Câine color
Ficat
The dog fancy's word for brown eumelanin, a reddish chocolate, and for the brown nose and pads that go with it.
198 Câine breeds list Ficat. It is in a club standard for 158 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 32 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Ficat
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AkbashNas | Standard (“solid dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Akita | Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“any colour (Akita)”) | Nerecunoscut |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“any color including white”) | Descalificant (“liver color”) | Descalificant (“liver color”) | Standard (“any colour”) | Descalificant (“liver color”) |
| AkitaNas | Standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerican · Nas | Standard (“liver color is permitted on white Akitas”) | No ruling | Standard (“a lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Alaskan Klee KaiNas | Standard (“liver-colored for dogs whose coat colors are shades of red”) | No ruling | Standard (“shades of red with white have a nose that is liver/brown colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Leopard HoundNas | Standard (“Red merle-colored dogs have brown or liver colored noses”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver not to be encouraged”) |
| Appenzeller SennenhundNas | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)”) | No ruling | Standard (“in havana-brown dogs, brown (as dark as possible)”) |
| AzawakhNas | Standard (“generally either black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) | No ruling | Standard (“either black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or dark brown colour is obligatory”) |
| BarbetNas | Standard (“Black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“black or brown depending on the colour of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset Fauve de BretagneNas | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) |
| Basset HoundNas | Standard (“in light-colored hounds, where it may be brown or liver”) | Standard (“in light-coloured hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) | Defect (“A deep liver-colored nose ... is permissible but not desirable”) | Standard (“in light-coloured hounds when it may be brown or liver”) | Standard (“in light-coloured Hounds, when it may be brown or liver”) |
| Bearded CollieNas | Standard (“in a born brown, the pigmentation is brown”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Standard (“a born brown dog has brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) | Standard (“normally following coat colour in blues and browns”) |
| Bedlington Terrier | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Bedlington TerrierNas | Standard (“Liver-, liver and tan-, sandy-, and sandy and tan-colored dogs have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Standard (“Livers, livers and tans, sandies, sandies and tans have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) | Standard (“liver and sandies must have brown noses”) |
| Bichon HavanezNas | Standard (“true chocolate-coated dogs, which have dark brown/liver colored pigment”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“chocolate dogs which have solid brown pigment”) | Standard (“for brown shades the pigment may be brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Bloodhound | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) |
| BloodhoundNas | Standard (“black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown”) |
| Bolonka Țvetnaia RusescNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“All shades of solid brown pigmentation are allowed in brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border CollieNas | Standard (“in brown dogs where it may be brown”) | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”) | Standard (“except in brown or chocolate colour, when it may be brown”) |
| Border TerrierNas | Standard (“liver or flesh colored are acceptable”) | Defect (“liver or flesh-coloured one not a serious fault”) | No ruling | Defect (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) | Defect (“liver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and tolerated”) |
| Boykin Spaniel | Standard (“Solid, rich liver or dark chocolate”) | No ruling | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boykin SpanielNas | Standard (“Liver in color”) | No ruling | Standard (“dark liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Bracco ItalianNas | Standard (“Brown, pink or flesh colored depending on coat color”) | Standard (“more or less pink – to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“brown or from pale pink to more or less deep fleshy red depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“pale pink to dark brown, depending on coat colour, but never black”) | Standard (“more-or-less pink to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Braque du BourbonnaisNas | Standard (“matches the coat in color”) | Standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | Standard (“Its colour matches that of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Braque Français PirineiNas | No ruling | Standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | Standard (“Chestnut-brown in colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Buldog FrancezNas | Descalificant (“never brown”) | Descalificant (“never brown”) | Standard (“creams or fawns without black masks, where a lighter colored nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“never brown”) |
| Bull Terrier | Defect (“Blue or liver color”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Standard (“Any color other than white (Colored)”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Bull TerrierColorat | Defect (“Blue or liver color”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Standard (“Any color other than white”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Câine Ciobănesc IslandezNas | Standard (“dark brown in chocolate and some cream-colored dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | Standard (“dark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogs”) | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc Laponez | No ruling | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc LaponezNas | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc PortughezNas | Standard (“others are acceptable as long as it is darker than the color of the coat”) | Standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | Standard (“may be liver coloured in yellow and brown animals”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Apă PortughezNas | Standard (“Brown dogs have nose pigment in harmony with coat color”) | Standard (“In brown specimens the nose is the same colour as the coat”) | Standard (“various tones of brown in dogs with brown coats”) | Standard (“Nose liver in brown, brown and white and brown tones”) | Standard (“In brown specimens, the nose is the same colour as the coat”) |
