BREED STANDARD
MINIATURE LION LOP
| RING
SIZE K | POINTS |
| Weight and Type | 25 |
| Coat | 20 |
| Mane | 20 |
| Head Crown eye Colour and Ears | 20 |
| Colour and Pattern | 10 |
| Condition | 5 |
| TOTAL | 100 |
1. WEIGHT and TYPE -
Bold thickset and firm.
The body should be short, broad and well muscled with little visible neck. The well muscled rump is 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
short and straight. The hind legs are short, strong, powerful and carried parallel to the body. The tail is straight and well
furred. A small dewlap is permissible in adult does but not desirable.
(Note!
There is no weight limit for Under 5's)
| Adult Weight |
|
|  |
|
| | Ideal |
| Maximum |
| Lbs/oz |
| 3.4 |
| 3.8 |
| Kg |
| 1.5 |
| 1.6 |
2. 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. A small amount of extended
fur around flanks is permissible on under five months exhibits.
3.
HEAD, CROWN, EYES and EYE COLOUR and EARS -
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. Ears should be broad, thick, well furred and rounded at the ends. They should be carried close to
the cheeks giving a horseshoe like outline when viewed from the front. The inside of the ears should not be visible from any
angle when carried correctly.
4. 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.
5. COLOUR
New colours accepted to the
standard Chocolate, Bluepoint and Sealpoint.
Black
- A deep solid black, carried well down hair shaft with blue/black undercolour. Eyes dark hazel or black.
Blue - Deep or medium slate blue carried well down hair shaft with slate blue
undercolour. Eyes dark blue.
Agouti - Rich chestnut top
colour with black ticking over an intermediate orange band with dark slate undercolour. Ears laced black. Eye circles, belly
and undertail white with slate blue undercolour. Pale top colour a fault. Eyes deep hazel.
Sooty Fawn - Even shade of orange/fawn to carry well down hair shaft to a blueish white undercolour.
Ears, belly, undertail to be blueish black (sooty), cheeks and flanks to be shaded/topped with sooty tips. Eyes hazel.
Fawn - Bright rich fawn free of black/blue guard hairs, shading
to a white undercolour. Chest to match flanks. Eye circles, inside of ears, underside of jowl, belly and undertail to be white.
Black/blue guard hairs to be considered a serious fault. Eyes hazel.
Black
Fox - To be an even jet-black with undercolour as dark as possible extending to the skin. The chest, flanks and feet
to be well and evenly ticked with silver-tipped guard hairs. Any extension of the ticking up the side and/or over the back
to be considered a beauty and not a fault. The eye circles as neat as possible, a pea spot in front of the base of each ear.
Inside of ears, line of jaw, underside of tail and belly all to be white, undercolour permissible. Triangle to be white but
as small as possible. Eyes brown or grey.
Black Otter
- Body colour to be lustrous black, uniform throughout, with slate blue undercolour to reach skin. The belly and underside
of the chin and tail to be creamy white with blue or white undercolour, to be divided from the body colour by a distinct border
of tan. Nostrils and nape of neck to be tan. Eye circles and inside ears to be fawn. Chest to be a mixture of black and tan,
merging with the main body colour. The fore feet on the front shall be predominantly black, the tan border between belly and
flanks shall be continued down to the hind feet. Faults - brown or rust tinge to the body colour. White or tan hairs other
than in the patterned area. Grey belly surface. Eyes brown.
NB: the colour
standard for the Otter is based on the Otter Rex, the remainder are all based on the Dwarf Lop standard.
Blue Eyed White - White as pure as possible, eye colour dark blue.
Orange - Rich orange, free from ticking, belly white. White or
cream undercolour. Eyes hazel.
Siamese Sable - Medium
- very rich sepia on ears, face, back, outside of legs, and upper side of tail shading to a paler undercolour. Saddle colour
shading off to a considerably paler colour on flanks and belly, the dark face colour to shade off from eyes to jowl to blend
with the chest and flanks. All blending to be gradual, avoiding any blotches or streaks and consisting of a soft and varied
diffusion of sepia shadings. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow.
Light
- as medium, but colour to be rich sepia.
Dark - as medium
but colour to be very rich dark sepia.
Faults - brown
eyes.
Butterfly pattern. - Colour of butterfly nose marking
to fully cover nose and top lip. Head markings, white to be in proportion to body colours. Ears to match the body colour.
Body colour to extend from tail to shoulders, patches of colour on white of shoulders permissable. Body colour to extend down
falnks. Flanks, chest and belly white, teat spots permissable. No white to be present in general colour.
Faults - Too many white hairs in nose, top lip and body markings
Red Eyed White - As pure white as possible, eyes ruby red.
Opal - Top colour pale shade of blue, with fawn band between this and the
slate band under colour. Ears laced blue. Eyes circle, underside of tail to be white with slate undercolour.
Siamese Smoke - Saddle to extend from nape to tail to be smoke in colour,
shading to pearl grey on flanks, chest and belly. Head, ears, feet and upperside of tail to match saddle as near as possible.
All shadings to be gradual to avoid blotches or streaks. Under colour to match surface as closely as possible following the
varied shadings throughout. Eyes to have a distinct ruby glow.
FAULTS:
Brown eyes and white hairs.
Steel - Dark chamois or light
sandy colour down to the skin, faintly ticked with blue. Hairs tinted light at base, medium in middle and darker at tips.
Blue shading on flanks, muzzle, edges of the ears. Top sides of hind legs beige, pads blue;forefeet same as body. Tail beige
on top, blue under. Belly beige with deeper blue shading
Beige
- Dark steel grey merging to a slate blue undercolour. The whole interspersed with black guard hairs. Extreme tips
of the fur to be tipped with steel blue or grey. The mixture to carry well down the sides, flanks and hind feet. Belly colour
will be a lighter shade varying with the top colour, underside to tone with belly colour. Ears to match body. Eyes deep hazel.
FAULTS: White or frosty nose. White whiskers. Blue too dark,
brownish or rusty colour
6. 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
Long coat on ears and body, excessively short or long mane, body too long, head not sufficiently
characteristic of breed, pimpled or damaged ears, poor ear carriage, ears folded, crown not developed, fly back coat, large
dewlaps in does, rear feet not parallel to the body, light soiling of feet, ear and genital organs, bare pads, fur slightly
soiled or matted, long toenails, lack of vitality.
DISQUALIFICATIONS
Complete lack of mane, Maloccluded or mutilated teeth, over weight limit, deformities
and mutilations, deformation of the teeth, feet bowed or bent, white toe nails in coloured exhibits, 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.
