Câine pattern
Particolor
White with clearly defined patches of one or more colors, usually at least half white: parti-color Poodles, Cocker Spaniels and Yorkshire Terriers.
44 Câine breeds list Particolor. It is in a club standard for 31 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 16 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Particolor
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KUSA | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Staffordshire Terrier | Standard (“particolour, or patched”) | Standard (“Patched”) | Standard (“parti-colour, or patched”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Azawakh | Descalificant (“invasive white”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Descalificant (“invasive white”) | Standard (“parti-color”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Bichon Havanez | No ruling | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) | Standard (“Particolour”) |
| Câine de Apă Spaniol | Standard (“Bicoloured: White and black or white and brown in their different shades”) | Standard (“parti-color where one of the colors must be white”) | No ruling | Standard (“Bi-color. White and any shade of black or brown”) | Standard (“black and white or brown and white (particolour)”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Any color - Solid, marked or splashed”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Black Particolour”) |
| Ciobănesc din Asia Centrală | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“parti-colored”) | No ruling |
| Cocker Spaniel American | Standard (“Parti-Colour variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Color Variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Colour Variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“Parti-colours”) |
| Cocker Spaniel AmericanPestriț | Standard (“Parti-Colour variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Color Variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Colour Variety”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“Parti-colours”) |
| Cocker Spaniel Englez | Standard (“Particolours”) | Standard (“Parti-colors”) | Standard (“Particolours”) | Standard (“PARTI-COLORS”) | Standard (“Particolours”) |
| Epagneul Breton | No ruling | Standard (“the standard parti-color or piebald patterns”) | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Kooikerhondje | Standard (“orange-red parti-coloured”) | Standard (“orange-red parti-colored”) | Standard (“orange-red parti-coloured”) | Standard (“Distinct patches of clear orange-red color on a white background”) | Standard (“orange-red parti-coloured”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“parti-colour”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) | Standard (“Particolour”) |
| Mastiff Spaniol | Standard (“parti-coloured”) | Standard (“parti-coloured”) | No ruling | Standard (“parti-colored”) | No ruling |
| Ogar | Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”) | Standard (“Immaterial”) | Standard (“any of these colours broken with white”) |
| Otterhound | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) | Standard (“Particolour”) |
| Papillon | Standard (“All colours are admitted on a coat with a white background”) | Standard (“Always parti-color or white with patches of any color(s)”) | Standard (“White with patches: may be any colour except liver”) | Standard (“The Papillon is always parti-colored”) | Standard (“White with patches, which may be any colour except liver”) |
| Pekinez | Standard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) | Standard (“Parti-colours evenly broken”) |
| Pomeranian | Standard (“coats with patches (white always as basic colour)”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“parti-coloured dogs”) | Standard (“parti-color”) | Standard (“parti-coloured dogs”) |
| Pudel (Miniatural) | Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”) | Descalificant (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Particolour”) |
| Pudel (Standard) | Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”) | Descalificant (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Particolour”) |
| Pudel (Toy) | Standard (“Parti-coloured dogs, two colours”) | Descalificant (“Parti-colored dogs shall be disqualified”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Particolour”) |
| Saluki | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours is permissible”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is permissible”) | Standard (“Black & White Particolour”) |
| Setter Irlandez Roșu și Alb | Standard (“Base colour white with solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”) | Standard (“Red Patched”) | Standard (“Base colour white with solid red patches (clear islands of red colour)”) | Standard (“a large, red and white parti-colored dog”) | Standard (“Clearly particoloured”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”) | Standard (“All are permissible”) | Standard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) | Standard (“white tip to tail highly desirable in parti-colours”) |
| Spaniel Tibetan | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“All colours and mixture of colours permissible”) | Standard (“All colors and combinations of colors are acceptable”) | Standard (“Particolour”) |
| Spitz German | Standard (“coats with patches (Medium, Miniature)”) | Standard (“Parti-Color”) | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“parti-colors”) | Standard (“Black & White Particolour”) |
| Spitz GermanMare | Descalificant (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”) | Standard (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”) | No ruling | Standard (“parti-colors”) | No ruling |
| Terrier Tibetan | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors including white are acceptable”) | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) | Standard (“parti-colour”) |
| Tornjak | Standard (“parti-coloured with distinct markings of various solid colours”) | Standard (“parti-coloured with distinct markings of various solid colours”) | No ruling | Standard (“parti-colored, with distinct markings of various solid colors”) | No ruling |
| Whippet | Standard (“parti-colour”) | Standard (“Color immaterial”) | Standard (“particolours”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) | Standard (“Black & White Particolour”) |
Breeds where Particolor is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KUSA | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouvier des Flandres | No ruling | Defect (“parti-color ... to be severely penalized”) | No ruling | Defect (“parti-color dogs”) | Defect (“white predominating ... highly undesirable”) |
| Mastiff Tibetan | Descalificant (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... particolours”) | Descalificant (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... particolors)”) | Descalificant (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... particolours”) | No ruling | Defect (“parti-colour ... undesirable”) |
| Schnauzer Pitic | Defect (“Patchy coat in the colours black/silver and white”) | Descalificant (“Parti-Color”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut (“Parti Black & White”) |
Breeds where Particolor is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KUSA | UKC | KC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolonka Țvetnaia Rusesc | No ruling | Descalificant (“parti-color”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Câine Ciobănesc Kangal | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“other parti-colored patterns”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Puli | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant | Descalificant (“parti-colors”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Pumi | Descalificant | Descalificant (“parti-colored”) | Descalificant | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut |
| Shar-Pei | Descalificant (“patches”) | Descalificant (“parti-colored”) | Descalificant (“patches”) | Descalificant (“parti-colored”) | Nerecunoscut (“Black & White Flowered”) |
| Sloughi | Descalificant | Descalificant | Descalificant | Descalificant (“Extensive white markings such as parti-color”) | Nerecunoscut |
| Vizsla | Descalificant (“Parti-coloured, not uniformly coloured”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Vizsla cu Păr Sârmos | Descalificant (“Particoloured, not uniformly coloured”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“Parti-coloured, not uniformly coloured”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Yorkshire Terrier | No ruling | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Chow Chow | Nerecunoscut (“not ... parti-coloured”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“not ... particoloured”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“not ... parti-coloured”) |