Which Hond breeds come in Roan?

Club breed standards describe Roan for the American English coonhound, Amerikaanse cockerspaniël, Amerikaanse naakte terriër, Australian stumpy tail cattle dog, Australische veedrijvershond, Barzoi, Beagle, Bloedhond, Bluetick coonhound, Border collie, Bracco Italiano en Braque du Bourbonnais, and 46 more breeds.

Which breeds disqualify Roan?

At least one club disqualifies Roan in the Pyreneese mastiff, Welsh corgi Cardigan, Appenzeller sennenhond, Spaanse waterhond, Tibetaanse mastiff, Basset Artésien Normand, Boerboel, Carolina dog, Karpatische herdershond en Kroatische herdershond.

Hond pattern

Roan

White hairs evenly intermingled with the colored hairs of the body while head and legs stay darker: roan horses and cattle, blue roan Cocker Spaniels.

83 Hond breeds list Roan. It is in a club standard for 59 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 10 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Roan

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
American English coonhound	No ruling	Standaard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	Standaard (“Red and white ticked; blue and white ticked”)	Standaard (“Redtick, bluetick, tri color with ticking”)
Amerikaanse cockerspaniël	Standaard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlMeerkleurig	Standaard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colours”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as parti-colours”)	Standaard (“Roans are classified as Parti-Colors”)
Amerikaanse naakte terriër	No ruling	Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is allowed”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Australian stumpy tail cattle dog	Standaard (“blue mottled”)	Standaard (“Blue Mottled”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“blue speckle or blue mottled”)
Australische veedrijvershond	Standaard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standaard (“Blue Mottled”)	Standaard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standaard (“blue-mottled or blue speckled; red speckle”)	Standaard (“blue mottled or blue speckled; red speckled”)
Barzoi	Fout (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standaard (“Spotted On White, Ticked”)	Standaard (“Any colour, except merle”)	Fout (“Abundant flecks on the body of the same shade as the base colour”)	Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)
Beagle	Standaard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Standaard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standaard (“all the above-mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standaard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)
Bloedhond	No ruling	Standaard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	Standaard (“sometimes flecked with white”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bluetick coonhound	No ruling	Standaard (“Blue Ticked”)	No ruling	Standaard (“thickly mottled body”)	Standaard (“thickly mottled body”)
Border collie	Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standaard (“White Ticked”)	Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”)	Standaard (“white markings may be clear white or ticked to any degree”)
Bracco Italiano	Standaard (“orange roan”)	Standaard (“patches, ticking, or roan”)	Standaard (“White may be speckled. Roan with solid markings”)	Standaard (“orange roan”)	Standaard (“Orange or chestnut roan”)
Braque du Bourbonnais	Standaard (“An intimate mix of white and coloured hairs, giving an overall roan colour, is also accepted”)	Standaard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Overall roaning is also accepted”)
Bretonse spaniël	Standaard (“Piobald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standaard (“Liver Roan”)	Standaard (“roan of any of these colours”)	Standaard (“Piebald or roan, sometimes with ticking”)	Standaard (“in clear or roan patterns. Some ticking is desirable”)
Bulldog	No ruling	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Standaard (“ticking”)	Standaard (“ticking”)	No ruling
Centraal-Aziatische herdershond	Standaard (“Any”)	Standaard (“Any”)	No ruling	Standaard (“Any colour”)	Standaard (“ticked”)
Coton de Tuléar	Standaard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“red-roan (mixture of white and fawn hairs)”)	Standaard (“red-roan (mixture of white & fawn hairs)”)
Deens-Zweedse boerderijhond	Standaard (“Flecking permissible”)	Standaard (“Flecking accepted”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Ticking or flecking is acceptable”)
Dogo Argentino	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“some light ticking”)
Drentsche patrijshond	Standaard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	Standaard (“with or without spots or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Roan dogs or dogs with a solid mantle are acceptable but less desirable”)
Duitse dog	Fout (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standaard (“Eligible but less desirable, are black hairs showing through the white base coat”)	Niet erkend	Fout (“blue-grey ticking in the white”)	Standaard (“single black hairs showing through the white background ... allowed but not preferred”)
Duitse staande draadhaar	Standaard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Liver & White Ticked”)	Standaard (“Brown roan with or without patches”)	Standaard (“liver and white ticked”)
Duitse staande korthaar	Standaard (“Dark brown roan”)	Standaard (“Liver Roan”)	Standaard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standaard (“liver and white ticked”)	Standaard (“liver and white ticked”)
Duitse staande langhaar	Standaard (“Dark roan”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Dark roan”)	No ruling	No ruling
Duitse staande spaniël (Wachtelhund)	Standaard (“Brown roan, more seldom red roan”)	Standaard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“brown schimmel (brown ticked with white or roaned)”)
Engelse cockerspaniël	Standaard (“Roans”)	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Standaard (“Roans”)	Standaard (“Roans”)	Standaard (“Parti-colors may be clearly marked, ticked or roaned”)
Engelse foxhound	Standaard (“Any recognized hound colour and markings”)	No ruling	Standaard (“Tricolour Mottle”)	Standaard (“Any recognised Hound colour and markings”)	Standaard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)
