Alman Spitzi 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
IsırıkMakas ısırık	Standart (“show a complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Standart (“Scissors bite preferred”)	Standart (“teeth meeting in a scissors bite”)	Standart (“A perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
IsırıkKerpeten ısırık	Alternatif (“Pincer bite is permissible”)	Alternatif (“level bite permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
IsırıkAlt çene önde	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
IsırıkÜst çene önde	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualifications: Overshot or undershot bite”)	No ruling
IsırıkÇarpık çene	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualification - Overshot, undershot and wry bite”)	No ruling	No ruling
Diş yapısıTam diş	Standart (“complete scissor bite with 42 teeth”)	Standart (“Complete dentition”)	Standart (“complete set of evenly spaced, white teeth”)	No ruling
Diş yapısıEksik diş	No ruling	Kusur (“Missing teeth is a serious fault”)	No ruling	No ruling
Kulak duruşuDik (sivri)	Standart (“they are always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Standart (“always carried upright, stiff at the tips”)	Standart (“the ears are perfectly erect”)	Standart (“Perfectly erect”)
Kulak duruşuYarı dik	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualification - Ears not fully erect”)	Diskalifiye edici (“Disqualification: Semi-prick ears”)	No ruling
Kulak yerleşimiYüksek	Standart (“The small ears are set high”)	Standart (“small ears are set high”)	Standart (“set rather high”)	Standart (“Small, triangular and set rather high”)
Göz şekliBadem	Standart (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	Standart (“The eyes are of medium size, almond-shaped”)	No ruling	No ruling
Göz şekliOval	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“Medium sized, oval in shape”)	Standart (“Medium size, oval shaped and obliquely set”)
Alın-burun geçişi (stop)Orta	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“The stop is moderately defined”)	Standart (“Stop moderately defined”)
Sırt çizgisiDüz	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“The topline is level”)	Standart (“Topline level”)
Karın çekikliğiOrta	No ruling	No ruling	Standart (“there is moderate tuck-up”)	Standart (“Moderate tuck-up”)
Kuyruk yerleşimiYüksek	Standart (“The tail is set on high”)	Standart (“The tail is set on high”)	Standart (“The tail is high set”)	Standart (“High set, curled right up from root”)
Kuyruk duruşuSırt üstüne kıvrık	Standart (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Standart (“It lies firmly over the back”)	Standart (“lies curled over the back”)	Standart (“lying curled over back”)
Kuyruk duruşuÇift kıvrım	Alternatif (“A double curl at tip of tail is tolerated”)	Alternatif (“A double curl at tip of tail is permissible but not preferred”)	No ruling	No ruling
AyaklarKedi ayağı	Standart (“round and closed ... so called cat feet”)	Standart (“The forefeet are cat feet”)	Standart (“Small, rounded and cat-like”)	Standart (“Small, rounded, cat-like”)
Boyun uzunluğuOrta	Standart (“The medium length neck is set broadly”)	Standart (“The medium length neck is slightly arched”)	No ruling	No ruling
GerdanYok (temiz boğaz)	Standart (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	Standart (“slightly arched without dewlap”)	No ruling	No ruling

Markings

Markings
Marking	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC
Gözlük	Standart (“round the eyes well defined <spectacles> shown as a delicately pencilled black line”)	Standart (“The eyes are well defined with a delicately penciled black line”)	No ruling	No ruling
Sakar	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Seki	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Beyaz kuyruk ucu	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	Alternatif (“white spots on the chest, the paws and the tip of the tail are permissible”)	No ruling	No ruling
Beyaz işaretler	Diskalifiye edici (“Definite white markings or spots in all non-white Spitz dogs.”)	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Alman Spitzi colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Alman Spitzi in Siyah, Beyaz, Gri, Mavi, Leylak, Gümüş, Kahverengi, Fok kahvesi, Taba, Kırmızı, Turuncu, Altın ve Krem. Standard patterns: Tek renk, Üç renk, Çok renkli, Samur, Aguti ve Taba işaretli.

Kürk: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Siyah	Standart (“black”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“black”)
Beyaz	Standart (“white”)	Standart (“White”)	Standart (“including pure white”)	Standart (“White”)	Standart (“white”)
Gri	Standart (“grey-shaded (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Gray”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Standart (“grey-shaded”)
Mavi	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Blue”)	Diskalifiye edici
Leylak	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Lilac”)	Diskalifiye edici
Gümüş	Standart (“black-and-silver (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“black and silver”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Standart (“black-and-silver”)
Kahverengi	Standart (“brown”)	Standart (“Brown”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Brown”)	Standart (“brown”)
Fok kahvesi	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Seal”)	Diskalifiye edici
Taba	Standart (“black-and-tan, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“black and tan”)
Kırmızı	Diskalifiye edici	Standart (“Red”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“all colour varieties ... acceptable”)	Diskalifiye edici
Turuncu	Standart (“orange (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Orange”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Orange”)	Standart (“orange”)
Altın	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Gold”)	Diskalifiye edici
Krem	Standart (“cream (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Cream”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Cream”)	Standart (“cream”)
Albino	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Diskalifiye edici (“albinism”)	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici
Patterns
Tek renk	Standart (“white, black, brown, orange”)	Standart (“White”)	Standart (“all colors”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“white, black, brown, orange”)
Üç renk	Standart (“coats with patches ... black-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Standart (“Black Tricolour”)	Standart (“the patches must be uniformly in one colour ... black-and-tan”)
Çok renkli	Standart (“coats with patches (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Parti-Color”)	Standart (“parti-colors”)	Standart (“Black & White Particolour”)	Standart (“parti-colour”)
Samur	Standart (“orange-sable, cream-sable (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Sable”)	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Standart (“Sable”)	Standart (“cream-sable, orange-sable”)
Aguti	No ruling	Standart (“Wolfgray”)	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)	Standart (“Wolf Sable”)	No ruling
Taba işaretli	Standart (“black-and-tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan (Medium, Miniature)”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“black and tans”)	Standart (“Black & Tan”)	Standart (“black and tan, black-and-silver, brown-and-tan”)
Merle	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“merle”)	No ruling	Tanınmıyor (“with the exception of merle, which is unacceptable”)	No ruling
Çift merle	No ruling	Tanınmıyor	No ruling	No ruling	No ruling

Gözler: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Koyu kahverengi	Standart (“dark”)	Standart (“dark brown”)	Standart (“always dark in color”)	Standart (“always dark”)	Standart (“dark”)
Açık kahverengi	Kusur (“too big and too light eyes”)	Standart (“the brown dog may have a lighter brown eye”)	No ruling	No ruling	Kusur (“too big or too light eyes”)

Burun: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC	KC	KUSA
Siyah	Standart (“pure black”)	Standart (“small and solid black”)	Standart (“black in black, white, black and white parti-colors and black and tan dogs”)	Standart (“nose black in black, white, black/white parti-colours”)	Standart (“pure black”)
Ciğer	Standart (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)	Standart (“the nose of brown dogs is dark brown”)	Standart (“in other colors it matches the color of the coat”)	Standart (“in other self colours, nose compatible with coat colour”)	Standart (“the nose of brown Spitz dogs is dark brown”)
Pembe	Kusur (“flesh-coloured nose”)	Kusur (“flesh colored noses are a serious fault”)	No ruling	Kusur (“pink nose highly undesirable”)	Kusur (“flesh-coloured nose”)
Patterns
Kelebek burun	No ruling	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“butterfly nose”)	Kusur (“parti-colour ... nose highly undesirable”)	No ruling

Büyük

Kürk: rulings by club
Color or pattern	FCI	AKC	UKC
Siyah	Standart (“black”)	Standart (“Black”)	Standart (“all colors”)
Beyaz	Standart (“white”)	Standart (“White”)	Standart (“including pure white”)
Gri	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Mavi	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Leylak	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Gümüş	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Kahverengi	Standart (“brown”)	Standart (“Brown”)	Standart (“all colors”)
Fok kahvesi	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Taba	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Kırmızı	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Turuncu	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Altın	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Krem	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors”)
Albino	Diskalifiye edici	Tanınmıyor	Diskalifiye edici (“albinism”)
Patterns
Tek renk	Standart (“white, black, brown”)	Standart (“White”)	Standart (“all colors”)
Üç renk	Diskalifiye edici (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Çok renkli	Diskalifiye edici (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Standart (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Standart (“parti-colors”)
Samur	Diskalifiye edici (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Standart (“parti-color of black, brown and sable”)	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Aguti	No ruling	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“all colors and markings are acceptable”)
Taba işaretli	Diskalifiye edici (“any colour not mentioned in section "Colours"”)	Tanınmıyor	Standart (“black and tans”)
Merle	No ruling	Diskalifiye edici (“merle”)	No ruling
Çift merle	No ruling	Tanınmıyor	No ruling

What the rulings mean

Standart: Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Spitzi'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
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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