LittleAcre Stud

Breeders & Exhibitors of Lionheads, Dutch & British Giants............

Lionheads

RING SIZE C

Type

25

Main

30

Coat...

25

Condition...

5

Colour

15

Total

100

1 TYPE Cobby well rounded body, head bold with well developed muzzle. Legs of medium length and not too fine in bone. Stance to be high enough to show full chest and mane.

EARS - Not to exceed 3 inches in length. Well covered buyt not furnished. Carried erect.

EYES - Bold and bright, eyes of white, red or blue, in all other colours as per Colour Standard .

2 MANE The mane should be between 2-3 inches in length to form a full circle around the head, extending to a 'V' at the back of the neck falling into a fringe between the ears. Noticeably longer hair on the cheeks and chest
3 COAT The coat to be dense of medium length, roll back and even all over body in Adults. Small amount of extended fur around flanks permissible on under five months exhibits, but not desired
4 COLOUR All colours as long as they conform to a recognised colour and pattern
5 CONDITION The exhibit should be in a perfect state of health and bodily condition, free from all soiling, particularly on feet, ears and genital parts. The coat should reflect the overall good health of the exhibit, which should appear alert and vigorous.

WEIGHT : 3lbs - 3lbs 12oz, 1.7 kgs

FAULTS : Woolly furnishings, head too fine, ears too long, poor colour, long in body. Excessive fur on flanks.

DISQUALIFICATIONS : Malocclusion, furnishing on ears, wall eyes, lack of mane, overweight

Dutch

Ring Size B

1) Ear........... 10
2) Eyes.......... 5
3) Blaze &....Cheeks..... 15
4) Clean Neck.. 10
5) Saddle......... 10
6) Undercut...... 10
7) Stops .......... 15
8) Colour......... 10
9) Shape, Condition & Weight....... 15
10)

Total.........=

100

1. EARS - Short and atrong, not pointed and tairly broad at their base
2. EYES - Bold and bright, fairly large
3. BLAZE - Wedged shaped, carrying up to a point between ears
4. CHEEKS - As round as possible and coming as near to the whiskers without touching. Also covering the line of the jawbone
5. CLEAN NECK - Means free from coloured fur immediately behind the ears.
6. SADDLE - is the junction between white and coloured fur on the back. This line to continue right round the animal in an even straight line
7. UNDERCUT - Continuation of the saddle. To be as near up to the front legs as possible without touching them
8. STOPS - White markings on the hind teet about 3.17cm (1 .lI4ins) in length and to cut cleanly round the toot in a similar manner to the saddle and undercut.
9. COLOUR - See standard on colours
10. SHAPE - (Type) AND CONDITION - Compact, cobby, rounded. Shape also means type. Weight and condition also have a bearing on shape or type. The ideal weight ot an Adult Dutch should be kgs 2.037 - 2.60(4.1/2 lb to 51b). Hard and tirm in flesh. Back well covered With firm flesh. Not baggy in belly. Skin tight, gloss on cost, bright eyes, lively, alert.
DISQUALIFICATIONS - Wrong coloured eyes (see Colour Standard). Discoloured or wall eyes (pale blue iris), specked eyes (pale blue spots or specks on the iris). Coloured tur on the white part or white patches on the coloured parts. Flesh markings (usually on ears). Trimming (anempts to straighten out irregularities, dyeing white spotS on coloured fur, etc) Malocclusion and mutilated teeth.

COLOURS

BLACK - Deep, solid and carrying well down to the skin. with blue undercolour, the deeper the better. Free trom white hairs and mealy or flecking. Eyes dark hazel.

BLUE - Deep, solid, slate blue, colour to carry well down the skin. Blue undercolour, the deeper the better. Free trom white hairs and flecked or mealy coat. Eyes dark blue.

CHOCOLATE - Deep, solid, dark chocolate colour carrying well down to the skin. Undercolour to match the top colour as near as possible. The deeper the undercolour the better the top will appear. Free trom white hairs and mealiness. Eyes chocolate or brown.

YELLOW - An even shade ot yellow throughout. The exact shade is not so important as that the colour should be even and extend to the belly or undercut and no eye circles. In tact a selt colour tree trom chinchillation on cheeks and hind teet. Eyes hazel.

TORTOISESHELL - An even shade ot orange top colour to carry well down and shading ott to a lighter colour to the skin. Ears, belly and under the tail blue-black. Cheeks and hindquarters (flanks) shaded or toned with blue-black Eyes hazel, the deeper the better.

STEEL GREY - Dark steel grey merging to pale slate blue in the undercolour. The whole interspersed with black guard hairs. The medium bright and evenly ticked shade is the one to aim tor and the extreme tips of the fur will be tipped with steel blue or grey. The mixture to carry well down the sides, flanks, hind feet. Belly colour will be slighter shade varying with the top colour, upper part ot the tail to match the body colour, underside to tone with the belly colour. Ears to match body. Eyes deep hazel. BROWN GREY - Slate blue at the base followed by a band of yellowy orange then a black line, finishing by light or nut brown tips to the tur. The whole interspersed by hiack guard hairs. That is the impression gained when the tur of the brown grey is parted The general Impression should be light or nut brown on ears, cheeks, body, hind feet and top of tail, the whole ticked with black hairs. Belly colourand eye circles (small as possible), bright Straw colour A lighter shade permissible under tail. Eyes hazel, deeper the better.

PALE GREY - Top colour biscuit. carrying well down ano merging into pale slate at the base. The whole interspersed with black ticking. The general impression should be biscuit ticked with black on ears, cheeks, body and top ot tail. Belly colour white with pale slate undercolour. Eye circle white but non-existent or small as possible. Body colour should be present on hind leet. Underside of tail white. Eyes hazel.

DESCRIPTION OF TERMS USED:

Flecking or Mealtness. Individual hairs more than one colour in selts eg blacks should be black at the tip of the fur, that colour carrying down the fur as far as possible then merging into blue. In flecked or mealy exhibits the individual fur would be black, then dark grey then a deeper shade before merging info blue at the base. Chinchillation. A mixture of colours ticked with a darker shade. Often found on the cheeks of Yellows. The Pale and Brown Grey are chinchillated varieties to a certain extent.

British Giant - Ring size H

1)

Type&Weight

35

2) Coat

30

3) Body & Head

10

4) Eyes

5

5) Condition

10

6) Colour

10

Total

100
1. TYPE AND WEIGHT - Does not less than kg 6.121 (13.5 lbs.) Bucks not less than kg 5.667 (12.5lbs) (over kg 6.801 (15Lbs ) to gain 10 points, under kg 5.667(12.5lbs) weight loses 10 points)
2. COAT - Very dense full coat (length three-quarter inch to one inch) thick to touch. Texture not too harsh not too soft.
3. BODY - Large, long, roomy broad flat body. Broad front and hind quarters. Does allowed a dewlap.

HEAD - Shall be broad, large. full and bold, ears shall be erect

4. EYES - Bold eyes.
5. CONDITION - Flesh should be firm all over. Free from colds, and in good health
6. COLOURS WHITE - White, not cream, eye colour blue or pink

BLACK - Black to Blue, as dark as possible at base. Eye colour brown or blue. DARK STEEL GREY - Evenly ticked all over body, head, ears, feet. One dark bar allowed on back feel. Dark belly preferred but white belly permissible. Dark blue undercolour at base. Eye colour brown

BLUE - Eye colour blue, grey or brown. Colour blue to grey right through to base. As in Dutch.

BROWN GREY - Evenly ticked all over body, head, ears, feet and tail. White belly. Eye colour blue grey or brown.

OPAL - Top colour a pale shade of blue over an intermediate fawn band with good definition and slate undercolour. Ears laced blue. Eye circle, underside of tail and belly to be white with slate undercolour. Eye colour to match body colour FAULTS. - Black heads and feet on dark steel or grey but allowed a little darker than the body. Bagginess and excessive fat. Moulting coats. Narrow heads. Pale undercolour in blacks, steels and greys. Woolly coats. White toe-nails in blacks, steels and greys. All faults to loses 10 points. A few white hairs allowed. bunches of white hairs a fault. No pearling in blues.

Mini Lops

Ring Size K

1)

2)

Type....... } 

Weight.. }

30









3) Coat 20









4)

5)

Head, Crown and Eyes...}

Ears................................. }

30









6) Colour and Pattern 15









7) Condition 5










Total

100








1. TYPE - Bold thickset and firm. The body should be short, broad and well muscled with little visible neck. The well muscled rump ia short and well rounded. The chest is broad and deep with curved sides where it meets the shoulders which are broad and strong. The front legs are thick, short and straight. The hind legs are short, strong, powertul and carried parallel to the body. The tail is straight, strong and well furred. A small dewlap is permissable but not desirable.








2. ADULTWEIGHT Ideal Maximumlbs/oz 3.4 3.8 kg 1.5 1.60








3. COAT - The coat to be dense and of good length, roll-back with an abundance of guard hairs. legs and pads to be well furred.








4. HEAD CROWN AND EYES - The head is bold, broad and well developed. The profile of the head is strongly curved with a good width between the eyes, full cheeks and a broad muzzle. The eyes are bold, bright and large. The basal ridge of the ears should appear prominent across the top of the skull to form the crown.








5. EARS - Should be broad, thick, well furred and rounded at the ends. They should be carried close to the cheeks giving a horse-shoe like outline when viewed from the front. The inside of the ears should not be visible from any angle when carried correctly.








6. COLOUR AND PATTERN - Any colour or pattern accepted by the Breed Standards Committee of the British Rabbit Council apart from the broken pattern








7 CONDITION - The exhibit should be in a perfect state of health and bodily condition, free from all soiling, particularly on the feet, ears and genital parts. The coat should reflect the overall good health of the exhibit, which should appear alert and vigorous.









FAULTS: Body too long; head not sufficiently characteristic of the breed; pimpled or damaged ears; poor ear carriage; ears folded; crown not developed; fly back coat; large dewlaps in does; rearfeef not parallel to the body; light soiling of feet; ears and genital organs; bare pads; fur slightly soiled or matted; long toenails; lack of vitality.









DISOUALIFICATIONS: Maloccluded or mutilated teeth; over weight limit; deformities and mutilations; deformation of the teeth; ears tipped over; feet bowed or bent; crooked tail; any discernible illness or disease; blindness or partial blindness; incorrect eye colour; any parasitic infection; much soiling; matted coat; sore pads (where skin is broken or scabbed); any evidence of irregular preparation for exhibition including trimming and dyeing.