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Meissner Lop Breed Standard

RING SIZE L

POINTS
Type - 20
Shape and Weight - 20
Colour - 15
Uniformity of Colour - 15
Undercolour - 10
Fur - 20
TOTAL - 100
 
1. TYPE
Thickset and well rounded. Size in proportion to weight dumpy and well rounded. Head is fixed tightly to the body - no visible neck - and is short, broad, strong in the buck - a little finer in the doe. Ears - strong and well furred. Length in keeping with size of rabbit. Eyes bright and well opened - brownish black in colour. No dewlap in the buck. A small well formed one is permissable in the doe. Chest well developed, shoulders broad. Line of back slopes to a well muscled and rounded rump. Legs are strong and of medium length. Nails are black.

2. WEIGHT
kg 3.17 - 4.07 ( 7 - 9lb)

3. COLOUR
Intense black - brilliant and even, belly colour is also black but more matt.

4. UNDERCOLOUR
The Undercolour is of a deep blue shade with a limit of a black band of about .06cm (1/4inch)

5. FUR
Dense silky and lustrous. Guard hairs long, strong and glossy

FAULTS
Not thickset - not well rounded. Lack of briliance in coat. Fur rusty.

DISQUALIFICATIONS
General aspect too snaky - too long or thin. Tufts of white hairs or too many white hairs. Very rusty in colour. Brownish or greyish patches on the coat. Eyes a colour other than brownish black. Undercolour other than brownish black. Undercolour not to standard. Non pigmented nails.

 

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