United Pet Club

邊境牧羊犬 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.

Size

Size
MeasureFCIAKCUKCKC
肩高（鬐甲高）, male53 cm48.3–55.9 cm53.3 cm53 cm
肩高（鬐甲高）, femaleNo ruling45.7–53.3 cmNo rulingNo ruling
體高與體長比No ruling0.9No rulingNo ruling
頭蓋與吻部比1111
肩角No ruling90°No rulingNo ruling

Conformation

Conformation
FormFCIAKCUKCKC
額段明顯符合標準 (“Stop: Very distinct.”)No rulingNo ruling符合標準 (“Stop very distinct.”)
額段適中No ruling符合標準 (“Stop moderate, but distinct.”)No rulingNo ruling
咬合剪狀咬合符合標準 (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)符合標準 (“A full complement of strong healthy teeth should meet in a scissors bite.”)符合標準 (“full complement of strong teeth that meet in a scissors bite”)符合標準 (“perfect, regular and complete scissor bite”)
齒列全齒No ruling符合標準 (“A full complement of strong healthy teeth”)符合標準 (“a full complement of strong teeth”)No ruling
耳型立耳（豎耳）替代 (“Carried erect or semi-erect and sensitive in use.”)替代 (“one or both carried erect and/or semi-erect”)替代 (“May be carried drop, semi-erect or prick”)替代 (“Carried erect or semi-erect and sensitive in use.”)
耳型半立耳替代 (“Carried erect or semi-erect and sensitive in use.”)替代 (“one or both carried erect and/or semi-erect”)替代 (“May be carried drop, semi-erect or prick”)替代 (“Carried erect or semi-erect and sensitive in use.”)
耳型垂耳（下垂）No rulingNo ruling替代 (“May be carried drop, semi-erect or prick, and need not be matching.”)No ruling
眼形橢圓符合標準 (“Set wide apart, oval shaped, of moderate size”)符合標準 (“Eyes are set well apart, of moderate size, oval in shape.”)符合標準 (“moderate in size, and oval in shape”)符合標準 (“Set wide apart, oval-shaped, of moderate size”)
背線水平No ruling符合標準 (“Back is level with a slight muscular rise over the loin”)No rulingNo ruling
尾位低符合標準 (“set on low, well-furnished”)符合標準 (“The tail is set on low”)符合標準 (“Set on low, well furnished with hair”)符合標準 (“set on low, well-furnished”)
尾姿低垂No ruling符合標準 (“The ideal tail carriage is low when the dog is concentrating”)No rulingNo ruling
尾姿捲在背上未獲認可 (“never carried over back.”)No ruling未獲認可 (“never carried over the back.”)未獲認可 (“never carried over back.”)
尾長中等符合標準 (“Moderately long, the bone reaching at least to hock”)符合標準 (“moderately long with the bone reaching at least to the hock”)符合標準 (“Moderately long, reaching at least to the hock joint”)符合標準 (“Moderately long, the bone reaching at least to hock”)
收腹無（腹線平直）符合標準 (“Loins: Deep and muscular but not tucked up.”)No ruling符合標準 (“The loin is deep and muscular, not tucked up.”)符合標準 (“loins deep and muscular, but not tucked up”)
收腹適中No ruling符合標準 (“Underline should have a slight but distinct tuck up.”)No rulingNo ruling
足型橢圓符合標準 (“Forefeet: Oval, pads deep, strong and sound”)符合標準 (“Feet are compact, oval in shape”)符合標準 (“Oval in shape, with deep pads and tight, well arched toes.”)符合標準 (“Oval, pads deep, strong and sound”)
飛節形態飛節低符合標準 (“Hock joint: Strong, well let down.”)符合標準 (“strong well let down hocks”)No ruling符合標準 (“strong well let down hocks”)
胸部深符合標準 (“Chest: Deep and rather broad, ribs well sprung.”)符合標準 (“a deep, moderately broad chest”)符合標準 (“a deep, rather broad chest”)符合標準 (“chest deep and rather broad”)
吻部形狀漸細符合標準 (“Muzzle: Tapering to nose, moderately short and strong.”)符合標準 (“The muzzle is strong, tapering slightly to the nose.”)符合標準 (“Tapering to the nose, moderately short and strong.”)符合標準 (“Muzzle, tapering to nose, moderately short and strong.”)

Markings

Markings
MarkingFCIAKCUKCKC
黃褐斑No rulingNo ruling替代 (“may be accompanied by tan points”)No ruling

Cropping, docking and other procedures

Cropping, docking and other procedures
ProcedureFCIAKCUKCKC
切除狼爪No ruling替代 (“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.

邊境牧羊犬 colors and patterns

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

Breed standards describe the 邊境牧羊犬 in 黑色、白色、灰色、藍色、丁香色、石板灰、棕色、海豹色、黃褐色、紅色、金色、檸檬色和奶油色. Standard patterns: 純色、雙色、三色、虎紋、隕石色、沙毛、貂色、黃褐重點和反向虎斑.

被毛: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
黑色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Black”)符合標準 (“black”)符合標準 (“Black & White”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
白色符合標準 (“white should never predominate”)符合標準 (“White & Black”)符合標準 (“may have white trim”)符合標準 (“white should never predominate”)符合標準 (“white should never predominate”)
灰色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“gray”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
藍色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Blue”)符合標準 (“blue merle”)符合標準 (“Blue & White”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
丁香色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Lilac”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“Lilac”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
石板灰符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“Slate”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
棕色符合標準 (“brown or chocolate colour”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“brown dogs”)符合標準 (“Brown & White”)符合標準 (“brown or chocolate colour”)
海豹色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Seal”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“Seal”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
黃褐色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“tan points”)符合標準 (“Black White & Tan”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
紅色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Red”)符合標準 (“red”)符合標準 (“Red & White”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
金色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Gold”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“Gold”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
檸檬色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“lemon”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
奶油色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“Cream”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
白化No rulingNo ruling失格 (“albinism”)No rulingNo ruling
Patterns
純色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings”)符合標準 (“solid color”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
雙色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“White & Black”)符合標準 (“bi-color”)符合標準 (“Black & White”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
三色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“White Markings, Tan Points”)符合標準 (“tri-color”)符合標準 (“Black Tricolour”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
虎紋符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Brindle”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
隕石色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Blue Merle”)符合標準 (“merle”)符合標準 (“Blue Merle”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
沙毛符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“White Ticked”)符合標準 (“white markings may be clear white or ticked to any degree”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
貂色符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Sable”)符合標準 (“sable”)符合標準 (“Sable”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
黃褐重點符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Tan Points”)符合標準 (“may be accompanied by tan points”)符合標準 (“Black White & Tan”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
反向虎斑符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“Brindle”)符合標準 (“all colors or combination of colors and/or markings permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)符合標準 (“variety of colours permissible”)
雙隕石No rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo rulingNo ruling
眼睛: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIAKCUKCKCKUSA
藍色符合標準 (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)符合標準 (“blue eyes in dogs other than merle are not preferred”)符合標準 (“except in merles where one, or both, or a part of one, may be blue”)符合標準 (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)符合標準 (“except in merles where one or both or part of one or both may be blue”)
棕色符合標準 (“brown in colour”)符合標準 (“any eye color is acceptable”)符合標準 (“brown in color”)符合標準 (“brown in colour”)符合標準 (“brown in colour”)
Patterns
異瞳符合標準 (“one or both ... may be blue”)符合標準 (“any eye color is acceptable”)符合標準 (“one, or both ... may be blue”)符合標準 (“one or both ... may be blue”)符合標準 (“one or both ... may be blue”)
扇形異瞳符合標準 (“part of one or both may be blue”)符合標準 (“any eye color is acceptable”)符合標準 (“a part of one, may be blue”)符合標準 (“part of one or both may be blue”)符合標準 (“part of one or both may be blue”)
鼻子: rulings by club
Color or patternFCIUKCKCKUSA
黑色符合標準 (“black”)符合標準 (“black”)符合標準 (“nose black”)符合標準 (“nose black”)
石板灰符合標準 (“in blues nose should be slate colour”)符合標準 (“in blue dogs, where it should be slate”)符合標準 (“in blues nose should be slate colour”)符合標準 (“in blues, nose should be slate colour”)
肝色符合標準 (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”)符合標準 (“in brown dogs where it may be brown”)符合標準 (“except in brown or chocolate colour when it may be brown”)符合標準 (“except in brown or chocolate colour, when it may be brown”)

What the rulings mean

符合標準
Described by the club's breed standard.
失格
The club's breed standard disqualifies an animal of this color or pattern.

Color changes

How a 邊境牧羊犬's colors can change over its life.

  • 黑色changes to鏽色

    被毛 · 隨身體狀況 · can change back

  • 黑色changes to灰色

    被毛 · 漸進

  • 黑色changes to棕色

    被毛 · 日曬 · can change back

  • 白色changes to沙毛

    被毛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 黃褐重點changes to馬鞍背

    被毛 · 隨年齡 · from 6 to 156 weeks

  • 藍色changes to深棕色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 藍色changes to棕色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 藍色changes to淺棕色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 藍色changes to琥珀色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 藍色changes to榛色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 藍色changes to黃色

    眼睛 · 隨年齡 · from 2 weeks

  • 黑色changes to雪鼻

    鼻子 · 隨季節 · can change back

  • 黑色changes to粉紅色

    鼻子 · 隨季節 · can change back

Sources

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

Published standards

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