United Pet Club

Pug 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
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Ağırlık6.3–8.1 kg6.4–8.2 kg6.4–8.2 kg6.3–8.1 kg6.3–8.3 kg
Yükseklik-uzunluk oranı11No rulingNo ruling1

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
IsırıkAlt çene öndeStandart (“Jaws / Teeth: Slightly undershot.”)Standart (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)Standart (“meet in a slightly undershot bite”)Standart (“Mouth: Slightly undershot.”)Standart (“A Pug's bite should be very slightly undershot.”)
IsırıkÇarpık çeneKusur (“Wry mouth, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)No rulingDiskalifiye edici (“Eliminating Faults: Wry mouth.”)Kusur (“Wry mouths, teeth or tongue showing all highly undesirable.”)Diskalifiye edici (“DISQUALIFICATIONS Wry mouth”)
Diş yapısıTam dişNo rulingNo rulingStandart (“A full complement of large, white teeth”)No rulingNo ruling
Göz şekliYuvarlakStandart (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)No rulingNo rulingStandart (“Dark, relatively large, round in shape”)No ruling
Kulak duruşuDüğme kulakStandart (“Button ear ... Preference given to latter.”)Standart (“Preference is given to the latter.”)Standart (“preference is given to the button ear”)Alternatif (“Two kinds: button ear”)Standart (“Preference is given to the latter.”)
Kulak duruşuGül kulakAlternatif (“Two kinds - Rose ear - small drop-ear which folds over and back”)Alternatif (“There are two kinds - the rose and the button.”)Alternatif (“rose (drop ears that fold over and back)”)Alternatif (“rose ear - small drop ear which folds over and back”)Alternatif (“There are two kinds the rose and the button.”)
Namlu şekliKütStandart (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)Standart (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Namlu şekliKareStandart (“Relatively short, blunt, square, not upfaced.”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt, square”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt and square.”)Standart (“Muzzle relatively short, blunt, square”)Standart (“The muzzle is short, blunt square”)
Sırt çizgisiDüzStandart (“Topline: Level, neither roached nor dipping.”)Standart (“The short back is level from the withers”)Standart (“The topline is level.”)Standart (“Topline level neither roached nor dipping.”)Standart (“The short back is level from the withers”)
GöğüsGenişStandart (“Broad in chest.”)Standart (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)Standart (“with a wide chest and well-sprung ribs”)Standart (“broad in chest.”)Standart (“wide in chest and well ribbed up”)
Kuyruk yerleşimiYüksekStandart (“TAIL: High-set”)Standart (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)Standart (“The high-set tail”)Standart (“High set”)Standart (“level from the withers to the high tail set”)
Kuyruk duruşuSırt üstüne kıvrıkStandart (“tightly curled over hip”)Standart (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)Standart (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)Standart (“tightly curled over hip”)Standart (“curled as tightly as possible over the hip”)
Kuyruk duruşuÇift kıvrımStandart (“Double curl highly desirable.”)Standart (“The double curl is perfection.”)Standart (“the double curl considered the ideal”)Standart (“Double curl highly desirable.”)Standart (“The double curl is perfection.”)

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
MaskeStandart (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)Standart (“The mask should be black”)Standart (“Markings are found on the muzzle, to include the mask”)Standart (“Muzzle or mask ... trace as black as possible”)Standart (“The mask should be black”)
Sırt çizgisiStandart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)Standart (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)Standart (“as a back-trace, which is a line extending from the occiput to the tail”)Standart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)Standart (“the back trace should be as black as possible”)
BeneklerStandart (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)Standart (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)Standart (“as moles on the cheeks”)Standart (“moles on cheeks, thumb mark or diamond on forehead and trace as black as possible”)Standart (“moles on cheeks ... should be as black as possible”)
Beyaz işaretlerNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingKusur (“Any solid white patch anywhere but on the chest”)
Göğüs lekesiNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingAlternatif (“The white on the chest to be no larger than a dime”)
Alında başparmak iziStandart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)Standart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)Standart (“as thumb marks or diamonds on the forehead”)Standart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)Standart (“thumb mark or diamond on forehead”)

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKCCKC
Kurt tırnağı almaNo rulingAlternatif (“Dewclaws are generally removed.”)Alternatif (“Dewclaws may be removed.”)No rulingNo ruling

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

Pug colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the Pug in Siyah, Gümüş, Fawn ve Kayısı. Standard patterns: Tek renk.

Kürk: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
SiyahStandart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Black”)Standart (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
GümüşStandart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Diskalifiye ediciStandart (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
FawnStandart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Fawn”)Standart (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
KayısıStandart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Diskalifiye ediciStandart (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
BeyazTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyor (“White”)Tanınmıyor
AlbinoTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciDiskalifiye edici (“Albinism”)TanınmıyorTanınmıyor
MaviTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyor (“Blue”)Tanınmıyor
KahverengiTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyor (“Brown”)Tanınmıyor
ÇikolataTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyorTanınmıyor
TabaTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyor (“Black & Tan”)Tanınmıyor
KremTanınmıyorDiskalifiye ediciTanınmıyorTanınmıyor (“Cream - no Black Mask”)Tanınmıyor
Patterns
Tek renkStandart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“The colors are fawn or black”)Standart (“silver or apricot, fawn and black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn or black”)Standart (“Silver, apricot, fawn, or black”)
ÇizgiliNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingTanınmıyor
SamurNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingTanınmıyor (“Sable”)Tanınmıyor
Taba işaretliNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingTanınmıyor (“Black & Tan”)Tanınmıyor
Ters çizgiliNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingTanınmıyor
Gözler: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
Koyu kahverengiStandart (“Dark, relatively large”)Standart (“dark in color”)Standart (“dark in color”)Standart (“Dark, relatively large”)Standart (“Dark, relatively large”)
Burun: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIKCKUSA
SiyahStandart (“Nose: Black”)Standart (“Nose black”)Standart (“Nose black”)

What the rulings mean

Standart
Described by the club's breed standard.
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 Pug'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

  • Siyahchanges toKar burnu

    Burun · Mevsimle · can change back

  • Siyahchanges toPembe

    Burun · Mevsimle · can change back

Published standards