Groups- What group is the Dutch listed in?

1) Compact

2) Semi Arch

3) Commercial

4) Cylindrical

or

5) Full Arch

The Dutch is a Compact Rabbit.

#1

It is a compact animal:

front feet directly under the eyes,

the toes of the rear feet aligned

with the front of the hips. 

Excessively tucked position or

allowing the animal to move about the table is undesirable and strongly discouraged.

Weight:

What is the Sr weight for the Dutch Buck & Doe.

SR Bucks & Does: 3 1/2 lbs to 5 1/2 lbs

Idea weight is 4 1/2 lbs

Weight:

What is the Jr weight for a Dutch Buck & Doe.

Can a Jr be shown in a higher age classification?

Jr weight:

Minumum weight is 1 3/4 lbs

Yes. A jr may be shown in a higher age classifiacation. No animal may be shown in a lower age classification than it's true age.

What are the Current working colors (Variety)

for a Dutch accourding to the

ARBA Standard of Perfection 2011-2015?

There are 6 Current color/varieties.

Varieties include:

Black, Blue, Chocolate, Gray, Steel, & Tortoise

A COD is currently being worked on for the Chinchilla,

but has not been approved as of this time.

General type - 25

body - 17
head - 5
ears - 2
eyes - 1

Fur - 10

Color - 10

Markings - 50

cheeks - 12

blaze - 5

neck - 5

saddle - 10

undercut - 8

stops - 10

Condition - 5

Total Points = 100 

Body - Points 17

The body is to be short and close coupled.

The topline should rise in a gradual curve from the base of the ears to the center of the hips and then fall in a smooth curve downwards to the base of the tail. Hindquarters are to be smooth, well rounded, and slightly deeper and wider than the shoulders.

Lower hindquarters should be full and round. The Dutch should maintain a close coupled, well rounded appearance, whether it weighs 3 1/2 or 5 1/2 lbs.

General Type -  Body 

FAULTS

Faults:

Protruding hips that lose smoothness and roundness. Potty, flat bodied, narrow, or racy specimens are undesirable. Cut severely for pinched, undercut, or chopped hindquarters: prominent dewlap.

Head: points 5

The head is to be rounded and full.

Head is to be set close to shoulders.

General Type - Head

FAULTS

Faults:

pear shaped: pinched nose; narrow head

Ears - points 2

Ears are to be in proportion to the size of the head

and body. Ears are to be well furred, carried erect,

and set close together on the head.

General Type - Ears

FAULTS

Faults:

Ear length out of balance with body.

Thin or poorly furred ears.

Eyes - points 1

Eyes are to be clear, bright, and bold.

General Type - Feet & Legs

Feet & Legs

The feet and legs are to be straight, medium in bone, and have the proper length and size to balance and harmonize with the compact body.

General Type - Feet & Legs

FAULTS

Faults Feet & Legs:

Extremely fine bone.

Broken toenails; if portion remains and color can be determined.

General Type - Feet & Legs

Disqualifications

Feet & Legs - DQ

Any colored toenail(s)

Fur - points 10 -

FLYBACK

Fur is to be dense and short. When stroked towards

the head, the coat should fly back to it's natrual

position and lie smooth over the entire body.

There should be a fine, dense undercoat, interspersed with decidedly heavier, thicker guard hairs.

The coat should carry a very high luster.

The length and finish of the fur should enhance markings.

Fur 

Faults

Faults - Fur

Long thin coat; coarse, harsh, or wiry coat;

guard hairs which are too long;

fur to soft; stained or molting coat.

Color - points 10

The colored portions of the Dutch are:

from the circle made by the saddle and undercut going towards the rear all the way to the stops,

and the circle made by the blaze, cheek, neck, and hairline on each side of the head continuing up the ears. The remaining portion of the rabbit is to be white

Markings - points 50

Markings are to be clear, distinct and regular,

free from colored drags into white section or

white runs into colored sections.

Color (including neck), chest, forelegs, blaze, and foot stops are to be white in ALL varieties.

Marking points are made up of: cheeks, blaze, neck, saddle, undercut, & stops.

Cheeks - points 12

Cheeks are to be full, even, and well rounded,

not angular or ragged. Cheeks are to be carried to the whisker bed, but not into it. They are to follow the jawbone, meeting the line of the neck, and be free

from drags into the throat or mouth.

Markings - Cheeks 

FAULTS

Cheek faults 

High cheeks, looking like eye circles;

heavy cheeks that drag into the whisker bed;

cheeks that run below the jaw line.

Blaze - points 5 - 

The blaze is the white portion of the head.

It should be medium wide and wedge shaped,

covering the nose, whisker bed, and tapering up to

the ears, where it joins the hair line.

The blaze is to continue to the cheeks and

should be well rounded and follow the jaw line

after passing the whisker bed.

Neck - points 5

The neck is that portion of the collar behind the ears.

It should be wide, wedge shapped, clean, and even.

Neck is to be free from drags of the ear color into the collar, or white fo the collar running into the base

of the ears. 

Markings - Neck

FAULTS

Neck - Faults

Animals possessing a full neck will not recieve

the 5 points allotted for the neck markings.

Dirty necks will be faulted according to the

seriousness of the fault

Hairline

The hairline is to be a narrow white line running

between the ears, entirely dividing each cheek marking and ear, connecting the white protions of the

blaze and neckmarkings.

If the hair line is missing, the animal should NOT be disqualified. If the hairline is partly there, but does not join either the blaze or neck, it should Not be considered a spot, Nor should the animal be disqualified from copetition.

The hairline between the ears is desirable,

although no points are allotted to it.

