What does each club give for Peso in the Pug?

FCI, Peso: 6.3–8.1 kg; AKC, Peso: 6.4–8.2 kg; UKC, Peso: 6.4–8.2 kg; KC, Peso: 6.3–8.1 kg; CKC, Peso: 6.3–8.3 kg.

Pug 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
Peso	6.3–8.1 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.4–8.2 kg	6.3–8.1 kg	6.3–8.3 kg
Relação altura/comprimento	1	1	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MordeduraPrognatismo inferior	Padrão (“Jaws / Teeth: Slightly undershot.”)	Padrão (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)	Padrão (“meet in a slightly undershot bite”)	Padrão (“Mouth: Slightly undershot.”)	Padrão (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)
MordeduraBoca torta	Falta (“Wry mouth, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	No ruling	Desqualificante (“Eliminating Faults: Wry mouth.”)	Falta (“Wry mouths, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)	Desqualificante (“DISQUALIFICATIONS Wry mouth”)
DentiçãoDentição completa	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“A full complement of large, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma dos olhosRedondos	Padrão (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling	No ruling	Padrão (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)	No ruling
Porte das orelhasEm botão	Padrão (“Button ear ... Preference given to latter.”)	Padrão (“Preference is given to the latter.”)	Padrão (“preference is given to the button ear”)	Alternativo (“Two kinds: button ear”)	Padrão (“Preference is given to the latter.”)
Porte das orelhasEm rosa	Alternativo (“Two kinds - Rose ear - small drop-ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativo (“There are two kinds - the rose and the button.”)	Alternativo (“rose (drop ears that fold over and back)”)	Alternativo (“rose ear - small drop ear which folds over and back”)	Alternativo (“There are two kinds the rose and the button.”)
Forma do focinhoRombo	Padrão (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Padrão (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Forma do focinhoQuadrado	Padrão (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)	Padrão (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)	Padrão (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Linha superiorHorizontal	Padrão (“Topline: Level, neither roached nor dipping.”)	Padrão (“The short back is level from the withers”)	Padrão (“The topline is level.”)	Padrão (“Topline level neither roached nor dipping.”)	Padrão (“The short back is level from the withers”)
PeitoLargo	Padrão (“Broad in chest.”)	Padrão (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)	Padrão (“with a wide chest and well-sprung ribs”)	Padrão (“broad in chest.”)	Padrão (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)
Inserção da caudaAlta	Padrão (“TAIL: High-set”)	Padrão (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)	Padrão (“The high-set tail”)	Padrão (“High set”)	Padrão (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)
Porte da caudaEnrolada sobre o dorso	Padrão (“tightly curled over hip”)	Padrão (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Padrão (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)	Padrão (“tightly curled over hip”)	Padrão (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)
Porte da caudaDupla volta	Padrão (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Padrão (“The double curl is perfection.”)	Padrão (“the double curl considered the ideal”)	Padrão (“Double curl highly desirable.”)	Padrão (“The double curl is perfection.”)

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Máscara	Padrão (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“The mask should be black”)	Padrão (“Markings are found on the muzzle, to include the mask”)	Padrão (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“The mask should be black”)
Listra de burro	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)	Padrão (“as a back-trace, which is a line extending from the occiput to the tail”)	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)
Pintas	Padrão (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)	Padrão (“as moles on the cheeks”)	Padrão (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)	Padrão (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)
Marcas brancas	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Falta (“Any solid white patch anywhere but on the chest”)
Mancha no peito	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativo (“The white on the chest to be no larger than a dime”)
Marca de polegar na testa	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Padrão (“as thumb marks or diamonds on the forehead”)	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)	Padrão (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Remoção dos ergôs	No ruling	Alternativo (“Dewclaws are generally removed.”)	Alternativo (“Dewclaws may be removed.”)	No ruling	No ruling

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

Pug colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Pug in Preto, Prateado, Fulvo e Alperce. Standard patterns: Sólido.

Pelagem: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Preto	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Black”)	Padrão (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Prateado	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Desqualificante	Padrão (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Fulvo	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Fawn”)	Padrão (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Alperce	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Desqualificante	Padrão (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Branco	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“White”)	Não reconhecido
Albino	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Desqualificante (“Albinism”)	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido
Azul	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“Blue”)	Não reconhecido
Castanho	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“Brown”)	Não reconhecido
Chocolate	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido
Fogo	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“Black & Tan”)	Não reconhecido
Creme	Não reconhecido	Desqualificante	Não reconhecido	Não reconhecido (“Cream - no Black Mask”)	Não reconhecido
Patterns
Sólido	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“The colors are fawn or black”)	Padrão (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)	Padrão (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
Tigrado	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Não reconhecido
Sable	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Não reconhecido (“Sable”)	Não reconhecido
Marcado de fogo	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Não reconhecido (“Black & Tan”)	Não reconhecido
Tigrado reverso	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Não reconhecido

Olhos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Castanho-escuro	Padrão (“Dark, relatively large”)	Padrão (“dark in color”)	Padrão (“dark in color”)	Padrão (“Dark, relatively large”)	Padrão (“Dark, relatively large”)

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

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 Pug'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
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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