Hund color
Leverbrun
The dog fancy's word for brown eumelanin, a reddish chocolate, and for the brown nose and pads that go with it.
198 Hund breeds list Leverbrun. It is in a club standard for 158 breeds. At least one club disqualifies it in 32 breeds.
Breeds whose standards accept Leverbrun
| Breed | FCI | UKC | KC | KUSA | AKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AfghanhundNos | Standard (âliver permissible in light-coloured dogsâ) | Fel (âNose any color other than blackâ) | Standard (âliver permissible in light-coloured dogsâ) | Standard (âliver permissible in light-coloured dogsâ) | No ruling |
| AkbashNos | No ruling | Standard (âsolid dark brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Akita | Ej erkĂ€nd | Standard (âany color including white (Akita)â) | Standard (âany colour (Akita)â) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Ej erkĂ€nd |
| AkitaAmerikansk | Diskvalificerande (âliver colorâ) | Standard (âany color including whiteâ) | Standard (âany colourâ) | Diskvalificerande (âliver colorâ) | Diskvalificerande (âliver colorâ) |
| AkitaNos | No ruling | Standard (âliver color is permitted on white Akitasâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âa lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)â) |
| AkitaAmerikansk · Nos | No ruling | Standard (âliver color is permitted on white Akitasâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âa lighter colored nose ... is acceptable (white Akitas)â) |
| Alaskan klee kaiNos | No ruling | Standard (âliver-colored for dogs whose coat colors are shades of redâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âshades of red with white have a nose that is liver/brown coloredâ) |
| Alaskan malamuteNos | Standard (âbrown is permitted in red dogsâ) | Standard (âin the red dogs, where brown pigment is acceptableâ) | Standard (âin red and white dogs when it is brownâ) | Standard (âbrown is permitted in red dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown is permitted in red dogsâ) |
| American leopard houndNos | No ruling | Standard (âRed merle-colored dogs have brown or liver colored nosesâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikansk cocker spanielNos | Standard (âin other colours it may be brown, liver or blackâ) | Standard (âIn other colors it may be brown, liver or blackâ) | Standard (âblack or brown in buffs, browns, brown and tans, roans and parti-coloursâ) | Standard (âin other colours it may be brown, liver or blackâ) | Standard (âin other colors it may be brown, liver or blackâ) |
| Amerikansk hĂ„rlös terrierNos | No ruling | Standard (âchocolate ... with self-colored noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikansk pitbullterrier | No ruling | Standard (âAny color, color pattern, or combination of colors is acceptableâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Amerikansk spetsNos | No ruling | Standard (âThe nose leather is black to dark brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âNose pigment is black to dark brownâ) |
| Amerikansk staffordshireterrier | Standard (âliver not to be encouragedâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âliver not to be encouragedâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Amerikansk vattenspaniel | Standard (âColour either solid liver, brown or dark chocolateâ) | Standard (âSolid liver or dark chocolateâ) | Standard (âBrownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Amerikansk vattenspanielNos | Standard (âDark in colour, black or dark brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âNose dark in color, black or dark brownâ) |
| Anatolisk herdehund | No ruling | Standard (âliver-colored dogsâ) | Standard (âAll coloursâ) | No ruling | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Anatolisk herdehundNos | No ruling | Standard (âexcept in liver-colored dogs, where it is brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âsolid black or brownâ) |
| Appenzeller sennenhundNos | Standard (âin havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)â) | Standard (âblack or brown, depending on the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | Standard (âin havana-brown dogs, brown (as dark as possible)â) | Standard (âin havana-brown dogs brown (as dark as possible)â) |
| Australian shepherdNos | Standard (âred merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the noseâ) | No ruling | Standard (âshades of brown in red merles and redsâ) | Standard (âred merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the noseâ) | Standard (âred merles and reds have liver (brown) pigmentation on the noseâ) |
| AzawakhNos | Standard (âBlack or dark brown colour is obligatoryâ) | Standard (âgenerally either black or brownâ) | Standard (âeither black or brownâ) | Standard (âBlack or dark brown colour is obligatoryâ) | No ruling |
| BarbetNos | Standard (âblack or brown depending on the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âBlack or brown in color, depending on the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Basset fauve de BretagneNos | Standard (âdark brownâ) | Standard (âdark brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âdark brownâ) | Standard (âdark brownâ) |
| Basset houndNos | Standard (âin light-coloured hounds, when it may be brown or liverâ) | Standard (âin light-colored hounds, where it may be brown or liverâ) | Standard (âin light-coloured hounds when it may be brown or liverâ) | Standard (âin light-coloured Hounds, when it may be brown or liverâ) | Fel (âA deep liver-colored nose ... is permissible but not desirableâ) |
| Bearded collieNos | Standard (ânormally following coat colour in blues and brownsâ) | Standard (âin a born brown, the pigmentation is brownâ) | Standard (ânormally following coat colour in blues and brownsâ) | Standard (ânormally following coat colour in blues and brownsâ) | Standard (âa born brown dog has brown pigmentationâ) |
| Bedlingtonterrier | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| BedlingtonterrierNos | Standard (âliver and sandies must have brown nosesâ) | Standard (âLiver-, liver and tan-, sandy-, and sandy and tan-colored dogs have brown nosesâ) | Standard (âliver and sandies must have brown nosesâ) | Standard (âliver and sandies must have brown nosesâ) | Standard (âLivers, livers and tans, sandies, sandies and tans have brown nosesâ) |
| Bichon havanaisNos | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) | Standard (âtrue chocolate-coated dogs, which have dark brown/liver colored pigmentâ) | Standard (âfor brown shades the pigment may be brownâ) | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) | Standard (âchocolate dogs which have solid brown pigmentâ) |
| Blodhund | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âLiver & Tanâ) |
| BlodhundNos | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) | Standard (âblack or brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) | No ruling |
| Border collieNos | Standard (âexcept in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brownâ) | Standard (âin brown dogs where it may be brownâ) | Standard (âexcept in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brownâ) | Standard (âexcept in brown or chocolate colour, when it may be brownâ) | No ruling |
| BorderterrierNos | Fel (âliver or flesh-coloured one not a serious faultâ) | Standard (âliver or flesh colored are acceptableâ) | Fel (âliver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and toleratedâ) | Fel (âliver- or flesh-coloured nose not a serious fault and toleratedâ) | No ruling |
| Boykin spaniel | No ruling | Standard (âSolid, rich liver or dark chocolateâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Boykin spanielNos | No ruling | Standard (âLiver in colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âdark liver in colorâ) |
| Bracco italianoNos | Standard (âmore or less pink â to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âBrown, pink or flesh colored depending on coat colorâ) | Standard (âpale pink to dark brown, depending on coat colour, but never blackâ) | Standard (âmore-or-less pink to flesh-coloured or brown, depending on the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âbrown or from pale pink to more or less deep fleshy red depending on the color of the coatâ) |
| Braque du BourbonnaisNos | Standard (âIts colour matches that of the coatâ) | Standard (âmatches the coat in colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âIts colour matches that of the coatâ) |
| Braque français pyrĂ©nĂ©enNos | Standard (âChestnut-brown in colourâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âChestnut-brown in colourâ) |
| Bretagne (epagneul breton) | Standard (âwhite and liverâ) | Standard (âliver and whiteâ) | Standard (âliver/whiteâ) | Standard (âwhite and liverâ) | Standard (âLiver & Whiteâ) |
| Bretagne (epagneul breton)Nos | No ruling | Standard (âAccepted colors include black, brown, fawn, tan and deep pinkâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âshades of brownâ) |
| Bullterrier | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue or liver colorâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Standard (âAny color other than white (Colored)â) |
| BullterrierFĂ€rgad | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue or liver colorâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Standard (âAny color other than whiteâ) |
| Canaanhund | Ej erkĂ€nd | Ej erkĂ€nd (âliverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Ej erkĂ€nd | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| CanaanhundNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âvarying shades of liver, harmonizing with coat colorâ) |
| Chesapeake bay retrieverNos | No ruling | Standard (âNose is fully pigmented and liver in colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| ChihuahuaNos | Standard (âAny colour permittedâ) | Standard (âAccepted nose colors include black, brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âIn moles, blues, and chocolates, they are self-coloredâ) |
| Chow chowNos | Standard (âcream and near white, in which case a lighter coloured nose is permissibleâ) | Standard (âcream and near white Chow Chows, in which case a lighter colored nose is permissibleâ) | Standard (âcream and near white in which case a lighter coloured nose permissibleâ) | Standard (âcream and near-white, in which case a lighter-coloured nose permissibleâ) | Standard (âCream chows may have a range of nose color, from dark black/brown solid pigmentâ) |
| Cirneco dell'EtnaNos | Standard (âlight to dark flesh-colour to brown, depending on the intensity of the coat colourâ) | Standard (âranging from flesh colored through to dark chestnutâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Clumber spanielNos | No ruling | Standard (âAcceptable colors are shades of brown, to include beige, rose and cherryâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âcolored shades of brown, which include beige, rose and cherryâ) |
| Coton de TulĂ©arNos | Standard (âbrown is toleratedâ) | Standard (âdark brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âbrown is toleratedâ) | No ruling |
| Curly coated retriever | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Curly coated retrieverNos | Standard (âbrown in liversâ) | Standard (âbrown in the liver dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown in liversâ) | Standard (âbrown in liversâ) | Standard (âbrown on liver dogsâ) |
| Dalmatiner | Standard (âliver spotted variety with brown spotsâ) | Standard (âIn liver-spotted dogs, the spots are liver brownâ) | Standard (âliver spotted, liver brown spotsâ) | Standard (âliver-spotted dogs, liver brown spotsâ) | Standard (âWhite & Liver Brownâ) |
| DalmatinerNos | Standard (âThe colour must be in accordance to the colour of the spottingâ) | Standard (âbrown in liver-spotted dogsâ) | Standard (âin liver variety always brownâ) | Standard (âin liver variety always brownâ) | Standard (âbrown in liver-spotted dogsâ) |
| DobermannNos | Standard (âin brown dogs, corresponding lighter shadesâ) | Standard (âdark brown in red dogsâ) | Standard (âsolid dark brown in brown dogsâ) | Standard (âin brown dogs, corresponding lighter shadesâ) | Standard (âdark brown on red onesâ) |
| Dogue de BordeauxNos | Standard (âBrown mask: The nose is brownâ) | Standard (âbrown on brown-masked dogsâ) | Standard (âBrown mask - nose and eye rims are brownâ) | Standard (âBrown mask: The nose is brownâ) | Standard (âBrown Mask - Pigmentation of the nose ... will also be brownâ) |
| Drentsche patrijshondNos | Standard (âbrownâ) | Standard (âIt is brown in colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âbrownâ) |
| Drever | Diskvalificerande (âliver brown colourâ) | Standard (âAll colors with white markings are acceptable ... solid liver brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âliver brown colourâ) |
| DvĂ€rgpinscherNos | No ruling | Standard (âchocolate-colored ... dogs, which have self-colored nosesâ) | Standard (âchocolate ... it may be self-colouredâ) | Standard (âchocolate ... it may be self-colouredâ) | Standard (âchocolates which should have a self-colored noseâ) |
| Engelsk cocker spaniel | Standard (âliver (chocolate)â) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliver (chocolate)â) | Standard (âliver (chocolate)â) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Engelsk cocker spanielNos | No ruling | Standard (âbrown in liver and liver parti-colored dogsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âexcept in livers and parti-colors of that shade where they will be brownâ) |
| Engelsk setter | Standard (âliver and white (liver belton)â) | Standard (âliver and white; liver beltonâ) | Standard (âliver and white (liver belton)â) | Standard (âliver and white (liver belton)â) | Standard (âLiver Beltonâ) |
| Engelsk setterNos | Standard (âblack or liver, according to colour of coatâ) | Standard (âblack or dark liver in colorâ) | Standard (âcolour of nose black or liverâ) | Standard (âblack or liver, according to colour of coatâ) | Standard (âblack or dark brownâ) |
| Engelsk springer spaniel | Standard (âLiver and whiteâ) | Standard (âLiver and whiteâ) | Standard (âLiver and whiteâ) | Standard (âLiver and whiteâ) | Standard (âLiver & Whiteâ) |
| Engelsk springer spanielNos | No ruling | Standard (âliver or black, depending on the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âliver or black in color, depending on the color of the coatâ) |
| Epagneul françaisNos | Standard (âBrown, well pigmentedâ) | Standard (âThe pigment of all outer mucous membranes is brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âBrown, well pigmentedâ) |
| Eurasier | Standard (âall coloursâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âwith the exception of ... liverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âliver ... unacceptableâ) | No ruling | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Field spaniel | Standard (âLiverâ) | Standard (âliver, golden liverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Field spanielNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âlight to dark brown or black as befits the color of the coatâ) |
| Finsk lapphundNos | Standard (âblack or brown, according to coat colourâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âblack or brown, according to coat colourâ) | Standard (âbrown dogs will have dark brown pigmentationâ) |
| Flatcoated retriever | Standard (âBlack or liver onlyâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âBlack or liver onlyâ) | Standard (âBlack or liver onlyâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Flatcoated retrieverNos | No ruling | Standard (âbrown in the liver dogsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âbrown on liver dogsâ) |
| Fransk bulldoggNos | Diskvalificerande (ânever brownâ) | Diskvalificerande (ânever brownâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (ânever brownâ) | Standard (âcreams or fawns without black masks, where a lighter colored nose is acceptableâ) |
| Gos rater valenciĂ Nos | Standard (âdark, according to coat colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Grand basset griffon vendĂ©enNos | Standard (âexcept for white and orange coats where a brown nose is toleratedâ) | Standard (âexcept in white and orange coats, when it may be brownâ) | Standard (âwhite/lemon, white/orange coats where brown is toleratedâ) | Standard (âexcept for white and orange coats, where a brown nose is toleratedâ) | Standard (âwhite/orange and white/lemon coats where brown is acceptedâ) |
| Greyhound | Ej erkĂ€nd | Standard (âImmaterialâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Ej erkĂ€nd | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Hannoveransk viltspĂ„rhundNos | Standard (ârarely dark brownâ) | Standard (âoccasionally dark brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (ârarely dark brownâ) | Standard (ârarely dark brownâ) |
| IrlĂ€ndsk röd och vit setterNos | No ruling | Standard (âBlack or dark brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| IrlĂ€ndsk setterNos | Standard (âdark mahogany, or dark walnut or blackâ) | Standard (âBlack or chocolateâ) | Standard (âdark mahogany, dark walnut or blackâ) | Standard (âdark mahogany, dark walnut or blackâ) | Standard (âNose black or chocolateâ) |
| IrlĂ€ndsk vattenspaniel | Standard (âA very rich puce liverâ) | Standard (âSolid liver in colorâ) | Standard (âRich, dark liver with purplish tint or bloom peculiar to the breedâ) | Standard (âA very rich puce liverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| IrlĂ€ndsk vattenspanielNos | Standard (âof dark liver colourâ) | Standard (âLiver coloredâ) | Standard (âdark liver colourâ) | Standard (âof dark liver colourâ) | Standard (âdark liver in colorâ) |
| IslĂ€ndsk fĂ„rhundNos | Standard (âdark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogsâ) | Standard (âdark brown in chocolate and some cream-colored dogsâ) | Standard (âdark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogsâ) | No ruling | Standard (âdark brown on chocolate brown and some cream dogsâ) |
| Italiensk vinthundNos | No ruling | Standard (âmay be brown or blue in harmony with the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âbrown or in keeping with the color of the dogâ) |
| JaktterrierNos | Standard (âwhen the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permittedâ) | Standard (âunless the dog's main color is brown, when a brown nose is acceptableâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âwhen the colour of the coat is dominantly brown, a brown nose is also permittedâ) |
| Jakutisk lajkaNos | Standard (âblack or brown in colourâ) | No ruling | Standard (âblack or brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) |
| Japansk chinNos | Standard (âdeep flesh coloured, according to the coat colourâ) | Standard (âIn a red and white dog, nose pigment is self-colored or blackâ) | Standard (âin red and whites where the colour can be appropriate to markingsâ) | Standard (âdeep flesh coloured, according to the coat colourâ) | Standard (âself-colored or black in the red and whiteâ) |
| Kaukasisk ovtjarkaNos | Diskvalificerande (âGenetic brown nose, lips and eye rimsâ) | Standard (âa brown nose is acceptable in white and light fawn colored dogsâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âGenetic brown nose, lips, and eye rimsâ) | Diskvalificerande (âGenetic brown nose, lips and eye rimsâ) |
| KomondorNos | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âdark grey or dark brown nose toleratedâ) | No ruling | Fel (âa dark gray or dark brown nose is not desirable but is acceptableâ) |
| KorthĂ„rig vizslaNos | Standard (âThe colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colourâ) | Standard (âThe nose is brownâ) | Standard (âNose brownâ) | Standard (âNose brownâ) | Standard (âNose self-coloredâ) |
| KorthĂ„rig vorsteh | Standard (âSolid brown, without markingsâ) | Standard (âsolid liverâ) | Standard (âSolid liverâ) | Standard (âSolid liverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| KorthĂ„rig vorstehNos | Standard (âBasically brownâ) | Standard (âsolid brown in liver-colored dogsâ) | Standard (âNose solid brown or black depending on coat colourâ) | Standard (âNose solid brown or black depending on coat colourâ) | Standard (âbrown on a liver dogâ) |
| KromfohrlĂ€nderNos | Standard (âpreferably black, brown permittedâ) | Standard (âpreferably black, but brown is permittedâ) | No ruling | Standard (âpreferably black, brown permittedâ) | No ruling |
| Labrador retrieverNos | No ruling | Standard (âliver on chocolate dogsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âbrown on chocolatesâ) |
| Lagotto romagnoloNos | Standard (âThe colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âlight to dark brown in color, depending on the color of the coatâ) | Standard (âPigmentation ranges from light to very dark brown depending on coat colourâ) | Standard (âThe colour ranges from light to dark brown, depending on the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âin shades from light to dark brown, varying with coat colorâ) |
| Lakelandterrier | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| LakelandterrierNos | Standard (âin liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liverâ) | Standard (âin liver colored dogs, when it will be brownâ) | Standard (âin liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liverâ) | Standard (âin liver-coated dogs when the nose will be liverâ) | Standard (âLiver colored noses ... are permissible on liver coated dogs onlyâ) |
| Lancashire heeler | Standard (âliver brown and tanâ) | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âliver and tanâ) | Standard (âliver brown and tanâ) | Standard (âLiver & Tanâ) |
| Lancashire heelerNos | Standard (âBlack or brown, in accordance to coat colourâ) | Standard (âbrown in the liver and tan dogsâ) | No ruling | Standard (âBlack or brown, in accordance to coat colourâ) | No ruling |
| Lapsk vallhund | Standard (âdark brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Lapsk vallhundNos | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âBlack or brownâ) |
| Liten mĂŒnsterlĂ€nderNos | Standard (âWhole coloured brownâ) | Standard (âBrown in color, fully pigmentedâ) | Standard (âNose solid brownâ) | Standard (âWhole-coloured brownâ) | Standard (âNose is solid brownâ) |
| Löwchen (liten lejonhund)Nos | Standard (âexcept for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brownâ) | Standard (âexcept in the brown-coated dogs, when it is dark brownâ) | Standard (âblack or brown according to coat colourâ) | Standard (âexcept for brown coats and derivatives ... the nose is dark brownâ) | No ruling |
| Mastino napoletanoNos | Standard (âchestnut for brown coatsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âchestnut for brown coatsâ) | No ruling |
| Miniature american shepherdNos | Standard (âred merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leatherâ) | Standard (âreds and red merles have red (liver) nose leather pigmentationâ) | Standard (âbrown tones in reds and red merlesâ) | Standard (âred merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leatherâ) | Standard (âred merles and reds have red (liver) pigmentation on the nose leatherâ) |
| Mountain curNos | No ruling | Standard (âself-coloredâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| MudiNos | Standard (âfor liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brownâ) | Standard (âBrown dogs will have brown pigmentationâ) | Standard (âbrown and merle where nose colour brownâ) | Standard (âfor liver (brown), ash liver and its merle varieties the colour is brownâ) | Standard (âBrown and graybrown dogs â Brown noseâ) |
| NewfoundlandshundNos | Standard (âbrown on brown dogsâ) | No ruling | Standard (âbrown in brown dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown on brown dogsâ) | No ruling |
| Otterhound | Standard (âoccasional liver, tan and liverâ) | Standard (âAny color or combination of colors is acceptableâ) | Standard (âoccasional liver, tan and liverâ) | Standard (âoccasional liver, tan and liverâ) | Standard (âLiver & Tanâ) |
| OtterhoundNos | Standard (âa tan hound may have a brown noseâ) | Standard (âThose with liver or slate pigmentâ) | Standard (âa tan hound may have a brown noseâ) | Standard (âa tan Hound may have a brown noseâ) | Standard (âblack, liver, or slate, depending on the color of the houndâ) |
| Papillon | Standard (âAll colours are admitted on a coat with a white backgroundâ) | Standard (âwhite with patches of any colorâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âany colour except liverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âany colour except liverâ) | Standard (âWhite & Liverâ) |
| Perro sin pelo del PerĂșNos | No ruling | Standard (âself-colored in the lighter colored dogsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Petit basset griffon vendĂ©enNos | Standard (âthe white and orange coats where a brown nose is toleratedâ) | Standard (âa brown nose is acceptable in orange and white dogsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Pointer | Standard (âliver and whiteâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliver and whiteâ) | Standard (âliver and whiteâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| PointerNos | No ruling | Standard (âThe nose leather may be black or self-coloredâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âIn the darker colors, the nose should be black or brownâ) |
| Polsk lĂ„glandshundNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âblack or brown, depending on the coat colorâ) |
| Pomeranian (dvĂ€rgspets)Nos | Standard (âthe nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brownâ) | Standard (âexcept in brown, blue and beaver colored dogs, when it may be self coloredâ) | Standard (âbrown in chocolate-tipped sable dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown in chocolate-tipped sable dogsâ) | Standard (âself-colored in chocolate, beaver and blueâ) |
| Portugisisk pointer (perdigueiro)Nos | Fel | Standard (âbrown on dogs with brown coatsâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Fel |
| Portugisisk vallhundNos | Standard (âmay be liver coloured in yellow and brown animalsâ) | Standard (âothers are acceptable as long as it is darker than the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âmay be liver coloured in yellow and brown animalsâ) |
| Portugisisk vattenhundNos | Standard (âIn brown specimens the nose is the same colour as the coatâ) | Standard (âBrown dogs have nose pigment in harmony with coat colorâ) | Standard (âNose liver in brown, brown and white and brown tonesâ) | Standard (âIn brown specimens, the nose is the same colour as the coatâ) | Standard (âvarious tones of brown in dogs with brown coatsâ) |