Saddle - points 10

Undercut - points 8

The saddle is the point on the upper body where the white fur ceases and the colored fur begins.

The division should be just behind the shoulders and form a perfect circle around the body, with the undercut.

The undercut refers to the under part of the body. This is a continuation of the saddle marking and it should run in an unbroken line close behind the forelegs, but not touching them.

Markings - Saddle & Undercut

Disqualifications

Saddle & Undercut - DQ's

When the body color extends past the

elbow joint onto the forleg. 

(Tied)

Stops - points 10

The hind feet are to have white markings from the toes to a point 1/3 the length of the foot, as measured to the point of the hock. They should be equal in length, clean cut on both feet, and form a perfect circle around where the white of the stops meets the body color of the leg. Hind toes may be seperated to identify a split stop.

Markings - Stops

Disqualifications

Stops - DQ's

When the white portion of the stop reaches above the hock joint. When the body color runs between the toes of the hind feet, connecting the color of the upper foot with the color of the bottom of the foot.

(known as a split stop)

Disqualifications from Competition

applying to ALL color varieties

DQ's for all varieties:

Lack of surface or undercolor on the belly,

thus failing to show an undercut.

An extreme amount of white hairs scattered through the colored sections.

Bare spots.

Distinct White spot(s) in colored sections, and distinct colored spot(s) in white section.

Spot or spots must be plainly visible.

Any foreign colored area, other than called for in the breed standard, that is plainly visable while the animal is in it's natrual pose, or can be detected during the normal sequence of examination.

(Foreign being a color other than is called for in that particular area)

Colored toenail(s).

Condition - points 5

Per ARBA definition

Condition= the overall physical state of a rabbit in relation to health, cleanliness, fur, and grooming.

Dutch -

where did they originate and

when were they imported into the United States.

The Dutch rabbit has been around for well over 150 years, making it one of the oldest breeds.

Originally from Europe, the dutch were imported

into the US in the early 1900's

Per American Dutch Rabbit Club - History

Varieties:

Black

Black 

Color is to be a very glossy, uniform,

jet-black, with slate blue undercolor. 

Eyes - dark brown

Varieties: Black

 Faults

Black - Faults

White hairs, mealiness; frostiness;

brownish or any other tints

Varieties:

Blue

Blue - Color

Color is to be a very glossy, uniform medium-dark blue, with slate blue undercolor.

Eyes- blue - gray

Varieties:Blue

 Faults

Blue - Faults

White hairs; mealiness; frostiness;

brownish or other tints.

Varieties:

Chocolate

Chocolate 

Color is to be a very glossy, uniform,

dark brown, with dove-gray undercolor. 

Eyes - dark brown, ruby cast permissible

Varieties: Chocolate

 Faults

Chocolate Faults

White hairs; mealiness; frostiness;

any other tints or shades.

Varieties:

Gray

Gray:

Color is to have an agouti patern, showing distinct bands of color. Colors on the hair shaft should be slate blue at the base, followed by medium tab, then a thin charcoal brown band, finishing with a lighter tan band. Colored portions of the body should be uniformly dispersed with black guard hairs.

Narrow black lacing on the ears is desirable.

Eye circles should be narrow and tan in color.

The belly should display a white or cream surface color, with a slate blue undercolor extending from isdie the rear legs over the belly to the undercut.

NOTE: when the belly color is white, the undercut is determined by blowing into the fur.

Tan lap spots are permissible.

Tail color should complement the body color on the topside, and be as close to the belly color as possible on the underside.

Eyes - Dark Brown

Varieties: Gray

 Faults

Gray - Faults

Brassy tinge; white hairs, light surface color on body.

Lack of uniform disbursement of black guard hairs

Varieties: Gray

 Disqualifications

Gray - DQ's

Absence of intermediate ring color over

the colored portion of the body.

Absence of slate blue undercolor on the belly.

Varieties:

Steel

Steel-

The entire colored portion of the body is to be black, with uniform disbursment of the off-white or cream coloration on some of the hair tips. Undercolor is to be slate blue, carried as deep towards the skin as possible.

Surface color of the under portions of the tail, belly, and inside of hind legs is to be as near the body as possible. Crotch marks are acceptable.

Eyes - Dark Brown

Varieties - Steel

Faults

Steel - Faults

Lack of steel coloration over the back;

brassy or yellow appearnace;

white hairs in colored sections.

Varieties - Steel

Disqualifications

Steel DQ's

Ring pattern over the back or upper sides.

White underside of tail.

Varieties:

Tortoise (TORT)

Tortoise -

Color is to be a bright, clean orange, blending into smoky-blue shading over the lower rump, and carrying well down the haunches. The top color should carry down into the undercolor blending into a dark cream color next to the skin. Upper portion of tail color should match top body color. The shading on the head should be darkest at the whisker bed, blending into lighter shadings on the jaw, darkening again at the ear base, and blending up the ears to match body color.

The smoky blue shading is to include the underside of the tail.

Eyes - Dark Brown

Varieties: Tortoise

Faults

Tortoise Faults

White hairs; smut or smudge throughout the orange color; lack of bold shadings;

underside of tail light in color.

Varieties: Tortoise

Disqualifications

Tortoise DQ's

Absence of shading.

White underside of tail.

Dutch 

Think Circles

The Dutch pattern is made up of 6 individual markings, which combined, gives it the "tuxedo" appreance is

so vividly displays.

One can think of the markings as representing circles.

the markings are as follows, moving from the head

to the back of the neck.

Blaze-Cheeks-Neck-Saddle-Undercut-Stops

Age clasifications.

What is the age of a Sr animal and a Jr animal?

Jrs are - Under 6 months of age

Srs are - 6 months of age or over

Tortoise

"Tort"