Cane color
Fegato
The dog fancy's word for brown eumelanin, a reddish chocolate, and for the brown nose and pads that go with it.
198 Cane breeds list Fegato. It is in a club standard for 158 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 32 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Fegato
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkbashTartufo | Da standard (“solid dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Akita | Da standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Non riconosciuto | Non riconosciuto | Da standard (“any colour (Akita)”) | Non riconosciuto |
| AkitaAmericano | Da standard (“any color including white”) | Squalificante (“liver color”) | Squalificante (“liver color”) | Da standard (“any colour”) | Squalificante (“liver color”) |
| AkitaTartufo | Da standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Da standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmericano · Tartufo | Da standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Da standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Klee KaiTartufo | Da standard (“liver-colored for dogs whose coat colors are shades of red”) | No ruling | Da standard (“shades of red with white have a nose that is liver/brown colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan MalamuteTartufo | Da standard (“in the red dogs, where brown pigment is acceptable”) | Da standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Da standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Da standard (“in red and white dogs when it is brown”) | Da standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) |
| American Eskimo DogTartufo | Da standard (“The nose leather is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Nose pigment is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Hairless TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundTartufo | Da standard (“Red merle-colored dogs have brown or liver colored noses”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | Da standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | No ruling | Da standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | Da standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) |
| American Water Spaniel | Da standard (“Solid liver or dark chocolate”) | Da standard (“Colour either solid liver, brown or dark chocolate”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| American Water SpanielTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“Dark in colour, black or dark brown”) | Da standard (“Nose dark in color, black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AzawakhTartufo | Da standard (“generally either black or brown”) | Da standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) | No ruling | Da standard (“either black or brown”) | Da standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) |
| BarbetTartufo | Da standard (“Black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“black or brown depending on the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Barboncino GrandeTartufo | Da standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Da standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Da standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Barboncino NanoTartufo | Da standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Da standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Da standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Barboncino ToyTartufo | Da standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Da standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Da standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) | Da standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneTartufo | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark brown”) |
| Basset HoundTartufo | Da standard (“in light-colored hounds, where it may be brown or liver”) | Da standard (“in light-coloured hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) | Difetto (“A deep liver-colored nose ... is permissible but not desirable”) | Da standard (“in light-coloured hounds when it may be brown or liver”) | Da standard (“in light-coloured Hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) |
| BassottoTartufo | Da standard (“brown or black for chocolate dogs”) | Da standard (“brown, in dogs with brown base colour”) | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) | Da standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) |
| Bearded CollieTartufo | Da standard (“in a born brown, the pigmentation is brown”) | Da standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Da standard (“a born brown dog has brown pigmentation”) | Da standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Da standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) |
| Bedlington Terrier | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| Bedlington TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“Liver-, liver and tan-, sandy-, and sandy and tan-colored dogs have brown noses”) | Da standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Da standard (“Livers, livers and tans, sandies, sandies and tans have brown noses”) | Da standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Da standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) |
| Bichon HavanaisTartufo | Da standard (“true chocolate-coated dogs, which have dark brown/liver colored pigment”) | Da standard (“Black or brown”) | Da standard (“chocolate dogs which have solid brown pigment”) | Da standard (“for brown shades the pigment may be brown”) | Da standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Bloodhound | Da standard (“liver and tan”) | Da standard (“liver and tan”) | Da standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Da standard (“liver and tan”) | Da standard (“liver and tan”) |
| BloodhoundTartufo | Da standard (“black or brown”) | Da standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Bolonka RussaTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“All shades of solid brown pigmentation are allowed in brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border CollieTartufo | Da standard (“in brown dogs where it may be brown”) | Da standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | Da standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour, when it may be brown”) |
| Border TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“liver or flesh colored are acceptable”) | Difetto (“liver or flesh-coloured one not a serious fault”) | No ruling | Difetto (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) | Difetto (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) |
| Bovaro dell'AppenzellTartufo | Da standard (“black or brown, depending on the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | Da standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | No ruling | Da standard (“in havana-brown dogs, brown (as dark as possible)”) |
| Bovaro della Lapponia | No ruling | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bovaro della LapponiaTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“Black or brown”) | Da standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boykin Spaniel | Da standard (“Solid, rich liver or dark chocolate”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boykin SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“Liver in color”) | No ruling | Da standard (“dark liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bracco ItalianoTartufo | Da standard (“Brown, pink or flesh colored depending on coat color”) | Da standard (“more or less pink – to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Da standard (“brown or from pale pink to more or less deep fleshy red depending on the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“pale pink to dark brown, depending on coat colour, but never black”) | Da standard (“more-or-less pink to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo corto | Da standard (“solid liver”) | Da standard (“Solid brown, without markings”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Solid liver”) | Da standard (“Solid liver”) |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo cortoTartufo | Da standard (“solid brown in liver-colored dogs”) | Da standard (“Basically brown”) | Da standard (“brown on a liver dog”) | Da standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) | Da standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo duro | Da standard (“Solid liver”) | Da standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“solid liver”) | Da standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo duroTartufo | Da standard (“Dark brown in liver dogs”) | Da standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) | Da standard (“The nose is dark brown”) | Da standard (“Nose liver or black”) | Da standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) |
| Bracco Tedesco a pelo lungoTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“Brown”) | Da standard (“Brown”) | Da standard (“Nose brown”) | No ruling |
| Bracco Ungherese a pelo cortoTartufo | Da standard (“The nose is brown”) | Da standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Da standard (“Nose self-colored”) | Da standard (“Nose brown”) | Da standard (“Nose brown”) |
| Bracco Ungherese a pelo duroTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Da standard (“The nose color should blend with the coat color”) | Da standard (“The colour of the nose is harmonious with the coat colour”) | Da standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) |
| Braque du BourbonnaisTartufo | Da standard (“matches the coat in color”) | Da standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | Da standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque Français tipo PireneiTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | Da standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bull Terrier | Difetto (“Blue or liver color”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Da standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Bull TerrierColorato | Difetto (“Blue or liver color”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Da standard (“Any color other than white”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Bulldog FranceseTartufo | Squalificante (“never brown”) | Squalificante (“never brown”) | Da standard (“creams or fawns without black masks, where a lighter colored nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“never brown”) |
| Canaan Dog | Non riconosciuto (“liver”) | Non riconosciuto | Da standard (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto | Non riconosciuto |
| Canaan DogTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“varying shades of liver, harmonizing with coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane d'Acqua PortogheseTartufo | Da standard (“Brown dogs have nose pigment in harmony with coat color”) | Da standard (“In brown specimens the nose is the same colour as the coat”) | Da standard (“various tones of brown in dogs with brown coats”) | Da standard (“Nose liver in brown, brown and white and brown tones”) | Da standard (“In brown specimens, the nose is the same colour as the coat”) |
| Cane d'Acqua SpagnoloTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Beige or white dogs may have either black or brown pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane da Pastore IslandeseTartufo | Da standard (“dark brown in chocolate and some cream-colored dogs”) | Da standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Da standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Da standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | No ruling |
| Cane da Pastore Polacco della PianuraTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“black or brown, depending on the coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane da Pastore PortogheseTartufo | Da standard (“others are acceptable as long as it is darker than the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | Da standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cane Finlandese di LapponiaTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) | Da standard (“brown dogs will have dark brown pigmentation”) | No ruling | Da standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) |
| Cane Lappone Svedese | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Bear-brown, ... brown”) | No ruling |
| Cesky TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“liver in the light coffee brown dogs”) | Da standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) | Da standard (“liver in coffee colored dogs”) | Da standard (“liver in light brown dogs”) | Da standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) |
| Chesapeake Bay RetrieverTartufo | Da standard (“Nose is fully pigmented and liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChihuahuaTartufo | Da standard (“Accepted nose colors include black, brown”) | Da standard (“Any colour permitted”) | Da standard (“In moles, blues, and chocolates, they are self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chin GiapponeseTartufo | Da standard (“In a red and white dog, nose pigment is self-colored or black”) | Da standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) | Da standard (“self-colored or black in the red and white”) | Da standard (“in red and whites where the colour can be appropriate to markings”) | Da standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) |
| Chow ChowTartufo | Da standard (“cream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissible”) | Da standard (“cream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissible”) | Da standard (“Cream chows may have a range of nose color, from dark black/brown solid pigment”) | Da standard (“cream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissible”) | Da standard (“cream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissible”) |
