Nemški špic 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.

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
UgrizŠkarjasti ugriz	Po standardu (“show a complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Po standardu (“Scissors bite preferred”)	Po standardu (“teeth meeting in a scissors bite”)	Po standardu (“A perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
UgrizKleščast ugriz	Alternativno (“Pincer bite is permissible”)	Alternativno (“level bite permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
UgrizPodgriz	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
UgrizNadgriz	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
UgrizKriv ugriz	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
ZobovjePopolno zobovje	Po standardu (“complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Po standardu (“Complete dentition”)	Po standardu (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling
ZobovjeManjkajoči zobje	No ruling	Napaka (“Missing teeth is a serious fault”)	No ruling	No ruling
Drža ušesPokončna (stoječa)	Po standardu (“they are always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Po standardu (“always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Po standardu (“the ears are perfectly erect”)	Po standardu (“Perfectly erect”)
Drža ušesPolpokončna	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualification - Ears not fully erect”)	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Disqualification: Semi-prick ears”)	No ruling
Nasajenost ušesVisoka	Po standardu (“The small ears are set high”)	Po standardu (“small ears are set high”)	Po standardu (“set rather high”)	Po standardu (“Small, triangular and set rather high”)
Oblika očiMandljaste	Po standardu (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	Po standardu (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Oblika očiOvalne	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“Medium sized, oval in shape”)	Po standardu (“Medium size, oval shaped and obliquely set”)
Stop (izrazitost)Zmeren	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“The stop is moderately defined”)	Po standardu (“Stop moderately defined”)
Zgornja linijaRavna	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“The topline is level”)	Po standardu (“Topline level”)
Privzdignjenost trebuhaZmerna	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“there is moderate tuck-up”)	Po standardu (“Moderate tuck-up”)
Nasajenost repaVisoka	Po standardu (“The tail is set on high”)	Po standardu (“The tail is set on high”)	Po standardu (“The tail is high set”)	Po standardu (“High set, curled right up from root”)
Drža repaZavihan čez hrbet	Po standardu (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Po standardu (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Po standardu (“lies curled over the back”)	Po standardu (“lying curled over back”)
Drža repaDvojno zavihan	Alternativno (“A double curl at tip of tail is tolerated”)	Alternativno (“A double curl at tip of tail is permissible but not preferred”)	No ruling	No ruling
TaceMačja taca	Po standardu (“round and closed ... so called cat feet”)	Po standardu (“The forefeet are cat feet”)	Po standardu (“Small, rounded and cat-like”)	Po standardu (“Small, rounded, cat-like”)
Dolžina vratuSrednji	Po standardu (“The medium length neck is set broadly”)	Po standardu (“The medium length neck is slightly arched”)	No ruling	No ruling
PodgrlinaBrez (suho grlo)	Po standardu (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	Po standardu (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Očala	Po standardu (“round the eyes well defined <spectacles> shown as a delicately pencilled black line”)	Po standardu (“The eyes are well defined with a delicately penciled black line”)	No ruling	No ruling
Zvezda	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Nogavičke	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Bela konica repa	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternativno (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Beli znaki	Diskvalifikacijsko (“Definite white markings or spots in all non-white Spitz dogs.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Nemški špic colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Nemški špic in Črna, Bela, Siva, Modra, Lila, Srebrna, Rjava, Tjulnja, Rumenorjava, Rdeča, Oranžna, Zlata in Smetanova. Standard patterns: Enobarvna, Tribarvna, Partikolor, Soboljasta, Aguti in Z rumenorjavimi znaki.

Dlaka: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Črna	Po standardu (“black”)	Po standardu (“Black”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Black”)	Po standardu (“black”)
Bela	Po standardu (“white”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“including pure white”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“white”)
Siva	Po standardu (“grey-shaded (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Gray”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Po standardu (“grey-shaded”)
Modra	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Blue”)	Diskvalifikacijsko
Lila	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Lilac”)	Diskvalifikacijsko
Srebrna	Po standardu (“black-and-silver (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“black and silver”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Po standardu (“black-and-silver”)
Rjava	Po standardu (“brown”)	Po standardu (“Brown”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Brown”)	Po standardu (“brown”)
Tjulnja	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Seal”)	Diskvalifikacijsko
Rumenorjava	Po standardu (“black-and-tan, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Black & Tan”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Black & Tan”)	Po standardu (“black and tan”)
Rdeča	Diskvalifikacijsko	Po standardu (“Red”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Diskvalifikacijsko
Oranžna	Po standardu (“orange (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Orange”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Orange”)	Po standardu (“orange”)
Zlata	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Gold”)	Diskvalifikacijsko
Smetanova	Po standardu (“cream (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Cream”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Cream”)	Po standardu (“cream”)
Albinska	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Diskvalifikacijsko (“albinism”)	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko
Patterns
Enobarvna	Po standardu (“white, black, brown, orange”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)	Po standardu (“Black”)	Po standardu (“white, black, brown, orange”)
Tribarvna	Po standardu (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Po standardu (“Black Tricolour”)	Po standardu (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”)
Partikolor	Po standardu (“coats with patches (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Parti-Color”)	Po standardu (“parti-colors”)	Po standardu (“Black & White Particolour”)	Po standardu (“parti-colour”)
Soboljasta	Po standardu (“orange-sable, cream-sable (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Sable”)	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Po standardu (“Sable”)	Po standardu (“cream-sable, orange-sable”)
Aguti	No ruling	Po standardu (“Wolfgray”)	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Po standardu (“Wolf Sable”)	No ruling
Z rumenorjavimi znaki	Po standardu (“black-and-tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Po standardu (“Black & Tan”)	Po standardu (“black and tans”)	Po standardu (“Black & Tan”)	Po standardu (“black and tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan”)
Merle	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“merle”)	No ruling	Ni priznano (“with the exception of merle, which is unacceptable”)	No ruling
Dvojni merle	No ruling	Ni priznano	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Oči: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Temno rjava	Po standardu (“dark”)	Po standardu (“dark brown”)	Po standardu (“always dark in color”)	Po standardu (“always dark”)	Po standardu (“dark”)
Svetlo rjava	Napaka (“too big and too light eyes”)	Po standardu (“the brown dog may have a lighter brown eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“too big or too light eyes”)

Nos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Črna	Po standardu (“pure black”)	Po standardu (“small and solid black”)	Po standardu (“black in black, white, black and white parti-colors and black and tan dogs”)	Po standardu (“nose black in black, white, black/white parti-colours”)	Po standardu (“pure black”)
Jetrna	Po standardu (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)	Po standardu (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”)	Po standardu (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”)	Po standardu (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”)	Po standardu (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)
Rožnata	Napaka (“flesh-coloured nose”)	Napaka (“flesh colored noses are a serious fault”)	No ruling	Napaka (“pink nose highly undesirable”)	Napaka (“flesh-coloured nose”)
Patterns
Metuljast nos	No ruling	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“butterfly nose”)	Napaka (“parti-colour ... nose highly undesirable”)	No ruling

Veliki

Dlaka: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC
Črna	Po standardu (“black”)	Po standardu (“Black”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Bela	Po standardu (“white”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“including pure white”)
Siva	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Modra	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Lila	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Srebrna	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Rjava	Po standardu (“brown”)	Po standardu (“Brown”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Tjulnja	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Rumenorjava	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Rdeča	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Oranžna	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Zlata	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Smetanova	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Albinska	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Diskvalifikacijsko (“albinism”)
Patterns
Enobarvna	Po standardu (“white, black, brown”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“all colors”)
Tribarvna	Diskvalifikacijsko (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Partikolor	Diskvalifikacijsko (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Po standardu (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Po standardu (“parti-colors”)
Soboljasta	Diskvalifikacijsko (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Po standardu (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Aguti	No ruling	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Z rumenorjavimi znaki	Diskvalifikacijsko (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Ni priznano	Po standardu (“black and tans”)
Merle	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“merle”)	No ruling
Dvojni merle	No ruling	Ni priznano	No ruling

What the rulings mean

Po standardu: Described by the club's breed standard.
Napaka: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Diskvalifikacijsko: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Ni priznano: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Nemški špic's colors can change over its life.

Črnachanges toRjasta
Dlaka · S telesnim stanjem · can change back
Črnachanges toSiva
Dlaka · Postopna
Črnachanges toRjava
Dlaka · Na soncu · can change back
Belachanges toRoan
Dlaka · S starostjo · from 2 weeks
Z rumenorjavimi znakichanges toS sedlom
Dlaka · S starostjo · from 6 to 156 weeks
Črnachanges toZimski nos
Nos · Z letnim časom · can change back
Črnachanges toRožnata
Nos · Z letnim časom · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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