United Pet Club

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
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Wysokość w kłębie, male69 cm68.6 cm61–68.6 cm69 cm68.5 cm
Wysokość w kłębie, female61 cm61 cm58.4–66 cm61 cm61 cm
Masa ciała, maleNo ruling52.2 kg34–52.2 kgNo rulingNo ruling
Masa ciała, femaleNo ruling36.3 kg29.5–45.4 kgNo rulingNo ruling
Stosunek czaszki do kufyNo ruling1No rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Stop (wyrazistość)UmiarkowanyZgodne ze wzorcem (“Stop: Distinct, though not exaggerated”)No rulingNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“distinct though not exaggerated stop”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“distinct though not exaggerated stop”)
Kształt kufyKwadratowaNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“The muzzle is square, with no hint of snipiness”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
ZgryzZgryz nożycowyZgodne ze wzorcem (“perfect, regular scissor bite”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“A scissors bite is preferred”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“meet in a scissors bite, which is preferred”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“perfect, regular scissor bite”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“perfect, regular scissors bite”)
UzębieniePełne uzębienieNo rulingNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)No rulingNo ruling
Noszenie uszuDługie, zwisająceZgodne ze wzorcem (“Long, pendulous, set on level with corner of eye”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“are long, pendulous, and folded”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The long, pendulous, folded ears”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Long, pendulous, set on level with corner of eye”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Long, pendulous, set on level with corner of eye”)
Osadzenie uszuNiskieNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“They are set low, at or below eye level”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The ears are set low, or below eye level”)No rulingNo ruling
Długość szyiDługaZgodne ze wzorcem (“NECK: Long, powerful”)No rulingNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“Long, powerful, set smoothly into well laid back”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Long, powerful, set smoothly into well laid back”)
PodgardleSłabo zaznaczoneAlternatywne (“Slight dewlap permissible”)Alternatywne (“a slight dewlap is permissible”)Alternatywne (“A slight dewlap is permissible”)Alternatywne (“Slight dewlap permissible”)Alternatywne (“Slight dewlap permissible”)
Linia grzbietuPoziomaZgodne ze wzorcem (“Top line: Level”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The topline is level from the withers to the base of tail”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The backline, from the withers to the base of the tail, is level”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“level top line and broad back”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“level topline and broad back”)
Klatka piersiowaGłębokaZgodne ze wzorcem (“Chest: Deep with well sprung, fairly deep, oval ribcage”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The chest is deep reaching at least to the elbows”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The chest, which is deep rather then wide”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Chest deep with well sprung, fairly deep, oval ribcage”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Chest deep with well sprung, fairly deep, oval ribcage”)
Osadzenie ogonaWysokieZgodne ze wzorcem (“Set high, carried up when alert or moving”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The tail is set high”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“It is set high on the slightly sloping croup”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Set high, carried up when alert or moving”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Set high, carried up when alert or moving”)
Długość ogonaDługiNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“and is long reaching at least to the hock”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The long tail reaches at least to the hock joint”)No rulingNo ruling
Noszenie ogonaSzablastyNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“carried saber fashion (not forward over the back)”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“it is carried in saber fashion, but never forward over the back”)No rulingNo ruling
Noszenie ogonaZakręcony na grzbietWada (“never curling over back”)Wada (“(not forward over the back)”)Wada (“but never forward over the back”)Wada (“never curling over back”)Wada (“never curling over back”)
Stawy skokoweNisko osadzoneZgodne ze wzorcem (“Hocks well let down, turning neither in nor out”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Hocks are well let down, turning neither in nor out”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The well-let-down hocks are well defined”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“hocks well let down, turning neither in nor out”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“hocks well let down, turning neither in nor out”)

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Łata na piersiAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No rulingNo rulingAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No ruling
SkarpetkiAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No rulingNo rulingAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No ruling
Biały koniec ogonaAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No rulingNo rulingAlternatywne (“slight white markings on head, chest, feet and tail tip”)No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Usunięcie wilczych pazurówNo rulingAlternatywne (“Dewclaws on the forelegs may be removed”)Alternatywne (“Dewclaws may be removed from the forelegs”)No rulingNo 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 Czarny, Biały, Szary, Niebieski, Wątrobiany, Podpalany, Czerwony, Cytrynowy, Kremowy, Pszeniczny i Piaskowy. Standard patterns: Jednolity, Dwubarwny, Trójbarwny, Łaciaty, Partikolor, Aguti, Szpakowaty i Z podpalaniem.