| Cirneco dell'EtnaTartufo | Da standard (“ranging from flesh colored through to dark chestnut”) | Da standard (“light to dark flesh-colour to brown, depending on the intensity of the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Clumber SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“Acceptable colors are shades of brown, to include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | Da standard (“colored shades of brown, which include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanoTartufo | Da standard (“In other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Da standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) | Da standard (“in other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Da standard (“black or brown in buffs, browns, brown and tans, roans and parti-colours”) | Da standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) |
| Cocker Spaniel Inglese | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Da standard (“liver (chocolate)”) |
| Cocker Spaniel IngleseTartufo | Da standard (“brown in liver and liver parti-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“except in livers and parti-colors of that shade where they will be brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de TuléarTartufo | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“brown is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“brown is tolerated”) |
| Curly Coated Retriever | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| Curly Coated RetrieverTartufo | Da standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | Da standard (“brown in livers”) | Da standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | Da standard (“brown in livers”) | Da standard (“brown in livers”) |
| Dalmata | Da standard (“In liver-spotted dogs, the spots are liver brown”) | Da standard (“liver spotted variety with brown spots”) | Da standard (“White & Liver Brown”) | Da standard (“liver spotted, liver brown spots”) | Da standard (“liver-spotted dogs, liver brown spots”) |
| DalmataTartufo | Da standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Da standard (“The colour must be in accordance to the colour of the spotting”) | Da standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Da standard (“in liver variety always brown”) | Da standard (“in liver variety always brown”) |
| Deutscher WachtelhundTartufo | Da standard (“Color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DobermannTartufo | Da standard (“dark brown in red dogs”) | Da standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) | Da standard (“dark brown on red ones”) | Da standard (“solid dark brown in brown dogs”) | Da standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) |
| Dogue de BordeauxTartufo | Da standard (“brown on brown-masked dogs”) | Da standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) | Da standard (“Brown Mask - Pigmentation of the nose ... will also be brown”) | Da standard (“Brown mask - nose and eye rims are brown”) | Da standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) |
| Drentsche PatrijshondTartufo | Da standard (“It is brown in color”) | Da standard (“brown”) | Da standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Drever | Da standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable ... solid liver brown”) | Squalificante (“liver brown colour”) | Squalificante (“liver brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Springer Spaniel | Da standard (“Liver and white”) | Da standard (“Liver and white”) | Da standard (“Liver & White”) | Da standard (“Liver and white”) | Da standard (“Liver and white”) |
| English Springer SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“liver or black, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Da standard (“liver or black in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Epagneul Breton | Da standard (“liver and white”) | Da standard (“white and liver”) | Da standard (“Liver & White”) | Da standard (“liver/white”) | Da standard (“white and liver”) |
| Epagneul BretonTartufo | Da standard (“Accepted colors include black, brown, fawn, tan and deep pink”) | No ruling | Da standard (“shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Epagneul FrançaisTartufo | Da standard (“The pigment of all outer mucous membranes is brown”) | Da standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | Da standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Non riconosciuto (“with the exception of ... liver”) | Da standard (“all colours”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“liver ... unacceptable”) | No ruling |
| Field Spaniel | Da standard (“liver, golden liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) |
| Field SpanielTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“light to dark brown or black as befits the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Flat Coated Retriever | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Black or liver only”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Black or liver only”) | Da standard (“Black or liver only”) |
| Flat Coated RetrieverTartufo | Da standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon VendéenTartufo | Da standard (“except in white and orange coats, when it may be brown”) | Da standard (“except for white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | Da standard (“white/orange and white/lemon coats where brown is accepted”) | Da standard (“white/lemon, white/orange coats where brown is tolerated”) | Da standard (“except for white and orange coats, where a brown nose is tolerated”) |
| Griffone KorthalsTartufo | Da standard (“The nose is always brown”) | Da standard (“Always brown”) | Da standard (“Nose color is always brown”) | Da standard (“always brown”) | No ruling |
| Irish Water Spaniel | Da standard (“Solid liver in color”) | Da standard (“A very rich puce liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Rich, dark liver with purplish tint or bloom peculiar to the breed”) | Da standard (“A very rich puce liver”) |
| Irish Water SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“Liver colored”) | Da standard (“of dark liver colour”) | Da standard (“dark liver in color”) | Da standard (“dark liver colour”) | Da standard (“of dark liver colour”) |
| JagdterrierTartufo | Da standard (“unless the dog's main color is brown, when a brown nose is acceptable”) | Da standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | Da standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| KomondorTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Difetto (“a dark gray or dark brown nose is not desirable but is acceptable”) | Da standard (“dark grey or dark brown nose tolerated”) | No ruling |
| KromfohrländerTartufo | Da standard (“preferably black, but brown is permitted”) | Da standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) |
| Labrador RetrieverTartufo | Da standard (“liver on chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“brown on chocolates”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lagotto RomagnoloTartufo | Da standard (“light to dark brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Da standard (“in shades from light to dark brown, varying with coat color”) | Da standard (“Pigmentation ranges from light to very dark brown depending on coat colour”) | Da standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Laika della JacuziaTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“black or brown in colour”) | Da standard (“Black or brown”) | Da standard (“black or brown”) | No ruling |
| Lakeland Terrier | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| Lakeland TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“in liver colored dogs, when it will be brown”) | Da standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Da standard (“Liver colored noses ... are permissible on liver coated dogs only”) | Da standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Da standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) |
| Lancashire Heeler | Da standard (“liver and tan”) | Da standard (“liver brown and tan”) | Da standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Da standard (“liver and tan”) | Da standard (“liver brown and tan”) |
| Lancashire HeelerTartufo | Da standard (“brown in the liver and tan dogs”) | Da standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) |
| Levriero | Da standard (“Immaterial”) | Non riconosciuto | Da standard (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto | Non riconosciuto |
| Levriero AfganoTartufo | Difetto (“Nose any color other than black”) | Da standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | Da standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) |
| LöwchenTartufo | Da standard (“except in the brown-coated dogs, when it is dark brown”) | Da standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”) | Da standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) |
| Mastino NapoletanoTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) |
| Mastino TibetanoTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“brown dogs, the darkest shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mountain CurTartufo | Da standard (“self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiTartufo | Da standard (“Brown dogs will have brown pigmentation”) | Da standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) | Da standard (“Brown and graybrown dogs – Brown nose”) | Da standard (“brown and merle where nose colour brown”) | Da standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) |
| Otterhound | Da standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Da standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Da standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Da standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Da standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) |
| OtterhoundTartufo | Da standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment”) | Da standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Da standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”) | Da standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Da standard (“a tan Hound may have a brown nose”) |
| Papillon | Da standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Da standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Da standard (“White & Liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“any colour except liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“any colour except liver”) |
| Pastore Americano in MiniaturaTartufo | Da standard (“reds and red merles have red (liver) nose leather pigmentation”) | Da standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Da standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Da standard (“brown tones in reds and red merles”) | Da standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) |
| Pastore AustralianoTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Da standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Da standard (“shades of brown in red merles and reds”) | Da standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) |
| Pastore del CaucasoTartufo | Da standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in white and light fawn colored dogs”) | Squalificante (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | Squalificante (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“Genetic brown nose, lips, and eye rims”) |
| Pastore dell'Anatolia | Da standard (“liver-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“All colours”) | No ruling |
| Pastore dell'AnatoliaTartufo | Da standard (“except in liver-colored dogs, where it is brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“solid black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Perro sin Pelo del PerúTartufo | Da standard (“self-colored in the lighter colored dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Petit Basset Griffon VendéenTartufo | Da standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in orange and white dogs”) | Da standard (“the white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Piccolo Levriero ItalianoTartufo | Da standard (“may be brown or blue in harmony with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Da standard (“brown or in keeping with the color of the dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Piccolo MunsterlanderTartufo | Da standard (“Brown in color, fully pigmented”) | Da standard (“Whole coloured brown”) | Da standard (“Nose is solid brown”) | Da standard (“Nose solid brown”) | Da standard (“Whole-coloured brown”) |
| Pinscher NanoTartufo | Da standard (“chocolate-colored ... dogs, which have self-colored noses”) | No ruling | Da standard (“chocolates which should have a self-colored nose”) | Da standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) | Da standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) |
| Pointer | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver and white”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver and white”) | Da standard (“liver and white”) |
| PointerTartufo | Da standard (“The nose leather may be black or self-colored”) | No ruling | Da standard (“In the darker colors, the nose should be black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pointer PortogheseTartufo | Da standard (“brown on dogs with brown coats”) | Difetto | Difetto | No ruling | No ruling |
