| We are a homeschooling family situated in lovely Metchosin, BC, Canada. I have bred cavies for fun for many years in the past. Six years ago I got a netherland dwarf rabbit, followed by a couple of doublemaned lionhead rabbits. After attending my first show with rabbits, I was hooked! My first focus was and still is on Lionheads. I worked hard at starting with good quality stock imported from the States... most of my rabbits have Cimmaron, Bunny Hutch, DJ's, Bastet's, Wetzels, and Pridelands' Ancestry. Lionheads are not yet officially recognized in the rabbit show world, though many shows have exhibition competitions included alongside the recognized breeds. The tort color did pass its first certificate to becoming official in November 2005 (by Arden Wetzel) - then he failed the next two presentations. The next certificate holder is Gail from Cimmaron - her COD colours are: Tort (black), Sablepoint, Siamese Sable, REW, and Chestnut . Her first attempt will be in Oct. 2008 - Good luck Gail! If it passes twice more then the lionheads will be an official breed with ARBA! After Gail, we have Theresa Mueller who holds the next Certificate. Her colours are: Black, Blue, Tort (black), Chestnut, and REW. After her is Dawn Guth who has the following colours on her COD: Black, Pointed White (all 4 colours), REW, Siamese Sable, and Smoke Pearl. Lastly, Lynn Schultz has pulled a COD for: Orange, Blue Tort, Chestnut, Sablepoint, and Blue Point.. So all the above mentioned colours are considered "showable colours" - but ony in an exhibition sense for the ARBA shows - and it is up to the secretary of each individual shows whether to allow lionheads. So in total, there are now 12 COD showable colours. Some people show colours other than these - which are termed: AOV colours.... "any other variety". Some shows will allow AOV's, some not. You DO need to have a standard with the colour description on it to give to the judge when showing. I find the lionheads especially fun to breed as their looks change so much during their first six months of life... looking at first like a netherland, then sprouting fun manes (singlemanes) or long soft fur over most of their bodies (doublemanes). The doublemanes then moult out the hair on their backs, leaving hopefully a nice thick mane behind (above tort (Radiance) on the right is a great example). The more hair they lose on their flanks, the better quality mane carrier you have (full mane, and nice body type needed too for a show-quality animal). I'm also working on more rare colours in the Netherland Dwarf ( broken and reds); The colour red for netherlands is just being put up for COD by CT rabbitry in Texas - hopefully will pass its first certificate this fall - then it can be shown as an exhibition colour at shows. I could go on and on! (LOL). We are trying to keep our numbers under 35 to ensure quality care and attention... it would be nice to have less but hard when working on three breeds and several colours! Enjoy perusing my web pages... Plus check the links section for other valuable sites to visit for information about Lionheads or rabbits in general! Thanks for stopping by... Wendy |
Content, graphics and photos owned by Manely Rabbits . .Do not use any graphics or pictures without permission from the designer/photographer. Designer of Logo & Banners: Christina Posey of "Make Believe Designs" |
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| FrequenSea (Health drink I now sell which has marine phytoplankton in it which helps improve or take away many health problems) |
 |