Câine pattern
Tărcat inversat
Brindle so heavy the dark stripes cover most of the coat and the lighter ground shows through as stripes, as fanciers of Boxers, French Bulldogs and Mastiffs say.
126 Câine breeds list Tărcat inversat. It is in a club standard for 87 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 34 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Tărcat inversat
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akita | Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita)”) | Standard (“Brindle (Japanese Akitainu)”) | Standard (“brindle (Japanese Akita Inu)”) | Standard (“brindle (Akita)”) | No ruling |
| AkitaJaponez | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle: defined striping, evenly distributed”) | Standard (“brindle”) | No ruling |
| AkitaAmerican | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brown Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | No ruling |
| American Leopard Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle Markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| American Pit Bull Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptable”) |
| American Staffordshire Terrier | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour ... is permissible”) | No ruling |
| Azawakh | Standard (“with or without brindles”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Light to dark brindle”) | Standard (“with or without brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) |
| Basenji | Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”) | Standard (“Brindle & White”) | Standard (“Brindle and white: red background with black stripes”) | Standard (“brindle: red background with black stripes”) | Standard (“brindle (black stripes on a background of chestnut red)”) |
| Berger Picard | Standard (“fawn brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“fawn brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Bichon Havanez | No ruling | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Standard (“Any colour or combination of colours permissible”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors are acceptable; singly or in any combination”) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle a color pattern with irregular, apparent vertical lines of only black hair”) |
| Bolonka Țvetnaia Rusesc | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Border Collie | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“variety of colours permissible”) | Standard (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”) |
| Borzoi | Standard (“brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle: pale, or red, or grey main colour with dark stripes”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors is acceptable”) |
| Boston Terrier | Standard (“Brindle is preferred”) | Standard (“Brindle & White”) | Standard (“Brindle: being a mixture of any shade of brown and black”) | Standard (“Brindle is preferred”) | Standard (“Brindle is preferred”) |
| Bouvier des Flandres | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“including brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Boxer | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Buldog Englez | Standard (“brindles”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Red brindle”) |
| Buldog Francez | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) |
| Bull Terrier | Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle preferable (Coloured)”) | Standard (“brindle preferred (Coloured)”) | Standard (“The preferred color is brindle (Colored)”) |
| Bull TerrierColorat | Standard (“brindle preferred”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle preferable”) | Standard (“brindle preferred”) | Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”) |
| Bull Terrier Miniatural | Standard (“brindle preferred”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle preferable”) | Standard (“brindle preferable”) | Standard (“The preferred color is brindle”) |
| Bullmastiff | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“Fawn Brindle”) | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) |
| Ca de Bou | Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, preference in this order”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle, fawn and black, in that order of preference”) |
| Câine de Munte Estrela | Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle: Fawn, yellow or grey base colour with blackish brindling”) | Standard (“with or without brindling”) |
| Câine de Urmă de Munte Bavarez | Standard (“also brindled”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“or brindle”) | Standard (“Also brindled”) | Standard (“also brindled”) |
| Câine de Urmă din Hanovra | Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”) | Standard (“more or less intensely brindled”) |
| Câine Taiwanez | Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”) | Standard (“brindle, ... white and brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Cairn Terrier | Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Brindling in all these colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Brindling in these colors acceptable”) |
| Cane Corso | Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“black brindle, grey (blue) brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Catahoula Leopard Dog | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brindles may have a light or dark base coat color with contrasting stripes”) |
| Cesky Terrier | Descalificant (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”) | Standard (“A brindled or reverse brindled coat is permitted in a dog up to 2 years of age”) | Standard (“Striping, (brindling) ... is only acceptable in dogs under two years of age”) | Descalificant (“Long brindled coat on dogs older than 2 years”) | Defect (“A long brindled coat on dogs over two years old”) |
| Chesapeake Bay Retriever | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Masking and brindling in coat pattern is permissible”) | No ruling | Standard (“slight light and dark striping effect through the body and on the legs”) |
| Chihuahua | Standard (“All colours in all possible shades and combinations are admitted”) | Standard (“Black Brindling”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“All colors in all shades and combinations are acceptable”) |
| Ciobănesc Caucazian | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle Markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) |
| Ciobănesc de Anatolia | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“All colours”) | No ruling | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) |
| Ciobănesc din Asia Centrală | Standard (“Any”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“Any colour”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Ciobănesc din Pirinei | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc Olandez | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Gold Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Must be brindle”) |
| Deerhound Scoțian | Standard (“brindles”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindles”) | Standard (“brindles”) | Standard (“brindles”) |
| Dog Canar | Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand color”) | Standard (“Tiger”) | No ruling | Standard (“All shades of brindle up to sand colour”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Dog German | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindles: must be striped”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) |
| Drever | Standard (“All colours with white markings are permissible”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“All colors with white markings are acceptable”) |
| Fila Brasileiro | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling |
| Glen of Imaal Terrier | Standard (“Blue brindle”) | Standard (“Blue Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Blue brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Hokkaido | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Jindo | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Kai Ken | Standard (“Black brindle, red brindle and brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“All brindle colors are equally acceptable”) |
| Lhasa Apso | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) |
| Löwchen | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“All colours and combinations of colours are permitted”) | Standard (“All colors and color combinations are acceptable”) |
| Mastiff | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“dark fawn-brindle”) |
| Mastiff din Pirinei | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle Markings”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant |
| Mastiff Spaniol | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle Markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Mastino Napoletano | Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”) | Standard (“Brindle Markings”) | Standard (“Brindling in any of the colours acceptable”) | Standard (“All these colours may be brindled”) | Standard (“Each color may be brindled”) |
| Mountain Cur | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Ogar | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Immaterial”) |
| Ogar Afgan | Standard (“All colours acceptable”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“All colours”) | Standard (“All colors are acceptable”) |
| Ogar Irlandez | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Ogar Spaniol | Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Fawn and more or less dark brindles”) | Standard (“Fawn and well pigmented brindle”) |
| Olde English Bulldogge | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Pekinez | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Standard (“All colours and markings are permissible and of equal merit”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are equally permissible”) |
| Peruvian Inca Orchid | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | Standard (“Tan Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“The hair can be any colour or combination of colours, except merle”) | No ruling |
| Plott Hound | No ruling | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“Any shade of brindle”) |
| Pomeranian | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“any solid color with sable or brindle shadings”) |
| Pudel (Miniatural) | Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Pudel (Standard) | Standard (“Brindle and white; Brindle”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Pudel (Toy) | Standard (“Brindle and white”) | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Rafeiro do Alentejo | Standard (“with or without brindling”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Saint Bernard | Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”) | Standard (“Brindle & White”) | Standard (“mahogany-brindle, red-brindle”) | Standard (“A brindle reddish-brown colour permissible”) | Standard (“brindle and white”) |
| Saluki | Defect (“Brindles are undesirable”) | Standard (“Red Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle, blue or merle which are unacceptable”) | Defect (“brindles, which are undesirable”) |
| Shih Tzu | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“All colours permissible”) | Standard (“All colors and markings are acceptable”) |
| Sloughi | Standard (“with or without black brindling”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle with or without black mask”) | Standard (“With or without black brindling”) | Standard (“brindling”) |
| Staffordshire Bull Terrier | Standard (“any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“any shade of brindle”) | Standard (“any shade of brindle”) |
| Teckel | Standard (“red with dark brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“brindle (smooth-haired, miniature smooth-haired, miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“striped (brindle)”) |
| TeckelNeted | Standard (“red with dark brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“striped (brindle)”) |
| TeckelCu păr sârmos | Standard (“red with dark brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Standard (“striped (brindle)”) |
| TeckelCu păr lung | Standard (“red with dark brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“brindle (miniature long-haired)”) | Standard (“striped (brindle)”) |
| Teddy Roosevelt Terrier | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Terrier American fără Păr | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle (Coated Variety)”) |
| Terrier Scoțian | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standard (“brindle of any shade”) | Standard (“brindle of any color”) |
| Terrier Tibetan | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“in fact any colour permissible”) | Standard (“in fact any colour ... permissible”) | Standard (“Any color or combination of colors, including white, are acceptable”) |
| Tosa | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“any combination of red and black brindling”) |
| Treeing Tennessee Brindle | No ruling | Standard (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (“brindle or black with brindle trim”) |
| Welsh Corgi Cardigan | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle & White”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) | Standard (“brindle”) |
| Whippet | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Fawn Brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Any colour or mixture of colours”) | Standard (“Color is inconsequential”) |
| Xoloitzcuintle | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) |
| XoloitzcuintleCu blană | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Standard (“Brindle”) | Standard (“Black Brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Standard (“Any color combination is allowed”) |
| Lakeland Terrier | No ruling | Alternativ (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tervueren Belgian | Defect (“brindle”) | Alternativ (“Brindle”) | No ruling | Defect (“brindle”) | No ruling |
Breeds where Tărcat inversat is a fault
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Câine Ciobănesc Kangal | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“Brindle undesirable”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“brindle”) |
| Ciobănesc Mioritic Românesc | Defect (“Presence of brindle markings”) | Defect (“Presence of brindle markings”) | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut |
| Fox Terrier cu Păr Neted | Defect (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”) | Defect (“brindle ... markings are objectionable”) | Defect (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”) | Defect (“Brindle ... markings highly undesirable”) | Defect (“Brindle”) |
| Fox Terrier cu Păr Sârmos | Defect (“brindle ... markings undesirable”) | Defect (“brindle ... objectionable”) | Defect (“brindle ... marking highly undesirable”) | Defect (“brindle ... marking undesirable”) | Defect (“brindle”) |
| Malinois Belgian | Defect (“brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“the blackening must not appear as patched or brindled”) | No ruling | Defect (“brindle”) | No ruling |
| Mastiff Tibetan | Descalificant (“All other colours than above mentioned e.g. ... brindle”) | Descalificant (“All other coat colors (e.g., ... brindle ...)”) | Defect (“brindle ... undesirable”) | Descalificant (“All colours other than above-mentioned e.g. ... brindle”) | No ruling |
| Podengo Portughez | Descalificant (“Brindle”) | Defect (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brindle”) |
| Schnauzer Standard | No ruling | Defect (“spotting or striping”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | No ruling |
| Toy Fox Terrier | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Defect (“tan markings that are too red, chocolate-shaded or brindled”) |
Breeds where Tărcat inversat is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | AKC | KC | KUSA | UKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American English Coonhound | No ruling | Descalificant (“any brindle color”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“any brindle color”) | Descalificant (“Any brindle in coat”) |
| Beagle | No ruling | Descalificant (“Merle and Brindle Color Patterns”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“Brindle”) |
| Câine de Canaan | Nerecunoscut (“brindle ... unacceptable”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle ... unacceptable”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle ... unacceptable color patterns”) |
| Câine Toy Rusesc | Descalificant (“presence of brindle markings”) | Descalificant (“Presence of brindle markings”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“presence of brindle markings”) | Descalificant (“Presence of brindle markings”) |
| Ciobănesc Carpatin | Descalificant (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | Descalificant (“Coat color that is brown, brindle, yellow or flecked in these colors”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Ciobănesc German | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“brindle”) |
| Ciobănesc Iugoslav | Descalificant (“brindle pattern”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“brindle”) |
| Ciobănesc Shetland | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“brindle”) |
| Cirneco dell’Etna | Descalificant (“Coat colour that is solid ... brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle coat”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant (“Any black, brown or brindle in the coat”) |
| Dalmațian | Descalificant (“brindle coloured spots”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Dog de Bordeaux | Descalificant (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”) | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant (“any other colour of the coat than fawn ... in particular brindle”) | No ruling |
| Husky Siberian | Descalificant (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”) | Descalificant (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”) | No ruling | Descalificant (“brindle patterns are not allowable and are to be disqualified”) | No ruling |
| Labrador Retriever | Descalificant | Descalificant (“brindle markings”) | Nerecunoscut | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant |
| Ogar Italian | Descalificant | Descalificant (“brindle markings”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“brindle”) | Descalificant (“Brindle markings”) |
| Parson Russell Terrier | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brindle markings”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant |
| Podengo Portughez Pequeno | Descalificant (“Brindle”) | Descalificant (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brindle”) |
| Puli | Descalificant | Nerecunoscut (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant | Descalificant |
| Pumi | Descalificant | Descalificant (“Brindle Markings”) | Nerecunoscut | Descalificant | Descalificant |
| Rat Terrier | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brindle or merle color patterns”) | No ruling | No ruling | Descalificant (“Brindle”) |
| Russell Terrier | No ruling | Descalificant (“brindle coloring”) | Nerecunoscut | No ruling | Descalificant |
| Segugio Italian | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianCu păr scurt | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Segugio ItalianCu păr sârmos | Descalificant (“brindle coat”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Shar-Pei | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Descalificant (“Brindle”) | Nerecunoscut (“Brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) | Descalificant (“brindle”) |
| Barbet | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut (“Brindle”) | No ruling | No ruling |
| Mops | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Nerecunoscut | No ruling |
| Bull TerrierAlb | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya Borzaya | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |