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

FCI, Male: 59–70 cm; AKC, Male: 63.5–68.6 cm; UKC, Male: 61–66 cm; KC, Male: 61–69 cm; CKC, Male: 63.5–68.5 cm; FCI, Female: 57–65 cm; AKC, Female: 58.4–63.5 cm; UKC, Female: 58.4–63.5 cm; KC, Female: 56–64 cm; CKC, Female: 58.5–63.5 cm.

Weimaraner 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	59–70 cmunder 57 cmSqualificanteover 72 cmSqualificante	63.5–68.6 cm61–63.5 cmDifetto68.6–71.1 cmDifettounder 61 cmSqualificanteover 71.1 cmSqualificante	61–66 cm58.4–61 cmAlternativo66–68.6 cmAlternativounder 58.4 cmSqualificanteover 68.6 cmSqualificante	61–69 cm	63.5–68.5 cmunder 63.5 cmDifettoover 68.5 cmDifetto
Altezza al garrese, female	57–65 cmunder 55 cmSqualificanteover 67 cmSqualificante	58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmDifetto63.5–66 cmDifettounder 55.9 cmSqualificanteover 66 cmSqualificante	58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmAlternativounder 55.9 cmSqualificanteover 63.5 cmSqualificante	56–64 cm	58.5–63.5 cmunder 58.5 cmDifettoover 63.5 cmDifetto
Lunghezza della coda	No ruling	15.2 cm	15.2 cm	No ruling	15.3 cm
Peso, male	30–40 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Peso, female	25–35 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rapporto altezza/lunghezza	0.9	No ruling	No ruling	0.8	No ruling
Rapporto cranio/muso	No ruling	1	No ruling	1	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Chiusura dentaleChiusura a forbice	Da standard (“Top and bottom incisors closely touching scissor bite”)	Da standard (“with correct scissors bite”)	Da standard (“meet in a scissors bite”)	Da standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Da standard (“with correct scissors bite”)
Chiusura dentalePrognatismo inferiore	No ruling	Difetto (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)	Squalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
Chiusura dentalePrognatismo superiore	No ruling	Difetto (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)	Squalificante (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
DentaturaDentatura completa	Da standard (“teeth complete, regular and strong”)	Da standard (“Complete dentition is greatly to be desired”)	Da standard (“A full complement of well set, strong, even, white teeth”)	Da standard (“Complete dentition highly desirable”)	Da standard (“Complete dentition is greatly desired”)
DentaturaDenti mancanti	No ruling	Difetto (“More than four teeth missing”)	Difetto (“Serious Faults: ... More than four missing teeth”)	No ruling	Difetto (“More than four missing teeth”)
Portamento delle orecchiePiegate	Da standard (“In alertness, turned slightly forward, folded”)	Da standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)	Da standard (“The long, lobular, slightly folded ears are set high”)	Da standard (“Long, lobular, slightly folded, set high”)	Da standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)
Attaccatura delle orecchieAlta	Da standard (“Set on high and narrow”)	Da standard (“slightly folded and set high”)	Da standard (“are set high”)	Da standard (“slightly folded, set high”)	Da standard (“slightly folded and set high”)
Forma degli occhiRotondi	Da standard (“Round, set barely slanting”)	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Medium-sized, round”)	No ruling
StopLieve	Da standard (“Stop: Extremely slight”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerato	No ruling	Da standard (“with moderate stop”)	Da standard (“The stop is moderate”)	Da standard (“moderate stop”)	Da standard (“with moderate stop”)
Profilo faccialeConcavo	Non riconosciuto (“never with a concave curve”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Linea superioreDiscendente verso il posteriore	No ruling	Da standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)	Da standard (“sloping slightly from the withers”)	No ruling	Da standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)
Linea superioreOrizzontale	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Topline level, with slightly sloping croup”)	No ruling
Linea superioreCarpata (arcuata)	No ruling	Difetto (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)	Difetto (“Roached or sway back”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
Linea superioreInsellata	No ruling	Difetto (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)	Difetto (“Roached or sway back”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
Attaccatura della codaBassa	Da standard (“Set on slightly lower than with other similar breeds”)	Difetto (“Low-set tail”)	Difetto (“Serious Fault: Low set tail”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Low tail set”)
Portamento della codaBassa (pendente)	Da standard (“Carried hanging down in repose”)	No ruling	Da standard (“At rest the tail hangs down”)	Da standard (“Carried below level of back when relaxed”)	No ruling
Portamento della codaOrizzontale	Alternativo (“When alert or working, carried level or higher”)	No ruling	Alternativo (“the tail is carried level or higher”)	No ruling	No ruling
Portamento della codaAlzata (allegra)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“may be raised when animated”)	No ruling
Portamento della codaArrotolata sul dorso	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Difetto (“Not curled over back”)	No ruling
PalmaturaCompleta	No ruling	Da standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)	Da standard (“The webbed feet are firm and compact”)	No ruling	Da standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)
Speroni anterioriPresenti	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs; they're optional”)
Speroni posterioriNessuno	Da standard (“Hind feet: Tight and firm, without dewclaws”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs”)
Lunghezza del colloCorto	No ruling	Difetto (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	Difetto (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
GiogaiaPronunciata	No ruling	Difetto (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	Difetto (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
ToraceProfondo	No ruling	Da standard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)	Da standard (“The deep chest is well-developed”)	Da standard (“Chest well developed and deep”)	Da standard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)
ToraceA botte	Difetto (“Well sprung without being barrel-shaped”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Ribs are long and well sprung but not barrel shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Retrazione addominaleNessuna (linea inferiore dritta)	Da standard (“Rising slightly, but belly not tucked up”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Retrazione addominaleModerata	No ruling	Da standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)	Da standard (“Tuck up is moderate”)	Da standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)	Da standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)
GarrettiDritti e paralleli	No ruling	Da standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)
GarrettiBen discesi	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Da standard (“Hocks well let down, turned neither in nor out”)	No ruling
GarrettiGarretti vaccini	No ruling	Difetto (“Cowhocks”)	Difetto (“Serious Fault: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Difetto (“Cow hocks”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Stella	Alternativo (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)	Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest is permitted”)	Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)	Alternativo (“Small white mark permissible on chest.”)	Alternativo (“Small white mark allowable on the chest”)
Balzane	Alternativo (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)	No ruling	Alternativo (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Marcature bianche	Difetto (“White markings except on chest and toes.”)	Difetto (“Very Serious Faults-White, other than a spot on the chest”)	Squalificante (“Any white other than a spot on the chest and toes.”)	No ruling	Difetto (“White, other than a spot on chest”)
Riga mulina	Alternativo (“Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dark eel stripe frequently occurs along back.”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Caudotomia (taglio della coda)	Alternativo (“appropriate tail docking is permissible for shorthaired Weimaraner”)	Da standard (“Tail: Docked. A non-docked tail shall be penalized”)	Alternativo (“Docked tail ... Natural tail”)	Alternativo (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”)	Alternativo (“Short-hair variety may be undocked or docked”)
Asportazione degli speroni	No ruling	Da standard (“Dewclaws-Should be removed”)	Alternativo (“Removal of rear dewclaws is customary but not mandatory”)	No ruling	No ruling

