What does each club give for Mankehøyde in the Otterhound?

FCI, Male: 69 cm; AKC, Male: 68.6 cm; UKC, Male: 61–68.6 cm; KC, Male: 69 cm; CKC, Male: 68.5 cm; FCI, Female: 61 cm; AKC, Female: 61 cm; UKC, Female: 58.4–66 cm; KC, Female: 61 cm; CKC, Female: 61 cm.

Otterhound 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
Mankehøyde, male	69 cm	68.6 cm	61–68.6 cm	69 cm	68.5 cm
Mankehøyde, female	61 cm	61 cm	58.4–66 cm	61 cm	61 cm
Vekt, male	No ruling	52.2 kg	34–52.2 kg	No ruling	No ruling
Vekt, female	No ruling	36.3 kg	29.5–45.4 kg	No ruling	No ruling
Skalle i forhold til snuteparti	No ruling	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
StoppModerat	Standard (“Stopp: Tydelig, men ikke overdrevet”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“tydelig, men ikke overdrevet stopp”)	Standard (“tydelig, men ikke overdrevet stopp”)
Snutepartiets formKvadratisk	No ruling	Standard (“Snuten er firkantet, uten antydning til spisshet”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
BittSaksebitt	Standard (“perfekt, regelmessig saksebitt”)	Standard (“Et saksebitt er foretrukket”)	Standard (“møtes i saksebitt, som er foretrukket”)	Standard (“perfekt, regelmessig saksebitt”)	Standard (“perfekt, regelmessig saksebitt”)
TannsettFullt tannsett	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Et fullt sett med sterke, hvite tenner”)	No ruling	No ruling
ØrestillingLangt hengende	Standard (“Lange, hengende, ansatt på høyde med øyets hjørne”)	Standard (“er lange, hengende og brettede”)	Standard (“De lange, hengende, brettede ørene”)	Standard (“Lange, hengende, ansatt på høyde med øyets hjørne”)	Standard (“Lange, hengende, ansatt på høyde med øyets hjørne”)
ØreansetningLav	No ruling	Standard (“De er lavt ansatt, i eller under øyenivå”)	Standard (“Ørene er lavt ansatt, eller under øyenivå”)	No ruling	No ruling
HalslengdeLang	Standard (“HALS: Lang, kraftig”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Lang, kraftig, jevnt innsatt i godt tilbakelagte skuldre”)	Standard (“Lang, kraftig, jevnt innsatt i godt tilbakelagte skuldre”)
DoglappSvak	Alternativ (“Litt løs hud under halsen tillatt”)	Alternativ (“litt løs hud under halsen er tillatt”)	Alternativ (“Litt løs hud under halsen er tillatt”)	Alternativ (“Litt løs hud under halsen tillatt”)	Alternativ (“Litt løs hud under halsen tillatt”)
OverlinjeRett	Standard (“Overlinje: Horisontal”)	Standard (“Overlinjen er horisontal fra manken til haleroten”)	Standard (“Rygglinjen, fra manken til haleroten, er horisontal”)	Standard (“horisontal overlinje og bred rygg”)	Standard (“horisontal overlinje og bred rygg”)
BrystDypt	Standard (“Brystkasse: Dyp med godt hvelvet, ganske dyp, oval brystkasse”)	Standard (“Brystkassen er dyp og rekker minst til albuene”)	Standard (“Brystkassen, som er dyp snarere enn bred”)	Standard (“Brystkasse dyp med godt hvelvet, ganske dyp, oval brystkasse”)	Standard (“Brystkasse dyp med godt hvelvet, ganske dyp, oval brystkasse”)
HaleansetningHøy	Standard (“Høyt ansatt, båret oppover når hunden er oppmerksom eller i bevegelse”)	Standard (“Halen er satt høyt”)	Standard (“Den er høyt ansatt på det svakt skrånende krysset”)	Standard (“Høyt ansatt, båret oppover når hunden er oppmerksom eller i bevegelse”)	Standard (“Høyt ansatt, båret oppover når hunden er oppmerksom eller i bevegelse”)
HalelengdeLang	No ruling	Standard (“og er lang og rekker minst til haseleddet”)	Standard (“Den lange halen rekker minst til haseleddet”)	No ruling	No ruling
HalebæringSabelformet	No ruling	Standard (“båret i sabelform (ikke fremover over ryggen)”)	Standard (“den bæres i sabelform, men aldri fremover over ryggen”)	No ruling	No ruling
HalebæringKrøllet over ryggen	Feil (“aldri krøllet over ryggen”)	Feil (“(ikke fremover over ryggen)”)	Feil (“men aldri fremover over ryggen”)	Feil (“aldri krøllet over ryggen”)	Feil (“aldri krøllet over ryggen”)
HaserLavt ansatte	Standard (“Haseledd godt vinklet nedover, vendt verken inn eller ut”)	Standard (“Haseleddene er godt vinklet nedover, vendt verken inn eller ut”)	Standard (“De godt nedvinklede haseleddene er tydelig markert”)	Standard (“haseledd godt senket, vendt verken inn eller ut”)	Standard (“haseledd godt senket, vendt verken inn eller ut”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Brystflekk	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling
Sokker	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling
Hvit halespiss	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“svake hvite tegninger på hodet, brystet, føttene og halespissen”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Fjerning av ulveklør	No ruling	Alternativ (“Ulveklør på frambena kan fjernes”)	Alternativ (“Ulveklør kan fjernes fra frambena”)	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.