Engelse setter	Standaard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standaard (“belton markings varying in degree from clear distinct flecking to roan shading”)	Standaard (“flecked (belton) all over preferable”)	Standaard (“flecked (belton) all over preferred”)	Standaard (“white and orange ticked, white and blue ticked”)
Engelse springerspaniël	No ruling	Standaard (“Roan”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	Standaard (“blue or liver roan”)
Field spaniël	Standaard (“Blue roan”)	Standaard (“Blue Roan”)	Standaard (“blue roan”)	Standaard (“Blue roan”)	Standaard (“roan”)
Franse bulldog	Fout (“Fawn and white coat strongly red speckled”)	Standaard (“Ticking is acceptable but not desired”)	Niet erkend	Fout (“Fawn and white coat strongly red-speckled”)	Fout (“Excessive ticking”)
Franse spaniël	Standaard (“slightly or moderately flecked and roan without excess”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Brown Roan”)	No ruling	Standaard (“with or without ticking and roaning”)
Greyhound	Niet erkend	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	Standaard (“Immaterial”)
Havanezer	No ruling	Standaard (“Parti Belton”)	Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)	No ruling	Standaard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)
Ierse rood-witte setter	Standaard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)	Standaard (“Flecking but not roaning is permitted around the face and feet”)	Standaard (“Mottling or flecking permissible around face and feet”)	Standaard (“Flecking (but not roaning) permitted around the face and feet”)	Standaard (“flecking but not roaning permitted around the face and feet”)
Jack Russell-terriër	No ruling	Standaard (“Ticking is acceptable”)	Niet erkend	No ruling	Standaard (“Any white area may be ticked providing that white predominates”)
Kanaänhond	Niet erkend	Standaard (“in all color patterns self-ticking may be present”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling
Kleine Münsterländer	Standaard (“brown roan”)	Standaard (“Brown Roan”)	Standaard (“Brown roan”)	Standaard (“brown roan”)	Standaard (“Brown roan”)
Korthals griffon	Standaard (“Frequently liver-roan”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	Standaard (“Liver roan”)	No ruling	Standaard (“liver roan”)
Lagotto Romagnolo	Standaard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standaard (“Brown Roan”)	Standaard (“orange roan, brown roan”)	Standaard (“Orange roan, brown roan”)	Standaard (“brown roan”)
Löwchen	Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standaard (“Parti Belton”)	Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)	Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)	Standaard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)
Miniatuur Amerikaanse herder	Standaard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Standaard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	Niet erkend	Standaard (“ticking may be present in white markings”)	No ruling
Nederlandse Kooikerhondje	Standaard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	Standaard (“a slight form of ticking are acceptable, but less desirable”)	Standaard (“slight ticking are acceptable but less desirable”)	Standaard (“a slight form of ticking are accepted but less desirable”)	No ruling
Newfoundlander	Standaard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standaard (“Clear white or white with minimal ticking is preferred”)	Standaard (“Coat white with minimal ticking”)	Standaard (“can show a minimum of ticking”)	Standaard (“may have minimal ticking”)
Parson Russell-terriër	No ruling	No ruling	Niet erkend	No ruling	Standaard (“Any white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Pointer	No ruling	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Niet erkend	No ruling	No ruling
Porcelaine	Standaard (“Orange ticking on the ears is highly characteristic of the breed”)	Standaard (“Ticked”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Orange ticking on the ears is characteristic”)
Portugese herdershond	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“with or without mixed white hairs”)
Pyreneese mastiff	No ruling	Standaard (“light flecking the same color as the patches”)	Niet erkend	No ruling	Diskwalificerend
Rastreador Brasileiro	Standaard (“Fully mottled black and white”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Rat terriër	No ruling	Standaard (“Speckling, ticking and mottling is common, but heavy ticking is undesirable”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“The white area may be ticked as long as white predominates”)
Slowaakse staande draadhaar	Standaard (“eventually speckled”)	Standaard (“eventually speckled”)	Standaard (“Evenly speckled grey roan is acceptable”)	Standaard (“eventually speckled”)	No ruling
Spaanse windhond	Standaard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)	Standaard (“Flecked with black, dark and light”)
Spinone Italiano	Standaard (“orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standaard (“Orange Roan”)	Standaard (“orange roan”)	Standaard (“Orange roan or brown roan (chestnut)”)	Standaard (“roan or roan-brown (chestnut)”)
Stabijhoun	Standaard (“black or brown roans are accepted”)	Standaard (“Roan”)	No ruling	Standaard (“black or brown roans are also accepted”)	Standaard (“Ticking or roaning in the white is permissible”)
Teddy Roosevelt-terriër	No ruling	Standaard (“ticking in any white portion is acceptable as long as white is predominant”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“the white area may be ticked if white predominates”)
Toy foxterriër	No ruling	Standaard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalized”)	No ruling	Standaard (“a small amount of ticking is not to be penalised”)	Standaard (“Ticking is permitted to some degree”)
Welsh corgi Cardigan	Niet erkend	Standaard (“Ticked”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	Diskwalificerend
Welshe springerspaniël	No ruling	Standaard (“any white area may be flecked with red ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standaard (“Red ticking in any of the white areas is acceptable”)
Bassethound	No ruling	Alternatief (“Ticked”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling

Breeds where Roan is a fault

Breed	FCI	AKC	KC	KUSA	UKC
Akita	Niet erkend	Fout (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle (Japanese Akitainu)”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling
AkitaJapans	Niet erkend	Fout (“excessive ticking on legs or muzzle”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling
Appenzeller sennenhond	Fout (“Black ticks on white”)	Fout (“Black ticks on white”)	No ruling	Fout (“Black ticking on white”)	Diskwalificerend
Bull terriër	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Ticking in white coat”)
Bull terriërWit	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Ticking in white coat”)
Cavalier King Charles-spaniël	Fout	Fout (“Heavy ticking on Blenheims or Tricolors”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	Fout
Dwergpinscher	Fout (“Roans”)	No ruling	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling
Faraohond	Fout (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fout (“Flecking or other white undesirable”)	Fout (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fout (“Flecking or white other than above undesirable”)	Fout (“Flecking or any other white is undesirable”)
Karelische berenhond	Fout (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	Fout (“Heavy ticking in white areas”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Keeshond (Pomeraan)	No ruling	Fout (“ticking is undesirable”)	Niet erkend	Niet erkend	No ruling
Miniatuur bull terriër	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	No ruling	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Tick markings in white coat undesirable”)	Fout (“Ticking in white coat”)
Norrbottenspets	Fout (“Roaning or ticking”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sealyhamterriër	Fout (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Fout (“excessive ticking should be discouraged”)	Fout (“heavy ticking on body undesirable”)	Fout (“heavy ticking undesirable”)	Fout (“Ticking on the body”)
Sint-bernardshond	Fout (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling	Niet erkend	Fout (“reddish-brown dots or ticks in the white”)	No ruling
Spaanse waterhond	Diskwalificerend (“Spotty or flecked coat”)	No ruling	Niet erkend	No ruling	Fout (“Ticking”)
Tibetaanse mastiff	Diskwalificerend	Diskwalificerend	Fout (“flecked ... undesirable”)	Diskwalificerend	No ruling

Breeds where Roan is disqualified or not accepted

Breed	FCI	AKC	KUSA	UKC
Basset Artésien Normand	Diskwalificerend (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	No ruling	Diskwalificerend (“Too much black-mottled giving the white a bluish tint”)	Diskwalificerend (“Too much black mottling in the white, giving it a bluish tint”)
Boerboel	No ruling	Diskwalificerend (“ticking or spots within the white to be disqualified”)	Niet erkend	Diskwalificerend (“Ticking on any basic breed standard color”)
Carolina dog	No ruling	Diskwalificerend (“merle/roan/mottling/dappling ... ticking on a dog's body”)	No ruling	Diskwalificerend (“merle, roan, mottling, dappling ... ticking”)
Karpatische herdershond	Diskwalificerend (“flecked in these colors”)	Diskwalificerend (“flecked in these colors”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kroatische herdershond	Diskwalificerend (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	Diskwalificerend (“With white completely interweaved hair on the body and the limbs”)	No ruling	No ruling
Hortaja borzaja	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Welshe herdershond	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Color changes

How Roan can appear or change over an animal's life.

Witchanges toRoan
Vacht · Met de leeftijd · from 2 weeks

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