| Pudel (dvĂ€rg)Nos | Standard (âbrown nose in brown subjectsâ) | Standard (âNose leather is liverâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âliver-colored nosesâ) |
| Pudel (stor)Nos | Standard (âbrown nose in brown subjectsâ) | Standard (âNose leather is liverâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âliver-colored nosesâ) |
| Pudel (toy)Nos | Standard (âbrown nose in brown subjectsâ) | Standard (âNose leather is liverâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âdark liver noseâ) | Standard (âliver-colored nosesâ) |
| PudelpointerNos | Standard (âStrongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colourâ) | Standard (âStrongly pigmented according to the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âStrongly pigmented corresponding to the coat colourâ) |
| Rat terrierNos | No ruling | Standard (âchocolate ... with self-colored noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Rhodesian ridgebackNos | Standard (âThe nose should be black or brownâ) | Standard (âThe nose has black or brown pigmentâ) | Standard (âNose black or brownâ) | Standard (âThe nose should be black or brownâ) | Standard (âShould be black, or brown, also known as liverâ) |
| Rysk fĂ€rgad bolonkaNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âAll shades of solid brown pigmentation are allowed in brown dogsâ) |
| Rysk toyNos | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âNose black or self-colouredâ) | No ruling | Standard (âChocolate and Tan dogs have noses that are brown to light brownâ) |
| SalukiNos | Standard (âBlack or liver brownâ) | Standard (âblack or liverâ) | Standard (âNose black or liverâ) | Standard (âNose black or liverâ) | Standard (âNose black or liverâ) |
| SamojedNos | No ruling | Standard (âa brown, liver, or Dudley nose is acceptableâ) | Standard (âmay be brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âbrown, liver ... nose not penalizedâ) |
| SchipperkeNos | No ruling | Standard (âself-colored on the brown dogsâ) | Standard (âNose may be black or dark brownâ) | Standard (âNose may be black or dark brownâ) | No ruling |
| Shar peiNos | Standard (âany colour conforming to general coat colour permissibleâ) | Standard (âIn dilute-colored dogs, the nose is self-coloredâ) | Standard (âany colour conforming to general coat colour permissibleâ) | Standard (âany colour conforming to general coat colour permissibleâ) | Standard (âIn dilute colors, the preferred nose is self-coloredâ) |
| Shih tzu | Standard (âAll colours permissibleâ) | Standard (âAll colors and markings are acceptableâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) | Standard (âAll colours permissibleâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Shih tzuNos | Standard (âdark liver in liver or liver marked dogsâ) | Standard (âon liver-colored dogs, when it is liverâ) | Standard (âdark liver in liver or liver marked dogsâ) | Standard (âdark liver in liver or liver-marked dogsâ) | Standard (âliver on liver pigmented dogsâ) |
| Siberian huskyNos | Standard (âliver in red dogsâ) | Standard (âliver-colored in copper dogsâ) | Standard (âliver in copper dogsâ) | Standard (âliver in red dogsâ) | Standard (âliver in red dogsâ) |
| Spansk vattenhundNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âBeige or white dogs may have either black or brown pigmentâ) |
| Spinone italianoNos | Standard (âbrown in the liver roan subjectsâ) | Standard (âchestnut brown in brown (roan to chestnut) dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown in brown roansâ) | Standard (âbrown in the liver roan subjectsâ) | Standard (âbrown in brown-and-white or brown-roan dogsâ) |
| StabyhounNos | Standard (âBrown in dogs with a brown and white coat colourâ) | Standard (âblack or brown in color, depending on the color of the coatâ) | No ruling | Standard (âBrown in dogs with a brown and white coat colourâ) | Standard (âBrown in dogs with a brown and white coat colourâ) |
| StrĂ€vhĂ„rig pointande griffon (Korthals)Nos | Standard (âAlways brownâ) | Standard (âThe nose is always brownâ) | Standard (âalways brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âNose color is always brownâ) |
| StrĂ€vhĂ„rig vizslaNos | Standard (âThe colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colourâ) | No ruling | Standard (âThe colour of the nose is harmonious with the coat colourâ) | Standard (âThe colour of the nose harmonises in a dark shading with the coat colourâ) | Standard (âThe nose color should blend with the coat colorâ) |
| StrĂ€vhĂ„rig vorsteh | Standard (âBrown with or without white chest patchâ) | Standard (âSolid liverâ) | Standard (âsolid liverâ) | Standard (âBrown with or without white chest patchâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| StrĂ€vhĂ„rig vorstehNos | Standard (âStrongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âDark brown in liver dogsâ) | Standard (âNose liver or blackâ) | Standard (âStrongly pigmented corresponding to the colour of the coatâ) | Standard (âThe nose is dark brownâ) |
| Sussex spaniel | Standard (âRich golden liverâ) | Standard (ârich, golden liverâ) | Standard (âRich golden liverâ) | Standard (âRich golden liverâ) | Standard (âGolden Liverâ) |
| Sussex spanielNos | Standard (âliver in colourâ) | Standard (âliver-coloredâ) | Standard (âliver in colourâ) | Standard (âliver in colourâ) | Standard (âliver coloredâ) |
| Svensk lapphund | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âBear-brown, ... brownâ) | No ruling | Alternativ (âLiverâ) |
| TaxNos | Standard (âbrown, in dogs with brown base colourâ) | Standard (âbrown or black for chocolate dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)â) | Standard (âbrown (chocolate/tan and chocolate dapple)â) | Standard (âdark brownâ) |
| Teddy roosevelt terrierNos | No ruling | Standard (âself-colored corresponding with the body colorâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âself-colored, corresponding with the body colorâ) |
| Tibetansk mastiffNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âbrown dogs, the darkest shade of brownâ) |
| Tjeckisk terrierNos | Standard (âliver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriersâ) | Standard (âliver in the light coffee brown dogsâ) | Standard (âliver in light brown dogsâ) | Standard (âliver-coloured on light-coffee brown Terriersâ) | Standard (âliver in coffee colored dogsâ) |
| Toy fox terrierNos | No ruling | Fel (âBrown noseâ) | No ruling | Standard (âself-coloured in chocolate dogsâ) | Standard (âself-colored in chocolate dogsâ) |
| Tysk lĂ„nghĂ„rig vorstehNos | Standard (âBrownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âNose brownâ) | No ruling | Standard (âBrownâ) |
| Tysk spaniel (wachtelhund)Nos | No ruling | Standard (âColor is brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Tysk spetsNos | Standard (âthe nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brownâ) | Standard (âin other colors it matches the color of the coatâ) | Standard (âin other self colours, nose compatible with coat colourâ) | Standard (âthe nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brownâ) | Standard (âthe nose of brown dogs is dark brownâ) |
| Welsh springer spanielNos | No ruling | Standard (âblack or any shade of brownâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Standard (âblack or any shade of brownâ) |
| WhippetNos | Standard (âliver nose in creams and other dilute coloursâ) | No ruling | Standard (âNose liver in creamsâ) | Standard (âNose liver in creamsâ) | Standard (âdark brownâ) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âAny color combination is allowedâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund)BehĂ„rad | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âAny color combination is allowedâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund)Hud och fjĂ€ll | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âAny color combination is allowedâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund)HĂ„rlös · Hud och fjĂ€ll | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âAny color combination is allowedâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âliverâ) | Standard (âLiverâ) |
| Xoloitzcuintle (mexikansk nakenhund)Nos | Standard (âIt can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogsâ) | Standard (âbrown or pink in bronze and blond dogsâ) | No ruling | Standard (âIt can be brown or pinkish in bronze-coloured dogsâ) | No ruling |
| Belgisk vallhund tervueren | Diskvalificerande | No ruling | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande | Alternativ (âFawn & Liverâ) |
Breeds where Leverbrun is a fault
| Breed | FCI | UKC | KC | KUSA | AKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australian stumpy tail cattle dogNos | Fel (âBrown or flesh coloured noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fel (âBrown or flesh coloured noseâ) |
| Bouvier des FlandresNos | Diskvalificerande | Fel (âbrown ... noseâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande | Fel (âa brown ... nose is a serious faultâ) |
| Engelsk bulldoggNos | Ej erkĂ€nd (âunder no circumstances liver colour, red or brownâ) | Fel | Ej erkĂ€nd (âunder no circumstances liver colour, red or brownâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âunder no circumstances liver colour, red, or brownâ) | Diskvalificerande (âa brown or liver-colored nose shall disqualifyâ) |
| IrlĂ€ndsk varghundNos | Fel | Fel | No ruling | Fel | Fel (âLips or nose liver-coloredâ) |
| Miniatyrbullterrier | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue or liver colorâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âBlue and liver highly undesirableâ) | Diskvalificerande |
| NorrbottenspetsNos | Fel (âliver brown noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fel (âliver brown nose is a faultâ) |
| Norsk buhundNos | Fel (âliver ... coloured noseâ) | Fel (âliver colored ... noseâ) | No ruling | Fel (âliver- ... coloured noseâ) | No ruling |
| PyreneerhundNos | Diskvalificerande | Diskvalificerande | Fel (âLiver or pink pigmentation highly undesirableâ) | Diskvalificerande | No ruling |
| SchĂ€ferhund | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande (âliverâ) | Fel (âlivers ... highly undesirableâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Fel (âLiverâ) |
| SlĂ€thĂ„rig foxterrier | Fel (âliver markings highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliverâ) | Fel (âliver markings highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliver markings highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliver markings are objectionableâ) |
| Staffordshire bullterrier | Fel (âliver colour highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âliverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âliverâ) | Diskvalificerande (âLiverâ) |
| StrĂ€vhĂ„rig foxterrier | Fel (âliver ... markings undesirableâ) | Fel (âliverâ) | Fel (âliver ... marking highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliver ... marking undesirableâ) | Fel (âliver ... objectionableâ) |
| Tibetansk spanielNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Fel (âLiver or putty-colored pigmentationâ) |
| VĂ€stgötaspets | Diskvalificerande (âliver brown ... coat colourâ) | No ruling | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande (âliver brown ... coat colourâ) | Fel |
| Welsh corgi cardigan | Fel (âliver ... colours highly undesirableâ) | Diskvalificerande | Fel (âliver ... colours highly undesirableâ) | Fel (âliver ... colours highly undesirableâ) | Diskvalificerande (âLiver & Whiteâ) |
| Welsh corgi pembrokeNos | No ruling | Fel (âbluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigmentâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Fel (âbluies ... liver or gray ... nose ... pigmentâ) |
Breeds where Leverbrun is disqualified or not accepted
| Breed | FCI | UKC | KC | KUSA | AKC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BiewerterrierNos | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âLiver colored nose pigmentâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âliver pigmentation of eye rims or noseâ) |
| Boerboel | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âLiver color on any basic breed standard colorâ) | No ruling | Ej erkĂ€nd (âOnly dogs with black eumelanin pigmentation are acceptableâ) | Diskvalificerande |
| Bostonterrier | Diskvalificerande (âGrey or liver coloursâ) | Diskvalificerande (âgray or liver colorsâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âRed & Whiteâ) | Diskvalificerande (âGrey or liver coloursâ) | Diskvalificerande |
| Cane corso | Diskvalificerande | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande | Ej erkÀnd |
| Dogo argentinoNos | Diskvalificerande (âBrown noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown noseâ) | Diskvalificerande |
| DvĂ€rgschnauzer | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande | Ej erkĂ€nd (âLiverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande (âLiverâ) |
| Fransk bulldogg | Diskvalificerande | Diskvalificerande (âliverâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âBrownâ) | Diskvalificerande | Diskvalificerande (âliverâ) |
| Grand danoisNos | Diskvalificerande (âNose: Liver colouredâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âNose: Liver colouredâ) | No ruling |
| Jack russell terrierNos | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown or liver noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âNose any color other than blackâ) |
| Kangal | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âDogs with a white, black, chocolate, red or liver main body colorâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | No ruling | No ruling |
| KangalNos | Diskvalificerande (âBrown nose and pigmentationâ) | Diskvalificerande (âLiver or chocolate-colored noseâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown nose and pigmentationâ) | No ruling |
| Leonberger | Diskvalificerande (âFaulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)â) | Diskvalificerande (âOff colors, such as brown (liver) with brown nose and foot padsâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd | Diskvalificerande (âFaulty colours (brown with brown nose and brown pads ...)â) | Diskvalificerande |
| LeonbergerNos | Diskvalificerande (âBrown nose leatherâ) | Diskvalificerande (âBrown nose, which occurs in liver-colored dogsâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown nose leatherâ) | No ruling |
| Parson russell terrierNos | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown or liver noseâ) | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âLiver color noseâ) |
| Podenco ibicencoNos | Diskvalificerande (âBrown pigment ... on nose leatherâ) | Diskvalificerande (âDark brown pigment ... on the nose leatherâ) | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âBrown pigment ... on nose leatherâ) | Diskvalificerande (ânever black or liverâ) |
| Segugio italiano | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, chestnut brown, liverâ) | Diskvalificerande | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, chestnut brown, liverâ) |
| Segugio italianoKorthĂ„rig | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, chestnut brown, liverâ) | Diskvalificerande | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, chestnut brown, liverâ) |
| Segugio italianoStrĂ€vhĂ„rig | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, brown or liver colourâ) | Diskvalificerande | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âcoffee, chestnut brown, liverâ) |
| SkyeterrierNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | Diskvalificerande (âA ... brown nose shall disqualifyâ) |
| Pekinges | Ej erkĂ€nd (âexcept albino or liverâ) | No ruling | Ej erkĂ€nd (âAlbino, liver or merle unacceptableâ) | Ej erkĂ€nd (âAlbino, liver or merle unacceptableâ) | No ruling |
| Biewer yorkshire Ă la pom-ponNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Hortaya borzayaNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |
| Podenco andaluzNos | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling | No ruling |