Hond pattern
Sabel
Light hairs tipped with black, a shaded darker overlay often heaviest on the back: sable Collies, German Shepherds and Shelties. As a color, sable is the ferret's and Burmese's brown.
132 Hond breeds list Sabel. It is in a club standard for 110 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 19 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Sabel
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghaanse windhond | Standaard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standaard (“All colors are permissible”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Shaded Mask Cream”) | Standaard (“All colours”) |
| Akita | Standaard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips) (Japanese Akita)”) | Standaard (“Red, Black Overlay (Akita)”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Sesame (Japanese Akita Inu)”) | Standaard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips) (Akita)”) |
| AkitaJapans | Standaard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) | Niet erkend | No ruling | Standaard (“Sesame: red fawn, guard hairs with black tips”) | Standaard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) |
| AkitaAmerikaans | No ruling | Standaard (“Red, Black Overlay”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Red & White With Black Overlay”) | No ruling |
| Alaska-malamute | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“sable”) |
| American pit bull terriër | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniël | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Sable”) | Standaard (“A lacing of black hairs over a lighter background color”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Diskwalificerend |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlASCOB | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Sables may be solid or parti-colored”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Diskwalificerend |
| Amerikaanse cockerspaniëlMeerkleurig | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“Sables may be solid or parti-colored”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Diskwalificerend |
| Amerikaanse naakte terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable (Coated Variety)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikaanse staffordshireterriër | Standaard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | Standaard (“Red Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) |
| Azawakh | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Color and markings are immaterial”) | Standaard (“overlays”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Diskwalificerend |
| Barzoi | Standaard (“red with black overlay hair often combined with dark muzzle (sable)”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Red with black overlay, hair often combined with dark muzzle (sable)”) |
| Basset Fauve de Bretagne | Standaard (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back and ears are tolerated”) | Fout (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back, ears and tail are tolerated ... but not desirable”) | Fout (“A few black hairs on the ears or the back are acceptable but not desirable”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“A few black hairs dispersed on the back and ears are tolerated”) |
| Beierse bergzweethond | Standaard (“interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“interspersed with black hair”) | Standaard (“any of which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“interspersed with black hairs”) |
| Berger Picard | Standaard (“fawn with dark overlay”) | Standaard (“fawn charbonné (fawn with charcoal)”) | Standaard (“gray with black highlights”) | Standaard (“fawn with or without dark overlay”) | Standaard (“fawn with dark overlay”) |
| Border collie | Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“variety of colours permissible”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standaard (“overlaid with black”) | No ruling | No ruling | Niet erkend | Standaard (“overlaid with black”) |
| Briard | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay (slight to medium)”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“fawns may have dark shadings on ears, muzzle, back and tail”) | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay (slight to medium)”) |
| Bull terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Red Smut”) | Standaard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Bull terriërGekleurd | No ruling | Standaard (“Red Smut”) | Standaard (“Any color other than white”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Bulldog | No ruling | Standaard (“Black Tips”) | No ruling | Standaard (“dark tips”) | Standaard (“dark tips”) |
| Carolina dog | No ruling | Standaard (“some dark sabling over the back, loins and tail in a ginger dog is permissible”) | Standaard (“some dark sabling over the back, loins and tail in a ginger dog is permissible”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Centraal-Aziatische herdershond | Standaard (“Any”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Any colour”) |
| Chihuahua | Standaard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standaard (“Black Sabling”) | Standaard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Chinese naakthond | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours”) |
| Chinese shar-pei | Standaard (“Darker shading down the back and on the ears permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Darker shading down the back and on the ears permissible”) |
| Collie | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dogue de Bordeaux | Standaard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and top of body”) | Standaard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck and back”) | Standaard (“There may be slight black shading”) | Standaard (“Slight black shading allowed”) | Standaard (“There may be slight black shading on the skull, ears, neck, and top of body”) |
| Drever | Standaard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Duitse dog | Fout (“Fawn Danes: grey, blue, or sooty fawn”) | Fout (“dirty colored Fawns; are not desirable”) | Fout (“black-fronted or dirty colored fawns”) | Standaard (“dark shadings on head and ears acceptable”) | Fout (“Fawn Danes: grey, blue, or sooty fawn”) |
