What does each club give for Înălțimea la greabăn in the Beagle?

FCI, Înălțimea la greabăn: 33–40 cm; AKC, Înălțimea la greabăn: under 33 cm; UKC, Înălțimea la greabăn: under 38.1 cm; KC, Înălțimea la greabăn: 33–40 cm; CKC, Înălțimea la greabăn: under 33 cm.

Beagle 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
Înălțimea la greabăn	33–40 cm	under 33 cm33–38.1 cmover 38.1 cmDescalificant	under 38.1 cmover 38.1 cmDescalificant	33–40 cm	under 33 cm33–38 cmover 38 cmDescalificant

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MușcăturăMușcătură în foarfecă	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	No ruling	Standard (“meet in a scissors or level bite”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	No ruling
MușcăturăMușcătură în clește	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“meet in a scissors or level bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
MușcăturăPrognatism superior	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Overshot bite. Undershot bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
MușcăturăPrognatism inferior	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Overshot bite. Undershot bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentițieDentiție completă	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
Purtarea urechilorCăzute (atârnânde)	Standard (“hanging gracefully close to cheeks”)	No ruling	Standard (“setting close to the head ... almost no erectile power”)	Standard (“hanging gracefully close to cheeks”)	Standard (“almost entire absence of erectile power ... setting close to the head”)
Inserția urechilorJoasă	Standard (“Set on low, fine in texture”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Set on low, fine in texture”)	No ruling
Inserția urechilorÎnaltă	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Ears short, set on high”)
Poziția ochilorDepărtați	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The large eyes are set well apart”)	No ruling	Standard (“Eyes large, set well apart”)
Poziția ochilorProeminenți	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“or prominent and protruding”)
StopModerat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with the stop moderately defined”)	No ruling	Standard (“the stop moderately defined”)
Lungimea botuluiMediu	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The muzzle is of medium length”)	No ruling	Standard (“Muzzle of medium length”)
Lungimea botuluiScurt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“or very short”)
Forma botuluiAscuțit	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“muzzle long, snipey or cut away decidedly below the eyes”)
Profilul facialBerbecesc (convex)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Roman-nosed, or upturned, giving a dish-faced expression”)
Lungimea gâtuluiMediu	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The medium-length neck rises free and light”)	No ruling	Standard (“of medium length”)
Forma gâtuluiArcuit	Standard (“slightly arched and showing little dewlap”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“slightly arched and showing little dewlap”)	No ruling
SalbăUșoară	Standard (“showing little dewlap”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“showing little dewlap”)	No ruling
SalbăPronunțată	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Throat showing dewlap and folds of skin, termed throatiness”)	No ruling	Defect (“Throat showing dewlap and folds of skin”)
Linia superioarăOrizontală	Standard (“Topline: Straight and level”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Topline straight and level”)	No ruling
Linia superioarăArcuită (spinare de crap)	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Very long, swayed, or roached back”)	No ruling	Defect (“Very long, swayed or roached back”)
Linia superioarăÎnșeuată	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Very long, swayed, or roached back”)	No ruling	Defect (“Very long, swayed or roached back”)
PieptAdânc	Standard (“Chest: Let down to below elbow”)	No ruling	Standard (“The chest is deep and broad”)	Standard (“Chest let down to below elbow”)	Standard (“Chest deep and broad”)
PieptLat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The chest is deep and broad”)	No ruling	Standard (“Chest deep and broad”)
Inserția coziiÎnaltă	Standard (“Set on high, carried gaily”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Set on high, carried gaily”)	No ruling
Purtarea coziiRidicată (veselă)	Standard (“carried gaily but not curled over back”)	No ruling	Standard (“carried gaily over the back with a slight curve”)	Standard (“carried gaily but not curled over back”)	Standard (“carried gaily, but not turned forward over the back”)
Purtarea coziiÎncolăcită pe spate	Nerecunoscut (“not curled over back”)	No ruling	No ruling	Nerecunoscut (“not curled over back”)	No ruling
Lungimea coziiScurtă	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“It is short as compared with the size of the hound”)	No ruling	Standard (“short as compared with size of the hound”)
Lungimea coziiLungă	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Faults: A long tail”)	No ruling	Defect (“A long tail”)
LabeLabă de pisică	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The feet are close, round, and firm”)	No ruling	Standard (“Feet close, round, and firm”)
LabeLabă de iepure	Nerecunoscut (“Not hare-footed”)	No ruling	No ruling	Nerecunoscut (“Not hare-footed”)	No ruling
JarețiBine coborâți	Standard (“Hock joint: Firm, well let down”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Hocks firm, well let down”)	No ruling
JarețiJareți de vacă	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Cowhocks or straight hocks”)
JarețiDrepți și paraleli	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Cowhocks or straight hocks”)