| PudelpointerTartufo | Da standard (“Strongly pigmented according to the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | Da standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ratonero ValencianoTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“dark, according to coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian RidgebackTartufo | Da standard (“The nose has black or brown pigment”) | Da standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) | Da standard (“Should be black, or brown, also known as liver”) | Da standard (“Nose black or brown”) | Da standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) |
| Russkiy ToyTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Chocolate and Tan dogs have noses that are brown to light brown”) | Da standard (“Nose black or self-coloured”) | No ruling |
| SalukiTartufo | Da standard (“black or liver”) | Da standard (“Black or liver brown”) | Da standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Da standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Da standard (“Nose black or liver”) |
| SamoiedoTartufo | Da standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Da standard (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”) | Da standard (“may be brown”) | No ruling |
| SchipperkeTartufo | Da standard (“self-colored on the brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) | Da standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) |
| Segugio di HannoverTartufo | Da standard (“occasionally dark brown”) | Da standard (“rarely dark brown”) | Da standard (“rarely dark brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“rarely dark brown”) |
| Setter Inglese | Da standard (“liver and white; liver belton”) | Da standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Da standard (“Liver Belton”) | Da standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Da standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) |
| Setter IngleseTartufo | Da standard (“black or dark liver in color”) | Da standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) | Da standard (“black or dark brown”) | Da standard (“colour of nose black or liver”) | Da standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) |
| Setter IrlandeseTartufo | Da standard (“Black or chocolate”) | Da standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”) | Da standard (“Nose black or chocolate”) | Da standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) | Da standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) |
| Setter Irlandese rosso e biancoTartufo | Da standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shar PeiTartufo | Da standard (“In dilute-colored dogs, the nose is self-colored”) | Da standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Da standard (“In dilute colors, the preferred nose is self-colored”) | Da standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Da standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) |
| Shih Tzu | Da standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Da standard (“All colours permissible”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Shih TzuTartufo | Da standard (“on liver-colored dogs, when it is liver”) | Da standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Da standard (“liver on liver pigmented dogs”) | Da standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Da standard (“dark liver in liver or liver-marked dogs”) |
| Siberian HuskyTartufo | Da standard (“liver-colored in copper dogs”) | Da standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Da standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Da standard (“liver in copper dogs”) | Da standard (“liver in red dogs”) |
| Spinone ItalianoTartufo | Da standard (“chestnut brown in brown (roan to chestnut) dogs”) | Da standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) | Da standard (“brown in brown-and-white or brown-roan dogs”) | Da standard (“brown in brown roans”) | Da standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) |
| Spitz TedescoTartufo | Da standard (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Da standard (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”) | Da standard (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”) | Da standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) |
| StabyhounTartufo | Da standard (“black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Da standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | Da standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | No ruling | Da standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) |
| Sussex Spaniel | Da standard (“rich, golden liver”) | Da standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Da standard (“Golden Liver”) | Da standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Da standard (“Rich golden liver”) |
| Sussex SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“liver-colored”) | Da standard (“liver in colour”) | Da standard (“liver colored”) | Da standard (“liver in colour”) | Da standard (“liver in colour”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt TerrierTartufo | Da standard (“self-colored corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | Da standard (“self-colored, corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| TerranovaTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“brown on brown dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“brown in brown dogs”) | Da standard (“brown on brown dogs”) |
| Toy Fox TerrierTartufo | Difetto (“Brown nose”) | No ruling | Da standard (“self-colored in chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Da standard (“self-coloured in chocolate dogs”) |
| Volpino di PomeraniaTartufo | Da standard (“except in brown, blue and beaver colored dogs, when it may be self colored”) | Da standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Da standard (“self-colored in chocolate, beaver and blue”) | Da standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) | Da standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) |
| Welsh Springer SpanielTartufo | Da standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | Da standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WhippetTartufo | No ruling | Da standard (“liver nose in creams and other dilute colours”) | Da standard (“dark brown”) | Da standard (“Nose liver in creams”) | Da standard (“Nose liver in creams”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle | Da standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleCon pelo | Da standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintlePelle e squame | Da standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleSenza pelo · Pelle e squame | Da standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“Liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) | Da standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleTartufo | Da standard (“brown or pink in bronze and blond dogs”) | Da standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Da standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) |
| Tervueren | No ruling | Squalificante | Alternativo (“Fawn & Liver”) | Non riconosciuto | Squalificante |
Breeds where Fegato is a fault
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle DogTartufo | No ruling | Difetto (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | Difetto (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bouvier des FlandresTartufo | Difetto (“brown ... nose”) | Squalificante | Difetto (“a brown ... nose is a serious fault”) | No ruling | Squalificante |
| Buhund NorvegeseTartufo | Difetto (“liver colored ... nose”) | Difetto (“liver ... coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | Difetto (“liver- ... coloured nose”) |
| Bull Terrier Miniatura | Difetto (“Blue or liver color”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Squalificante | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| BulldogTartufo | Difetto | Non riconosciuto (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Squalificante (“a brown or liver-colored nose shall disqualify”) | Non riconosciuto (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Non riconosciuto (“under no circumstances liver colour, red, or brown”) |
| Cane dei PireneiTartufo | Squalificante | Squalificante | No ruling | Difetto (“Liver or pink pigmentation highly undesirable”) | Squalificante |
| Levriero IrlandeseTartufo | Difetto | Difetto | Difetto (“Lips or nose liver-colored”) | No ruling | Difetto |
| NorrbottenspetsTartufo | No ruling | Difetto (“liver brown nose”) | Difetto (“liver brown nose is a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pastore Tedesco | Squalificante (“liver”) | Non riconosciuto | Difetto (“Liver”) | Difetto (“livers ... highly undesirable”) | Non riconosciuto |
| Smooth Fox Terrier | Difetto (“liver”) | Difetto (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“liver markings are objectionable”) | Difetto (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“liver markings highly undesirable”) |
| Spaniel TibetanoTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Difetto (“Liver or putty-colored pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Difetto (“liver”) | Difetto (“liver colour highly undesirable”) | Squalificante (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“liver”) |
| Vallhund Svedese | No ruling | Squalificante (“liver brown ... coat colour”) | Difetto | Non riconosciuto | Squalificante (“liver brown ... coat colour”) |
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Squalificante | Difetto (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Squalificante (“Liver & White”) | Difetto (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) |
| Welsh Corgi PembrokeTartufo | Difetto (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | Difetto (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Wire Fox Terrier | Difetto (“liver”) | Difetto (“liver ... markings undesirable”) | Difetto (“liver ... objectionable”) | Difetto (“liver ... marking highly undesirable”) | Difetto (“liver ... marking undesirable”) |
Breeds where Fegato is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alano TedescoTartufo | No ruling | Squalificante (“Nose: Liver coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | Squalificante (“Nose: Liver coloured”) |
| Biewer TerrierTartufo | Squalificante (“Liver colored nose pigment”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“liver pigmentation of eye rims or nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boerboel | Squalificante (“Liver color on any basic breed standard color”) | No ruling | Squalificante | No ruling | Non riconosciuto (“Only dogs with black eumelanin pigmentation are acceptable”) |
| Boston Terrier | Squalificante (“gray or liver colors”) | Squalificante (“Grey or liver colours”) | Squalificante | Non riconosciuto (“Red & White”) | Squalificante (“Grey or liver colours”) |
| Bulldog Francese | Squalificante (“liver”) | Squalificante | Squalificante (“liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“Brown”) | Squalificante |
| Cane Corso Italiano | No ruling | Squalificante | Non riconosciuto | No ruling | Squalificante |
| Dogo ArgentinoTartufo | No ruling | Squalificante (“Brown nose”) | Squalificante | No ruling | Squalificante (“Brown nose”) |
| Jack Russell TerrierTartufo | Squalificante (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“Nose any color other than black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kangal | Squalificante (“Dogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body color”) | No ruling | No ruling | Non riconosciuto | No ruling |
| KangalTartufo | Squalificante (“Liver or chocolate-colored nose”) | Squalificante (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | Squalificante (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) |
| Leonberger | Squalificante (“Off colors, such as brown (liver) with brown nose and foot pads”) | Squalificante (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) | Squalificante | Non riconosciuto | Squalificante (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) |
| LeonbergerTartufo | Squalificante (“Brown nose, which occurs in liver-colored dogs”) | Squalificante (“Brown nose leather”) | No ruling | No ruling | Squalificante (“Brown nose leather”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierTartufo | Squalificante (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“Liver color nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco IbicencoTartufo | Squalificante (“Dark brown pigment ... on the nose leather”) | Squalificante (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) | Squalificante (“never black or liver”) | No ruling | Squalificante (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) |
| Schnauzer Nano | Squalificante | Non riconosciuto | Squalificante (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto (“Liver”) | Non riconosciuto |
| Segugio Italiano | Squalificante | Squalificante (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Squalificante (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoA pelo corto | Squalificante | Squalificante (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Squalificante (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoA pelo duro | Squalificante | Squalificante (“coffee, brown or liver colour”) | Squalificante (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Skye TerrierTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | Squalificante (“A ... brown nose shall disqualify”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pechinese | No ruling | Non riconosciuto (“except albino or liver”) | No ruling | Non riconosciuto (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) | Non riconosciuto (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) |
| Biewer Yorkshire a la Pom-PonTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya BorzayaTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco AndalusoTartufo | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |