United Pet Club

Beauceron 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
Ūgis ties ketera, male65–70 cmunder 65 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 70 cmDiskvalifikuojanti64.8–69.9 cmunder 64.8 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 69.9 cmDiskvalifikuojanti64.8–69.9 cmunder 64.8 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 69.9 cmDiskvalifikuojanti65–70 cm65–70 cmunder 65 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 70 cmDiskvalifikuojanti
Ūgis ties ketera, female61–68 cmunder 61 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 68 cmDiskvalifikuojanti61–67.3 cmunder 61 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 67.3 cmDiskvalifikuojanti61–67.3 cmunder 61 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 67.3 cmDiskvalifikuojanti61–68 cm61–68 cmunder 61 cmDiskvalifikuojantiover 68 cmDiskvalifikuojanti

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Kaktos ir snukio perėjimasNežymusPagal standartą (“The stop is only slightly pronounced”)Pagal standartą (“The stop is only slightly pronounced”)No rulingNo rulingPagal standartą (“The stop is only slightly pronounced”)
Kaktos ir snukio perėjimasVidutinisNo rulingNo rulingPagal standartą (“There is a moderate stop”)Pagal standartą (“Moderate stop set midway between tip of nose and occiput”)No ruling
SąkandisŽirklinis sąkandisPagal standartą (“Strong teeth with a scissor bite.”)Pagal standartą (“meeting in a scissors bite”)Pagal standartą (“meet in a scissors bite”)Pagal standartą (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)Pagal standartą (“Strong teeth with a scissors bite.”)
SąkandisNepakandaDiskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Undershot or overshot with teeth not touching.”)No rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)
SąkandisPerkandaDiskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Undershot or overshot with teeth not touching.”)No rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“Overshot or undershot with loss of contact”)
Dantų komplektasPilnas dantų komplektasNo rulingPagal standartą (“A full complement of strong white teeth”)Pagal standartą (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)Pagal standartą (“Teeth strong, full dentition.”)No ruling
Dantų komplektasTrūksta dantųDiskvalifikuojanti (“absence of 3 or more teeth (the first premolars not counting)”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“absence of three or more teeth (the first premolars not counting)”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Three or more missing teeth, not counting pre-molars.”)No rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“absence of three or more teeth (the first premolars not counting)”)
Ausų padėtisPusiau stačiosAlternatyvi (“Ears are half-pricked or drop-ears.”)Alternatyvi (“The natural ears are half pricked or drop-ears”)No rulingNo rulingAlternatyvi (“Uncropped ears are half-pricked or drop ears.”)
Ausų padėtisNukarusios (kabančios)Alternatyvi (“Ears are half-pricked or drop-ears.”)Alternatyvi (“The natural ears are half pricked or drop-ears”)No rulingPagal standartą (“Dropped, flat, not set close to head.”)Alternatyvi (“Uncropped ears are half-pricked or drop ears.”)
Ausų padėtisStačios (smailios)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Natural ears carried totally upright and firm.”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Ausų įstatymasAukštaiPagal standartą (“EARS: Set high.”)Pagal standartą (“The ears are set high”)Pagal standartą (“The ears are set high.”)No rulingPagal standartą (“Ears: Set high.”)
Akių formaOvaliosPagal standartą (“Horizontal, slightly oval in shape.”)Pagal standartą (“horizontal and slightly oval in shape”)Pagal standartą (“The eyes are oval in shape, and set on the horizontal.”)Pagal standartą (“Dark, oval, medium sized”)Pagal standartą (“Horizontal, slightly oval in shape.”)
Nugaros linijaTiesiPagal standartą (“The back is straight.”)Pagal standartą (“The back is straight and strong.”)Pagal standartą (“The back is straight.”)Pagal standartą (“Firm, level back.”)Pagal standartą (“The back is straight and strong.”)
Uodegos padėtisŽemai (nukarusi)Pagal standartą (“Whole, carried low”)Pagal standartą (“The tail is strong at the base, carried down”)Pagal standartą (“carried low and straight down”)Pagal standartą (“Carried low and hanging straight”)Pagal standartą (“Whole, carried low”)
Uodegos padėtisUžsirietusi ant nugarosDiskvalifikuojanti (“Shortened tail or tail carried over the back.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Docked tail, or tail carried over the back.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Docked tail, or a tail carried over the back.”)No rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“Shortened tail or tail carried over the back”)
Uodegos ilgisIlgaPagal standartą (“it reaches at least to the hock”)No rulingPagal standartą (“reaching at least to the hock”)Pagal standartą (“reaching at least to hock”)Pagal standartą (“it reaches at least to the point of the hock”)
PėdosKatės pėdosPagal standartą (“Feet: Large, round, compact.”)No rulingPagal standartą (“Large, round and compact with hard pads”)Pagal standartą (“Strong, round, tight”)Pagal standartą (“Feet: Large, round and compact.”)
Užpakaliniai vilko nagaiDvigubiPagal standartą (“conservation of double dewclaws”)Pagal standartą (“Double dewclaws form well separated "thumbs"”)Pagal standartą (“There must be double dewclaws on the inside of the hind legs.”)Pagal standartą (“Double dewclaws set close to foot.”)Pagal standartą (“conservation of double dewclaw”)
Užpakaliniai vilko nagaiViengubiDiskvalifikuojanti (“Simple dewclaws or absence of dewclaws on hind legs.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Anything less than double dewclaws on each rear leg.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Lack of double dewclaws on the rear legs.”)Trūkumas (“Lack of double dewclaws unacceptable.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Simple dewclaws or absence of dewclaws in hind legs”)
Užpakaliniai vilko nagaiNėraDiskvalifikuojanti (“Simple dewclaws or absence of dewclaws on hind legs.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Anything less than double dewclaws on each rear leg.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Lack of double dewclaws on the rear legs.”)Trūkumas (“Lack of double dewclaws unacceptable.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Simple dewclaws or absence of dewclaws in hind legs”)
KulnaiŽemai nuleistiNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingPagal standartą (“Vertical from low set hock to foot.”)No ruling
KrūtinėGiliPagal standartą (“It is wide deep and long.”)Pagal standartą (“The chest is wide, deep, long”)Pagal standartą (“The chest is wide and deep”)Pagal standartą (“Chest wide and deep.”)Pagal standartą (“It is wide, deep and long.”)
Snukio formaSmailus (silpnas)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingTrūkumas (“narrow or snipy appearance undesirable”)No ruling

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Įdegio žymėsPagal standartą (“On the chest, preferably two spots.”)Pagal standartą (“two spots on the chest are preferred to a breastplate”)Pagal standartą (“The bright rust markings appear above the eyes;”)Pagal standartą (“Tan above eyes, on side of muzzle, narrowing on to cheeks”)Pagal standartą (“The tan markings are distributed as follows: Spots over the eyes.”)
ŽvaigždėAlternatyvi (“A faint while spot on the chest is tolerated.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Well-defined, quite visible white spot on the chest 1 inch in diameter or larger.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“A visible white spot on the chest that measures more than 1 inch in diameter.”)Alternatyvi (“A faint white spot on chest tolerated.”)Alternatyvi (“A faint spot on the chest is tolerated but shall be no larger”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Ausų trumpinimasNo rulingAlternatyvi (“may be cropped or natural”)Alternatyvi (“They may be cropped or left natural.”)No rulingAlternatyvi (“carried upright if cropped”)
Uodegos trumpinimasDiskvalifikuojanti (“Shortened tail or tail carried over the back.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“Docked tail, or tail carried over the back.”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“The tail is not docked.”)No rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“Shortened tail or tail carried over the back”)

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

Beauceron colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Beauceron in Juoda, Pilka ir Rusva. Standard patterns: Arlekino ir Su įdegiu.

Kailis: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
JuodaPagal standartą (“the black is pure black”)Pagal standartą (“Black & Tan”)Pagal standartą (“the black is deep”)Pagal standartą (“black and tan”)Pagal standartą (“the black is pure black”)
PilkaPagal standartą (“harlequin: grey, black and tan”)Pagal standartą (“Gray Black & Tan”)Pagal standartą (“gray, black and tan, in a pattern of blue-gray patches”)Pagal standartą (“grey and black patches”)Pagal standartą (“harlequin: grey, black and tan”)
RusvaPagal standartą (“the tan, red squirrel coloured”)Pagal standartą (“Black & Tan”)Pagal standartą (“the bright rust markings”)Pagal standartą (“black and tan”)Pagal standartą (“the tan, red squirrel-coloured”)
Patterns
ArlekinoPagal standartą (“harlequin (blue-mottled with tan markings)”)Pagal standartą (“Harlequin”)Pagal standartą (“Harlequin”)Pagal standartą (“Harlequin”)Pagal standartą (“harlequin (blue mottled with tan markings)”)
Su įdegiuPagal standartą (“black and tan (black with tan markings)”)Pagal standartą (“Black & Tan”)Pagal standartą (“Black and Tan”)Pagal standartą (“Black and Tan”)Pagal standartą (“black and tan (black with tan markings)”)
VienspalvėDiskvalifikuojanti (“complete absence of tan markings”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“complete absence of markings”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“a complete absence of tan markings”)NepripažintaDiskvalifikuojanti (“complete absence of tan markings”)
Akys: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
MėlynaPagal standartą (“for the harlequin variety, wall eyes are admitted”)Pagal standartą (“for the Harlequin, walleye is acceptable”)Pagal standartą (“wall eyes are acceptable in the harlequin color”)Pagal standartą (“for the Harlequin variety, wall eyes can occur”)Pagal standartą (“for the harlequin variety, wall eyes are admitted”)
Tamsiai rudaPagal standartą (“dark brown”)Pagal standartą (“dark brown”)Pagal standartą (“always dark”)Pagal standartą (“dark”)Pagal standartą (“dark brown”)
RiešutinėPagal standartą (“never lighter than dark hazel”)Pagal standartą (“never lighter than dark hazel”)Pagal standartą (“never being lighter than dark hazel”)No rulingPagal standartą (“never lighter than dark hazel”)
Šviesiai rudaDiskvalifikuojanti (“eyes too light”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“eyes too light”)
GeltonaNo rulingDiskvalifikuojanti (“yellow eyes”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“yellow eyes”)No rulingNo ruling
Patterns
SkirtingaakėNo rulingPagal standartą (“for the Harlequin, walleye is acceptable”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Nosis: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKUSA
JuodaPagal standartą (“always black”)Pagal standartą (“always black”)Pagal standartą (“always black in color”)Pagal standartą (“always black”)
Patterns
Drugelio nosisDiskvalifikuojanti (“with unpigmented areas”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“nose ... with unpigmented areas”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“unpigmented areas in nose”)Diskvalifikuojanti (“with unpigmented areas”)

What the rulings mean

Pagal standartą
Described by the club's breed standard.
Diskvalifikuojanti
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Nepripažinta
The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Beauceron's colors can change over its life.

  • Juodachanges toRūdžių raudona

    Kailis · Pagal kūno būklę · can change back

  • Juodachanges toPilka

    Kailis · Progresuojanti

  • Juodachanges toRuda

    Kailis · Saulėje · can change back

  • Su įdegiuchanges toBalnuota

    Kailis · Su amžiumi · from 6 to 156 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toTamsiai ruda

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toRuda

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toŠviesiai ruda

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toGintarinė

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toRiešutinė

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Mėlynachanges toGeltona

    Akys · Su amžiumi · from 2 weeks

  • Juodachanges toŽiemos nosis

    Nosis · Pagal sezoną · can change back

  • Juodachanges toRožinė

    Nosis · Pagal sezoną · can change back

Published standards