GENERAL TYPE: 45
BODY: 35
HEAD: 5
EARS: 5
FUR: 35
COLOR: 15
CONDITION: 5
TOTAL POINTS: 100
VARIETIES RECOGINZED BY THE ARBA
BLACK, BLUE, CASTOR, CHINCHILLA, CHOCOLATE, OPAL. TORTOISE, LYNX, SABLE POINT, SEAL, RED EYED WHITE, LILAC, RED, HIMALAYAN, BROKEN, BLUE EYED WHITE, OTTER.
SC's Merlin, Black Otter Buck, 1-BOV, 1 Leg.
SRC's Islan, Tortoise Buck, 1-BOV, 1 Leg.
Wally's Ziggy, Tortoise Buck, 2-BOV, 1- BOS, 3 legs
BLACK: The entire body is to be a rich lustrous black that runs deep toward the shin to a lighter blue undercolor. Color is to be even over the entire animal. Toenails are to be dark. FAULTS: Faded, rusty or sunburned color; scattered white hairs; color that is not even over the entire animal. TORTOISE: The surface color of the body is to be a bright rusty red-orange which blends to a smoky gray-black on the flanks, head, belly and feet. The surface color is to extend well down the hair shaft to an off white undercolor. The shading on the head is to be the darkest at the whisker bed and is to blend into a lighter shading along the jaw line. Ear color should match shading color. Upper side of the tail is to match the body surface color with the undeside of the tail matching the shadings as nearly as possible. Toenails to be dark. Eyes-Brown. FAULTS: Smutty tinge obscuring the rich orange saddle color; point color or shading color too light; scattered white hairs. BROKEN: Broken consist of any recogized breed variety color in conjunction with white. The eye color is to correspond with the eye color specified under the respective solid colored variety. Toenails may be white or colored, no prreference to either.
OTTER: Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac compete together. Note: Otters should not be judged as a marked variety. Markings are to be the final consideration after type, fur and body color.
SURFACE & UNDER COLOR: The surface & under color of the head outside of the ears, front of the fore feet, outside of the hind feet, and the top and sides of the body are to be as decribed in the respective self varieties.
MARKINGS: Black and Chocolate animals will have orange to creamy orange marking color, while Blue and Lilac animals will have creamy orange to creamy white marking color. The bellly nostrils , eye circles, jowls underside of the tail, inside of the ears,back of the fore feet and the inside of the hind feet and legs are to be creamy orange to creamy white, highlighted by an orange or fawn marking as it meets the self color of the body. The border color between the belly and flanks shall continue down to the hind feet as it meets the color of the body. The undersolor of the belly is to be as described in the respective self varieties. The triangle and collar are to be orange to creamy white. No ticking is prreferred. The eye color is to be as described in the respective self varieties.
FALUTS: Brown or rusty timge on body color; orange to creamy orange hairs in areas other than the patterned areas; mealiness on the ears, head, muzzle; faded or indistinct markings. Scattered white hairs over the body.
DISQUALIFICATIONS: White spot(s). Lack of belly undercolor as described in respective self varieties.