Sierść: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
CzarnyZgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan”)
BiałyZgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White Hounds”)
SzaryNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“Gray”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)NieuznawaneNo ruling
NiebieskiZgodne ze wzorcem (“blue”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Blue & Cream”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“blue”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“blue”)
WątrobianyZgodne ze wzorcem (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Liver & Tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“occasional liver, tan and liver”)
PodpalanyZgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)
CzerwonyZgodne ze wzorcem (“red”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“red”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“red”)
CytrynowyZgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Lemon”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White Hounds may have slight lemon, blue, or badger pied markings”)
KremowyZgodne ze wzorcem (“black and cream”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Blue & Cream”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“black and cream”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“black and cream”)
PszenicznyZgodne ze wzorcem (“wheaten”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Wheaten”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“wheaten”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“wheaten”)
PiaskowyZgodne ze wzorcem (“sandy”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“sandy”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“sandy”)
AlbinotycznyNo rulingNo rulingDyskwalifikujące (“Albinism”)NieuznawaneNo ruling
Patterns
JednolityZgodne ze wzorcem (“whole coloured”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Whole coloured”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“whole-coloured”)
DwubarwnyZgodne ze wzorcem (“tan and white”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Blue & Cream”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White & Black”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“tan and white”)
TrójbarwnyNieuznawane (“a white-bodied hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White Black & Tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Nieuznawane (“a white-bodied hound with distinctly separate black patches and tan patches”)Nieuznawane (“a white-bodied Hound with black and tan patches distinctly separate”)
ŁaciatyZgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White hounds may have slight lemon, blue or badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“White Hounds may have slight lemon, blue, or badger pied markings”)
PartikolorNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Particolour”)No ruling
AgutiZgodne ze wzorcem (“badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Badger Markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“badger pied markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“badger pied markings”)
SzpakowatyZgodne ze wzorcem (“grizzle”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Grizzle Markings”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“grizzle”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“grizzle”)
Z podpalaniemZgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black & Tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Black and tan, blue and tan”)
Oczy: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
CiemnobrązowyNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“The eyes are dark”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“The deeply set eyes are dark”)No rulingNo ruling
PiwnyZgodne ze wzorcem (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Those with liver or slate pigment may have hazel eyes”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“a blue and tan hound may have hazel eyes”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“a blue and tan Hound may have hazel eyes”)
ŻółtyWada (“Yellow eye undesirable”)No rulingNo rulingWada (“Yellow eye undesirable”)Wada (“Yellow eye undesirable”)
Nos: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
CzarnyNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Dogs with black-pigmented eye rims and noses”)No rulingNo ruling
ŁupkowyNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Those with liver or slate pigment”)No rulingNo ruling
WątrobianyZgodne ze wzorcem (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“Those with liver or slate pigment”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“a tan Hound may have a brown nose”)
Patterns
Motyli nosZgodne ze wzorcem (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)No rulingNo rulingZgodne ze wzorcem (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)Zgodne ze wzorcem (“A slight butterfly nose permissible”)

What the rulings mean

Zgodne ze wzorcem
Described by the club's breed standard.
Wada
Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Dyskwalifikujące
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Nieuznawane
The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

  • Czarnychanges toRdzawy

    Sierść · Ze stanem organizmu · can change back

  • Czarnychanges toSzary

    Sierść · Postępująca

  • Czarnychanges toBrązowy

    Sierść · Na słońcu · can change back

  • Białychanges toDereszowaty

    Sierść · Z wiekiem · from 2 weeks

  • Z podpalaniemchanges toZ siodłem

    Sierść · Z wiekiem · from 6 to 156 weeks

  • Czarnychanges toZimowy nos

    Nos · Z porą roku · can change back

  • Czarnychanges toRóżowy

    Nos · Z porą roku · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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