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DISQUALIFICATIONS FOR AKC BREEDS THAT PRESENTLY CROP EARS (and year of AKC breed approval)

AFFENPINSCHER  (1990)   -None-

AMERICAN STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER  (1936)   -None-

BOSTON TERRIER  (1990)

• Eyes blue in color or any trace of blue.
• Dudley nose.
• Docked tail.
• Solid black, solid brindle, or solid seal without equal white markings.
• Gray or liver colors.

BOUVIER DES FLANDRES  (1992)   -None-

BOXER  (1989)

• Any color other than fawn or brindle.
• A total of white markings exceeding one-third of the entire coat.

BRIARD  (1992)

• All dogs or bitches under the minimum size limitations.
• Yellow eyes or spotted eyes.
• Nose any color other than black.
• Tail non-existent or cut.
• Less than two dewclaws on each rear leg.
• White coat. Spotted coat. White spot on chest exceeding one inch in diameter.

BRUSSELS GRIFFON  (1990)

• Dudley or butterfly nose.
• Bite overshot.
• Hanging tongue.
• White spot or blue anywhere on coat.
• Less than two dewclaws on each rear leg.

DOBERMAN PINSCHER  (1990)

• Overshot more than 3/16", undershot more than 1/18". Four or more missing teeth.
>Dogs not of an allowed color.

GERMAN PINSCHER  (2000)   -None-

GIANT SCHNAUZER  (1983)

• Overshot or undershot.
• Markings other than specified.

GREAT DANE  (1990)

• Danes under minimum height.
• Split nose. Docked tail.
• Any color other than those described under "Color, Markings and Patterns."

MANCHESTER TERRIER  (1991)

• Standard variety - Weight over 22 pounds.
• Toy variety - Cropped or cut ears.
• Both varieties - White on any part of the coat whenever the white shall form a patch or stripe measuring as much as one half (½) inch in its longest dimension.
• Any color other than black and tan.

MINIATURE PINSCHER  (1990)

• Under 10 inches or over 12½ inches in height.
• Any color other than listed. Thumb mark (patch of black hair surrounded by rust on the front of the foreleg between the foot and the wrist; on chocolates, the patch is chocolate hair). White on any part of dog which exceeds one half (½) inch in its longest dimension.

MINIATURE SCHNAUZER  (1991)

• Dogs or bitches under 12 inches or over 14 inches.
• Color solid white or white striping, patching, or spotting on the colored areas of the dog, except for the small white spot permitted on the chest of the black.
• The body coat color in salt and pepper and black and silver dogs fades out to light gray or silver white under the throat and across the chest. Between them there exists a natural body coat color. Any irregular or connecting blaze of white mark in this section is considered a white oatch on the body, which is also a disqualification.

NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF  (2006)

• Absence of massiveness.
• Absence of wrinkles and folds.
• Absence of dewlap.
• Lack of tail or short tail, which is less than 1/3 the length from point of insertion of the tail to the hock.
• White markings on any part of the body not mentioned.

STANDARD SCHNAUZER  (1991)

• Males under 18 inches or over 20 inches in height. Females under 17 inches or over 19 inches in height.
• Vicious dogs.

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