United Pet Club

Weimaraner 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
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Înălțimea la greabăn, male59–70 cmunder 57 cmDescalificantover 72 cmDescalificant63.5–68.6 cm61–63.5 cmDefect68.6–71.1 cmDefectunder 61 cmDescalificantover 71.1 cmDescalificant61–66 cm58.4–61 cmAlternativ66–68.6 cmAlternativunder 58.4 cmDescalificantover 68.6 cmDescalificant61–69 cm63.5–68.5 cmunder 63.5 cmDefectover 68.5 cmDefect
Înălțimea la greabăn, female57–65 cmunder 55 cmDescalificantover 67 cmDescalificant58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmDefect63.5–66 cmDefectunder 55.9 cmDescalificantover 66 cmDescalificant58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmAlternativunder 55.9 cmDescalificantover 63.5 cmDescalificant56–64 cm58.5–63.5 cmunder 58.5 cmDefectover 63.5 cmDefect
Lungimea coziiNo ruling15.2 cm15.2 cmNo ruling15.3 cm
Greutate, male30–40 kgNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Greutate, female25–35 kgNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Raport înălțime/lungime0.9No rulingNo ruling0.8No ruling
Raport craniu/botNo ruling1No ruling11

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
MușcăturăMușcătură în foarfecăStandard (“Top and bottom incisors closely touching scissor bite”)Standard (“with correct scissors bite”)Standard (“meet in a scissors bite”)Standard (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)Standard (“with correct scissors bite”)
MușcăturăPrognatism inferiorNo rulingDefect (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)Descalificant (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)No rulingDefect (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
MușcăturăPrognatism superiorNo rulingDefect (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”)Descalificant (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”)No rulingDefect (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”)
DentițieDentiție completăStandard (“teeth complete, regular and strong”)Standard (“Complete dentition is greatly to be desired”)Standard (“A full complement of well set, strong, even, white teeth”)Standard (“Complete dentition highly desirable”)Standard (“Complete dentition is greatly desired”)
DentițieDinți lipsăNo rulingDefect (“More than four teeth missing”)Defect (“Serious Faults: ... More than four missing teeth”)No rulingDefect (“More than four missing teeth”)
Purtarea urechilorPliateStandard (“In alertness, turned slightly forward, folded”)Standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)Standard (“The long, lobular, slightly folded ears are set high”)Standard (“Long, lobular, slightly folded, set high”)Standard (“Long and lobular, slightly folded and set high”)
Inserția urechilorÎnaltăStandard (“Set on high and narrow”)Standard (“slightly folded and set high”)Standard (“are set high”)Standard (“slightly folded, set high”)Standard (“slightly folded and set high”)
Forma ochilorRotunziStandard (“Round, set barely slanting”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Medium-sized, round”)No ruling
StopUșorStandard (“Stop: Extremely slight”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
StopModeratNo rulingStandard (“with moderate stop”)Standard (“The stop is moderate”)Standard (“moderate stop”)Standard (“with moderate stop”)
Profilul facialConcavNerecunoscut (“never with a concave curve”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Linia superioarăDescendentă spre spateNo rulingStandard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)Standard (“sloping slightly from the withers”)No rulingStandard (“should slope slightly from the withers”)
Linia superioarăOrizontalăNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Topline level, with slightly sloping croup”)No ruling
Linia superioarăArcuită (spinare de crap)No rulingDefect (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)Defect (“Roached or sway back”)No rulingDefect (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
Linia superioarăÎnșeuatăNo rulingDefect (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”)Defect (“Roached or sway back”)No rulingDefect (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”)
Inserția coziiJoasăStandard (“Set on slightly lower than with other similar breeds”)Defect (“Low-set tail”)Defect (“Serious Fault: Low set tail”)No rulingDefect (“Low tail set”)
Purtarea coziiJoasă (atârnată)Standard (“Carried hanging down in repose”)No rulingStandard (“At rest the tail hangs down”)Standard (“Carried below level of back when relaxed”)No ruling
Purtarea coziiOrizontalăAlternativ (“When alert or working, carried level or higher”)No rulingAlternativ (“the tail is carried level or higher”)No rulingNo ruling
Purtarea coziiRidicată (veselă)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingAlternativ (“may be raised when animated”)No ruling
Purtarea coziiÎncolăcită pe spateNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingDefect (“Not curled over back”)No ruling
Membrană interdigitalăCompletăNo rulingStandard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)Standard (“The webbed feet are firm and compact”)No rulingStandard (“Firm and compact, webbed”)
Pinteni anterioriPrezențiNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingAlternativ (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs; they're optional”)
Pinteni posterioriLipsăStandard (“Hind feet: Tight and firm, without dewclaws”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs”)
Lungimea gâtuluiScurtNo rulingDefect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)Defect (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)No rulingDefect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
SalbăPronunțatăNo rulingDefect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)Defect (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”)No rulingDefect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”)
PieptAdâncNo rulingStandard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)Standard (“The deep chest is well-developed”)Standard (“Chest well developed and deep”)Standard (“The chest should be well developed and deep”)
PieptÎn formă de butoiDefect (“Well sprung without being barrel-shaped”)No rulingDefect (“Ribs are long and well sprung but not barrel shaped”)No rulingNo ruling
Retracția abdomenuluiLipsă (linie inferioară dreaptă)Standard (“Rising slightly, but belly not tucked up”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Retracția abdomenuluiModeratăNo rulingStandard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)Standard (“Tuck up is moderate”)Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”)
JarețiDrepți și paraleliNo rulingStandard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”)
JarețiBine coborâțiNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Hocks well let down, turned neither in nor out”)No ruling
JarețiJareți de vacăNo rulingDefect (“Cowhocks”)Defect (“Serious Fault: Cow hocks”)No rulingDefect (“Cow hocks”)

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
SteaAlternativ (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)Alternativ (“A small white marking on the chest is permitted”)Alternativ (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)Alternativ (“Small white mark permissible on chest.”)Alternativ (“Small white mark allowable on the chest”)
ȘoseteAlternativ (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”)No rulingAlternativ (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
Marcaje albeDefect (“White markings except on chest and toes.”)Defect (“Very Serious Faults-White, other than a spot on the chest”)Descalificant (“Any white other than a spot on the chest and toes.”)No rulingDefect (“White, other than a spot on chest”)
Dungă dorsalăAlternativ (“Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back”)No rulingNo rulingAlternativ (“Dark eel stripe frequently occurs along back.”)No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Caudectomie (tăierea cozii)Alternativ (“appropriate tail docking is permissible for shorthaired Weimaraner”)Standard (“Tail: Docked. A non-docked tail shall be penalized”)Alternativ (“Docked tail ... Natural tail”)Alternativ (“Previously customarily docked. Docked ... Undocked”)Alternativ (“Short-hair variety may be undocked or docked”)
Îndepărtarea pintenilorNo rulingStandard (“Dewclaws-Should be removed”)Alternativ (“Removal of rear dewclaws is customary but not mandatory”)No rulingNo ruling

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

Weimaraner colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Weimaraner in Gri și Argintiu. Standard patterns: Unicolor.

Blană: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
GriStandard (“roe or mouse grey”)Standard (“Gray”)Standard (“mouse-gray”)Standard (“shades of mouse or roe grey”)Standard (“roe, or mouse-grey”)
ArgintiuStandard (“silver”)Standard (“Silver Gray”)Standard (“silver-gray”)Standard (“silver grey”)Standard (“silver”)
NegruDescalificantDescalificant (“A distinctly blue or black coat”)Descalificant (“distinctly black-colored coat”)NerecunoscutDescalificant
AlbinosDescalificantNo rulingDescalificant (“albinism”)NerecunoscutDescalificant
AlbastruDescalificant (“blue colouring”)Descalificant (“Blue”)Descalificant (“distinctly blue-colored coat”)Nerecunoscut (“Blue”)Descalificant (“blue colouring”)
Patterns
UnicolorStandardStandard (“solid color”)Standard (“solid colors”)StandardStandard
Marcat roșcatDescalificant (“tan brand”)No rulingDefect (“tan or brown markings”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“tan”)
Ochi: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
GriNo rulingStandard (“gray”)Standard (“gray”)No rulingNo ruling
AlbastruNo rulingStandard (“blue-gray”)Standard (“blue-gray”)Standard (“blue-grey”)No ruling
ChihlimbariuStandard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)Standard (“light amber”)Standard (“light amber”)Standard (“shades of amber”)Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”)
Nas: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
ArdezieNo rulingStandard (“gray”)Standard (“gray”)Standard (“grey”)No ruling
RozStandard (“Dark flesh colour, merging gradually into gray towards the rear”)Defect (“pink nose”)Defect (“pink nose”)No rulingStandard (“dark flesh colour, merging gradually into grey towards the rear”)

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 Weimaraner's colors can change over its life.

  • Tărcatchanges toUnicolor

    Blană · Cu vârsta · from 0 to 1 weeks

  • Marcat roșcatchanges toCu șa

    Blană · Cu vârsta · from 6 to 156 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toMaro închis

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toMaro

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toMaro deschis

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toChihlimbariu

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toAlun

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toGalben

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toChihlimbariu

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

  • Albastruchanges toGri

    Ochi · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

Published standards