What does each club give for Высота в холке in the Чау-чау?

FCI, Male: 48–56 cm; KC, Male: 48–56 cm; CKC, Male: 45.8–53.3 cm; FCI, Female: 46–51 cm; KC, Female: 46–51 cm; CKC, Female: 43.3–50.8 cm; AKC, Высота в холке: 43.2–50.8 cm; UKC, Высота в холке: 43.2–50.8 cm.

Чау-чау breed standards compared

Each column is one club's published standard. An empty cell means the club says nothing on that point in our records.

Clubs compared: FCI, AKC, UKC, KC, CKC.

Size

Size
Measure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Высота в холке, male	48–56 cm	No ruling	No ruling	48–56 cm	45.8–53.3 cm
Высота в холке, female	46–51 cm	No ruling	No ruling	46–51 cm	43.3–50.8 cm
Высота в холке	No ruling	43.2–50.8 cm	43.2–50.8 cm	No ruling	No ruling
Индекс формата (высота к длине)	No ruling	1	1	No ruling	1
Соотношение черепа и морды	No ruling	under 2	under 3	No ruling	under 2

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
ПрикусНожницеобразный прикус	По стандарту (“a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“white teeth meeting in a scissors bite”)	По стандарту (“a perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	По стандарту (“Strong and level, with a scissors bite”)
ПрикусНедокус	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Недостаток (“should neither be overshot, nor undershot”)
ПрикусПерекус	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Недостаток (“should neither be overshot, nor undershot”)
Зубная формулаПолная зубная формула	No ruling	No ruling	По стандарту (“a complete set of good-sized, evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling
Пигментация языкаСине-чёрный	По стандарту (“A bluish-black tongue is characteristic”)	По стандарту (“his unique blue-black tongue”)	По стандарту (“The top surface and edges of the tongue are solid blue-black”)	По стандарту (“with a bluish black tongue is ideal”)	По стандарту (“The surface of the tongue must be solid blue-black”)
Пигментация языкаРозовый	No ruling	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“Top surface or edges of the tongue red, pink, or spotted with red or pink”)	No ruling	No ruling
Пигментация языкаПятнистый	No ruling	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“Top surface or edges of the tongue red, pink, or spotted with red or pink”)	No ruling	No ruling
Постав ушейСтоячие	No ruling	По стандарту (“carried stiffly erect but with a slight forward tilt”)	По стандарту (“Ears are prick with slightly rounded tips”)	No ruling	No ruling
Постав ушейВисячие	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“Disqualifying Fault - Drop ear or ears”)	Дисквалифицирующий (“Ear breaking at any point from the base to the tip; ear not carried stiffly erect”)	No ruling	No ruling
Форма глазОвальные	По стандарту (“Dark, oval shaped, medium sized”)	No ruling	No ruling	По стандарту (“Dark, oval shaped, medium size”)	No ruling
Форма глазМиндалевидные	No ruling	По стандарту (“of moderate size, almond in shape”)	По стандарту (“Eyes are dark brown, almond-shaped, and of moderate size”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“Dark, deep set of moderate size, and almond shaped”)
Посадка глазГлубоко посаженные	No ruling	По стандарту (“Eyes dark brown, deep set and placed wide apart”)	По стандарту (“They are set deeply, obliquely, and wide apart”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“Dark, deep set of moderate size”)
Посадка глазШироко посаженные	No ruling	По стандарту (“deep set and placed wide apart and obliquely”)	По стандарту (“They are set deeply, obliquely, and wide apart”)	No ruling	No ruling
Длина мордыКороткая	No ruling	По стандарту (“short, broad and deep muzzle”)	По стандарту (“a short, broad and deep muzzle”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“Muzzle is short in comparison to length of skull”)
Длина мордыСредняя	По стандарту (“Muzzle: Moderate in length, broad from eyes to end”)	No ruling	No ruling	По стандарту (“Muzzle moderate in length, broad from eyes to end”)	No ruling
Форма мордыКвадратная	No ruling	По стандарту (“This square appearance is achieved by correct bone structure”)	По стандарту (“The square appearance of the muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Линия верхаРовная	По стандарту (“Back: Short, level and strong”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“The topline is short and level”)	По стандарту (“Back short, level and strong”)	No ruling
ГрудьГлубокая	По стандарту (“Chest: Broad and deep”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“The chest is broad, muscular, and deep, extending to the elbow”)	По стандарту (“Chest broad and deep”)	По стандарту (“Chest broad, deep, (never narrow) and muscular”)
ГрудьБочкообразная	Недостаток (“Ribs well sprung, but not barrelled”)	No ruling	No ruling	Недостаток (“Ribs well sprung but not barrelled”)	Недостаток (“well-sprung ribs, but not a barrel”)
Посадка хвостаВысокая	По стандарту (“TAIL: Set high, carried well over back”)	По стандарту (“the tail set high and carried closely to the back”)	По стандарту (“his high-set tail, which is carried on the back”)	По стандарту (“Set high, carried well over back”)	No ruling
Постав хвостаЗакручен на спину	По стандарту (“carried well over back”)	По стандарту (“carried closely to the back”)	По стандарту (“which is carried on the back”)	По стандарту (“Set high, carried well over back”)	По стандарту (“Tail carried well over the back”)
ЛапыКошачья лапа	По стандарту (“Small, round, cat-like, standing well up on toes”)	No ruling	По стандарту (“Feet are round and compact, with thick pads”)	По стандарту (“Small, round, cat-like, standing well up on toes”)	По стандарту (“Feet round, catlike with thick pads”)
Скакательные суставыНизко опущенные	По стандарту (“Hocks well let down”)	No ruling	No ruling	По стандарту (“Hocks well let down”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Удаление прибылых пальцев	No ruling	Альтернативный (“The dewclaws may be removed”)	Альтернативный (“Dewclaws may be removed”)	No ruling	Альтернативный (“Dewclaws may or may not be present”)

The law on these procedures differs by country. A listing here says nothing about whether one is legal where you live.

Чау-чау colors and patterns

What each club's breed standard says about every Чау-чау color and pattern. Point at a ruling to see the club's own wording.

Breed standards describe the Чау-чау in Чёрный, Белый, Голубой, Красный, Кремовый и Палевый. Standard patterns: Однотонный.

Шерсть: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Чёрный	По стандарту (“black”)	По стандарту (“Black”)	По стандарту (“black”)	По стандарту (“black”)	По стандарту (“black”)
Белый	По стандарту (“white”)	Не признан	Не признан	По стандарту (“white”)	По стандарту (“white”)
Голубой	По стандарту (“blue”)	По стандарту (“Blue”)	По стандарту (“blue”)	По стандарту (“blue”)	По стандарту (“blue”)
Красный	По стандарту (“red”)	По стандарту (“Red”)	По стандарту (“Red (light golden to deep mahogany)”)	По стандарту (“red”)	По стандарту (“red”)
Кремовый	По стандарту (“cream”)	По стандарту (“Cream”)	По стандарту (“cream”)	По стандарту (“cream”)	По стандарту (“cream”)
Палевый	По стандарту (“fawn”)	По стандарту (“Cinnamon”)	По стандарту (“cinnamon (light fawn to deep cinnamon)”)	По стандарту (“fawn”)	По стандарту (“fawn”)
Альбинос	Не признан	Не признан	Дисквалифицирующий (“Albinism”)	Не признан	Не признан
Лиловый	Не признан	Не признан	Не признан	Не признан (“Lilac”)	Не признан
Шоколадный	Не признан	Не признан	Не признан	Не признан (“Chocolate”)	Не признан
Patterns
Однотонный	По стандарту (“Whole coloured”)	По стандарту (“Clear colored, solid or solid with lighter shadings”)	По стандарту (“Colors are solid but may have lighter shadings”)	По стандарту (“Whole coloured”)	По стандарту (“Whole-coloured”)
Пайбалд	Не признан (“not in patches”)	No ruling	No ruling	Не признан (“not in patches”)	Не признан (“not in patches”)
Партиколор	Не признан (“not ... parti-coloured”)	No ruling	No ruling	Не признан (“not ... parti-coloured”)	Не признан (“not ... particoloured”)

Глаза: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Тёмно-коричневый	По стандарту (“Dark”)	По стандарту (“Eyes dark brown”)	По стандарту (“dark brown”)	По стандарту (“Dark”)	По стандарту (“Dark”)
Светло-коричневый	По стандарту (“A matching coloured eye permissible in blues and fawns”)	No ruling	No ruling	По стандарту (“In blues and fawns, lighter colours permissible in keeping with coat colour”)	По стандарту (“In blues and fawns, lighter colours permissible in keeping with coat colour”)

Мочка носа: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Чёрный	По стандарту (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”)	По стандарту (“Reds, Blacks and Cinnamons must have a solid black nose”)	По стандарту (“Black nose is preferable in all cases”)	По стандарту (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”)	По стандарту (“black (... black preferable in all cases)”)
Голубой	По стандарту (“in blues and fawns a self-coloured nose”)	По стандарту (“Blue chows may have a solid blue or slate nose”)	По стандарту (“In blues and fawns, self-colored nose is permissible”)	По стандарту (“in blues and fawns a self-coloured nose”)	По стандарту (“in blues and fawns, a self-coloured nose”)
Аспидный	No ruling	По стандарту (“Blue chows may have a solid blue or slate nose”)	По стандарту (“In blues and fawns, self-colored nose is permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Печёночный	По стандарту (“cream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissible”)	По стандарту (“Cream chows may have a range of nose color, from dark black/brown solid pigment”)	По стандарту (“cream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissible”)	По стандарту (“cream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissible”)	По стандарту (“cream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissible”)
Розовый	По стандарту (“cream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissible”)	По стандарту (“Cream chows may have a range of nose color ... fading to pinkish pigment”)	По стандарту (“cream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissible”)	По стандарту (“cream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissible”)	По стандарту (“cream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissible”)
Patterns
Нос-бабочка	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“Nose spotted”)	Дисквалифицирующий (“Nose spotted”)	No ruling	No ruling

Язык: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Иссиня-чёрный	По стандарту (“A bluish-black tongue is characteristic”)	По стандарту (“The top surface and edges of the tongue a solid blue-black, the darker the better”)	По стандарту (“The top surface and edges of the tongue are solid blue-black, the darker the better”)	По стандарту (“bluish-black tongue”)	По стандарту (“bluish-black tongue”)
Розовый	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“The top surface or edges of the tongue red or pink”)	Дисквалифицирующий (“Top surface or edges of the tongue red, pink”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Однотонный	No ruling	По стандарту (“a solid blue-black”)	По стандарту (“solid blue-black”)	No ruling	No ruling
Пятнистый	No ruling	Дисквалифицирующий (“with one or more spots of red or pink”)	Дисквалифицирующий (“spotted with red or pink”)	No ruling	No ruling

What the rulings mean

По стандарту: Described by the club's breed standard.
Дисквалифицирующий: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Не признан: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Чау-чау's colors can change over its life.

Чёрныйchanges toРжавый
Шерсть · С состоянием организма · can change back
Чёрныйchanges toСерый
Шерсть · Прогрессирующее
Чёрныйchanges toКоричневый
Шерсть · На солнце · can change back
Белыйchanges toЧалый
Шерсть · С возрастом · from 2 weeks
Чёрныйchanges toЗимний нос
Мочка носа · По сезону · can change back
Чёрныйchanges toРозовый
Мочка носа · По сезону · can change back
Однотонныйchanges toПятнистый
Язык · Прогрессирующее
Розовыйchanges toИссиня-чёрный
Язык · С возрастом · from 8 to 26 weeks

Sources

Each ruling comes from the club's published breed standard or color list.

Published standards

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