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

AKC, Male: 27.9–33 cm; UKC, Male: 27.9–33 cm; AKC, Female: 25.4–30.5 cm; UKC, Female: 25.4–30.5 cm.

Schipperke 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	No ruling	27.9–33 cm	27.9–33 cmunder 22.9 cmDefectover 40.6 cmDefect	No ruling	No ruling
Înălțimea la greabăn, female	No ruling	25.4–30.5 cm	25.4–30.5 cmunder 20.3 cmDefectover 38.1 cmDefect	No ruling	No ruling
Greutate	3–9 kg4–7 kg	No ruling	No ruling	5.5–7.5 kg	5.5–8.3 kg
Raport înălțime/lungime	1	1	1	No ruling	No ruling
Raport craniu/bot	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	1

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
MușcăturăMușcătură în foarfecă	Standard (“Scissor bite, pincer bite tolerated”)	Standard (“The bite must be scissors or level”)	Standard (“meeting in a scissors bite; an even bite is acceptable”)	Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standard (“a level or scissors bite is acceptable”)
MușcăturăMușcătură în clește	Alternativ (“pincer bite tolerated”)	Alternativ (“The bite must be scissors or level”)	Alternativ (“an even bite is acceptable”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“a level or scissors bite is acceptable”)
MușcăturăPrognatism inferior	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Faults: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)
MușcăturăPrognatism superior	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Faults: Undershot or overshot bite”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Overshot or undershot mouth”)
DentițieDentiție completă	Standard (“Complete dentition according to the dental formula”)	No ruling	Standard (“A full complement of strong, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
DentițieDinți lipsă	Alternativ (“lack of one or two premolars 1 ... or of a premolar 2 is tolerated”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Purtarea urechilorErecte (ciulite)	Standard (“EARS: Erect, very small, pointed, triangular”)	Standard (“when at attention, very erect”)	Standard (“small, very erect triangular shaped ears”)	Standard (“Carried stiffly erect”)	Standard (“Very erect, small, triangular, placed high”)
Purtarea urechilorCăzute (atârnânde)	No ruling	Descalificant (“A drop ear or ears is a disqualification”)	Descalificant (“Any carriage other than erect”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Drop or semi-erect ears”)
Purtarea urechilorSemierecte	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Any carriage other than erect”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Drop or semi-erect ears”)
Purtarea urechilorDe liliac	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Faults: Ears too long, ears too rounded, hooded ears, bat ears”)	No ruling	No ruling
Inserția urechilorÎnaltă	Standard (“set high but not too close to each other”)	Standard (“placed high on the head”)	Standard (“set high but not too close together”)	No ruling	Standard (“small, triangular, placed high”)
Forma ochilorMigdalați	Standard (“small, almond-shaped, neither sunken nor protruding”)	No ruling	Standard (“The small, almond-shaped eyes are dark brown”)	No ruling	No ruling
Forma ochilorOvali	No ruling	Standard (“small, oval rather than round, dark brown”)	No ruling	Standard (“Dark brown, more oval than round”)	Standard (“small, oval rather than round”)
Forma ochilorRotunzi	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Fault: Light eyes, Large, round, prominent eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopPronunțat	Standard (“Stop: Pronounced but not exaggerated”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
StopModerat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“with a moderate stop”)	No ruling	No ruling
StopUșor	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“fairly broad, flat, with little stop”)	No ruling
Linia superioarăOrizontală	No ruling	Standard (“The topline is level or sloping slightly from the withers to the croup”)	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Back: Strong, short, straight, and level”)
Linia superioarăDescendentă spre spate	No ruling	Alternativ (“The topline is level or sloping slightly from the withers to the croup”)	Standard (“the topline appears to slope gently to the croup”)	No ruling	No ruling
Linia superioarăÎnșeuată	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Faults: Sway back, roach back, appearance of broken topline”)	No ruling	No ruling
Linia superioarăArcuită (spinare de crap)	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Faults: Sway back, roach back, appearance of broken topline”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lungimea coziiFără coadă	Alternativ (“born completely tailless ... should not be penalized”)	Standard (“small, thickset, cobby, black, tailless dog”)	Alternativ (“Some dogs are born completely tailless or with a stumpy or short tail”)	No ruling	No ruling
Inserția coziiÎnaltă	Standard (“TAIL: Set high”)	No ruling	Standard (“The tail is set high”)	No ruling	No ruling
Purtarea coziiÎncolăcită pe spate	Alternativ (“A curled tail or a tail carried over the back is accepted”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“when present curls up over the back or carried down”)	Standard (“Full length tail, tightly curled, carried over the back”)	No ruling
Purtarea coziiJoasă (atârnată)	Standard (“At rest a natural tail ... is preferably hanging down”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“when present curls up over the back or carried down”)	No ruling	No ruling
LabeLabă de pisică	Standard (“Small, round and tight (cat feet)”)	No ruling	Standard (“Small, round, catlike feet”)	Standard (“Small, cat-like, and standing well on the toes”)	No ruling
LabeDesfăcute	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Fault: Flat feet, Splayed feet, hare feet”)	No ruling	No ruling
LabeLabă de iepure	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Fault: Flat feet, Splayed feet, hare feet”)	No ruling	No ruling
Pinteni anterioriPrezenți	No ruling	No ruling	Alternativ (“Front dewclaws are optional”)	No ruling	No ruling
JarețiBine coborâți	No ruling	Standard (“The hocks are well let down”)	Standard (“Hocks are well let down and stifles well bent”)	Standard (“hocks well let down”)	No ruling
JarețiJareți de vacă	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Faults: Cow hocked, Sickle hocked”)	No ruling	No ruling
JarețiJareți în seceră	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Serious Faults: Cow hocked, Sickle hocked”)	No ruling	No ruling
JarețiDrepți și paraleli	No ruling	No ruling	Defect (“Faults: Stright hocks”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lungimea gâtuluiMediu	Standard (“medium length, well-set into shoulders”)	Standard (“The neck is of moderate length”)	Standard (“Medium length and strongly muscled”)	No ruling	No ruling
Lungimea gâtuluiScurt	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“Strong and full, rather short”)	No ruling
PieptAdânc	No ruling	Standard (“The chest is broad and deep, and reaches to the elbows”)	Standard (“a deep brisket, reaching to the elbows”)	Standard (“Chest broad and deep in brisket”)	Standard (“Broad and deep in the brisket”)
Retracția abdomenuluiModerată	Standard (“which has a moderate tuck-up”)	Standard (“moderately drawn up”)	Standard (“belly, which is only moderately tucked up”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Peri albi răzleți	Defect (“occasionally a few white hairs even on the toes”)	Alternativ (“occasional white hairs should not be penalized”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Pete	Descalificant (“tiny white spots, even on the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Marcaje albe	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Any white markings.”)	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Caudectomie (tăierea cozii)	No ruling	Standard (“The croup is broad and well-rounded with the tail docked”)	Alternativ (“Docked or natural tails are equally acceptable”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“Docked to no more than 2.5 cm (1 in) in length or any type of natural tail”)
Îndepărtarea pintenilor	No ruling	Standard (“Dewclaws are generally removed”)	Standard (“Rear Dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	Alternativ (“Dewclaws may be removed”)