| Duitse herdershond | Standaard (“grey with darker shading”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Sable (gray, tan, red, or silver with black tips)”) | Standaard (“with lighter or brown markings referred to as Sables”) | Standaard (“grey, with darker shading”) |
| Duitse pinscher | No ruling | Standaard (“stag red (red with intermingling of black hairs)”) | Standaard (“stag red”) | Standaard (“stag red”) | No ruling |
| Duitse spits | Standaard (“orange-sable, cream-sable (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“cream-sable, orange-sable”) |
| Duitse spitsGroot | Diskwalificerend (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Standaard (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”) | Standaard (“all colors and markings are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dwergpinscher | No ruling | Standaard (“Stag Red”) | Standaard (“Stag red, which is red with an intermingling of black hairs”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Engelse herder | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable and White”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Estrela-berghond | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“shadings of black throughout the coat”) | Standaard (“With or without guard hairs”) | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Standaard (“colour combinations”) | Standaard (“colour combinations”) | Standaard (“combinations of colors”) | Standaard (“Red Sable”) | No ruling |
| Finse lappenhond | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| Finse spits | No ruling | Standaard (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”) | Standaard (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”) | Standaard (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”) | No ruling |
| Franse bulldog | No ruling | Standaard (“black shadings”) | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| Gladharige collie | Standaard (“Sable: Any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standaard (“Sable: any shade from light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) |
| Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standaard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standaard (“White & Sable”) | Standaard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Fawn with black overlay”) |
| Havanezer | Standaard (“slight blackened overlay admitted”) | Standaard (“Gold Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“slight blackened overlay admitted”) |
| Hokkaido | Standaard (“sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole)”) | Standaard (“Sesame”) | Standaard (“sesame (red fawn hairs with black tips)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ierse terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Puppies sometimes have black hair at birth, which should disappear”) | No ruling | Fout (“Black shading highly undesirable”) | Fout (“Black shading highly undesirable”) |
| IJslandse hond | Standaard (“dark overlay/sable”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“some black tips on the hairs”) | Standaard (“black tips to outer hairs”) | No ruling |
| Italiaans windhondje | Diskwalificerend | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
| Japanse chin | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“Sable includes any of the shades of red intermingled, or overlaid, with black”) | Standaard (“Red includes all shades of sable”) | No ruling |
| Joegoslavische herdershond | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“tipped in black resulting in a sable color pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kanaänhond | Niet erkend | Standaard (“shadings of black on a solid brown or tan dog are frequently seen”) | Standaard (“black shading on red or sand-colored dogs is acceptable”) | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
| Kangal herdershond | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“more dark (sable) hairs in the outer coat”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Karpatische herdershond | Standaard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Pale fawn overlaid with black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kaukasische herdershond | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Keeshond | Standaard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) | Standaard (“The hair of the outer coat is black tipped”) | Standaard (“The length of black tips on the outer hair coat produces the color shadings”) | Standaard (“body hairs black tipped”) | Standaard (“a silver-grey with black hair-tips”) |
| Keeshond (Pomeraan) | Standaard (“orange-sable, cream-sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“shaded sables”) | Standaard (“shaded sables”) |
| Kishu Ken | Standaard (“sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole)”) | Standaard (“Sesame”) | Standaard (“sesame (red hairs with black tips)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Kromfohrländer | Standaard (“With a brown undercoat the tips of hairs may be black”) | No ruling | Standaard (“If the undercoat is brown, the tips of the hair may be black”) | No ruling | Standaard (“With a brown undercoat the tips of hairs may be black”) |
| Laekense herder | Standaard (“fawn with traces of black overlay”) | Standaard (“Fawn Sable”) | Standaard (“Fawn and Sable”) | Standaard (“Reddish fawn with black shading”) | Standaard (“fawn with traces of black overlay”) |
| Lagotto Romagnolo | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable, brown mask and tan markings permissible”) | No ruling |
| Langharige collie | Standaard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) | Standaard (“Sable: any shade of light gold to rich mahogany or shaded sable”) |
| Leonberger | Standaard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standaard (“All colors may have black tips (some with long black tips)”) | Standaard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standaard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) | Standaard (“Black hair tips are permitted”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“any colour permissible”) | Niet erkend |
| Löwchen | Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Red Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Gold Sable”) | Standaard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) |
| Mechelse herder | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay”) | Standaard (“black tips on the hairs giving an overlay appearance”) | Standaard (“fawn and sable ... with charcoaling”) | Standaard (“with black overlay”) | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay”) |
| Miniatuur bull terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“With or without white and/or smut markings”) | Standaard (“Any color other than white”) | Niet erkend | Niet erkend |
| Nederlandse Kooikerhondje | Standaard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red colour”) | Standaard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red color”) | No ruling | Standaard (“A few black hairs intermingling with the orange-red colour”) | Standaard (“Some black hair intermingling with the orange-red colour”) |
| Noorse buhund | Standaard (“with or without dark hair tips”) | Standaard (“with or without dark tipped hairs”) | Standaard (“with or without black tipped hairs”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“with or without dark-tipped hairs”) |
| Noorse elandhond | Standaard (“The colour is made by the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) | Standaard (“variations in shade determined by the length of black tips”) | Standaard (“determined by the quantity of the black tips of the guard hairs”) | Standaard (“with black tips to outer coat”) | Standaard (“The colour is made by the black tips of the hair of the outer coat”) |
| Noorse lundehund | Standaard (“coat more or less sprinkled with hairs with black tips”) | Standaard (“Black Tips”) | Standaard (“with more or less black hair tips”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Norrbottenspets | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Papillon | Standaard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standaard (“White & Sable”) | Standaard (“They may be any parti-color”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekinees | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standaard (“Fawn Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standaard (“All colours and markings are of equal merit”) | Standaard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) |
| Petit Basset Griffon Vendéen | Standaard (“Fawn with black overlay”) | Standaard (“White & Sable”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) |
| Poolse herdershond | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Gray Tips”) | No ruling | Standaard (“all colours other than merle”) | Standaard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”) |
| Pumi | Standaard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) | Standaard (“with some black or gray shading desirable”) | Standaard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable on the fawn colors”) | Standaard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) | Standaard (“a trace of black or grey and a distinct mask are desirable”) |
| Pyreneese herdershond | Standaard (“fawn ... overlaid with black”) | Standaard (“with or without a mixture of black hairs”) | No ruling | Standaard (“various shades of fawn may be overlaid with black”) | Standaard (“fawn ... overlaid with black”) |
| Pyreneese mastiff | No ruling | Standaard (“White & Sable”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Rat terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Sabling is permitted”) | Standaard (“Colored areas may have sable overlay”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Russische toyterriër | Standaard (“red with black, red with blue; red with brown, red with lilac”) | Standaard (“Red Sable”) | Standaard (“red with black; red with blue; red with brown; red with lilac”) | Standaard (“with or without black, brown, blue or lilac overlay”) | Standaard (“red with black, red with blue; red with brown, red with lilac”) |
| Russische Tsvetnaja Bolonka | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saluki | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standaard (“Black Fringed Fawn”) | Standaard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) |
| Schapendoes | Standaard (“All colours are permitted”) | Standaard (“Gray Tips”) | Standaard (“All colors are permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio Italiano | Standaard (“dark red fawn with black overlay (wire-haired)”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianoRuwharig | Standaard (“dark red fawn with black overlay”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shetland sheepdog | Standaard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) | Standaard (“Sable: clear or shaded”) |
| Shiba Inu | Standaard (“sesame, black sesame, red sesame”) | Standaard (“Sesame”) | Standaard (“RED SESAME”) | Standaard (“Red Sesame: Red with an even overlay of black guard hairs”) | Standaard (“sesame, black sesame, red sesame”) |
| Shikoku | Standaard (“Sesame (well mixture of black, red and white hairs in whole.)”) | Standaard (“Sesame”) | Standaard (“Sesame (equal mix of black and white hairs), black sesame, and red sesame”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Siberische husky | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“sable”) |
| Sint-bernardshond | Standaard (“Dark shadings on head desirable. Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“black shadings on face and ears”) | Standaard (“Dark shadings on head desirable. Slight touch of black shading on body tolerated”) |
| Sloughi | Standaard (“with or without black overlay”) | Standaard (“Darker Overlay”) | Standaard (“dark overlay”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“With or without black overlay”) |
| Slowaakse staande draadhaar | Standaard (“brown shaded sable”) | Standaard (“Gray Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standaard (“brown-shaded sable”) |
| Teckel | Standaard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| TeckelGlad | Standaard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| TeckelRuwharig | Standaard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| TeckelLangharig | Standaard (“interspersed black hairs permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“with or without a shading of interspersed black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – which may be interspersed with black hairs”) | Standaard (“Red – may be interspersed with black hairs”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt-terriër | No ruling | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tervuerense herder | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay or grey with black overlay”) | Standaard (“body rich fawn to russet mahogany with black overlay”) | Standaard (“fawn and sable ... with charcoaling”) | Standaard (“with black overlay”) | Standaard (“fawn with black overlay or grey with black overlay”) |
| Tibetaanse mastiff | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Red Gold Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Niet erkend | Standaard (“sable”) |
| Tibetaanse spaniël | Standaard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Red Sable”) | Standaard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) |
| Tibetaanse terriër | Standaard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) |
| Tosa | Niet erkend | Niet erkend | Standaard (“Black tipped hairs are allowed without penalty”) | No ruling | Niet erkend |
| Tsjechoslowaakse wolfhond | No ruling | Standaard (“sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Welsh corgi Cardigan | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable & White”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) |
| Welsh corgi Pembroke | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) | Standaard (“sable”) |
| Whippet | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standaard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) |
| Xoloitzcuintli | Diskwalificerend (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Diskwalificerend (“sable”) |
| XoloitzcuintliBevacht | Diskwalificerend (“sable”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Diskwalificerend (“sable”) |
| Zweedse vallhund | Standaard (“darker guard hairs visible on back, neck and sides of the body”) | Standaard (“Sable”) | Standaard (“as long as they are sabled”) | Standaard (“with darker or black guard hairs”) | Standaard (“darker guard hairs visible on back, neck, and sides of the body”) |
| Basenji | No ruling | Alternatief (“Sable & White”) | Fout (“shaded”) | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Engelse cockerspaniël | Fout | Alternatief (“Sable”) | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
Breeds where Sabel is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australische terriër | Fout (“any smuttiness or dark shadings objectionable”) | Fout (“dark smut in sandy/red coated dogs”) | Fout (“Dark smut in Sandy or Red dogs”) | Fout (“smuttiness or dark shading undesirable”) | Fout (“any smuttiness or dark shadings objectionable”) |
| Basset Artésien Normand | Fout (“Colour: black shading on the head”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fout (“Colour: black shading on the head”) |
| Boxer | Fout (“Sooty ground colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Niet erkend | Fout (“Sooty ground colour”) |
| Broholmer | Fout (“Sooty”) | Fout (“Sooty”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Dwergpoedel (toy) | Fout (“Subjects with solid coloured coat: undefined or not solid colour”) | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
| Field spaniël | Fout (“sable”) | Diskwalificerend (“The sable pattern”) | No ruling | Niet erkend (“sable”) | Fout (“sable”) |
| Hamiltonstövare | Fout (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) | Fout (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) | Fout (“Black and brown hairs mixed together”) | Fout (“Lack of clear division between black and tan undesirable in an adult dog”) | Fout (“Undefined mantle with strong mixture of black and tan hairs”) |
| Mudi | Diskwalificerend | Diskwalificerend | Fout (“color patterns of sable”) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
| Porcelaine | Diskwalificerend (“Orange spots ... mingled with black hairs”) | Diskwalificerend (“Orange spots ... mingled with black hairs”) | Fout (“Intermingled gray or black hairs in the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesische ridgeback | Fout (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) | No ruling | Fout (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) | Niet erkend | Fout (“Excessive black hairs throughout the coat are highly undesirable”) |
| Rottweiler | Diskwalificerend | Fout (“sooty markings”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend |
Breeds where Sabel is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belgische herdershond | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“Sable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hovawart | Diskwalificerend (“blond with smutty touch”) | Diskwalificerend (“blond with smutty touch”) | Diskwalificerend | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend (“blonde with smutty touch”) |
| Lappenhond (herder) | Diskwalificerend (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | Diskwalificerend (“Blue, sable and fawn colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Poedel (standaard) | Niet erkend | Diskwalificerend | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
| Zwarte Russische terriër | No ruling | Diskwalificerend (“Sable”) | No ruling | Niet erkend | No ruling |
| Barbet | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | No ruling |
| Ierse setter | Niet erkend (“with no trace of black”) | Niet erkend (“with no black”) | Niet erkend (“with no trace of black”) | Niet erkend (“with no trace of black”) | Niet erkend (“with no trace of black”) |
| Mopshond | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Niet erkend (“Sable”) | Niet erkend |
| Hortaja borzaja | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |