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
| Measure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Înălțimea la greabăn, male | 59–70 cmunder 57 cmDescalificantover 72 cmDescalificant | 63.5–68.6 cm61–63.5 cmDefect68.6–71.1 cmDefectunder 61 cmDescalificantover 71.1 cmDescalificant | 61–66 cm58.4–61 cmAlternativ66–68.6 cmAlternativunder 58.4 cmDescalificantover 68.6 cmDescalificant | 61–69 cm | 63.5–68.5 cmunder 63.5 cmDefectover 68.5 cmDefect |
| Înălțimea la greabăn, female | 57–65 cmunder 55 cmDescalificantover 67 cmDescalificant | 58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmDefect63.5–66 cmDefectunder 55.9 cmDescalificantover 66 cmDescalificant | 58.4–63.5 cm55.9–58.4 cmAlternativunder 55.9 cmDescalificantover 63.5 cmDescalificant | 56–64 cm | 58.5–63.5 cmunder 58.5 cmDefectover 63.5 cmDefect |
| Lungimea cozii | No ruling | 15.2 cm | 15.2 cm | No ruling | 15.3 cm |
| Greutate, male | 30–40 kg | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Greutate, female | 25–35 kg | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Raport înălțime/lungime | 0.9 | No ruling | No ruling | 0.8 | No ruling |
| Raport craniu/bot | No ruling | 1 | No ruling | 1 | 1 |
Conformation
| Form | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MușcăturăMușcătură în foarfecă | Standard (“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 inferior | No ruling | Defect (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”) | Descalificant (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”) | No ruling | Defect (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”) |
| MușcăturăPrognatism superior | No ruling | Defect (“Badly overshot, or undershot bite”) | Descalificant (“Eliminating Faults: Overshot or undershot bite”) | No ruling | Defect (“Badly overshot or undershot jaw”) |
| DentițieDentiție completă | Standard (“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 lipsă | No ruling | Defect (“More than four teeth missing”) | Defect (“Serious Faults: ... More than four missing teeth”) | No ruling | Defect (“More than four missing teeth”) |
| Purtarea urechilorPliate | Standard (“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 urechilorÎnaltă | Standard (“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 ochilorRotunzi | Standard (“Round, set barely slanting”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Medium-sized, round”) | No ruling |
| StopUșor | Standard (“Stop: Extremely slight”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| StopModerat | No ruling | Standard (“with moderate stop”) | Standard (“The stop is moderate”) | Standard (“moderate stop”) | Standard (“with moderate stop”) |
| Profilul facialConcav | Nerecunoscut (“never with a concave curve”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Linia superioarăDescendentă spre spate | No ruling | Standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”) | Standard (“sloping slightly from the withers”) | No ruling | Standard (“should slope slightly from the withers”) |
| Linia superioarăOrizontală | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Topline level, with slightly sloping croup”) | No ruling |
| Linia superioarăArcuită (spinare de crap) | No ruling | Defect (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”) | Defect (“Roached or sway back”) | No ruling | Defect (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”) |
| Linia superioarăÎnșeuată | No ruling | Defect (“Faulty backs, either roached or sway”) | Defect (“Roached or sway back”) | No ruling | Defect (“Faulty back, either roach or sway”) |
| Inserția coziiJoasă | Standard (“Set on slightly lower than with other similar breeds”) | Defect (“Low-set tail”) | Defect (“Serious Fault: Low set tail”) | No ruling | Defect (“Low tail set”) |
| Purtarea coziiJoasă (atârnată) | Standard (“Carried hanging down in repose”) | No ruling | Standard (“At rest the tail hangs down”) | Standard (“Carried below level of back when relaxed”) | No ruling |
| Purtarea coziiOrizontală | Alternativ (“When alert or working, carried level or higher”) | No ruling | Alternativ (“the tail is carried level or higher”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Purtarea coziiRidicată (veselă) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativ (“may be raised when animated”) | No ruling |
| Purtarea coziiÎncolăcită pe spate | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“Not curled over back”) | No ruling |
| Membrană interdigitalăCompletă | No ruling | Standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”) | Standard (“The webbed feet are firm and compact”) | No ruling | Standard (“Firm and compact, webbed”) |
| Pinteni anterioriPrezenți | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativ (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs; they're optional”) |
| Pinteni posterioriLipsă | Standard (“Hind feet: Tight and firm, without dewclaws”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Dewclaws allowable only on forelegs”) |
| Lungimea gâtuluiScurt | No ruling | Defect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | Defect (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | No ruling | Defect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) |
| SalbăPronunțată | No ruling | Defect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | Defect (“Serious Faults: Neck too short, thick or throaty”) | No ruling | Defect (“Neck too short, thick or throaty”) |
| PieptAdânc | No ruling | Standard (“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 butoi | Defect (“Well sprung without being barrel-shaped”) | No ruling | Defect (“Ribs are long and well sprung but not barrel shaped”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retracția abdomenuluiLipsă (linie inferioară dreaptă) | Standard (“Rising slightly, but belly not tucked up”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Retracția abdomenuluiModerată | No ruling | Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”) | Standard (“Tuck up is moderate”) | Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”) | Standard (“moderately tucked-up flank”) |
| JarețiDrepți și paraleli | No ruling | Standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Well-angulated stifles and straight hocks”) |
| JarețiBine coborâți | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Hocks well let down, turned neither in nor out”) | No ruling |
| JarețiJareți de vacă | No ruling | Defect (“Cowhocks”) | Defect (“Serious Fault: Cow hocks”) | No ruling | Defect (“Cow hocks”) |
Markings
| Marking | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stea | Alternativ (“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”) |
| Șosete | Alternativ (“Only small white markings on chest and toes permitted”) | No ruling | Alternativ (“A small white marking on the chest and on the toes are acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Marcaje albe | Defect (“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 ruling | Defect (“White, other than a spot on chest”) |
| Dungă dorsală | Alternativ (“Sometimes a more or less defined trace occurs along the back”) | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativ (“Dark eel stripe frequently occurs along back.”) | No ruling |
Cropping, docking and other procedures
| Procedure | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | CKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 pintenilor | No ruling | Standard (“Dewclaws-Should be removed”) | Alternativ (“Removal of rear dewclaws is customary but not mandatory”) | 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.
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.
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gri | Standard (“roe or mouse grey”) | Standard (“Gray”) | Standard (“mouse-gray”) | Standard (“shades of mouse or roe grey”) | Standard (“roe, or mouse-grey”) |
| Argintiu | Standard (“silver”) | Standard (“Silver Gray”) | Standard (“silver-gray”) | Standard (“silver grey”) | Standard (“silver”) |
| Negru | Descalificant | Descalificant (“A distinctly blue or black coat”) | Descalificant (“distinctly black-colored coat”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Albinos | Descalificant | No ruling | Descalificant (“albinism”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Albastru | Descalificant (“blue colouring”) | Descalificant (“Blue”) | Descalificant (“distinctly blue-colored coat”) | Nerecunoscut (“Blue”) | Descalificant (“blue colouring”) |
| Patterns | |||||
| Unicolor | Standard | Standard (“solid color”) | Standard (“solid colors”) | Standard | Standard |
| Marcat roșcat | Descalificant (“tan brand”) | No ruling | Defect (“tan or brown markings”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“tan”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gri | No ruling | Standard (“gray”) | Standard (“gray”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Albastru | No ruling | Standard (“blue-gray”) | Standard (“blue-gray”) | Standard (“blue-grey”) | No ruling |
| Chihlimbariu | Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”) | Standard (“light amber”) | Standard (“light amber”) | Standard (“shades of amber”) | Standard (“amber colour, dark to pale”) |
| Color or pattern | FCI | AKC | UKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ardezie | No ruling | Standard (“gray”) | Standard (“gray”) | Standard (“grey”) | No ruling |
| Roz | Standard (“Dark flesh colour, merging gradually into gray towards the rear”) | Defect (“pink nose”) | Defect (“pink nose”) | No ruling | Standard (“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
Sources
Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.