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Câine color

Alb

White hair, feathers, skin, horn or shell. A white coat can still have dark eyes and dark skin; compare albino and leucistic.

255 Câine breeds list Alb. It is in a club standard for 221 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 29 breeds.

Breeds whose standards accept Alb

BreedFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
AffenpinscherDefect (“white or spotted coat”)Standard (“A small white spot on the chest is not penalized”)Standard (“A small white spot or a line of white hairs on the chest are not to be penalized”)NerecunoscutDefect (“white, or spotted coat”)
AkbashNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“The Akbash Dog is always white”)No rulingNo ruling
AkitaStandard (“white (Japanese Akita)”)Standard (“White (Japanese Akitainu)”)Standard (“any color including white (Akita)”)Standard (“White: Pure white in colour (Japanese Akita Inu)”)Standard (“white (Akita)”)
AkitaJaponezStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“White: Pure white in colour”)Standard (“white”)
AkitaAmericanStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“any color including white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)
Alaskan Klee KaiNo rulingStandard (“White is required on all coat colors”)Standard (“a contrasting lighter color on the bottom half of the dogs face, throat, chest, breeches, feet, legs and underside”)No rulingNo ruling
American English CoonhoundNo rulingStandard (“Red & White”)Standard (“white and red, white and black, white and lemon”)No rulingStandard (“red and white; white and black”)
American Leopard HoundNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white points and a white collar. No more than one-third white is allowed”)No rulingNo ruling
American Pit Bull TerrierNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
American Staffordshire TerrierStandard (“more than 80% white ... not to be encouraged”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“all-white, more than 80% white ... not to be encouraged”)
Appenzeller SennenhundStandard (“white markings”)Standard (“Black Brown & White”)Standard (“white markings”)No rulingStandard (“white markings”)
AzawakhDescalificant (“invasive white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“invasive white”)
BarbetStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“Solid white or white with markings”)No ruling
BasenjiStandard (“The white should be on the feet, chest and tail tip”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“all with white feet, chest and tail tip”)Standard (“The white should be on feet, chest and tail tip”)Standard (“The white should be on the feet, chest and tail tip”)
Basset Artésien NormandStandard (“fawn and white”)No rulingStandard (“fawn and white”)No rulingStandard (“Fawn and white”)
Basset Fauve de BretagneDefect (“a small white star on the chest, something not sought after”)Defect (“a small white star on the chest, but not desirable”)Defect (“a small white spot on the chest ... acceptable but not desirable”)Standard (“White spot on chest permissible”)Defect (“a small white star on the chest (something not sought-after)”)
Basset HoundStandard (“black, white and tan (tri-colour); lemon and white (bi-colour)”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“black, tan and white, or lemon and white”)Standard (“black, white and tan (tricolour); lemon and white (bicolour)”)Standard (“black, white, and tan (tricolour); lemon and white (bi-colour)”)
BeagleStandard (“all white”)Standard (“Black Tan & White”)Standard (“Usually tri-color (black, white and tan)”)Standard (“all white”)Standard (“all white”)
Bearded CollieStandard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“with or without white markings in the Irish Pattern”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)
Bichon FriséStandard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White is the acceptable color”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Bichon HavanezStandard (“Rarely completely pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Rarely completely pure white”)
Bichon MaltezStandard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Pure white”)Standard (“Pure white”)Standard (“Pure white”)
Biewer TerrierNo rulingStandard (“Black Tan & White”)Standard (“black or blue and white”)No rulingStandard (“white”)
BloodhoundStandard (“A little white on the forechest, on the toes and at the tip of the tail is tolerated”)Standard (“A small amount of white is permissible on chest, feet, and tip of stern”)Standard (“A small amount of white is permissible on the chest, feet and tip of the tail”)Standard (“Small amount of white permissible on chest, feet and tip of tail”)Standard (“A little white on the forechest, on the toes and at the tip of the tail is tolerated”)
Bluetick CoonhoundNo rulingStandard (“There should be more blue ticking than white in the body coat”)Standard (“There should be more blue ticking than white in the body coat”)No rulingStandard (“There should be more blue ticking than white in the body coat”)
BobtailStandard (“head, neck, forequarters and under belly to be white”)Standard (“Blue & White”)Standard (“the head, neck, forequarters and underbelly are white”)Standard (“head, neck, forequarters and under belly to be white”)Standard (“head, neck, forequarters and under belly to be white”)
BoerboelNo rulingStandard (“Limited clear white patches on the legs and the fore chest are permissible”)Standard (“Piebald white spots on a brown (tan, red), fawn or brindle dog”)No rulingDefect (“Irish markings ... should be discriminated against in the show ring”)
BolognezStandard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White without markings”)Standard (“Pure white”)
Border CollieStandard (“white should never predominate”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“may have white trim”)Standard (“white should never predominate”)Standard (“white should never predominate”)
BorzoiStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Boston TerrierStandard (“white markings”)Standard (“white markings”)Standard (“white markings”)Standard (“white markings”)Standard (“white markings”)
BoxerStandard (“White markings should not be discarded”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“White markings are permissible if attractively distributed”)Standard (“White markings acceptable not exceeding one-third of ground colour”)Standard (“White markings should not be discarded”)
Bracco ItalianStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Braque du BourbonnaisStandard (“His white coat is entirely covered with fine brown or fawn ticking”)Standard (“His white coat is entirely covered with fine brown or fawn ticking”)Standard (“White, with fine brown or fawn ticking”)Standard (“Fawn & White”)No ruling
Braque Français PirineiNo rulingStandard (“White & Chestnut”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BroholmerStandard (“White markings on chest, feet and tip of tail are optional”)Standard (“White markings on chest, feet and tip of tail are optional”)Standard (“White markings on the chest, feet and tip of tail are optional”)No rulingNo ruling
Buldog EnglezStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
Buldog FrancezStandard (“The all-white subjects ... are admitted but not bred for”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White dogs, with black nose and eyelids, are permissible”)Standard (“Whites are classified with pieds for show purposes”)Standard (“All-white subjects ... are admitted, but not bred to”)
Bull TerrierStandard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White: The dog is white”)Standard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“For White dogs: pure white coat”)
Bull TerrierAlbStandard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White: The dog is white”)Standard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“For White dogs: pure white coat”)
Bull TerrierColoratStandard (“For Coloured, colour predominates”)Standard (“any color with white markings”)Standard (“May have white markings, but color predominates”)Standard (“For Coloured, colour predominates”)Standard (“For Coloured dogs: colour predominates”)
Bull Terrier MiniaturalStandard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White: The dog is white”)Standard (“For White, pure white coat”)Standard (“For White dogs: pure white coat”)
Câine CarolinaNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“piebald”)No rulingNo ruling
Câine Ciobănesc IslandezStandard (“white markings always accompany the main colour”)Standard (“white always accompanies the color”)Standard (“must be accompanied by white”)Standard (“white always accompanies the predominant colour”)No ruling
Câine Ciobănesc LaponezStandard (“White markings may appear on neck, chest and legs”)Standard (“White Markings”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Câine de Apă PortughezStandard (“solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“Solid white”)
Câine de Apă SpaniolStandard (“white, black and chestnut in their different shades”)Standard (“White w/Black Nose”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid black, brown or white of various shades”)No ruling
Câine de CanaanStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
Câine de Fermă Danez-SuedezStandard (“White dominating”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“White is the predominating color”)No rulingNo ruling
Câine de Munte din PirineiStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Câine de Munte EntlebucherStandard (“White markings”)Standard (“Black White & Tan”)Standard (“clear white markings”)Standard (“clean white markings”)No ruling
Câine de Urmă de Munte BavarezStandard (“Small light-coloured patch on chest (“Bracken Star”) permitted”)Standard (“Small light-coloured patch on chest (“Bracken Star”) permitted”)Standard (“A small white star on the chest is permitted”)Standard (“A small, light coloured patch on chest permitted”)Standard (“Small light-coloured patch on chest (“Bracken Star”) permitted”)
Câine de Urmă din HanovraStandard (“Small white patches on forechest to be tolerated”)Standard (“Small white patches on forechest to be tolerated”)Standard (“Small white patches on the chest are tolerated”)No rulingStandard (“Small white patches on forechest to be tolerated”)
Câine de Urs KarelianStandard (“clearly defined white markings on the head, neck, chest, belly and the legs”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“sharp-edged white patches or marks on the head, neck, chest, belly, and legs”)No rulingNo ruling
Câine Eschimos AmericanNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“Pure white is most desired”)No rulingNo ruling
Câine FaraonStandard (“white markings allowed as follows”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“white markings allowed as follows”)Standard (“Tan & White Markings”)Standard (“white markings allowed as follows”)
Câine Laponez FinlandezStandard (“all colours are permitted”)Standard (“Wolf Sable & White”)Standard (“all colors are allowed”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“all colours are permitted”)
Câine Laponez SuedezStandard (“White on chest, on feet and tip of tail is permissible”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“White on the chest, feet and tip of the tail is acceptable, but more white is undesirable”)Standard (“White mark on chest, white feet and white tip of tail acceptable”)No ruling
Câine TaiwanezStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Catahoula Leopard DogNo rulingStandard (“White Merle”)Standard (“an endless variety of coat colors ... 70 percent or more white: Serious Fault”)No rulingNo ruling
Cavalier King Charles SpanielStandard (“Rich chestnut markings well broken up, on pearly white ground”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Rich chestnut markings well broken-up on a pearly white background”)Standard (“rich chestnut markings well broken up, on pearly white ground”)Standard (“Rich chestnut markings well broken up, on pearly white ground”)
ChihuahuaStandard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”)Standard (“Fawn & White”)Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)
Chin JaponezStandard (“White with markings of black or red”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“black and white; red and white”)Standard (“Black and white or red and white”)Standard (“White with markings of black or red”)
Chinese CrestedStandard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any color, or combination of colors, is acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours”)
Chow ChowStandard (“white”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscutStandard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
Ciobănesc American MiniaturalStandard (“white markings are not required but when present do not dominate”)Standard (“white markings are not required but when present do not dominate”)Standard (“white markings are not required, but when present do not dominate”)Standard (“may have white as follows”)Standard (“white markings are not required but, when present, do not dominate”)
Ciobănesc AustralianStandard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)Standard (“may have white as follows”)Standard (“with or without white markings”)
Ciobănesc BelgianStandard (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“black with a small to moderate white patch on the chest”)Standard (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)Standard (“a small amount of white is tolerated on forechest and toes”)
Ciobănesc BergamascoDefect (“colour other than permitted (white coat colour on more than 1/5 of the body disqualifying)”)Standard (“white markings are acceptable if they cover no more than one-fifth of the body”)Standard (“white markings are acceptable if they cover no more than one-fifth of the coat”)Standard (“white patches allowed providing no more than one fifth of coat”)Defect (“colour other than permitted (white coat colour on more than one-fifth of the body disqualifying)”)
Ciobănesc CaucazianStandard (“Any solid colour, piebald or spotted colour”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“Any solid colour, piebald, or spotted colour”)
Ciobănesc de AnatoliaNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“White No Mask”)No ruling
Ciobănesc de BernaStandard (“white markings”)Standard (“Black Rust & White”)Standard (“clear white”)Standard (“white head marking (blaze) and white chest marking (cross) are essential”)Standard (“white markings”)
Ciobănesc din Asia CentralăStandard (“Any”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“Any colour”)
Ciobănesc din PirineiStandard (“black with white markings (limited spotting)”)Standard (“Black & White”)No rulingStandard (“black and white”)Standard (“black with white markings (limited spotting)”)
Ciobănesc din PirineiCu bot netedNo rulingStandard (“Black & White”)No rulingStandard (“Grey with white patches/markings”)No ruling
Ciobănesc Elvețian AlbStandard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Ciobănesc EnglezNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white trim”)No rulingNo ruling
Ciobănesc GermanDescalificant (“white hair colour (also with dark eyes and nails)”)Descalificant (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)Defect (“whites (i.e. almost pure white dogs with black noses) and near whites highly undesirable”)Descalificant (“white hair colour (also with dark eyes and nails)”)
Ciobănesc IugoslavStandard (“All colours are acceptable from white to dark brown”)No rulingStandard (“All solid colors are acceptable from white to a very dark brown”)No rulingNo ruling
Ciobănesc Mioritic RomânescStandard (“Solid white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid white”)No rulingNo ruling
Ciobănesc Polonez de CâmpieStandard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“Black & White”)Standard (“all colours and patches are acceptable”)
Ciobănesc ShetlandStandard (“Black and White”)Standard (“Sable & White”)Standard (“predominantly white”)Standard (“Black and White”)Standard (“Black and white”)
Cirneco dell’EtnaStandard (“Tan and white”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“Solid white or white with orange patches is acceptable, but not preferred”)Standard (“White markings acceptable on chest, toes, head, foreface and tip of tail”)No ruling
Clumber SpanielStandard (“Plain white body preferred”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“The primary body color is white”)Standard (“Plain white body”)Standard (“Plain white body preferred”)
Cocker Spaniel AmericanStandard (“Two or more solid, well broken colours, one of which must be white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Two or more solid, well-broken colours, one of which must be white”)
Cocker Spaniel AmericanPestrițStandard (“Two or more solid, well broken colours, one of which must be white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Two or more definite well-broken colors, one of which must be white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Two or more solid, well-broken colours, one of which must be white”)
Cocker Spaniel EnglezStandard (“Black and white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“The white appears in combination with the black, liver or shades of red”)Standard (“Black and white”)Standard (“Black and white”)
CollieNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“white: predominately white”)No rulingNo ruling
Collie cu Păr LungStandard (“All should carry typical white Collie markings”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White: predominately white”)Standard (“All should carry typical white Collie markings”)Standard (“All should carry typical white Collie markings”)
Collie cu Păr NetedStandard (“Sable and white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White: predominately white”)Standard (“Sable and white”)Standard (“Sable and white”)
Copoi ArdelenescStandard (“a white marking may occur”)Standard (“Black Tan & White”)Standard (“white markings on the head, neck, chest, lower legs and tip of tail”)No rulingNo ruling
Coton de TuléarStandard (“Ground colour: White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Ground color: White”)Standard (“Predominantly white”)Standard (“Ground colour is white”)
DalmațianStandard (“The ground colour is pure white”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“The ground color is pure white”)Standard (“Ground colour pure white”)Standard (“Ground colour pure white”)
Deutscher WachtelhundStandard (“pied colour patterns with white as basic colour”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“White, with or without ticking with brown patches”)No rulingNo ruling
Dog de BordeauxStandard (“Limited white patches are permissible on the forechest, and the extremities of the limbs”)Standard (“Individual patches of white on the forechest”)Standard (“Limited white patches are permissible on the chest and feet”)Standard (“Limited white patches are permissible on the chest and the extremities of the limbs”)Standard (“Limited white patches are permissible on the forechest and the extremities of the limbs”)
Dog GermanStandard (“Harlequin: Basic colour pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Harlequin: Black torn patches ... over a white background”)Standard (“Harlequins: pure white underground”)Standard (“Harlequin: Basic colour pure white”)
Dogo ArgentinoStandard (“Entirely white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“Entirely white”)
Drentsche PatrijshondStandard (“White with brown markings”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White with brown markings”)No rulingNo ruling
DreverStandard (“white markings ... Not accepted is predominant white”)Standard (“Tri-Colored”)Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable ... Solid white”)No rulingNo ruling
English Springer SpanielStandard (“Liver and white, black and white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“Liver and white, black and white”)Standard (“Liver and white, black and white”)Standard (“Liver and white”)
English Toy SpanielStandard (“Ground pearly white”)Standard (“Red & White”)Standard (“a pearly-white ground”)Standard (“ground pearly white”)Standard (“Ground pearly white”)
English Toy SpanielBlenheimStandard (“Ground pearly white”)Standard (“Red & White”)Standard (“a pearly-white ground”)Standard (“ground pearly white”)Standard (“Ground pearly white”)
English Toy SpanielPrince CharlesStandard (“Tricolour: Ground pearly white”)Standard (“Black White & Tan”)Standard (“a pearly-white ground”)Standard (“Tricolour: ground pearly white”)Standard (“Tricolour: Ground pearly white”)
Epagneul BretonStandard (“White and orange, white and black, white and liver”)Standard (“Orange & White”)Standard (“Orange and white, liver and white, and black and white”)Standard (“Orange/white, liver/white, black/white”)Standard (“White and orange, white and black, white and liver”)
Epagneul FrançaisStandard (“White and brown”)Standard (“White & Brown”)Standard (“White and brown in irregular patches”)Standard (“White & Brown”)No ruling
Field SpanielDefect (“clear black and white, clear liver and white”)Standard (“Bi-colored dogs must be roaned and/or ticked in white areas”)Standard (“Bi-color dogs must have roaning or ticking, not clear white”)Nerecunoscut (“clear black and white, clear liver and white”)Defect (“clear black and white, clear liver and white”)
Fox Terrier cu Păr NetedStandard (“White should predominate, all white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White is the predominant color”)Standard (“White should predominate, all white”)Standard (“White should predominate: all white”)
Fox Terrier cu Păr SârmosStandard (“white predominates”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white is the predominant color”)Standard (“white predominates”)Standard (“white predominates”)
Foxhound AmericanStandard (“Any colour”)Standard (“Black White & Tan”)Standard (“Any color is acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
Foxhound EnglezStandard (“Any recognized hound colour”)Standard (“Black White & Tan”)Standard (“Any good hound color is acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any recognised Hound colour”)
Grand Basset Griffon VendéenStandard (“white spotting”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“white spotting”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white spotting”)
Griffon KorthalsStandard (“Equally permissible white and brown and white and orange coats”)Standard (“White & Brown”)Standard (“liver and white”)Standard (“White and brown”)No ruling
HamiltonstövareStandard (“White markings as a blaze, on throat, upper side of neck”)Standard (“Tri-Colored”)Standard (“tip of tail and lower part of legs and feet white”)Standard (“White colouring as a blaze on muzzle, on throat, brisket, tip of tail”)Standard (“White markings as a blaze on throat, upper side of neck”)
HarrierStandard (“Usually white as base colour”)Standard (“Black White & Tan”)Standard (“Any good hound color”)Standard (“White”)No ruling
HokkaidoStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo ruling
Husky SiberianStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“all colors, from black to pure white”)Standard (“including white”)Standard (“white”)
JindoStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White: may have gold tinges on ears and legs”)No ruling
Kai KenDescalificant (“Coat with many white spots”)Standard (“A small white blaze is allowed on the forechest, between the front legs and on the belly”)Standard (“Some white is allowed on the legs ... on the forechest, between the front legs and on the belly”)No rulingNo ruling
Kishu KenStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)No rulingNo ruling
KomondorStandard (“ivory colour”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“the only acceptable coat color is ivory”)Standard (“always white”)Standard (“ivory colour”)
KooikerhondjeStandard (“on pure white”)Standard (“White & Red”)Standard (“on a white background”)Standard (“on white”)Standard (“on pure white”)
KromfohrländerStandard (“Basic colour white”)Standard (“White & Brown”)Standard (“the basic color is white”)No rulingStandard (“Basic colour white”)
KuvaszStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white, with no markings”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“white”)
Lagotto RomagnoloStandard (“Off-white solid colour”)Standard (“Off-White”)Standard (“Off white solid color”)Standard (“Solid off-white”)Standard (“Off-white solid colour”)
Laika de IakutiaStandard (“White and any patching”)Standard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“White and with any patching”)No ruling
Lancashire HeelerDefect (“White to be discouraged”)Defect (“White to be discouraged”)Defect (“White is to be discouraged”)Standard (“A small white spot on forechest tolerated”)Defect (“White to be discouraged”)
LeonbergerStandard (“A small white patch or stripe on the chest and white hairs on the toes are tolerated”)Standard (“A small, unobtrusive stripe or white patch on the chest ... is tolerated”)Standard (“A small white patch or stripe on the chest, and white hairs on the toes, are permitted”)Standard (“A small white patch or stripe on the chest and white hair on the toes tolerated”)Standard (“A small white patch or stripe on the chest and white hairs on the toes are tolerated”)
Lhasa ApsoStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
LöwchenStandard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”)
Lundehund NorvegianStandard (“Always combined with white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white with dark patches”)No rulingNo ruling
Malamut de AlaskaStandard (“all-white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“all white”)Standard (“all white”)Standard (“all-white”)
Marele Câine de Munte ElvețianStandard (“clean white markings”)Standard (“Black, White & Red”)Standard (“There is a white blaze and muzzle”)Standard (“clean white markings”)Standard (“clean white markings”)
MastiffNerecunoscut (“Excessive white on body, chest or feet is unacceptable”)Standard (“A small patch of white on the chest is permitted”)No rulingDefect (“Excessive white on body, chest or feet highly undesirable”)Nerecunoscut (“Excessive white on body, chest, or feet is unacceptable”)
Mastiff din PirineiStandard (“Basic colour white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Basically white”)Standard (“Base colour pure white”)No ruling
Mastiff SpaniolStandard (“dogs with a white collar”)Standard (“dogs with a white collar”)Standard (“solid colored with a white collar”)No rulingNo ruling
Mastiff TibetanStandard (“White star on breast permissible”)Standard (“White markings on chest and feet acceptable”)Standard (“White markings may occur on the chin, chest and feet”)Standard (“White star on breast permissible”)Standard (“White star on breast permissible”)
Mastino NapoletanoStandard (“Permissible is a little white patch on the chest and/or on the tip of the toes”)Standard (“There may be solid white markings on the chest”)Standard (“There may be small white patches on the chest and on the tips of the toes”)Standard (“Small star on chest and white on toes permissible”)Standard (“Permissible is a little white patch on the chest and/or on the tip of the toes”)
Mountain CurNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“White markings are permissible provided the dog is not more than one-third white”)No rulingNo ruling
MudiStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)
NewfoundlandStandard (“White and black”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“White and black (Landseer)”)Standard (“Landseer (white and black)”)Standard (“White and Black”)
NorrbottenspetsStandard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Nova Scotia Duck Tolling RetrieverStandard (“white markings : tip of tail, feet (not extending beyond the pasterns), chest and blaze”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“white markings - tip of tail, feet (not extending beyond the pasterns), chest and blaze”)Standard (“White markings usual”)No ruling
OgarStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Immaterial”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
Ogar AfganStandard (“All colours acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colours”)
Ogar IrlandezStandard (“Pure White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“Pure White”)
Ogar ItalianDescalificant (“white except in chest and feet”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
Ogar SpaniolStandard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“White”)No rulingStandard (“White”)
Olde English BulldoggeNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“white”)No rulingNo ruling
OtterhoundStandard (“White hounds”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”)Standard (“White hounds”)Standard (“White Hounds”)
PapillonStandard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“white with patches of any color”)Standard (“White with patches”)Standard (“White with patches”)
Parson Russell TerrierStandard (“White or predominantly white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Predominantly white”)Standard (“White or predominantly white”)Standard (“White or predominantly white”)
PekinezStandard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”)
Peruvian Inca OrchidStandard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingStandard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”)
Petit Basset Griffon VendéenStandard (“white spotting”)Standard (“White & Black”)Standard (“White, with any combination of lemon, orange, tricolor and grizzle markings”)Standard (“White with any combination of lemon, orange, sable, grizzle or black markings”)Standard (“White with any combination of lemon, orange, sable, grizzle, or black markings”)
Pinscher PiticNerecunoscutAlternativ (“White Markings”)Descalificant (“White on any part of the dog that exceeds one-half inch in its longest dimension”)Standard (“Slight white on chest tolerated”)Defect (“Slight white on chest permissible but undesirable”)
Plott HoundNo rulingStandard (“White Chest & Feet”)Standard (“Some white on chest and feet is permissible”)No rulingNo ruling
Podenco IbicencoStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)
Podengo PortughezStandard (“white with patches of these colours”)Standard (“White & Yellow”)Standard (“primarily white with patches of any shade of yellow or fawn”)Standard (“White only if accompanied by markings of one of the listed colours”)No ruling
Podengo Portughez PequenoStandard (“white with patches of these colours (totally white: disqualifying)”)Standard (“White & Fawn”)Standard (“primarily white with patches (solid white: disqualifying)”)Standard (“White only if accompanied by markings of one of the listed colours”)No ruling
PointerStandard (“Usual colours are lemon and white, orange and white, liver and white, and black and white”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“in combination with white”)Standard (“Lemon and white, orange and white, liver and white, and black and white”)Standard (“Lemon and white, orange and white, liver and white, and black and white”)
Pointer German cu Păr LungStandard (“Brown with white or speckled markings”)Standard (“Brown & White”)No rulingStandard (“Brown with white or speckled markings”)No ruling
Pointer German cu Păr SârmosStandard (“Light roan”)Standard (“Liver & White”)Standard (“liver and white ticked”)Standard (“Liver and white”)Standard (“Light roan”)
Pointer German cu Păr ScurtStandard (“White with brown head markings, brown patches or specks”)Standard (“Liver & White”)Standard (“any combination of liver and white”)Standard (“liver and white spotted”)Standard (“liver and white spotted”)
Pointer PortughezStandard (“with white patches on the head, neck, chest”)Standard (“White Markings”)Standard (“with white markings”)Standard (“with white patches on the head, neck, chest”)No ruling
PomeranianStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“any solid color”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
PorcelaineStandard (“Very white”)Standard (“White & Orange”)Standard (“White ground color”)No rulingNo ruling
Pudel (Miniatural)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All solid colours”)
Pudel (Standard)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All solid colours”)
Pudel (Toy)Standard (“Solid colours: Black, white, brown”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
PuliStandard (“pearl white coat, without any russet gold (semmelblond)”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white without any yellow markings”)Standard (“pearl white coat, without any russet gold (semmelblond)”)
PumiStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“White – must be intense and solid”)Standard (“white”)
Rafeiro do AlentejoStandard (“white with patches of these colours”)Standard (“white with patches of these colours”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Rastreador BrasileiroStandard (“Fully mottled black and white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Rat TerrierNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“solid white ... must always have some white”)No rulingNo ruling
Rater ValenciàStandard (“white spots”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Russell TerrierStandard (“White must predominate”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Solid white or predominantly white”)Standard (“White must predominate”)Standard (“White MUST predominate”)
Saint BernardStandard (“Primary colour white”)Standard (“White & Red”)Standard (“All shades of red and white”)Standard (“white with patches”)Standard (“Primary colour white”)
SalukiStandard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”)
SamoiedStandard (“pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“pure white”)
SchapendoesStandard (“All colours are permitted”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors are permitted”)No rulingNo ruling
Schnauzer PiticStandard (“Pure white with white undercoat”)Descalificant (“White”)Standard (“White, with a white undercoat”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
Schnauzer StandardDefect (“white or spotted coat”)Standard (“A small white smudge on the chest is not a fault”)Standard (“A small, white smudge on the chest is not to be faulted”)NerecunoscutDefect (“white, or spotted coat”)
Schnauzer UriașStandard (“Black/Silver: white markings over the eyes, on the cheeks, at the beard”)Standard (“A small white spot on the breast is permitted”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscutStandard (“Black and silver: white markings over the eyes, on the cheeks, at the beard”)
Sealyham TerrierStandard (“All white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All white”)Standard (“All white”)Standard (“All white”)
Segugio ItalianStandard (“The black and tan may show a white star on the chest; ... called tricolour”)Standard (“The black and tan may show a white star on the chest”)Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingNo ruling
Segugio ItalianCu păr scurtStandard (“The black and tan may show a white star on the chest; ... called tricolour”)Standard (“The black and tan may show a white star on the chest”)Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingNo ruling
Segugio ItalianCu păr sârmosStandard (“The black and tan may have only the white star on the chest; ... called tricolour”)Standard (“The black and tan may show a white star on the chest”)Standard (“They may also have a white star on the chest”)No rulingNo ruling
Setter EnglezStandard (“Black and white (blue belton)”)Standard (“white ground color”)Standard (“solid white”)Standard (“Black and white (blue belton)”)Standard (“Black and white (blue belton)”)
Setter Irlandez Roșu și AlbStandard (“Base colour white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Base color white”)Standard (“base colour pearl white”)Standard (“Base colour white”)
Shar-PeiNerecunoscut (“All solid colours acceptable except white”)Alternativ (“White”)Standard (“any solid color”)Nerecunoscut (“All solid colours except white are acceptable”)Nerecunoscut (“All solid colours acceptable except white”)
Shiba InuNerecunoscutDefect (“Cream, white, pinto, or any other color or marking not specified”)DescalificantStandard (“White: White coat with red or grey tinges”)Nerecunoscut
Shih TzuStandard (“All colours permissible”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“All colours permissible”)
Slovenský ČuvačStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Small MünsterländerStandard (“Brown-white”)Standard (“Brown & White”)Standard (“Brown and white”)Standard (“Brown & white”)Standard (“Brown-white”)
Spaniel TibetanStandard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”)
Spinone ItalianStandard (“Pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Pure white”)
Spitz FinlandezStandard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)Standard (“White markings on the tips of the toes and a quarter-sized spot or narrow white strip ... on the forechest are permitted”)Standard (“The following white markings are permitted”)Standard (“Narrow white stripe not exceeding one and half centimetres in width on breast permitted”)Standard (“A small white spot on the chest and small white markings on the feet are permitted”)
Spitz GermanStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“including pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)
Spitz GermanMareStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“including pure white”)No rulingNo ruling
Spitz JaponezStandard (“pure white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“pure white”)Standard (“pure white”)
StabyhounStandard (“with white markings”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“with white markings”)No rulingStandard (“with white markings”)
Staffordshire Bull TerrierStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
TeckelDescalificantStandard (“Piebald is a pattern (as opposed to a color) with clearly defined areas and/or patches of white”)Standard (“white (base colour of a two-coloured dog)”)Nerecunoscut (“white”)Nerecunoscut
TeckelNetedDescalificantStandard (“Piebald is a pattern (as opposed to a color) with clearly defined areas and/or patches of white”)Standard (“white (base colour of a two-coloured dog)”)Nerecunoscut (“white”)Nerecunoscut
TeckelCu păr sârmosDescalificantStandard (“Piebald is a pattern (as opposed to a color) with clearly defined areas and/or patches of white”)Standard (“white (base colour of a two-coloured dog)”)Nerecunoscut (“white”)Nerecunoscut
TeckelCu păr lungDescalificantStandard (“Piebald is a pattern (as opposed to a color) with clearly defined areas and/or patches of white”)Standard (“white (base colour of a two-coloured dog)”)Nerecunoscut (“white”)Nerecunoscut
Teddy Roosevelt TerrierNo rulingStandard (“must always have some white”)Standard (“always including white”)No rulingNo ruling
Terrier American fără PărNo rulingStandard (“White & Black”)Standard (“solid white ... but must always have some white (Coated Variety)”)No rulingNo ruling
Terrier TibetanStandard (“White”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“White”)
TornjakStandard (“Usually the dominant ground colour is white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Usually the dominant ground/base color is white”)No rulingNo ruling
TosaNerecunoscutNerecunoscutStandard (“pied, which is the least desirable”)No rulingNerecunoscut
Toy Fox TerrierNo rulingStandard (“White & Black”)Standard (“White is the predominating body color”)No rulingStandard (“Body is over 50% white”)
Treeing Tennessee BrindleNo rulingNo rulingStandard (“A small amount of white on the breast or feet is acceptable”)No rulingNo ruling
Treeing Walker CoonhoundNo rulingStandard (“White”)Standard (“Tri-colored (white-black-tan)”)No rulingNo ruling
Welsh Corgi CardiganStandard (“with or without typical white markings”)Standard (“Black & White”)Standard (“white markings ... but white should not predominate”)Standard (“with or without the typical white markings”)Standard (“with or without the typical white markings”)
Welsh Corgi PembrokeStandard (“with or without white markings on legs, brisket and neck”)Standard (“white is acceptable on legs, chest, neck ..., muzzle, underparts and as a narrow blaze”)Standard (“white on the legs, chest, neck ..., muzzle, underparts and as a narrow blaze is acceptable”)Standard (“with or without white markings on legs, brisket and neck”)Standard (“with or without white markings on legs, brisket and neck”)
Welsh Springer SpanielStandard (“Rich red and white only”)Standard (“Red & White”)Standard (“rich red and white”)Standard (“Rich red and white only”)Standard (“Rich red and white only”)
West Highland White TerrierStandard (“white”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“the only acceptable color is white”)Standard (“white”)Standard (“white”)
WhippetStandard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Color is inconsequential”)Standard (“White”)Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”)
XoloitzcuintleStandard (“spots of any colour, including white markings (white: disqualifying)”)Standard (“white spots and markings are permitted”)Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)Standard (“spots of any colour, including white markings”)Standard (“spots of any colour, including white markings (white: disqualifying)”)
XoloitzcuintleCu blanăStandard (“spots of any colour, including white markings (white: disqualifying)”)Standard (“white spots and markings are permitted”)Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”)Standard (“spots of any colour, including white markings”)Standard (“spots of any colour, including white markings (white: disqualifying)”)

Breeds where Alb is a fault

BreedFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
Bouvier des FlandresDescalificant (“white”)Defect (“White”)Defect (“white ... dogs”)Defect (“white predominating ... highly undesirable”)Descalificant (“white”)
Câine de Cireadă Australian fără CoadăDefect (“White or cream coat colour”)Defect (“White or cream coat colour”)Defect (“Cream or white undercoat”)No rulingNo ruling
Coonhound Negru și MaroDefect (“White on chest or other parts of body is highly undesirable”)Defect (“White on chest or other parts of body is highly undesirable”)No rulingDefect (“White markings highly undesirable”)No ruling
Elkhound NorvegianDefect (“White on tail tip. White on chest”)Defect (“Black White & Silver”)Defect (“White patches”)Defect (“white markings undesirable”)Defect (“White on tail tip. White on chest”)
Golden RetrieverNerecunoscutNo rulingDefect (“Body color that approaches white or mahogany is undesirable”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut
KeeshondDescalificant (“Definite white markings or spots”)Defect (“White”)Defect (“Pronounced white markings on the legs and feet”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“Definite white markings or spots”)
Manchester Terrier (Toy)No rulingDefect (“White on any part of the coat is a serious fault”)Defect (“White on any part of the coat”)No rulingNo ruling
Pinscher GermanNerecunoscutDefect (“Any white markings on the dog are undesirable”)Defect (“Solid white patches/spots anywhere on body”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut
RottweilerDescalificant (“White markings”)Defect (“white marking any place on dog”)Descalificant (“White markings anywhere on the dog”)Defect (“White marking is highly undesirable”)Descalificant (“White markings”)
Silky TerrierNerecunoscut (“Silver and white not acceptable”)No rulingDefect (“Silver or white”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut (“Silver and white not acceptable”)
Slovenský KopovDefect (“white markings”)Defect (“white markings”)Defect (“White markings”)No rulingNo ruling
Soft Coated Wheaten TerrierDescalificant (“white coat”)Defect (“must never be white”)Descalificant (“white or brown color”)Defect (“a white coat and red coat equally undesirable”)Descalificant (“white coat”)
Sussex SpanielNerecunoscutDefect (“White on the chest is a minor fault”)Defect (“White on the chest”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut
Vallhund SuedezDescalificant (“white ... coat colour”)Defect (“White”)No rulingNerecunoscut (“White”)Descalificant (“white ... coat colour”)

Breeds where Alb is disqualified or not accepted

BreedFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
Berger PicardDescalificant (“white”)Descalificant (“solid ... white”)Descalificant (“pure ... white”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“white”)
Bolonka Țvetnaia RusescNo rulingDescalificant (“solid white”)No rulingNo rulingNo ruling
BriardDescalificant (“white ... colour”)Descalificant (“White”)Descalificant (“white coat”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“white ... colour”)
Câine Ciobănesc KangalNo rulingNo rulingDescalificant (“Dogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body color”)NerecunoscutNo ruling
ChinookNo rulingDescalificant (“White”)Descalificant (“white dogs”)No rulingNo ruling
DobermanNerecunoscutDescalificant (“White”)DescalificantNerecunoscut (“White (white ancestry)”)Nerecunoscut
EurasierDescalificant (“pure white”)Descalificant (“White”)Nerecunoscut (“with the exception of pure white”)Nerecunoscut (“pure white ... unacceptable”)No ruling
Fila BrasileiroDescalificant (“Dogs which are white”)No rulingNo rulingNo rulingDescalificant (“Dogs that are white”)
HovawartDescalificant (“white”)Descalificant (“white”)DescalificantNerecunoscutDescalificant (“white”)
MopsNerecunoscutDescalificantNerecunoscutNerecunoscut (“White”)Nerecunoscut
SchipperkeDescalificant (“with tiny white spots, even on the toes”)Descalificant (“White”)Descalificant (“Any white markings”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut
SloughiDescalificant (“White stockings, larger white markings”)Descalificant (“solid white extending above the toes or white anywhere else on the dog”)Descalificant (“Extensive white markings such as parti-color, white socks and white blaze”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“White stockings, larger white markings”)
Terrier Negru RusescDescalificant (“White spots or markings”)DescalificantDescalificant (“White spots or markings”)NerecunoscutDescalificant (“White spots or markings”)
Cairn TerrierNerecunoscut (“Not ... white”)Nerecunoscut (“any color except white”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscut (“including ... white ... unacceptable”)Nerecunoscut (“including ... white ... unacceptable”)
Deerhound ScoțianNerecunoscutNerecunoscut (“White is condemned by all authorities”)NerecunoscutNerecunoscutNerecunoscut
Biewer Yorkshire à la Pom-PonNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Bodeguero AndaluzNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Câine Ciobănesc WelshNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Hortaya BorzayaNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
Podenco AndaluzNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling

Color changes

How Alb can appear or change over an animal's life.

  • Albchanges toDereș

    Blană · Cu vârsta · from 2 weeks

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