What does each club give for Višina vihra in the Samojed?

FCI, Male: 54–60 cm; AKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; UKC, Male: 53.3–59.7 cm; KC, Male: 51–56 cm; CKC, Male: 53.3–59.8 cm; FCI, Female: 50–56 cm; AKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; UKC, Female: 48.3–53.3 cm; KC, Female: 46–51 cm; CKC, Female: 48.3–54.5 cm.

Samojed 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
Višina vihra, male	54–60 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	53.3–59.7 cm	51–56 cm	53.3–59.8 cm
Višina vihra, female	50–56 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	48.3–53.3 cm	46–51 cm	48.3–54.5 cm
Razmerje višine in dolžine	1	No ruling	1	No ruling	No ruling
Razmerje lobanje in gobca	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
UgrizŠkarjasti ugriz	Po standardu (“Regular and complete scissor bite”)	Po standardu (“snugly overlapping with scissors bite”)	Po standardu (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth with a scissors bite”)	Po standardu (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Po standardu (“snugly overlapping in a scissors bite”)
UgrizKleščast ugriz	Napaka (“FAULTS: ... Pincer bite”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
UgrizPodgriz	Diskvalifikacijsko (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Napaka (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Napaka (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
UgrizNadgriz	Diskvalifikacijsko (“ELIMINATING FAULTS: Overshot or undershot bite”)	Napaka (“Undershot or overshot should be penalized”)	Napaka (“Faults: Undershot or overshot”)	No ruling	No ruling
Drža ušesPokončna (stoječa)	Po standardu (“EARS: Erect, rather small, thick, triangular”)	Po standardu (“Strong and thick, erect, triangular”)	Po standardu (“carried strongly erect”)	Po standardu (“Fully erect in adults”)	No ruling
Nasajenost ušesVisoka	Po standardu (“They should be mobile, set high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Oblika očiMandljaste	Po standardu (“somewhat slanting and almond-shaped”)	Po standardu (“almond shaped with lower lid slanting”)	Po standardu (“The eyes are dark brown, almond-shaped”)	Po standardu (“Almond-shaped, obliquely set”)	No ruling
Oblika očiOkrogle	No ruling	Napaka (“Round or protruding eyes penalized”)	Napaka (“Faults: Round or protruding eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Zgornja linijaRavna	Po standardu (“Back: Of medium length, muscular and straight”)	No ruling	Po standardu (“blend gracefully into the level back”)	No ruling	No ruling
Drža repaZavihan čez hrbet	Po standardu (“carried bent from the root forward over the back or side”)	No ruling	Po standardu (“normally carried over the back, draped to one side or the other”)	Po standardu (“carried over the back and to side when alert”)	No ruling
Nasajenost repaVisoka	Po standardu (“TAIL: Set rather high”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Dolžina repaDolg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“Tail: Long, profusely coated”)	No ruling
Dolžina repaSrednji	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“The tail is moderately long”)	No ruling	No ruling
TaceOvalne	Po standardu (“Fore Feet: Oval with long toes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
TaceMačja taca	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“Round cat feet highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Skočni sklepiNizko postavljeni	Po standardu (“Hocks: Rather low and well angulated”)	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“with well let down hocks”)	No ruling
Skočni sklepiKravja stoja (sklepi navznoter)	Napaka (“Badly bow-legged or cow hocked”)	Napaka (“any suggestion of unsound stifles or cowhocks severely penalized”)	No ruling	Napaka (“Cowhocks or straight stifles highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Dolžina vratuSrednji	Po standardu (“NECK: Strong and of medium length”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Prsni košGlobok	Po standardu (“Chest: Broad, deep and long”)	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“Chest deep but not too broad”)	No ruling
Prsni košSodčast	Napaka (“FAULTS: ... Barrel ribcage”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Privzdignjenost trebuhaZmerna	Po standardu (“Underline: Moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	Po standardu (“The belly is tight, with moderate tuck-up”)	No ruling	No ruling
Oblika gobcaZožen	Po standardu (“gradually tapering towards the nose”)	Po standardu (“should taper toward the nose”)	Po standardu (“there is slight tapering toward the nose”)	Po standardu (“tapering foreface not too sharply defined”)	No ruling
Oblika gobcaKoničast (šibek)	Napaka (“neither snipey nor heavy and square”)	Napaka (“neither coarse nor snipy”)	Napaka (“Faults: Coarse, snipey, or shallow muzzle”)	No ruling	No ruling
ZobovjePopolno zobovje	Po standardu (“Normal dentition”)	No ruling	Po standardu (“a complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Odstranitev volčjih krempljev	Po standardu (“The dewclaws should be removed”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

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

Samojed colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Samojed in Bela in Smetanova. Standard patterns: Enobarvna in Dvobarvna.

Dlaka: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Bela	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)
Smetanova	Po standardu (“cream”)	Po standardu (“Cream”)	Po standardu (“cream, or all biscuit”)	Po standardu (“cream”)	Po standardu (“cream”)
Albinska	Diskvalifikacijsko	Diskvalifikacijsko	Diskvalifikacijsko (“albinism”)	Ni priznano	Diskvalifikacijsko
Rjava	Diskvalifikacijsko (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)	Diskvalifikacijsko	Diskvalifikacijsko	Ni priznano	Diskvalifikacijsko (“should never give the impression of being pale brown”)
Patterns
Enobarvna	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“White”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)	Po standardu (“pure white”)
Dvobarvna	Po standardu (“white with biscuit”)	Po standardu (“White & Biscuit”)	Po standardu (“white and biscuit”)	Po standardu (“white and biscuit”)	Po standardu (“white with biscuit”)

Oči: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Rjava	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“medium to dark brown”)	No ruling
Temno rjava	Po standardu (“dark brown”)	Po standardu (“dark for preference”)	Po standardu (“dark brown”)	Po standardu (“medium to dark brown”)	Po standardu (“dark brown”)
Črna	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Svetlo rjava	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“light or black eyes undesirable”)	No ruling
Rumena	Napaka (“yellow eyes”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Napaka (“yellow eyes”)
Modra	Diskvalifikacijsko (“eyes blue”)	Diskvalifikacijsko (“blue eyes”)	Diskvalifikacijsko (“blue eyes”)	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“eyes blue”)
Patterns
Različnooka	Diskvalifikacijsko (“eyes ... of different colours”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Diskvalifikacijsko (“eyes ... of different colours”)

Nos: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Črna	Po standardu (“preferably black”)	Po standardu (“black for preference”)	Po standardu (“black is preferred”)	Po standardu (“black for preference”)	Po standardu (“preferably black”)
Jetrna	No ruling	Po standardu (“brown, liver ... nose not penalized”)	Po standardu (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	Po standardu (“may be brown”)	No ruling
Rožnata	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Po standardu (“flesh-coloured”)	No ruling
Barva mesa	No ruling	Po standardu (“Dudley nose not penalized”)	Po standardu (“a brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptable”)	No ruling	No ruling
Patterns
Zimski nos	Po standardu (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called « winter nose »”)	Po standardu (“color of nose sometimes changes with age and weather”)	Po standardu (“changes in nose color due to age or weather are not penalized”)	No ruling	Po standardu (“the pigment of the nose can fade to a so called "winter nose"”)

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 Samojed's colors can change over its life.

Belachanges toRoan
Dlaka · S starostjo · from 2 weeks
Črnachanges toZimski nos
Nos · Z letnim časom · can change back
Črnachanges toRožnata
Nos · Z letnim časom · can change back
Črnachanges toZimski nos
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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