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

Schipperke colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Schipperke in Negru, Maro, Roșu, Auriu, Crem și Fauve. Standard patterns: Unicolor.

Blană: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negru	Standard (“Totally black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“solid black”)	Standard (“jet black”)	Standard (“jet black”)
Maro	Defect (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”)	Descalificant (“Chocolate”)	Standard (“brown (light mocha to dark chocolate)”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Roșu	Defect (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”)	Defect (“a transitory reddish cast, which is to be penalized”)	Nerecunoscut	Standard (“range from pale ivory through shades of cream, fawn and gold to light red”)	Standard (“range from pale ivory through shades of cream, fawn and gold to light red”)
Auriu	Descalificant	Descalificant	Nerecunoscut	Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”)	Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”)
Crem	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Cream”)	Standard (“blonde (platinum to strawberry)”)	Standard (“Cream”)	Standard (“Cream”)
Fauve	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Fawn”)	Nerecunoscut	Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”)	Standard (“shades of cream, fawn and gold”)
Gri	Defect (“Grey, brownish or reddish tones in the top coat”)	Descalificant (“Gray”)	Descalificant (“Dilute colors such as grey, blue, or blue-cream”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Alb	Descalificant (“with tiny white spots, even on the toes”)	Descalificant (“White”)	Descalificant (“Any white markings”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Albinos	Descalificant	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Albinism”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Albastru	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Blue”)	Descalificant (“Dilute colors such as grey, blue, or blue-cream”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Roșcat	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Black & Tan”)	Descalificant (“Bi-colored dogs such as black and tan”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Caisă	Descalificant	Descalificant (“Apricot”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Patterns
Unicolor	Standard (“Totally black”)	Standard (“Black”)	Standard (“solid black”)	Standard (“jet black”)	Standard (“jet black”)
Bicolor	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Bi-colored dogs such as black and tan”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut
Marcat roșcat	No ruling	Descalificant (“Black & Tan”)	Descalificant (“Bi-colored dogs such as black and tan”)	Nerecunoscut	Nerecunoscut

Ochi: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Maro închis	Standard (“Dark brown in colour”)	Standard (“dark brown”)	Standard (“eyes are dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark brown”)	Standard (“Dark brown”)
Alun	Standard (“hazel eyes still acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Maro deschis	Defect (“light in colour”)	No ruling	Defect (“Light eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Roz / roșu	No ruling	No ruling	Descalificant (“Pink eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling

Nas: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Negru	Standard (“nose leather always black”)	Standard (“The nose is small and black”)	Standard (“black for the black and blonde”)	Standard (“Nose black”)	Standard (“Nose black”)
Ficat	No ruling	No ruling	Standard (“self-colored on the brown dogs”)	Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”)	Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”)
Roz	Descalificant (“Lack of pigment on nose, lips and eyelids”)	No ruling	Descalificant (“Pink nose”)	No ruling	No ruling

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 Schipperke'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
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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