The category for pure breeds with a multitude of coat types is perfect for beginners to start certification because the breeds in this category are typically assigned to students in school or a novice in a salon. Individuals with a good understanding of the breed standard with good technical skills and knowledge of the proper products can complete the required pure breed trims in this class category and receive excellent scores and ratings.

Breeds with the short, smooth, medium smooth, medium long, rough, Nordic and Nordic rough coat types are in this coat type category. They exhibit natural coat growth patterns on the head, ear, neck, chest, body, rear, legs, feet and tail. Some of the breeds require a slight tidy to capture the ultimate expression and profile while other breeds require daily and weekly maintenance to prevent the coat from matting and breaking.

NOTE: For the purpose of certification, breeds in this category with long and flowing coat types can be used to create other pure breed trim styles. Competitors would enter in the Free Style Class.

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Pet Trim Style Division or Show Trim Style Division 
You can complete your certification in the Pet Trim Style Division or the Show Trim Style Division. The Choice is Yours! 

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Pet Trim Division Definition 
Pet trim styles are the type of trims requested in a pet grooming salon. For example, a Maltese with a clippered head, body, legs, feet and tail or a Pomeranian in a lion trim. 

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Technical Skills: The Pet Trim Style Division allows for all technical skills to be applied to the various coat types. Wire coat types may be hanstripped, carded, clippered, thinned and scissored. 

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Show Trim Definition 
Show trim styles are the required trims for pure breeds in the conformation ring. For example, a Maltese in a long and flowing coat or a Pomeranian in full coat. 

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Technical Skills: The Show Trim Division requires the proper technical skills for the coat type. Wire coat types are handstripped and carded and curly coat types scissored and thinned. 

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Certify by the Breed or Coat Type Category 
You can certify on a specific breed (trim style) and continue to certify with a specific trim style to achieve a specialist score and ranking or choose to complete all trim styles required in the coat type class category to receive an overall ranking and title in the Coat Types Category. 

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Class Category Certificate 
Participants receive the prestigious UCCS Certificate after completing all required Trim Styles in a Coat Type Category. 

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Fees 
All IJA Sanctioned Competitions include Certification.

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Trim Styles 
There are four different Trim Styles necessary to complete all Trim Style Components in the Pure Breeds with Multitude of Coat Types. 

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Breeds

Multitude with Subcategory Coat Types

 

Corded/Curly

Puli

Komondor

 

Drop

Bearded Collie

Biewer Terrier

Briard

Chinese Crested, Powder Puff

Coton de Tulear

Lhasa Apso

Lowchen

Maltese

Old English Sheepdog

Polish Lowland Sheep Dog

Schapendoes

Shih Tzu

Silky Terrier

Skye Terrier

Tibetan Terrier

Yorkshire Terrier

 

Hairless

Chinese Crested, Hairless

Peruvian Inca Orchid, Hairless

Xoloitzcuintli, Hairless

 

Loose Curly

Bolognese

Havanese

 

Medium Smooth

Anatolian Shepherd

Appenzeller Sennenhunde

Australian Cattle Dog

Beauceron

Belgian Malinois

Canaan Dog

Cardigan Welsh Corgi

Central Asian Shephered Dog

Chow Chow, Smooth

German Shepherd Dog

Norwegian Buhund

Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Rafeiro do Alentejo

Schipperke

Spanish Mastiff

Swedish Vallhund

 

Medium Long

Australian Shepherd

Bernese Mountain Dog

Border Collie

Borzoi

Caucasian Ovcharka

Chihuahua, Long Coat

Dachshund, Long Haired

Japanese Chin

Kuvasz

Leonberger

Miniature American Shepherd

Mudi

Newfoundland

Papillon

Russian Toy

Saint Bernard

Saluki

Slovensky Cuvac

Tibetan Spaniel

Estrela Mountain Dog

 

Nordic

Akita

Alaskan Malamute

Chinook

Czechoslovakian Vlcak

Finnish Spitz

Icelandic Sheepdog, Short-haired

Jindo

Kai Ken

Karelian Bear Dog

Kishu Ken

Norrbottenspets

Norwegian Elkhound

Norwegian Lundehund

Shiba Inu

Siberian Husky

 

Rough

Belgian Sheepdog

Belgian Tervuren

Collie, Rough

Great Pyrenees

Pekingese

Pyrenean Shepherd

Pyrenean Shepherd

Shetland Sheepdog

Tibetan Mastiff

 

Rough Nordic

American Eskimo Dog

Chow Chow, Rough

Eurasier

Finnish Lapphund

German Spitz

Icelandic Sheepdog, Long-haired

Keeshond

Pomeranian

Samoyed

Swedish Lapphund

 

Short

American Staffordshire Terrier

Azawakh

Basenji

Boston Terrier

Boxer

Bull Terrier

Bulldog

Bullmastiff

Cimeco dell'Etna

Dachshund, Smooth

Dalmatian

Doberman Pinscher

Dogo Argentino

French Bulldog

German Pinscher

German Short Haired Pointer

Great Dane

Greyhound

Ibizan Hound, Short

Italian Greyhound

Manchester Terrier, Standard

Manchester Terrier, Toy

Miniature Bull Terrier

Miniature Pinscher

Neapolitan Mastiff

Perro de Presa Canario

Peruvian Inca Orchid, Coated

Pharaoh Hound

Plott Hound

Pointer

Portuguese Pointer

Rhodesian Ridgeback

Stafford Bull Terrier

Thai Ridgeback

Toy Fox Terrier

Vizsla, Shorthaired

Weimaraner

Whippet

Xoloitzcuintli, Coated

 

Smooth

American English Coonhound

American Foxhound

Basset Hound

Beagle

Black & Tan Coonhound

Bloodhound

Bluetick Coonhound

Boerboel

Cane Corso

Catahoula Leopard Dog

Chesapeake Bay Retriever

Chihuahua, Smooth

Collie, Smooth

Danish-Swedish Farmdog

Dogue de Bordeaux

English Foxhound

Entlebucher Mountain Dog

Estrela Mountain Dog

Greater Swiss Mountain Dog

Hamiltonstovare

Harrier

Labrador Retriever

Lancashire Heeler

Mastiff

Portuguese Podengo Pequeno, Smooth

Pug

Rat Terrier

Redbone Coonhound

Rottweiler

Russell Terrier, Smooth

Russian Toy

Sloughi

Tosa

Treeing Tennessee Brindle

Treeing Walker Coonhound

 

Sporting Saddle

Afghan Hound

 

Tight Curly

Curly-Coated Retriever

Bergamasco (Corded)