United Pet Club

ベルジアン・シェパード 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
体高（き甲高）, male60–66 cm61–66 cmunder 57.2 cm失格over 69.9 cm失格58.4–67.3 cmunder 58.4 cm失格over 67.3 cm失格61–66 cm61–66 cmunder 58.5 cm失格over 68.5 cm失格
体高（き甲高）, female56–62 cm55.9–61 cmunder 52.1 cm失格over 64.8 cm失格53.3–62.2 cmunder 53.3 cm失格over 62.2 cm失格56–61 cm56–61 cmunder 53.3 cm失格over 63.5 cm失格
体重, male25–30 kgNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
体重, female20–25 kgNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
体高と体長の比11111
頭蓋とマズルの比1111No ruling
肩の角度110–115°90°No rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
ストップ適度スタンダード (“Stop: Moderate.”)スタンダード (“Stop moderate.”)スタンダード (“STOP Moderate.”)スタンダード (“Moderate stop”)No ruling
咬合シザーズバイト（鋏状咬合）スタンダード (“Scissor bite; pincer bite ... is tolerated.”)代替 (“Should have either an even bite or a scissors bite.”)スタンダード (“forty-two strong, white teeth that meet in scissors bite”)スタンダード (“Scissor bite, i.e. upper teeth closely overlapping lower teeth”)代替 (“even or a scissors bite”)
咬合切端咬合（レベルバイト）代替 (“pincer bite ... is tolerated”)代替 (“Should have either an even bite or a scissors bite.”)代替 (“A level meeting of the incisors is acceptable.”)代替 (“Pincer [level] bite tolerated.”)代替 (“even or a scissors bite”)
咬合アンダーショット（下顎突出）No rulingNo ruling失格 (“Undershot or overshot bite such that contact with two incisors is lost.”)No ruling欠点 (“An overshot or undershot bite is a serious fault.”)
咬合オーバーショット（上顎突出）No rulingNo ruling失格 (“Undershot or overshot bite such that contact with two incisors is lost.”)No ruling欠点 (“An overshot or undershot bite is a serious fault.”)
歯列完全歯列スタンダード (“Complete dentition according to the dental formula”)スタンダード (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)スタンダード (“furnished with forty-two strong, white teeth”)No rulingNo ruling
歯列欠歯No rulingNo ruling欠点 (“Fault: Absence of premolar(s) or molar(s)”)No rulingNo ruling
耳型立ち耳（プリックイヤー）スタンダード (“stiff, carried upright and vertical when dog is alert”)スタンダード (“Ears triangular in shape, stiff, erect”)スタンダード (“triangular, carried well-pricked”)スタンダード (“stiff and erect, set high and carried upright and vertical”)No ruling
耳型垂れ耳（ドロップイヤー）No ruling失格 (“Ears hanging (as on a hound) shall disqualify.”)失格 (“Disqualifications: Drooping or hanging ears.”)No rulingNo ruling
耳の付き位置高いスタンダード (“Rather small, set high”)No rulingスタンダード (“High set, triangular”)スタンダード (“stiff and erect, set high”)No ruling
目の形アーモンド型スタンダード (“slightly almond-shaped, obliquely set”)スタンダード (“Medium size, slightly almond shaped, not protruding.”)スタンダード (“Almond in shape, obliquely set”)スタンダード (“slightly almond shaped and obliquely set”)No ruling
目の形丸いNo rulingNo ruling欠点 (“Fault: Very light or round eyes.”)No rulingNo ruling
背線（トップライン）水平スタンダード (“Topline: upper line of back and loins is straight.”)スタンダード (“the back, which must be level, straight, and firm from withers to hip joints”)スタンダード (“The back and lumbar/loin region are straight”)スタンダード (“upper line of body straight, firm and well-muscled”)スタンダード (“Back is level, straight and firm from withers to hip”)
尾の姿勢低い（垂れる）スタンダード (“at rest carried down, with tip curved backwards at level of hock”)スタンダード (“At rest the dog holds it low, the tip bent back level with the hock”)No rulingスタンダード (“When at rest, hangs down, with tip slightly bent backwards”)No ruling
尾の長さ中程度スタンダード (“of medium length, reaching at least to hock”)No rulingNo rulingスタンダード (“strong at base, of medium length”)No ruling
タックアップ適度スタンダード (“neither drooping nor tucked up, but slightly raised and moderately developed”)スタンダード (“Moderate development. Neither tucked up nor paunchy.”)スタンダード (“Moderately developed, neither hanging (paunchy) nor tucked up.”)スタンダード (“moderately developed neither drooping nor unduly cut up”)No ruling
足の形猫足スタンダード (“Forefeet: Round, cat feet”)スタンダード (“Feet round (cat footed)”)No rulingスタンダード (“Forefeet round and cat-like.”)No ruling
デューラップ（喉垂）なし（すっきりした喉）スタンダード (“without dewlap, nape slightly arched”)No rulingNo rulingスタンダード (“well-muscled and without dewlap”)No ruling
マズルの形先細りスタンダード (“narrowing gradually toward the nose, like an elongated wedge”)No rulingスタンダード (“narrowing gradually toward the nose”)スタンダード (“Muzzle tapering gradually to the nose but not snipy”)No ruling
飛節の形飛節が低いスタンダード (“Hock: Close to the ground”)No rulingNo rulingスタンダード (“hocks well let down”)No ruling
首の長さ中程度No rulingNo rulingNo rulingスタンダード (“Neck of moderate length, slightly arched”)No ruling
胸深いNo rulingスタンダード (“Chest not broad, but deep.”)スタンダード (“Not too broad, but in compensation, deep and inclined.”)スタンダード (“Chest deep and well let down to point of elbow”)No ruling

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
マスクNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingスタンダード (“Black mask on face not extending above the eye and brow area”)No ruling
胸斑代替 (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)代替 (“Small to moderate patch or strip on forechest.”)代替 (“black with a small to moderate white patch on the chest”)代替 (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)No ruling
ソックス代替 (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)No ruling代替 (“the tips of the toes may be white”)代替 (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
断尾No ruling失格 (“Cropped or stump tail shall disqualify.”)失格 (“Disqualifications: Absence of or docked tail.”)No ruling失格 (“Tail docked or stump”)
狼爪除去No rulingスタンダード (“Dewclaws, if any, should be removed.”)代替 (“Removal of rear dewclaws is preferred but not mandatory.”)No ruling代替 (“Dewclaws, if any, may be removed”)

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

ベルジアン・シェパード colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every ベルジアン・シェパード color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the ベルジアン・シェパード in 黒、白、赤. Standard patterns: ソリッド、バイカラー.

被毛: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
黒スタンダード (“only uniform black”)スタンダード (“Black”)スタンダード (“the long-haired black”)スタンダード (“Groenendael - Black”)スタンダード (“only uniform black”)
白スタンダード (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)スタンダード (“Black & White”)スタンダード (“black with a small to moderate white patch on the chest”)スタンダード (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)スタンダード (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)
赤欠点 (“reddish tinges in the coat”)スタンダード (“reddening due to climatic conditions ... should not be grounds for disqualification”)欠点 (“dominant red tinge”)未公認欠点 (“reddish tinges in the coat”)
グレー欠点 (“grey breeches”)失格 (“Gray”)未公認未公認欠点 (“grey breeches”)
アルビノ失格失格失格 (“albinism”)未公認失格
シルバー失格失格 (“Silver”)未公認未公認失格
茶失格失格 (“Brown”)未公認未公認失格
クリーム失格失格 (“Black & Cream”)未公認未公認失格
フォーン失格失格 (“Fawn”)未公認未公認失格
Patterns
ソリッドスタンダード (“only uniform black”)スタンダード (“may be completely black”)スタンダード (“may be all black”)スタンダード (“Groenendael - Black”)スタンダード (“only uniform black”)
バイカラーNo rulingスタンダード (“Black & White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
セーブルNo ruling失格 (“Sable”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
アグーチNo ruling失格 (“Wolfgray & Black”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
スポッテッドNo ruling失格 (“Spotted”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
目: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
茶スタンダード (“brownish colour”)スタンダード (“eyes brown”)スタンダード (“brown in color”)スタンダード (“brown in colour”)スタンダード (“brownish colour”)
こげ茶スタンダード (“preferably dark”)スタンダード (“preferably dark brown”)スタンダード (“preferably dark”)スタンダード (“preferably dark brown”)スタンダード (“preferably dark”)
薄茶No rulingNo ruling欠点 (“very light ... eyes”)No rulingNo ruling
鼻: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
黒スタンダード (“black”)スタンダード (“nose black without spots or discolored areas”)スタンダード (“black”)スタンダード (“nose black”)スタンダード (“black”)
ピンク失格 (“strong depigmentation”)No ruling欠点 (“lack of external pigmentation”)No ruling失格 (“strong depigmentation”)
Patterns
バタフライノーズ欠点 (“traces of depigmentation”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling欠点 (“traces of depigmentation”)

What the rulings mean

スタンダード
Described by the club's breed standard.
欠点
Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
失格
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
未公認
The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a ベルジアン・シェパード's colors can change over its life.

  • 黒changes toラスト

    被毛 · 体の状態で · can change back

  • 黒changes toグレー

    被毛 · 進行性

  • 黒changes to茶

    被毛 · 日光で · can change back

  • 白changes to粕毛

    被毛 · 加齢で · from 2 weeks

  • 黒changes toスノーノーズ

    鼻 · 季節で · can change back

  • 黒changes toピンク

    鼻 · 季節で · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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