Beagle colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Beagle in Negru, Alb, Albastru, Gri bursuc, Maro, Roșcat, Culoare de iepure, Roșu și Lămâiu. Standard patterns: Unicolor, Bicolor, Tricolor, Bălțat, Dereș și Marcat roșcat.

Blană: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negru	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Black Tan & White”)	Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”)
Alb	Standard (“all white”)	Standard (“Black Tan & White”)	Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)	Standard (“all white”)	Standard (“all white”)
Albastru	Standard (“blue, white and tan”)	Standard (“Blue Tan & White”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“blue, white and tan”)	Standard (“blue, white and tan”)
Gri bursuc	Standard (“badger pied”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maro	Nerecunoscut	Standard (“Brown & White”)	No ruling	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Roșcat	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Black Tan & White”)	Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”)
Culoare de iepure	Standard (“hare pied”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Roșu	Standard (“red and white”)	Standard (“Red & White”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“red and white”)	Standard (“red and white”)
Lămâiu	Standard (“lemon pied; lemon and white”)	Standard (“Lemon & White”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“lemon pied; lemon and white”)	Standard (“lemon pied; lemon and white”)
Fauve	Nerecunoscut	Alternativ (“Black Fawn & White”)	No ruling	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Albinos	Nerecunoscut	No ruling	Descalificant (“Albinism”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Ciocolatiu	Nerecunoscut	No ruling	No ruling	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Patterns
Unicolor	Standard (“all white”)	Alternativ (“White”)	Descalificant (“Solid color”)	Standard (“all white”)	Standard (“all white”)
Bicolor	Standard (“lemon and white; red and white; tan and white; black and white”)	Standard (“Lemon & White”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“lemon and white; red and white; tan and white; black and white”)	Standard (“lemon and white; red and white; tan and white; black and white”)
Tricolor	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Black Tan & White”)	Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan and white)”)	Standard (“Tricolour (black, tan, and white)”)
Bălțat	Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”)	No ruling	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”)	Standard (“badger pied; hare pied; lemon pied”)
Dereș	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“Ticked”)	Standard (“all typical hound color combinations are acceptable”)	Standard (“all the above mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)	Standard (“all the above-mentioned colours can be found as mottle”)
Marcat roșcat	Standard (“blue, white and tan”)	Standard (“Black & Tan”)	Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)	Standard (“Blue White & Tan”)	Standard (“blue, white and tan”)
Pătat	No ruling	Alternativ (“Spotted”)	No ruling	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Tărcat	No ruling	Descalificant (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”)	Descalificant (“Brindle”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Merle	No ruling	Descalificant (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”)	Descalificant (“Merle”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Tărcat inversat	No ruling	Descalificant (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”)	Descalificant (“Brindle”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Dublu merle	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut

Ochi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Maro	No ruling	Standard (“of a brown or hazel color”)	Standard (“brown or hazel in color”)	No ruling	No ruling
Maro închis	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)
Alun	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)	Standard (“of a brown or hazel color”)	Standard (“brown or hazel in color”)	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)	Standard (“Dark brown or hazel”)

Nas: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	KC	KUSA
Negru	Standard (“preferably black”)	Standard (“preferably black”)	Standard (“preferably black”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternativ: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Descalificant: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Nerecunoscut: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

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

Negruchanges toRuginiu
Blană · Cu starea corporală · can change back
Negruchanges toGri
Blană · Progresiv
Negruchanges toMaro
Blană · La soare · can change back
Albchanges toDereș
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks
Marcat roșcatchanges toCu șa
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 6 to 156 weeks
Negruchanges toNas de iarnă
Nas · Cu anotimpul · can change back
Negruchanges toRoz
Nas · Cu anotimpul · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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