Bearded Collie 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
| Measure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altura na cernelha, male | 53–56 cm | 53.3–55.9 cm | 53.3–55.9 cm | 53–56 cm | 53.3–56 cm |
| Altura na cernelha, female | 51–53 cm | 50.8–53.3 cm | 50.8–53.3 cm | 51–53 cm | 50.8–53.3 cm |
| Relação altura/comprimento | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Relação crânio/focinho | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ângulo escapuloumeral | No ruling | 90° | No ruling | No ruling | 90° |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StopModerado | Padrão (“Stop: Moderate.”) | Padrão (“the stop is moderate”) | Padrão (“The stop is moderate.”) | Padrão (“Moderate stop.”) | Padrão (“The stop should be moderate.”) |
| MordeduraMordedura em tesoura | Padrão (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite preferred”) | Padrão (“meeting in a scissors bite”) | Padrão (“meet in a scissors bite”) | Padrão (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite preferred”) | Padrão (“incisors of the lower jaw fitting tightly behind those of the upper jaw”) |
| MordeduraMordedura em torquês | Alternativo (“Level bite tolerated.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“Level bite tolerated”) | Alternativo (“a level bite is acceptable”) |
| DentiçãoDentição completa | No ruling | Padrão (“Full dentition is desirable.”) | Padrão (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”) | No ruling | Padrão (“A full set of forty-two teeth is desirable.”) |
| Porte das orelhasCaídas (pendentes) | Padrão (“Of medium size and drooping.”) | Padrão (“medium sized, hanging and covered with long hair”) | Padrão (“medium-sized, hanging and covered with long hair”) | Padrão (“Of medium size and drooping.”) | Padrão (“ears are of medium size and drooping”) |
| Forma dos olhosRedondos | No ruling | No ruling | Falta (“Faults: Round eyes. Protruding eyes.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Forma do focinhoPontiagudo | No ruling | Falta (“Serious Faults: Snipy muzzle.”) | Falta (“Severe Fault: Snipey muzzle.”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Linha superiorHorizontal | Padrão (“Back: Level.”) | Padrão (“The back is level.”) | Padrão (“The back is level”) | Padrão (“Back level”) | Padrão (“The back must be level”) |
| Inserção da caudaBaixa | Padrão (“Set low, without kink or twist”) | Padrão (“The tail is set low”) | Padrão (“It is set low”) | Padrão (“Set low, without kink or twist”) | Padrão (“The tail is set low, without kink or twist”) |
| Porte da caudaBaixa (pendente) | Padrão (“Carried low with an upward swirl at tip”) | Padrão (“normally carried low with an upward swirl at the tip”) | Padrão (“normally carried low with an upward swirl at the tip”) | Padrão (“Carried low with an upward swirl at tip”) | No ruling |
| Porte da caudaEnrolada sobre o dorso | Não reconhecido (“Never carried over back.”) | No ruling | Desqualificante (“Disqualification: tail carried up over the back.”) | Não reconhecido (“Never carried over back.”) | No ruling |
| Comprimento da caudaLonga | Padrão (“long enough for end of bone to reach at least point of hock”) | Padrão (“long enough for the end of the bone to reach at least the point of the hocks”) | Padrão (“extends at least to the hocks”) | Padrão (“long enough for end of bone to reach at least point of hock”) | No ruling |
| PésOvais | Padrão (“Forefeet: Oval with soles well padded.”) | Padrão (“The feet are oval in shape”) | Padrão (“The oval-shaped feet have well-padded soles.”) | Padrão (“Oval with soles well padded.”) | Padrão (“The feet are oval in shape with the soles well padded”) |
| JarretesBem descidos | Padrão (“Hock joint: Low.”) | Padrão (“The hocks are low.”) | Padrão (“the hocks are low to the ground”) | Padrão (“well-bent stifles and low hocks”) | Padrão (“well-bent stifles and low hocks”) |
| Comprimento do pescoçoMédio | Padrão (“NECK: Moderate length, muscular and slightly arched.”) | No ruling | No ruling | Padrão (“Moderate length, muscular and slightly arched.”) | No ruling |
| PeitoProfundo | Padrão (“Chest: Deep, giving plenty of heart and lung room.”) | Padrão (“The chest is deep, reaching at least to the elbows.”) | Padrão (“The deep chest reaches at least to the elbows.”) | Padrão (“chest deep, giving plenty of heart and lung room”) | Padrão (“the chest is deep, giving plenty of heart and lung room”) |
| PeitoEm barril | Não reconhecido (“Ribs well sprung but not barrelled.”) | No ruling | Não reconhecido (“not barreled”) | Não reconhecido (“ribs well sprung but not barrelled”) | No ruling |
Markings
| Marking | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lista larga | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears on foreface, as a blaze on skull”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it only appears on the foreface as a blaze”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears on foreface, as a blaze on skull”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it should only appear on the foreface, as a blaze”) |
| Ponta da cauda branca | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on tip of tail”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it only appears ... on the tip of the tail”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on tip of tail”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it should only appear ... on the tip of the tail”) |
| Mancha no peito | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on chest, legs and feet”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it only appears ... on the chest, legs and feet”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on chest, legs and feet”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it should only appear ... on the chest, legs and feet”) |
| Calçado baixo | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on chest, legs and feet”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it only appears ... on the chest, legs and feet”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“When white occurs it appears ... on chest, legs and feet”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it should only appear ... on the chest, legs and feet”) |
| Colar | Alternativo (“if round the collar, roots of white hair should not extend behind shoulder”) | Alternativo (“Where white occurs, it only appears ... and around the neck”) | No ruling | Alternativo (“if round the collar, roots of white hair should not extend behind shoulder”) | Alternativo (“and, if round the collar, the roots of the white hair”) |
| Marcas de fogo | Alternativo (“Slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears”) | Alternativo (“Tan markings occasionally appear and are acceptable on the eyebrows, inside the ears”) | Alternativo (“Tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Alternativo (“Slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears”) | Alternativo (“Slight tan markings are acceptable on the eyebrows, inside the ears”) |
| Marcas irlandesas | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativo (“with or without white markings in the Irish Pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Bearded Collie colors and patterns
What each club's breed standard says about every Bearded Collie color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.
Breed standards describe the Bearded Collie in Preto, Branco, Cinzento, Azul, Ardósia, Castanho, Fogo, Fulvo e Areia. Standard patterns: Sólido, Bicolor, Tricolor e Marcado de fogo.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preto | Padrão (“black”) | Padrão (“Black”) | Padrão (“black”) | Padrão (“black”) | Padrão (“black”) |
| Branco | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings in the Irish Pattern”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) |
| Cinzento | Padrão (“all shades of grey”) | Padrão (“a born black may become any shade of gray from black to slate to silver”) | Padrão (“puppies that are born black begin graying”) | Padrão (“all shades of grey”) | Padrão (“all shades of grey”) |
| Azul | Padrão (“blue”) | Padrão (“Blue”) | Padrão (“blue”) | Padrão (“blue”) | Padrão (“blue”) |
| Ardósia | Padrão (“slate grey”) | Padrão (“a born black may become any shade of gray from black to slate to silver”) | No ruling | Padrão (“slate grey”) | Padrão (“slate grey”) |
| Castanho | Padrão (“brown”) | Padrão (“Brown”) | Padrão (“brown”) | Padrão (“brown”) | Padrão (“brown”) |
| Fogo | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable”) | Padrão (“tan markings occasionally appear and are acceptable”) | Padrão (“tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable”) | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable”) |
| Fulvo | Padrão (“reddish-fawn”) | Padrão (“Fawn”) | Padrão (“fawn”) | Padrão (“reddish-fawn”) | Padrão (“reddish-fawn”) |
| Areia | Padrão (“sandy”) | Padrão (“a born brown from chocolate to sandy”) | No ruling | Padrão (“sandy”) | Padrão (“sandy”) |
| Albino | No ruling | No ruling | Desqualificante (“albinism”) | Não reconhecido | Não reconhecido |
| Patterns | |||||
| Sólido | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) | Padrão (“with or without white markings”) |
| Bicolor | Padrão (“with white markings”) | Padrão (“White Markings”) | Padrão (“with white markings in the Irish Pattern”) | Padrão (“Black & White”) | Padrão (“with white markings”) |
| Tricolor | Padrão (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) | Padrão (“White & Tan Markings”) | Padrão (“tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Padrão (“Black Tricolour”) | Padrão (“tan markings ... on legs where white joins main colour”) |
| Marcado de fogo | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears, on cheeks”) | Padrão (“White & Tan Markings”) | Padrão (“tan trim may occur on all colors”) | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears, on cheeks”) | Padrão (“slight tan markings are acceptable on eyebrows, inside ears, on cheeks”) |
| Merle | Não reconhecido (“never merle/dapple”) | No ruling | No ruling | Não reconhecido (“merle unacceptable”) | Não reconhecido (“never merle/dapple”) |
| Duplo merle | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Color or pattern | AKC | UKC |
|---|---|---|
| Castanho-claro | Padrão (“in a born blue or fawn, the distinctively lighter eyes are correct”) | Padrão (“lighter-colored eyes are characteristic of the dogs born blue or fawn”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preto | Padrão (“generally black”) | Padrão (“in a born black, the eye rims, nose and lips are black”) | Padrão (“in a born black, pigmentation is black”) | Padrão (“generally black”) | Padrão (“generally black”) |
| Ardósia | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Padrão (“in the born blue, the pigmentation is a blue-gray color”) | Padrão (“in a born blue, the pigmentation is blue-gray”) | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) |
| Fígado | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Padrão (“a born brown dog has brown pigmentation”) | Padrão (“in a born brown, the pigmentation is brown”) | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Padrão (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) |
| Isabela | No ruling | Padrão (“born fawns a correspondingly lighter brown”) | Padrão (“in a born fawn, the pigmentation is a lighter brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
What the rulings mean
- Padrão
- Described by the club's breed standard.
- Desqualificante
- The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
- Não reconhecido
- The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.
Color changes
How a Bearded Collie's colors can change over its life.
Pretochanges toFerrugem
Pelagem · Com a condição corporal · can change back
Pretochanges toCinzento
Pelagem · Progressivo
Pretochanges toCastanho
Pelagem · Ao sol · can change back
Brancochanges toRuão
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 2 weeks
Marcado de fogochanges toCom sela
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 6 to 156 weeks
Pretochanges toCinzento
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Pretochanges toArdósia
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Pretochanges toPrateado
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Azulchanges toPrateado
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Castanhochanges toAreia
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Fulvochanges toChampanhe
Pelagem · Progressivo · from 8 to 52 weeks
Pretochanges toNariz de neve
Nariz · Com a estação · can change back
Pretochanges toRosa
Nariz · Com a estação · can change back
Sources
Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.