What does each club give for Altezza al garrese in the Spitz Finnico?

FCI, Male: 44–50 cm; AKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; UKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; KC, Male: 43–50 cm; CKC, Male: 44.5–49.5 cm; FCI, Female: 39–45 cm; AKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; UKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; KC, Female: 39–45 cm; CKC, Female: 39.3–44.5 cm.

Spitz Finnico 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
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Altezza al garrese, male	44–50 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	43–50 cm	44.5–49.5 cm
Altezza al garrese, female	39–45 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39–45 cm	39.3–44.5 cm
Peso, male	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg
Peso, female	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	10–13.3 kg
Peso	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg	No ruling
Rapporto altezza/lunghezza	1	1	1	No ruling	No ruling
Rapporto cranio/muso	1.3	1.3	1.3	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Chiusura dentaleChiusura a forbice	Da standard (“Close fitting scissor bite”)	Da standard (“Bite - Scissors bite”)	Da standard (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”)	Da standard (“perfect regular scissor bite”)	Da standard (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”)
Chiusura dentalePrognatismo inferiore	Squalificante (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
Chiusura dentalePrognatismo superiore	Squalificante (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
Chiusura dentaleBocca storta	No ruling	Difetto (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DentaturaDentatura completa	Da standard (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”)	No ruling	Da standard (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentaturaDenti mancanti	Difetto (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Missing teeth undesirable”)
Portamento delle orecchieErette (dritte)	Da standard (“Set rather high, always erect”)	Da standard (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”)	Da standard (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”)	Da standard (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”)	Da standard (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”)
Portamento delle orecchieCadenti (pendenti)	Squalificante (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Portamento delle orecchieSemierette	Squalificante (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Attaccatura delle orecchieAlta	Da standard (“EARS: Set rather high”)	Da standard (“Ears - Set on high”)	Da standard (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma degli occhiA mandorla	Da standard (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”)	Da standard (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”)	Da standard (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”)	Da standard (“Almond shaped with black rims”)	Da standard (“almond shaped with black rims”)
Forma degli occhiRotondi	No ruling	Difetto (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”)	Difetto (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerato	No ruling	Da standard (“Stop - Moderate”)	No ruling	Da standard (“stop moderate”)	No ruling
StopPronunciato	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“the stop pronounced”)
Forma del musoAffusolato	Da standard (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”)	Da standard (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”)	Da standard (“It tapers evenly to the tip”)	Da standard (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”)	Da standard (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”)
Forma del musoAppuntito	No ruling	Difetto (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”)	Difetto (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lunghezza del colloMedio	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Muscular, of medium length”)	Da standard (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”)
GiogaiaNessuna (gola asciutta)	Da standard (“Throat without dewlap”)	Da standard (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Linea superioreOrizzontale	Da standard (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”)	Da standard (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”)	Da standard (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”)	No ruling	Da standard (“The back is short, level, and strong”)
Linea superioreCarpata (arcuata)	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
Linea superioreInsellata	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
ToraceProfondo	No ruling	Da standard (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”)	Da standard (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”)	Da standard (“Chest deep”)	Da standard (“Chest is deep”)
Attaccatura della codaBassa	No ruling	Difetto (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Difetto (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Attaccatura della codaAlta	No ruling	Difetto (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Difetto (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lunghezza della codaCorta	No ruling	Difetto (“or a short tail is to be faulted”)	Difetto (“Faults: ... Too short”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Forma della codaSpezzata	Squalificante (“Kinked tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PiediPiede di gatto	Da standard (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”)	Da standard (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”)	Da standard (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”)	No ruling	Da standard (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”)
PiediAperti	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”)	No ruling	Difetto (“flat, splayed, or long feet”)
PiediPiede di lepre	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”)
GarrettiGarretti vaccini	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Faults: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Long hocks, cowhocks”)
Speroni posterioriNessuno	No ruling	Da standard (“Dewclaws - Removed”)	Da standard (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Balzane	Alternativo (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativo (“White markings on the tips of the toes”)	Alternativo (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Stella	Alternativo (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativo (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”)	Alternativo (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”)	Alternativo (“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
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Asportazione degli speroni	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws - May be removed”)	Da standard (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	Alternativo (“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.

Spitz Finnico colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Spitz Finnico in Bianco, Rosso e Oro. Standard patterns: Zibellino.

Mantello: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Bianco	Da standard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Da standard (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)	Da standard (“The following white markings are permitted”)	Da standard (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)	Da standard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
Rosso	Da standard (“bright red”)	Alternativo (“Red”)	No ruling	Da standard (“reddish brown”)	Da standard (“bright red”)
Oro	Da standard (“golden red”)	Da standard (“Red Gold”)	Da standard (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”)	Da standard (“red gold”)	Da standard (“golden red”)
Albino	Squalificante	No ruling	Squalificante (“Albinism”)	Non riconosciuto	Squalificante
Patterns
Zibellino	No ruling	Da standard (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”)	Da standard (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”)	Da standard (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”)	No ruling

Occhi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Marrone scuro	Da standard (“preferably dark”)	Da standard (“Dark in color”)	Da standard (“preferably dark in color”)	Da standard (“preferably dark”)	Da standard (“preferably dark”)
Marrone chiaro	No ruling	Difetto (“light eyes should be faulted”)	Difetto (“Light”)	No ruling	No ruling
Blu	Squalificante (“wall eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Squalificante (“wall eye”)
Giallo	Squalificante (“Eyes bright yellow”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Squalificante (“Eyes bright yellow”)

Tartufo: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Nero	Da standard (“jet-black”)	Da standard (“Black”)	Da standard (“black”)	Da standard (“Nose pitch black”)	Da standard (“jet-black”)

What the rulings mean

Da standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternativo: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Difetto: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Squalificante: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Non riconosciuto: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

Biancochanges toRoano
Mantello · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Nerochanges toTartufo d’inverno
Tartufo · Con la stagione · can change back
Nerochanges toRosa
Tartufo · Con la stagione · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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