| Câine de Apă SpaniolNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Beige or white dogs may have either black or brown pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Canaan | Nerecunoscut (“liver”) | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Câine de CanaanNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“varying shades of liver, harmonizing with coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Urmă din HanovraNas | Standard (“occasionally dark brown”) | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“rarely dark brown”) |
| Câine Eschimos AmericanNas | Standard (“The nose leather is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“Nose pigment is black to dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Laponez FinlandezNas | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) | Standard (“brown dogs will have dark brown pigmentation”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, according to coat colour”) |
| Câine Laponez Suedez | No ruling | No ruling | Alternativ (“Liver”) | Standard (“Bear-brown, ... brown”) | No ruling |
| Câine Toy RusescNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Chocolate and Tan dogs have noses that are brown to light brown”) | Standard (“Nose black or self-coloured”) | No ruling |
| Cesky TerrierNas | Standard (“liver in the light coffee brown dogs”) | Standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) | Standard (“liver in coffee colored dogs”) | Standard (“liver in light brown dogs”) | Standard (“liver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriers”) |
| Chesapeake Bay RetrieverNas | Standard (“Nose is fully pigmented and liver in color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChihuahuaNas | Standard (“Accepted nose colors include black, brown”) | Standard (“Any colour permitted”) | Standard (“In moles, blues, and chocolates, they are self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Chin JaponezNas | Standard (“In a red and white dog, nose pigment is self-colored or black”) | Standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) | Standard (“self-colored or black in the red and white”) | Standard (“in red and whites where the colour can be appropriate to markings”) | Standard (“deep flesh coloured, according to the coat colour”) |
| Chow ChowNas | Standard (“cream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissible”) | Standard (“cream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissible”) | Standard (“Cream chows may have a range of nose color, from dark black/brown solid pigment”) | Standard (“cream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissible”) | Standard (“cream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissible”) |
| Ciobănesc American MiniaturalNas | Standard (“reds and red merles have red (liver) nose leather pigmentation”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) | Standard (“brown tones in reds and red merles”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leather”) |
| Ciobănesc AustralianNas | No ruling | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) | Standard (“shades of brown in red merles and reds”) | Standard (“red merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the nose”) |
| Ciobănesc CaucazianNas | Standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in white and light fawn colored dogs”) | Descalificant (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | Descalificant (“Genetic brown nose, lips and eye rims”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Genetic brown nose, lips, and eye rims”) |
| Ciobănesc de Anatolia | Standard (“liver-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“All colours”) | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc de AnatoliaNas | Standard (“except in liver-colored dogs, where it is brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“solid black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Polonez de CâmpieNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown, depending on the coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cirneco dell’EtnaNas | Standard (“ranging from flesh colored through to dark chestnut”) | Standard (“light to dark flesh-colour to brown, depending on the intensity of the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Clumber SpanielNas | Standard (“Acceptable colors are shades of brown, to include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | Standard (“colored shades of brown, which include beige, rose and cherry”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanNas | Standard (“In other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“in other colors it may be brown, liver or black”) | Standard (“black or brown in buffs, browns, brown and tans, roans and parti-colours”) | Standard (“in other colours it may be brown, liver or black”) |
| Cocker Spaniel Englez | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) | Standard (“liver (chocolate)”) |
| Cocker Spaniel EnglezNas | Standard (“brown in liver and liver parti-colored dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“except in livers and parti-colors of that shade where they will be brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Coton de TuléarNas | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown is tolerated”) |
| Curly Coated Retriever | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Curly Coated RetrieverNas | Standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) | Standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) | Standard (“brown in livers”) |
| Dalmațian | Standard (“In liver-spotted dogs, the spots are liver brown”) | Standard (“liver spotted variety with brown spots”) | Standard (“White & Liver Brown”) | Standard (“liver spotted, liver brown spots”) | Standard (“liver-spotted dogs, liver brown spots”) |
| DalmațianNas | Standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“The colour must be in accordance to the colour of the spotting”) | Standard (“brown in liver-spotted dogs”) | Standard (“in liver variety always brown”) | Standard (“in liver variety always brown”) |
| Deutscher WachtelhundNas | Standard (“Color is brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| DobermanNas | Standard (“dark brown in red dogs”) | Standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) | Standard (“dark brown on red ones”) | Standard (“solid dark brown in brown dogs”) | Standard (“in brown dogs, corresponding lighter shades”) |
| Dog de BordeauxNas | Standard (“brown on brown-masked dogs”) | Standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) | Standard (“Brown Mask - Pigmentation of the nose ... will also be brown”) | Standard (“Brown mask - nose and eye rims are brown”) | Standard (“Brown mask: The nose is brown”) |
| Drentsche PatrijshondNas | Standard (“It is brown in color”) | Standard (“brown”) | Standard (“brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Drever | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable ... solid liver brown”) | Descalificant (“liver brown colour”) | Descalificant (“liver brown colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| English Springer Spaniel | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver & White”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver and white”) |
| English Springer SpanielNas | Standard (“liver or black, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver or black in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Epagneul Breton | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“white and liver”) | Standard (“Liver & White”) | Standard (“liver/white”) | Standard (“white and liver”) |
| Epagneul BretonNas | Standard (“Accepted colors include black, brown, fawn, tan and deep pink”) | No ruling | Standard (“shades of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Epagneul FrançaisNas | Standard (“The pigment of all outer mucous membranes is brown”) | Standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | Standard (“Brown, well pigmented”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Eurasier | Nerecunoscut (“with the exception of ... liver”) | Standard (“all colours”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“liver ... unacceptable”) | No ruling |
| Field Spaniel | Standard (“liver, golden liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) |
| Field SpanielNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“light to dark brown or black as befits the color of the coat”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Flat Coated Retriever | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) | Standard (“Black or liver only”) |
| Flat Coated RetrieverNas | Standard (“brown in the liver dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown on liver dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand Basset Griffon VendéenNas | Standard (“except in white and orange coats, when it may be brown”) | Standard (“except for white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | Standard (“white/orange and white/lemon coats where brown is accepted”) | Standard (“white/lemon, white/orange coats where brown is tolerated”) | Standard (“except for white and orange coats, where a brown nose is tolerated”) |
| Griffon KorthalsNas | Standard (“The nose is always brown”) | Standard (“Always brown”) | Standard (“Nose color is always brown”) | Standard (“always brown”) | No ruling |
| Husky SiberianNas | Standard (“liver-colored in copper dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) | Standard (“liver in copper dogs”) | Standard (“liver in red dogs”) |
| JagdterrierNas | Standard (“unless the dog's main color is brown, when a brown nose is acceptable”) | Standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | Standard (“when the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| KomondorNas | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“a dark gray or dark brown nose is not desirable but is acceptable”) | Standard (“dark grey or dark brown nose tolerated”) | No ruling |
| KromfohrländerNas | Standard (“preferably black, but brown is permitted”) | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“preferably black, brown permitted”) |
| Labrador RetrieverNas | Standard (“liver on chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown on chocolates”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Lagotto RomagnoloNas | Standard (“light to dark brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“in shades from light to dark brown, varying with coat color”) | Standard (“Pigmentation ranges from light to very dark brown depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“The colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coat”) |
| Laika de IakutiaNas | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown in colour”) | Standard (“Black or brown”) | Standard (“black or brown”) | No ruling |
| Lakeland Terrier | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| Lakeland TerrierNas | Standard (“in liver colored dogs, when it will be brown”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Standard (“Liver colored noses ... are permissible on liver coated dogs only”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) | Standard (“in liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liver”) |
| Lancashire Heeler | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver brown and tan”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“liver and tan”) | Standard (“liver brown and tan”) |
| Lancashire HeelerNas | Standard (“brown in the liver and tan dogs”) | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Black or brown, in accordance to coat colour”) |
| LöwchenNas | Standard (“except in the brown-coated dogs, when it is dark brown”) | Standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or brown according to coat colour”) | Standard (“except for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brown”) |
| Malamut de AlaskaNas | Standard (“in the red dogs, where brown pigment is acceptable”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) | Standard (“in red and white dogs when it is brown”) | Standard (“brown is permitted in red dogs”) |