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

Weimaraner colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Weimaraner in Grigio e Argento. Standard patterns: Unicolore.

Mantello: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Grigio	Da standard (“roe or mouse grey”)	Da standard (“Gray”)	Da standard (“mouse-gray”)	Da standard (“shades of mouse or roe grey”)	Da standard (“roe, or mouse-grey”)
Argento	Da standard (“silver”)	Da standard (“Silver Gray”)	Da standard (“silver-gray”)	Da standard (“silver grey”)	Da standard (“silver”)
Nero	Squalificante	Squalificante (“A distinctly blue or black coat”)	Squalificante (“distinctly black-colored coat”)	Non riconosciuto	Squalificante
Albino	Squalificante	No ruling	Squalificante (“albinism”)	Non riconosciuto	Squalificante
Blu	Squalificante (“blue colouring”)	Squalificante (“Blue”)	Squalificante (“distinctly blue-colored coat”)	Non riconosciuto (“Blue”)	Squalificante (“blue colouring”)
Patterns
Unicolore	Da standard	Da standard (“solid color”)	Da standard (“solid colors”)	Da standard	Da standard
Focato	Squalificante (“tan brand”)	No ruling	Difetto (“tan or brown markings”)	Non riconosciuto	Squalificante (“tan”)

Occhi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Grigio	No ruling	Da standard (“gray”)	Da standard (“gray”)	No ruling	No ruling
Blu	No ruling	Da standard (“blue-gray”)	Da standard (“blue-gray”)	Da standard (“blue-grey”)	No ruling
Ambra	Da standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)	Da standard (“light amber”)	Da standard (“light amber”)	Da standard (“shades of amber”)	Da standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)

Tartufo: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Ardesia	No ruling	Da standard (“gray”)	Da standard (“gray”)	Da standard (“grey”)	No ruling
Rosa	Da standard (“Dark flesh colour, merging gradually into gray towards the rear”)	Difetto (“pink nose”)	Difetto (“pink nose”)	No ruling	Da standard (“dark flesh colour, merging gradually into grey towards the rear”)

What the rulings mean

Da standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Weimaraner's colors can change over its life.

Tigratochanges toUnicolore
Mantello · Con l'età · from 0 to 1 weeks
Focatochanges toA sella
Mantello · Con l'età · from 6 to 156 weeks
Bluchanges toMarrone scuro
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toMarrone
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toMarrone chiaro
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toAmbra
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toNocciola
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toGiallo
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toAmbra
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks
Bluchanges toGrigio
Occhi · Con l'età · from 2 weeks

Sources

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

Published standards

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