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

FCI, Male: 54–60 cm; AKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; UKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; KC, Male: 51–56 cm; CKC, Male: 53.3–59.8 cm; FCI, Female: 50–56 cm; AKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; UKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; KC, Female: 46–51 cm; CKC, Female: 48.3–54.5 cm.

Samoied 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, male	54–60 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	51–56 cm	53.3–59.8 cm
Înălțimea la greabăn, female	50–56 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	46–51 cm	48.3–54.5 cm
Raport înălțime/lungime	1	No ruling	1	No ruling	No ruling
Raport craniu/bot	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MușcăturăMușcătură în foarfecă	Standard (“Regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“snugly overlapping with scissors bite”)	Standard (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth with a scissors bite”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“snugly overlapping in a scissors bite”)
MușcăturăMușcătură în clește	Defect (“FAULTS: ... Pincer bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
MușcăturăPrognatism inferior	Descalificant (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Defect (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Defect (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
MușcăturăPrognatism superior	Descalificant (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Defect (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Defect (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Purtarea urechilorErecte (ciulite)	Standard (“EARS: Erect, rather small, thick, triangular”)	Standard (“Strong and thick, erect, triangular”)	Standard (“carried strongly erect”)	Standard (“Fully erect in adults”)	No ruling
Inserția urechilorÎnaltă	Standard (“They should be mobile, set high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Forma ochilorMigdalați	Standard (“somewhat slanting and almond-shaped”)	Standard (“almond shaped with lower lid slanting”)	Standard (“The eyes are dark brown, almond-shaped”)	Standard (“Almond-shaped, obliquely set”)	No ruling
Forma ochilorRotunzi	No ruling	Defect (“Round or protruding eyes penalized”)	Defect (“Faults: Round or protruding eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Linia superioarăOrizontală	Standard (“Back: Of medium length, muscular and straight”)	No ruling	Standard (“blend gracefully into the level back”)	No ruling	No ruling
Purtarea coziiÎncolăcită pe spate	Standard (“carried bent from the root forward over the back or side”)	No ruling	Standard (“normally carried over the back, draped to one side or the other”)	Standard (“carried over the back and to side when alert”)	No ruling
Inserția coziiÎnaltă	Standard (“TAIL: Set rather high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Lungimea coziiLungă	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Tail: Long, profusely coated”)	No ruling
Lungimea coziiMedie	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“The tail is moderately long”)	No ruling	No ruling
LabeOvale	Standard (“Fore Feet: Oval with long toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
LabeLabă de pisică	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Round cat feet highly undesirable”)	No ruling
JarețiBine coborâți	Standard (“Hocks: Rather low and well angulated”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with well let down hocks”)	No ruling
JarețiJareți de vacă	Defect (“Badly bow-legged or cow hocked”)	Defect (“any suggestion of unsound stifles or cowhocks severely penalized”)	No ruling	Defect (“Cowhocks or straight stifles highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Lungimea gâtuluiMediu	Standard (“NECK: Strong and of medium length”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
PieptAdânc	Standard (“Chest: Broad, deep and long”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Chest deep but not too broad”)	No ruling
PieptÎn formă de butoi	Defect (“FAULTS: ... Barrel ribcage”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Retracția abdomenuluiModerată	Standard (“Underline: Moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	Standard (“The belly is tight, with moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma botuluiÎngustat	Standard (“gradually tapering towards the nose”)	Standard (“should taper toward the nose”)	Standard (“there is slight tapering toward the nose”)	Standard (“tapering foreface not too sharply defined”)	No ruling
Forma botuluiAscuțit	Defect (“neither snipey nor heavy and square”)	Defect (“neither coarse nor snipy”)	Defect (“Faults: Coarse, snipey, or shallow muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentițieDentiție completă	Standard (“Normal dentition”)	No ruling	Standard (“a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Îndepărtarea pintenilor	Standard (“The dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling	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.

Samoied colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Samoied in Alb și Crem. Standard patterns: Unicolor și Bicolor.

Blană: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Alb	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)
Crem	Standard (“cream”)	Standard (“Cream”)	Standard (“cream, or all biscuit”)	Standard (“cream”)	Standard (“cream”)
Albinos	Descalificant	Descalificant	Descalificant (“albinism”)	Nerecunoscut	Descalificant
Maro	Descalificant (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)	Descalificant	Descalificant	Nerecunoscut	Descalificant (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)
Patterns
Unicolor	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“White”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)	Standard (“pure white”)
Bicolor	Standard (“white with biscuit”)	Standard (“White & Biscuit”)	Standard (“white and biscuit”)	Standard (“white and biscuit”)	Standard (“white with biscuit”)

Ochi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Maro	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“medium to dark brown”)	No ruling
Maro închis	Standard (“dark brown”)	Standard (“dark for preference”)	Standard (“dark brown”)	Standard (“medium to dark brown”)	Standard (“dark brown”)
Negru	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Maro deschis	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Galben	Defect (“yellow eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“yellow eyes”)
Albastru	Descalificant (“eyes blue”)	Descalificant (“blue eyes”)	Descalificant (“blue eyes”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“eyes blue”)
Patterns
Ochi diferiți	Descalificant (“eyes ... of different colours”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“eyes ... of different colours”)

Nas: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negru	Standard (“preferably black”)	Standard (“black for preference”)	Standard (“black is preferred”)	Standard (“black for preference”)	Standard (“preferably black”)
Ficat	No ruling	Standard (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”)	Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	Standard (“may be brown”)	No ruling
Roz	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“flesh-coloured”)	No ruling
Nas Dudley	No ruling	Standard (“Dudley nose not penalized”)	Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Nas de iarnă	Standard (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called « winter nose »”)	Standard (“color of nose sometimes changes with age and weather”)	Standard (“changes in nose color due to age or weather are not penalized”)	No ruling	Standard (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called "winter nose"”)

What the rulings mean

Standard: Described by the club's breed standard.
Defect: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
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 Samoied's colors can change over its life.

Albchanges toDereș
Blană · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks
Negruchanges toNas de iarnă
Nas · Cu anotimpul · can change back
Negruchanges toRoz
Nas · Cu anotimpul · can change back
Negruchanges toNas de iarnă
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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