Beauceron — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)

Beauceron — breed standard (AKC: size, coat, temperament, type)

Claims

• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The AKC gives size at the withers as 25½ to 27½ inches for males and 24 to 26½ inches for bitches; height outside these limits is a disqualification.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The outer coat is 1¼ to 1½ inches, coarse, dense and close-lying, with a short, fine, dense, downy mouse-gray undercoat.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Accepted colours are Black and Tan and Havana Brown (base colour with tan markings); any other colour is a disqualification.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The temperament is frank and self-assured, never mean, timid or worried.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Disqualifications include a split nose, a nose colour other than black, and an overshot or undershot bite with loss of contact.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Absence of three or more teeth is a disqualification.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Fewer than double dewclaws on each rear leg, or a shaggy coat, are disqualifications.