Otterhound colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Otterhound in Svart, Hvit, Grå, Blå, Leverbrun, Tan, Rød, Sitrongul, Krem, Hvetefarget og Sandfarget. Standard patterns: Ensfarget, Tofarget, Trefarget, Skjoldet, Partifarget, Agouti, Grizzle og Tantegning.

Pels: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Svart	Standard (“Black and tan”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Black and tan”)	Standard (“Black and tan”)
Hvit	Standard (“White hounds”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“White hounds”)	Standard (“White Hounds”)
Grå	No ruling	Standard (“Gray”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Ikke anerkjent	No ruling
Blå	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“Blue & Cream”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“blue”)	Standard (“blue”)
Leverbrun	Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)	Standard (“Liver & Tan”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)	Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)
Tan	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)	Standard (“Tan”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)
Rød	Standard (“red”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“red”)	Standard (“red”)
Sitrongul	Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)	Standard (“Lemon”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)	Standard (“White Hounds may have slight lemon, blue, or badger pied markings”)
Krem	Standard (“black and cream”)	Standard (“Blue & Cream”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“black and cream”)	Standard (“black and cream”)
Hvetefarget	Standard (“wheaten”)	Standard (“Wheaten”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“wheaten”)	Standard (“wheaten”)
Sandfarget	Standard (“sandy”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“sandy”)	Standard (“sandy”)
Albino	No ruling	No ruling	Diskvalifiserende (“Albinism”)	Ikke anerkjent	No ruling
Patterns
Ensfarget	Standard (“whole coloured”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Whole coloured”)	Standard (“whole-coloured”)
Tofarget	Standard (“tan and white”)	Standard (“Blue & Cream”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“White & Black”)	Standard (“tan and white”)
Trefarget	Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)	Standard (“White Black & Tan”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”)	Ikke anerkjent (“a white-bodied Hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)
Skjoldet	Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)	Standard (“White Hounds may have slight lemon, blue, or badger pied markings”)
Partifarget	No ruling	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Particolour”)	No ruling
Agouti	Standard (“badger pied markings”)	Standard (“Badger Markings”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“badger pied markings”)	Standard (“badger pied markings”)
Grizzle	Standard (“grizzle”)	Standard (“Grizzle Markings”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“grizzle”)	Standard (“grizzle”)
Tantegning	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)	Standard (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)

Øyne: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Mørkebrun	No ruling	Standard (“The eyes are dark”)	Standard (“The deeply set eyes are dark”)	No ruling	No ruling
Nøttebrun	Standard (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”)	Standard (“those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”)	Standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”)	Standard (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”)	Standard (“a blue and tan Hound may have hazel eyes”)
Gul	Feil (“Yellow eye undesirable”)	No ruling	No ruling	Feil (“Yellow eye undesirable”)	Feil (“Yellow eye undesirable”)

Nese: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Svart	No ruling	Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)	Standard (“Dogs with black-pigmented eye rims and noses”)	No ruling	No ruling
Skifergrå	No ruling	Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)	Standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment”)	No ruling	No ruling
Leverbrun	Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”)	Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)	Standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment”)	Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”)	Standard (“a tan Hound may have a brown nose”)
Patterns
Sommerfuglnese	Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)	Standard (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Feil: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Diskvalifiserende: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Ikke anerkjent: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

Svartchanges toRustrød
Pels · Med kroppstilstanden · can change back
Svartchanges toGrå
Pels · Progressiv
Svartchanges toBrun
Pels · I sola · can change back
Hvitchanges toKonstant skimmel
Pels · Med alderen · from 2 weeks
Tantegningchanges toSaltegning
Pels · Med alderen · from 6 to 156 weeks
Svartchanges toSnønese
Nese · Med årstiden · can change back
Svartchanges toRosa
Nese · Med årstiden · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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