| Mastiff TibetanNas | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brown dogs, the darkest shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mastino NapoletanoNas | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“chestnut for brown coats”) |
| Mountain CurNas | Standard (“self-colored”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiNas | Standard (“Brown dogs will have brown pigmentation”) | Standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) | Standard (“Brown and graybrown dogs – Brown nose”) | Standard (“brown and merle where nose colour brown”) | Standard (“for liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brown”) |
| NewfoundlandNas | No ruling | Standard (“brown on brown dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown in brown dogs”) | Standard (“brown on brown dogs”) |
| Ogar | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut |
| Ogar AfganNas | Defect (“Nose any color other than black”) | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) | Standard (“liver permissible in light-coloured dogs”) |
| Ogar ItalianNas | Standard (“may be brown or blue in harmony with the color of the coat”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown or in keeping with the color of the dog”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Otterhound | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Standard (“Liver & Tan”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) | Standard (“occasional liver, tan and liver”) |
| OtterhoundNas | Standard (“Those with liver or slate pigment”) | Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Standard (“black, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the hound”) | Standard (“a tan hound may have a brown nose”) | Standard (“a tan Hound may have a brown nose”) |
| Papillon | Standard (“white with patches of any color”) | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“White & Liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“any colour except liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“any colour except liver”) |
| Peruvian Inca OrchidNas | Standard (“self-colored in the lighter colored dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Petit Basset Griffon VendéenNas | Standard (“a brown nose is acceptable in orange and white dogs”) | Standard (“the white and orange coats where a brown nose is tolerated”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pinscher PiticNas | Standard (“chocolate-colored ... dogs, which have self-colored noses”) | No ruling | Standard (“chocolates which should have a self-colored nose”) | Standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) | Standard (“chocolate ... it may be self-coloured”) |
| Pointer | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver and white”) | Standard (“liver and white”) |
| PointerNas | Standard (“The nose leather may be black or self-colored”) | No ruling | Standard (“In the darker colors, the nose should be black or brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pointer German cu Păr LungNas | No ruling | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Brown”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) | No ruling |
| Pointer German cu Păr Sârmos | Standard (“Solid liver”) | Standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“solid liver”) | Standard (“Brown with or without white chest patch”) |
| Pointer German cu Păr SârmosNas | Standard (“Dark brown in liver dogs”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) | Standard (“The nose is dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose liver or black”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coat”) |
| Pointer German cu Păr Scurt | Standard (“solid liver”) | Standard (“Solid brown, without markings”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Solid liver”) | Standard (“Solid liver”) |
| Pointer German cu Păr ScurtNas | Standard (“solid brown in liver-colored dogs”) | Standard (“Basically brown”) | Standard (“brown on a liver dog”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown or black depending on coat colour”) |
| Pointer PortughezNas | Standard (“brown on dogs with brown coats”) | Defect | Defect | No ruling | No ruling |
| PomeranianNas | Standard (“except in brown, blue and beaver colored dogs, when it may be self colored”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“self-colored in chocolate, beaver and blue”) | Standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) | Standard (“brown in chocolate-tipped sable dogs”) |
| Pudel (Miniatural)Nas | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Pudel (Standard)Nas | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| Pudel (Toy)Nas | Standard (“Nose leather is liver”) | Standard (“brown nose in brown subjects”) | Standard (“liver-colored noses”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) | Standard (“dark liver nose”) |
| PudelpointerNas | Standard (“Strongly pigmented according to the color of the coat”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | Standard (“Strongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colour”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rat TerrierNas | Standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rater ValenciàNas | No ruling | Standard (“dark, according to coat color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian RidgebackNas | Standard (“The nose has black or brown pigment”) | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) | Standard (“Should be black, or brown, also known as liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or brown”) | Standard (“The nose should be black or brown”) |
| SalukiNas | Standard (“black or liver”) | Standard (“Black or liver brown”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) | Standard (“Nose black or liver”) |
| SamoiedNas | Standard (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”) | Standard (“may be brown”) | No ruling |
| SchipperkeNas | Standard (“self-colored on the brown dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose may be black or dark brown”) |
| Setter Englez | Standard (“liver and white; liver belton”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Standard (“Liver Belton”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) | Standard (“liver and white (liver belton)”) |
| Setter EnglezNas | Standard (“black or dark liver in color”) | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) | Standard (“black or dark brown”) | Standard (“colour of nose black or liver”) | Standard (“black or liver, according to colour of coat”) |
| Setter IrlandezNas | Standard (“Black or chocolate”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, or dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“Nose black or chocolate”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) | Standard (“dark mahogany, dark walnut or black”) |
| Setter Irlandez Roșu și AlbNas | Standard (“Black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shar-PeiNas | Standard (“In dilute-colored dogs, the nose is self-colored”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Standard (“In dilute colors, the preferred nose is self-colored”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) | Standard (“any colour conforming to general coat colour permissible”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) |
| Shih TzuNas | Standard (“on liver-colored dogs, when it is liver”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Standard (“liver on liver pigmented dogs”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver marked dogs”) | Standard (“dark liver in liver or liver-marked dogs”) |
| Small MünsterländerNas | Standard (“Brown in color, fully pigmented”) | Standard (“Whole coloured brown”) | Standard (“Nose is solid brown”) | Standard (“Nose solid brown”) | Standard (“Whole-coloured brown”) |
| Spaniel de Apă American | Standard (“Solid liver or dark chocolate”) | Standard (“Colour either solid liver, brown or dark chocolate”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Brown”) | No ruling |
| Spaniel de Apă AmericanNas | No ruling | Standard (“Dark in colour, black or dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose dark in color, black or dark brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Spaniel de Apă Irlandez | Standard (“Solid liver in color”) | Standard (“A very rich puce liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“Rich, dark liver with purplish tint or bloom peculiar to the breed”) | Standard (“A very rich puce liver”) |
| Spaniel de Apă IrlandezNas | Standard (“Liver colored”) | Standard (“of dark liver colour”) | Standard (“dark liver in color”) | Standard (“dark liver colour”) | Standard (“of dark liver colour”) |
| Spinone ItalianNas | Standard (“chestnut brown in brown (roan to chestnut) dogs”) | Standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) | Standard (“brown in brown-and-white or brown-roan dogs”) | Standard (“brown in brown roans”) | Standard (“brown in the liver roan subjects”) |
| Spitz GermanNas | Standard (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”) | Standard (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”) | Standard (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”) |
| StabyhounNas | Standard (“black or brown in color, depending on the color of the coat”) | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brown in dogs with a brown and white coat colour”) |
| Sussex Spaniel | Standard (“rich, golden liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Standard (“Golden Liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) | Standard (“Rich golden liver”) |
| Sussex SpanielNas | Standard (“liver-colored”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) | Standard (“liver colored”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) | Standard (“liver in colour”) |
| TeckelNas | Standard (“brown or black for chocolate dogs”) | Standard (“brown, in dogs with brown base colour”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) | Standard (“brown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt TerrierNas | Standard (“self-colored corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-colored, corresponding with the body color”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Terrier American fără PărNas | Standard (“chocolate ... with self-colored nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Toy Fox TerrierNas | Defect (“Brown nose”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-colored in chocolate dogs”) | No ruling | Standard (“self-coloured in chocolate dogs”) |
| VizslaNas | Standard (“The nose is brown”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Standard (“Nose self-colored”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) | Standard (“Nose brown”) |
| Vizsla cu Păr SârmosNas | No ruling | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) | Standard (“The nose color should blend with the coat color”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose is harmonious with the coat colour”) | Standard (“The colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colour”) |
| Welsh Springer SpanielNas | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | Standard (“black or any shade of brown”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| WhippetNas | No ruling | Standard (“liver nose in creams and other dilute colours”) | Standard (“dark brown”) | Standard (“Nose liver in creams”) | Standard (“Nose liver in creams”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleCu blană | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintlePiele și solzi | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleFără păr · Piele și solzi | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“Liver”) | Standard (“liver”) | Standard (“liver”) |
| XoloitzcuintleNas | Standard (“brown or pink in bronze and blond dogs”) | Standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“It can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogs”) |
| Tervueren Belgian | No ruling | Descalificant | Alternativ (“Fawn & Liver”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
Breeds where Ficat is a fault
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvier des FlandresNas | Defect (“brown ... nose”) | Descalificant | Defect (“a brown ... nose is a serious fault”) | No ruling | Descalificant |
| Buhund NorvegianNas | Defect (“liver colored ... nose”) | Defect (“liver ... coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“liver- ... coloured nose”) |
| Buldog EnglezNas | Defect | Nerecunoscut (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Descalificant (“a brown or liver-colored nose shall disqualify”) | Nerecunoscut (“under no circumstances liver colour, red or brown”) | Nerecunoscut (“under no circumstances liver colour, red, or brown”) |
| Bull Terrier Miniatural | Defect (“Blue or liver color”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Descalificant | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) | Defect (“Blue and liver highly undesirable”) |
| Câine de Cireadă Australian fără CoadăNas | No ruling | Defect (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | Defect (“Brown or flesh coloured nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine de Munte din PirineiNas | Descalificant | Descalificant | No ruling | Defect (“Liver or pink pigmentation highly undesirable”) | Descalificant |
| Ciobănesc German | Descalificant (“liver”) | Nerecunoscut | Defect (“Liver”) | Defect (“livers ... highly undesirable”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Fox Terrier cu Păr Neted | Defect (“liver”) | Defect (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Defect (“liver markings are objectionable”) | Defect (“liver markings highly undesirable”) | Defect (“liver markings highly undesirable”) |
| Fox Terrier cu Păr Sârmos | Defect (“liver”) | Defect (“liver ... markings undesirable”) | Defect (“liver ... objectionable”) | Defect (“liver ... marking highly undesirable”) | Defect (“liver ... marking undesirable”) |
| NorrbottenspetsNas | No ruling | Defect (“liver brown nose”) | Defect (“liver brown nose is a fault”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ogar IrlandezNas | Defect | Defect | Defect (“Lips or nose liver-colored”) | No ruling | Defect |
| Spaniel TibetanNas | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“Liver or putty-colored pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Defect (“liver”) | Defect (“liver colour highly undesirable”) | Descalificant (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“liver”) |
| Vallhund Suedez | No ruling | Descalificant (“liver brown ... coat colour”) | Defect | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“liver brown ... coat colour”) |
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Descalificant | Defect (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Descalificant (“Liver & White”) | Defect (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) | Defect (“liver ... colours highly undesirable”) |
| Welsh Corgi PembrokeNas | Defect (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | Defect (“bluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigment”) | No ruling | No ruling |
Breeds where Ficat is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | UKC | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biewer TerrierNas | Descalificant (“Liver colored nose pigment”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“liver pigmentation of eye rims or nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Boerboel | Descalificant (“Liver color on any basic breed standard color”) | No ruling | Descalificant | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Only dogs with black eumelanin pigmentation are acceptable”) |
| Boston Terrier | Descalificant (“gray or liver colors”) | Descalificant (“Grey or liver colours”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut (“Red & White”) | Descalificant (“Grey or liver colours”) |
| Buldog Francez | Descalificant (“liver”) | Descalificant | Descalificant (“liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“Brown”) | Descalificant |
| Câine Ciobănesc Kangal | Descalificant (“Dogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body color”) | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc KangalNas | Descalificant (“Liver or chocolate-colored nose”) | Descalificant (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brown nose and pigmentation”) |
| Cane Corso | No ruling | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant |
| Dog GermanNas | No ruling | Descalificant (“Nose: Liver coloured”) | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“Nose: Liver coloured”) |
| Dogo ArgentinoNas | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brown nose”) | Descalificant | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brown nose”) |
| Leonberger | Descalificant (“Off colors, such as brown (liver) with brown nose and foot pads”) | Descalificant (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“Faulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)”) |
| LeonbergerNas | Descalificant (“Brown nose, which occurs in liver-colored dogs”) | Descalificant (“Brown nose leather”) | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brown nose leather”) |
| Parson Russell TerrierNas | Descalificant (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Liver color nose”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco IbicencoNas | Descalificant (“Dark brown pigment ... on the nose leather”) | Descalificant (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) | Descalificant (“never black or liver”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brown pigment ... on nose leather”) |
| Russell TerrierNas | Descalificant (“Brown or liver nose”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Nose any color other than black”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Schnauzer Pitic | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut (“Liver”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Segugio Italian | Descalificant | Descalificant (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Descalificant (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianCu păr scurt | Descalificant | Descalificant (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | Descalificant (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianCu păr sârmos | Descalificant | Descalificant (“coffee, brown or liver colour”) | Descalificant (“coffee, chestnut brown, liver”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Skye TerrierNas | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“A ... brown nose shall disqualify”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pekinez | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“except albino or liver”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) | Nerecunoscut (“Albino, liver or merle unacceptable”) |
| Biewer Yorkshire à la Pom-PonNas | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya BorzayaNas | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco AndaluzNas | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |