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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,
Mossy Possums, and Pridelands' Ancestry. I was one of the very first breeders to import into Canada (and I believe the only one who still is from the original lionhead breeders?)   My first lionheads were from Pridelands, followed by a large shipment from D.J's and Parwelling rabbitries.

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 was in Oct. 2008 -
Good luck Gail! * Siamese Sable passed its first presentation - Wooly Ears on Standard are changed to a fault rather than DQ - If siamese sable passes twice more then the lionheads will be an official breed with ARBA! Usually most shows will still show other colours as long as there is a COD out on them.

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.   Lynn Schultz has pulled a COD for: Orange, Blue Tort, Chestnut, Sablepoint, and
Blue Point..   Then there is Regina Mayhugh has pulled a COD for Otter, Sable Marten, and Smoke Pearl Marten (she's dropped chocolate). Anita Moore has also pulled a COD for Black, Chestnut, Chocolate Agouti, Chinchilla, and Squirrel.. The latest COD was pulled by Kim Croak for BEW, Chestnut, Otter, and Silver Marten.
So all the above mentioned colours are considered "showable colours" - but only 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 many 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. B.C. and Washington states do not allow AOV's.
You DO need to have a standard with the colour description on
it to give to the judge when showing. There is a link on my links page which will lead you to a site for printing off the Standard with its current colour descriptions.   I'm hoping Lynn Shultz pulls a COD for red lionheads - there are a few of us working on them and hope they will soon be able to compete alongside the other colours.

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 (the 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). For more info on babies - check out the baby pic link below.
There is info on there about how I make my choices who is pet, and who is show/breeding stock.

I'm also working on more rare colours in the Netherland Dwarf (BEW, & shaded);
I've dropped the red for now - may pick it up again down the road. The colour red for netherlands is just being put up for COD by Ted from New York State
- 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 two 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

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