Californian Show Standards
Recognized colors:
one standard color.
Size:
8-10 ½ pounds.
Californians should be judged “from the hind end forward.” The hindquarters pack the most meat, so it carries more points in the Standard than the midsection or shoulders. The body type should be as deep and full as possible. Looking at the rabbit from the side, you should see no dips in the smooth curve of the topline rising behind the ears and arching down to the tail. Your hands should not catch on the hips or feel any pinbones when you rub a Cal from front to back. The fur is to be a flyback that conforms to the ARBA commercial fur standard. Californians should be pure white with dark markings called smut on the “points” – nose, ears, feet, and tail. The eyes are ruby red. Color on the “usable portion of the pelt” is a disqualification, because furriers preferred an all-white pelt. Color of the points is to be “as near black as possible” – but black is not the only showable point color! Most people don’t realize this, but blue and chocolate pointed Californians do appear in litters and can be shown, but are faulted for point color other than black.
Recognized colors:
one standard color.
Size:
8-10 ½ pounds.
Californians should be judged “from the hind end forward.” The hindquarters pack the most meat, so it carries more points in the Standard than the midsection or shoulders. The body type should be as deep and full as possible. Looking at the rabbit from the side, you should see no dips in the smooth curve of the topline rising behind the ears and arching down to the tail. Your hands should not catch on the hips or feel any pinbones when you rub a Cal from front to back. The fur is to be a flyback that conforms to the ARBA commercial fur standard. Californians should be pure white with dark markings called smut on the “points” – nose, ears, feet, and tail. The eyes are ruby red. Color on the “usable portion of the pelt” is a disqualification, because furriers preferred an all-white pelt. Color of the points is to be “as near black as possible” – but black is not the only showable point color! Most people don’t realize this, but blue and chocolate pointed Californians do appear in litters and can be shown, but are faulted for point color other than black.