What does each club give for Altura na cernelha in the Spitz Finlandês?

FCI, Male: 44–50 cm; AKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; UKC, Male: 44.5–50.8 cm; KC, Male: 43–50 cm; CKC, Male: 44.5–49.5 cm; FCI, Female: 39–45 cm; AKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; UKC, Female: 39.4–45.7 cm; KC, Female: 39–45 cm; CKC, Female: 39.3–44.5 cm.

Spitz Finlandês 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
Altura na cernelha, male	44–50 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	44.5–50.8 cm	43–50 cm	44.5–49.5 cm
Altura na cernelha, female	39–45 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39.4–45.7 cm	39–45 cm	39.3–44.5 cm
Peso, male	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg
Peso, female	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	10–13.3 kg
Peso	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	14–16 kg	No ruling
Relação altura/comprimento	1	1	1	No ruling	No ruling
Relação crânio/focinho	1.3	1.3	1.3	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MordeduraMordedura em tesoura	Padrão (“Close fitting scissor bite”)	Padrão (“Bite - Scissors bite”)	Padrão (“teeth that meet in a close scissors bite”)	Padrão (“perfect regular scissor bite”)	Padrão (“Lips are tightly closed and thin scissors bite”)
MordeduraPrognatismo inferior	Desqualificante (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Falta (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Falta (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
MordeduraPrognatismo superior	Desqualificante (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)	No ruling	Falta (“Serious Faults: Overshot or undershot bites”)	No ruling	Falta (“Undershot or overshot bite, missing teeth”)
MordeduraBoca torta	No ruling	Falta (“Wry mouth is to be severely faulted”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
DentiçãoDentição completa	Padrão (“42 teeth, according to the dentition formula”)	No ruling	Padrão (“a full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentiçãoDentes ausentes	Falta (“Missing tooth (excluding PM1 and M3)”)	No ruling	Falta (“Serious Faults: ... Missing teeth”)	No ruling	Falta (“Missing teeth undesirable”)
Porte das orelhasEretas (em pé)	Padrão (“Set rather high, always erect”)	Padrão (“Small erect, sharply pointed and very mobile”)	Padrão (“The small, erect, sharply pointed, very mobile ears”)	Padrão (“Small, cocked, sharply pointed”)	Padrão (“Ears are small, erect, sharply pointed”)
Porte das orelhasCaídas (pendentes)	Desqualificante (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Porte das orelhasSemieretas	Desqualificante (“Other than erect ears”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Inserção das orelhasAlta	Padrão (“EARS: Set rather high”)	Padrão (“Ears - Set on high”)	Padrão (“ears are set on high, and covered with fine hair”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma dos olhosAmendoados	Padrão (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, slightly oblique”)	Padrão (“Eyes - Almond-shaped with black rims”)	Padrão (“Medium in size, almond shaped, set slightly obliquely”)	Padrão (“Almond shaped with black rims”)	Padrão (“almond shaped with black rims”)
Forma dos olhosRedondos	No ruling	Falta (“Any deviation, runny, weepy, round or light eyes should be faulted”)	Falta (“Faults: ... Round. Light. Running or weepy”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerado	No ruling	Padrão (“Stop - Moderate”)	No ruling	Padrão (“stop moderate”)	No ruling
StopPronunciado	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“the stop pronounced”)
Forma do focinhoAfilado	Padrão (“Viewed from above and in profile evenly tapering, rather narrow”)	Padrão (“Narrow ... tapering somewhat, equally from all angles”)	Padrão (“It tapers evenly to the tip”)	Padrão (“Muzzle narrow ... evenly tapering”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is narrow; seen from above and from the sides evenly tapering”)
Forma do focinhoPontiagudo	No ruling	Falta (“a long or narrow head with snipy muzzle, is to be penalized”)	Falta (“Faults: ... Long or narrow head, with snipey muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Comprimento do pescoçoMédio	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Muscular, of medium length”)	Padrão (“The neck is muscular, of medium length”)
PapadaNenhuma (garganta seca)	Padrão (“Throat without dewlap”)	Padrão (“Clean, with no excess skin below the muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Linha superiorHorizontal	Padrão (“Back: Rather short, level and muscular”)	Padrão (“Topline - level and strong from withers to croup”)	Padrão (“The topline is level and strong from the withers”)	No ruling	Padrão (“The back is short, level, and strong”)
Linha superiorDe carpa (arqueada)	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Falta (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
Linha superiorSelada	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: Roached, dipped, long back”)	No ruling	Falta (“Roached, dipped or long back”)
PeitoProfundo	No ruling	Padrão (“Chest - Deep; brisket reaches to the elbow”)	Padrão (“The chest is deep, reaching almost to the elbows”)	Padrão (“Chest deep”)	Padrão (“Chest is deep”)
Inserção da caudaBaixa	No ruling	Falta (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Falta (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	Falta (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Inserção da caudaAlta	No ruling	Falta (“Low or high tail-set ... is to be faulted”)	Falta (“Faults: Low or high tail-set”)	No ruling	No ruling
Comprimento da caudaCurta	No ruling	Falta (“or a short tail is to be faulted”)	Falta (“Faults: ... Too short”)	No ruling	Falta (“Low tail set, too curly tail, short tail”)
Forma da caudaQuebrada	Desqualificante (“Kinked tail”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PésPé de gato	Padrão (“Forefeet: Roundish, like cat-feet”)	Padrão (“Rounded, compact foot with well-arched toes”)	Padrão (“Roundish, with tight, well arched toes”)	No ruling	Padrão (“Feet are tight, round, and cat-like”)
PésAbertos	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: Flat, splayed, long feet”)	No ruling	Falta (“flat, splayed, or long feet”)
PésPé de lebre	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Long hare-feet and splayed feet are undesirable”)
JarretesJarretes de vaca	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Faults: Cow hocks”)	No ruling	Falta (“Long hocks, cowhocks”)
Ergôs posterioresNenhum	No ruling	Padrão (“Dewclaws - Removed”)	Padrão (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Calçado baixo	Alternativo (“small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativo (“White markings on the tips of the toes”)	Alternativo (“The following white markings are permitted: on the tips of the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Estrela	Alternativo (“small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Alternativo (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip, ideally no wider than ½ inch”)	Alternativo (“a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip”)	Alternativo (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted.”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Remoção dos ergôs	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws - May be removed”)	Padrão (“Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	Alternativo (“Removal of dewclaws is optional”)

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

Spitz Finlandês colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Spitz Finlandês in Branco, Vermelho e Dourado. Standard patterns: Sable.

Pelagem: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Branco	Padrão (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)	Padrão (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)	Padrão (“The following white markings are permitted”)	Padrão (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)	Padrão (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
Vermelho	Padrão (“bright red”)	Alternativo (“Red”)	No ruling	Padrão (“reddish brown”)	Padrão (“bright red”)
Dourado	Padrão (“golden red”)	Padrão (“Red Gold”)	Padrão (“Golden-red, ranging from pale honey to a deep auburn”)	Padrão (“red gold”)	Padrão (“golden red”)
Albino	Desqualificante	No ruling	Desqualificante (“Albinism”)	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante
Patterns
Sable	No ruling	Padrão (“sparse, separate black hairs on tail and back permitted”)	Padrão (“separate black hairs on the tail and back”)	Padrão (“sparse separate black pointed hairs on back and tail permitted”)	No ruling

Olhos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Castanho-escuro	Padrão (“preferably dark”)	Padrão (“Dark in color”)	Padrão (“preferably dark in color”)	Padrão (“preferably dark”)	Padrão (“preferably dark”)
Castanho-claro	No ruling	Falta (“light eyes should be faulted”)	Falta (“Light”)	No ruling	No ruling
Azul	Desqualificante (“wall eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Desqualificante (“wall eye”)
Amarelo	Desqualificante (“Eyes bright yellow”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Desqualificante (“Eyes bright yellow”)

Nariz: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Preto	Padrão (“jet-black”)	Padrão (“Black”)	Padrão (“black”)	Padrão (“Nose pitch black”)	Padrão (“jet-black”)

What the rulings mean

Padrão: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternativo: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Falta: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
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 Spitz Finlandês's colors can change over its life.

Brancochanges toRuão
Pelagem · Com a idade · from 2 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.

Published standards

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