and tan dogs”)	Sesuai standar (“nose black in black, white, black/white parti-colours”)	Sesuai standar (“pure black”)
Cokelat hati	Sesuai standar (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)	Sesuai standar (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”)	Sesuai standar (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”)	Sesuai standar (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”)	Sesuai standar (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)
Merah muda	Cacat (“flesh-coloured nose”)	Cacat (“flesh colored noses are a serious fault”)	No ruling	Cacat (“pink nose highly undesirable”)	Cacat (“flesh-coloured nose”)
Patterns
Hidung kupu-kupu	No ruling	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“butterfly nose”)	Cacat (“parti-colour ... nose highly undesirable”)	No ruling

Besar

Bulu: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC
Hitam	Sesuai standar (“black”)	Sesuai standar (“Black”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Putih	Sesuai standar (“white”)	Sesuai standar (“White”)	Sesuai standar (“including pure white”)
Abu-abu	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Biru	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Lila	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Perak	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Cokelat	Sesuai standar (“brown”)	Sesuai standar (“Brown”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Cokelat kehitaman	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Cokelat muda kemerahan	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Merah	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Oranye	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Emas	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Krem	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Albino	Mendiskualifikasi	Tidak diakui	Mendiskualifikasi (“albinism”)
Patterns
Polos	Sesuai standar (“white, black, brown”)	Sesuai standar (“White”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors”)
Tiga warna	Mendiskualifikasi (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Parti	Mendiskualifikasi (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Sesuai standar (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Sesuai standar (“parti-colors”)
Ujung bulu hitam	Mendiskualifikasi (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Sesuai standar (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Agouti	No ruling	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Bertanda cokelat	Mendiskualifikasi (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Tidak diakui	Sesuai standar (“black and tans”)
Merle	No ruling	Mendiskualifikasi (“merle”)	No ruling
Merle ganda	No ruling	Tidak diakui	No ruling

What the rulings mean

Sesuai standar: Described by the club's breed standard.
Cacat: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Mendiskualifikasi: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Tidak diakui: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Spitz Jerman's colors can change over its life.

Hitamchanges toKarat
Bulu · Seiring kondisi tubuh · can change back
Hitamchanges toAbu-abu
Bulu · Progresif
Hitamchanges toCokelat
Bulu · Di bawah sinar matahari · can change back
Putihchanges toRoan
Bulu · Seiring usia · from 2 weeks
Bertanda cokelatchanges toBermotif pelana
Bulu · Seiring usia · from 6 to 156 weeks
Hitamchanges toHidung salju
Hidung · Seiring musim · can change back
Hitamchanges toMerah muda
Hidung · Seiring musim · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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