What does each club give for Cidago yüksekliği in the Alman Çoban Köpeği?

FCI, Male: 60–65 cm; AKC, Male: 61–66 cm; UKC, Male: 61–66 cm; KC, Male: 60.5–65.5 cm; CKC, Male: 61–66 cm; FCI, Female: 55–60 cm; AKC, Female: 55.9–61 cm; UKC, Female: 55.9–61 cm; KC, Female: 55.5–60.5 cm; CKC, Female: 56–61 cm.

Alman Çoban Köpeği 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
Cidago yüksekliği, male	60–65 cmover 66 cmDiskalifiye ediciunder 59 cmDiskalifiye edici	61–66 cm	61–66 cm	60.5–65.5 cm	61–66 cm
Cidago yüksekliği, female	55–60 cmover 61 cmDiskalifiye ediciunder 54 cmDiskalifiye edici	55.9–61 cm	55.9–61 cm	55.5–60.5 cm	56–61 cm
Ağırlık, male	30–40 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	34–38.5 kg
Ağırlık, female	22–32 kg	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	27.3–31.8 kg
Yükseklik-uzunluk oranı	0.9–0.9	0.9	0.9	0.9–0.9	No ruling
Kafatası-namlu oranı	1	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Omuz açısı	under 110°	No ruling	No ruling	90°	No ruling

Conformation

Conformation
Form	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
IsırıkMakas ısırık	Standart (“The German Shepherd Dog has a scissor bite”)	Standart (“meet in a scissors bite”)	Standart (“meeting in a scissors bite”)	Standart (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)	Standart (“meet in a scissors grip”)
IsırıkAlt çene önde	Diskalifiye edici (“Overshot by 2 mm and more, undershot”)	Diskalifiye edici (“An undershot jaw is a disqualifying fault.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Undershot; wry mouth.”)	No ruling	Kusur (“an undershot jaw is a very serious fault”)
IsırıkÜst çene önde	Kusur (“Occlusal overlay, overbite and retrusive occlusion ... are faulty”)	Kusur (“An overshot jaw or a level bite is undesirable.”)	Kusur (“Faults: Overshot or level mouth”)	No ruling	Kusur (“Overshot ... This is a serious fault.”)
IsırıkKerpeten ısırık	No ruling	Kusur (“An overshot jaw or a level bite is undesirable.”)	Kusur (“Faults: Overshot or level mouth”)	No ruling	No ruling
IsırıkÇarpık çene	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Undershot; wry mouth.”)	No ruling	No ruling
Diş yapısıTam diş	Standart (“strong, healthy and complete (42 teeth”)	Standart (“Complete dentition is to be preferred.”)	Standart (“Complete dentition is preferred.”)	Standart (“Full dentition of 42 teeth is desirable.”)	Standart (“complete dentition is decidedly to be preferred”)
Diş yapısıEksik diş	No ruling	Kusur (“Any missing teeth other than first premolars is a serious fault.”)	Kusur (“Faults: ... missing first premolars, gaps between the teeth.”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kulak duruşuDik (sivri)	Standart (“erect ears of medium size, which are carried upright”)	Standart (“carried erect when at attention”)	Standart (“Ears are erect, moderately pointed”)	Standart (“carried erect, almost parallel”)	No ruling
Kulak duruşuDüşük (sarkık)	Kusur (“Tipped ears and drooping ears are faulty.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“A dog with cropped or hanging ears must be disqualified.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Cropped ears; drop or tipped ears.”)	Tanınmıyor (“Never hanging.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Cropped and hanging ears are to be discarded”)
Kulak duruşuUcu kırık	Kusur (“Tipped ears and drooping ears are faulty.”)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Cropped ears; drop or tipped ears.”)	Tanınmıyor (“never pulled inwards or tipped”)	No ruling
Kulak yerleşimiYüksek	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“broad at the base, and set high”)	Standart (“broad at base, set high, carried erect”)	No ruling
Göz şekliBadem	Standart (“medium size, almond-shaped, slightly slanted”)	Standart (“Eyes of medium size, almond shaped”)	Standart (“of medium size, almond-shaped”)	Standart (“Medium-sized, almond-shaped, never protruding”)	No ruling
Alın-burun geçişi (stop)Hafif	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“joined at a very slight stop”)	No ruling	No ruling
Alın-burun geçişi (stop)Yok	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“snipey muzzles, and no stop are faults”)
Sırt çizgisiDüz	No ruling	Standart (“sloping into the level back”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Sırt çizgisiArkaya doğru alçalan	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“The line of the back slopes downward from the withers”)	Standart (“falling away slightly in a straight line”)	No ruling
Sırt çizgisiKambur (kavisli)	No ruling	Tanınmıyor (“The back is straight ... without sag or roach”)	Kusur (“Serious Faults: Any measure of a roached or sagging back.”)	Kusur (“Weak, soft and roach backs highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Sırt çizgisiÇökük sırt	No ruling	Tanınmıyor (“The back is straight ... without sag or roach”)	Kusur (“Serious Faults: Any measure of a roached or sagging back.”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kuyruk duruşuKılıç	No ruling	Standart (“At rest, the tail hangs in a slight curve like a saber.”)	Standart (“carried in a slight curve like a saber”)	Standart (“At rest tail hangs in slight sabre-like curve”)	No ruling
Kuyruk duruşuSırt üstüne kıvrık	No ruling	Tanınmıyor (“never be curled forward beyond a vertical line”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling
Kuyruk yerleşimiAlçak	No ruling	Standart (“set smoothly into the croup and low rather than high”)	Standart (“a low-set natural tail”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kuyruk uzunluğuKısa	No ruling	Kusur (“Tails too short ... are serious faults.”)	No ruling	Kusur (“Short, rolled, curled ... or stumpy from birth, highly undesirable”)	No ruling
AyaklarKedi ayağı	Standart (“The paws are rounded, well-closed and arched”)	No ruling	Standart (“Feet are round and tight”)	Standart (“Rounded toes well closed and arched”)	No ruling
Ön kurt tırnaklarıVar	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Front dewclaws may be removed but are normally left intact.”)	No ruling	No ruling
Boyun uzunluğuUzun	No ruling	Standart (“clean-cut and relatively long”)	Standart (“The neck is relatively long but strong”)	Standart (“Fairly long, strong, with well-developed muscles”)	No ruling
GerdanYok (temiz boğaz)	Standart (“without loose neck skin (dewlap)”)	Standart (“without loose folds of skin”)	Standart (“The skin is tight.”)	Standart (“free from throatiness”)	No ruling
GöğüsFıçı	Kusur (“a barrel-shaped chest is just as faulty as flat ribs”)	Tanınmıyor (“neither barrel-shaped nor too flat”)	Kusur (“Faults: Barrel ribs; ribs too flat”)	Tanınmıyor (“neither barrel-shaped nor too flat”)	No ruling
GöğüsDerin	No ruling	Standart (“It is deep and capacious, never shallow”)	Standart (“the chest is moderately broad, deep, and well filled”)	Standart (“Chest deep (45-48%) of height at shoulder”)	No ruling
Karın çekikliğiOrta	No ruling	Standart (“only moderately tucked up in the loin”)	Standart (“Tuck-up is moderate.”)	No ruling	No ruling
Baş şekliKama	Standart (“The head is wedge-shaped”)	No ruling	Standart (“The head is wedge-shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Sıçrama eklemleriİnek bacak (X)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“cow hocks or sickle hocks, highly undesirable”)	No ruling
Sıçrama eklemleriOrak bacak	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“cow hocks or sickle hocks, highly undesirable”)	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Sakar	Kusur (“small white marks on chest ... permissible, but not desirable”)	No ruling	Alternatif (“Small white marks in colored dogs on the chest or tips of the toes”)	No ruling	No ruling
Göğüs lekesi	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“Light markings on chest or very pale colour on inside of legs permissible but undesirable”)	No ruling
Taba işaretler	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling	Alternatif (“may have tan or gold markings on head, chest, legs and feet”)	No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
Procedure	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	CKC
Kulak kesme	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“A dog with cropped or hanging ears must be disqualified.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Cropped ears; drop or tipped ears.”)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Cropped and hanging ears are to be discarded”)
Kuyruk kesme	Tanınmıyor (“Operative corrections are forbidden.”)	Diskalifiye edici (“A dog with a docked tail must be disqualified.”)	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Docked tails ... disqualify.”)
Kurt tırnağı alma	No ruling	Standart (“dewclaws, if any, should be removed from the hind legs”)	Alternatif (“Removal of rear dewclaws is preferred but not mandatory.”)	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.

Alman Çoban Köpeği colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Alman Çoban Köpeği in Siyah, Beyaz, Gri, Gümüş, Taba, Kırmızı, Altın ve Krem. Standard patterns: Tek renk, İki renk, Samur ve Taba işaretli.

Kürk: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Siyah	Standart (“single-coloured black”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“all black”)	Standart (“single-coloured black”)
Beyaz	Diskalifiye edici (“white hair colour (also with dark eyes and nails)”)	Diskalifiye edici (“White”)	Standart (“pure white”)	Kusur (“whites (i.e. almost pure white dogs with black noses) and near whites highly undesirable”)	Diskalifiye edici (“white hair colour (also with dark eyes and nails)”)
Gri	Standart (“grey with darker shading”)	Standart (“Gray”)	Standart (“Sable (gray ... with black tips)”)	Standart (“all grey”)	Standart (“grey, with darker shading”)
Gümüş	Standart (“black with ... light grey markings”)	Standart (“Black & Silver”)	Standart (“Black and Silver”)	Standart (“gold to light grey markings”)	Standart (“black with ... light grey markings”)
Taba	Standart (“black with reddish-brown, brown and yellow to light grey markings”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“Black and Tan”)	Standart (“black or black saddle with tan”)	Standart (“black with reddish-brown, brown, and yellow, to light grey markings”)
Kırmızı	Standart (“black with reddish-brown ... markings”)	Standart (“Black & Red”)	Standart (“Black and Red”)	No ruling	Standart (“black with reddish-brown ... markings”)
Altın	Standart (“black with ... yellow to light grey markings”)	Standart (“most colors are permissible”)	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“Black & Gold”)	Standart (“black with ... yellow, to light grey markings”)
Krem	Standart (“black with ... yellow to light grey markings”)	Standart (“Black & Cream”)	Standart (“Black and Cream”)	Standart (“gold to light grey markings”)	Standart (“black with ... yellow, to light grey markings”)
İzabella	Tanınmıyor	Kusur (“pale, washed-out colors ... are serious faults”)	Diskalifiye edici (“pale, washed-out colors”)	Alternatif (“Isabella”)	Tanınmıyor
Albino	Diskalifiye edici (“albinism”)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“albinism”)	Kusur (“albinos ... highly undesirable”)	Diskalifiye edici (“albinism”)
Mavi	Tanınmıyor	Kusur (“Blue”)	Diskalifiye edici (“blue”)	Kusur (“blues ... highly undesirable”)	Tanınmıyor
Ciğer	Tanınmıyor	Kusur (“Liver”)	Diskalifiye edici (“liver”)	Kusur (“livers ... highly undesirable”)	Tanınmıyor
Patterns
Tek renk	Standart (“single-coloured black”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“Black ... or pure white”)	Standart (“all black, all grey”)	Standart (“single-coloured black”)
İki renk	No ruling	Standart (“Bi-Color”)	Standart (“Bi-color (Black with tan markings)”)	Standart (“Bi-colour: predominantly black, may have tan or gold markings”)	No ruling
Samur	Standart (“grey with darker shading”)	Standart (“Sable”)	Standart (“Sable (gray, tan, red, or silver with black tips)”)	Standart (“with lighter or brown markings referred to as Sables”)	Standart (“grey, with darker shading”)
Taba işaretli	Standart (“black with reddish-brown, brown and yellow to light grey markings; black saddle”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“Black and Tan”)	Standart (“black or black saddle with tan, or gold to light grey markings”)	Standart (“black with reddish-brown, brown, and yellow, to light grey markings”)
Çizgili	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling
Ala	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Panda (characterized by white markings on the muzzle, chest, legs, neck and tip of the tail) ... piebald”)	No ruling	No ruling
Ters çizgili	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“brindle”)	No ruling	No ruling

Gözler: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Koyu kahverengi	Standart (“as dark as possible”)	Standart (“as dark as possible”)	Standart (“as dark as possible”)	Standart (“dark brown preferred”)	Standart (“as dark as possible”)
Açık kahverengi	Kusur (“light, piercing eyes are undesirable”)	No ruling	Kusur (“light eyes”)	Standart (“lighter shade tolerated”)	Kusur (“light, piercing eyes are undesirable”)

Burun: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Siyah	Standart (“the nose must be black”)	Standart (“nose black”)	Standart (“the nose must be black”)	Standart (“nose black”)	Standart (“nose must be black”)

What the rulings mean

Standart: Described by the club's breed standard.
Alternatif: Registrable with the club but not described by its breed standard, such as an AKC alternate color.
Kusur: Named by the club's breed standard as a fault: the animal can be shown but is penalized.
Diskalifiye edici: The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.
Tanınmıyor: The club does not accept this color or pattern for the breed.

Color changes

How a Alman Çoban Köpeği's colors can change over its life.

Siyahchanges toPas rengi
Kürk · Vücut durumuyla · can change back
Siyahchanges toGri
Kürk · İlerleyici
Siyahchanges toKahverengi
Kürk · Güneşte · can change back
Beyazchanges toKırçıl
Kürk · Yaşla · from 2 weeks
Taba işaretlichanges toEyerli
Kürk · Yaşla · from 6 to 156 weeks
Taba işaretlichanges toEyerli
Kürk · Yaşla · from 6 to 156 weeks
Siyahchanges toKar burnu
Burun · Mevsimle · can change back
Siyahchanges toPembe
Burun · Mevsimle · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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