Basic Standard Changes from 1936, 1966, 2000 of the FCI Standard
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| 1936 | 1966 | 2000 |
| COLORS | Black, Blue Merle, Brown Merle, all other colors except tri-color and big black patches on white background with defined edges 1937 - all solid and merle colors
| Black, White, sometimes many colored, pied (black-white) or white-black, multicolored with evenly distributed spots, pepite 1992 - MEOE allows brown color
| Black, Blue Merle, Ash, Brown, White and Fakó Presently no brown merle or ashbrown (graybrown) but these colors are shown and allowed to be bred and registered as accepted colors in Hungary.
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| SIZES | Males 40-50 cm | No Sex difference made 35-47 cm | Males 41-47 cm Bitches 38-44 cm
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Dr. Fényes, the founder of the breed wrote in 1937, every color is allowed, it can be ash (gray), fakó (yellow), red (with red nose), brown (with brown nose) or any other solid color or merle.
1966 - Dr. Balassy was given the task to re-write the standard given his ideals for the breed and what he found left of it after the wars. As he only examined less than a handful of dogs by his own words, these are what he mostly based his standard on. His interpretation of the merle color and the following translation of it left much to be desired as you can see and partly why the standard was re-written in 2000.
1992 - MEOE breeding control decided in Hungary brown color was allowed.
2004 - FCI added Fakó color to standard. Fakó was not included in the Hungarian or other translated versions unintentionally. Fakó dogs should have dark pigment, not flesh or liver colored or spotted, as is required in the white, black and black merle colors. FCI translated Fakó to Fawn in the English version of the Mudi standard. Aggressive and overly shy dogs became a disqualifying fault, as does albinism.
2004 - In America, since we are not an FCI country, we have the important responsibility to make the standard for the Mudi. We have the opportunity to correct some inconsistencies and ambiguous language to make the standard easier to interpret and fulfill the Americans desire to return to the original founders descriptions of the breed. This includes mostly the inclusion of all solid and merle colors and the nearest conversion to inches from the centimeter to the next larger inch.
It is not possible to accurately measure a dog that is 44 cm to the actual equivalent in inches of 17 and 5/16's inches. Size should only be a fault, not a disqualification, quality should never be sacrificed for size, especially since Dr. Fényes's sizes vary so widely.
The weights vary according to each dog given bone and muscle content, these are the minimum sizes and to be used only as baseline information. (No Mudi is ever weighed in the conformation ring or the breeding exam.)
The merle pattern is the only accepted pattern and is more accurately described to eliminate confusion and importing or breeding of incorrectly colored and/or registered dogs.
It is the AMA and Americans belief that a Mudi should look like a Mudi, not a Border Collie, Australian Shepherd, Belgian Malinois, Doberman Pinscher or Keeshond. These breeds allow tri patterns, masked, black and tan, brown and tan, wolf and irish spotting patterns, the FCI and AMA Mudi Standard does not. The properly colored merle is the only allowable pattern and solid colors are the only accepted colors.
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FCI and AMA Standard Comparison
Based on the FCI 9/11/2004 and
AMA 9/1/2004 Standards
Standards for the Mudi Breed
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