When you show your Lionheads you will need to supply a clean
copy of the standard.
Just because the breed has been around awhile the judges are NOT required to carry
a copy of the standard and most will not.
It is the exhibitors responsibility to supply the Standard the day of the show.

When Arden Wetzel failed his 2nd attempt at his second Presneation level he lost his
COD rights. THe right to present the Lionhead breed then passed to the next name on
the list - Gail Gibbons. She will make her first atttempt to present in Kentucky at
ARBA Convention in 2008.
A printable version of the Gibbons standard can be found on the left.

You can turn in your copy of the standard when you make your entry. That gives the
show personal time to give it to the judge so they can look it over before hand if possible.
Always have an extra copy with you as you go up to the table, in case the standard you
turned in that morning has become separated from the remarks card. Having a Standard
when you go up to the show table avoids delays.

This means a standard with no advertisements or or personnel identification attached.
We recommend you use the Standard with all the current COD Colors when you show.
This is permissible as explained by Tex Thomas, who was the chairperson of the ARBA
Standard Committee, in Domestic Rabbit Magazine (Feb. 2006).

You may have local ARBA shows which will not allowLionheads to show, that is within
their rights as hosting show until the breed has passed a showing again.

Because Lionheads are NOT A RECOGNIZED ARBA BREED
you will not be allowed to bring your Best in Breed winner up to compete for Best in Show.
You will also NOT be given a Grand Champion leg even if the Lionhead entry met the
requirements to have one issued. Lionheads will only be able to earn Grand Champion
legs and compete for Best IN Show until after the breed is recognized.

It is fun to show and many of us throughout the United States have been doing it for a
number of years. The North American Lionhead Rabbit Club runs a fun SWEEPSTAKES
for BOB and BOS winners. They also have divsions by color and district.
The NALRC currently counts its sweepstakes on all current COD color wins.

We currently keep a WINNER'S PAGE here on the Lionheadrabbit Website, where we post
BOB and BOS photos of winning Lionheads. So be sure and send us photos of your winners!

PAST HISTORY of the LIONHEAD STANDARD
The Lionhead Standard has evolved slowly from the original Wetzel Standard. In the beginning
the same basic standard was submitted by all of the holders of Certificates of Development for
the breed. If you are interested in seeing that old standard there is a link to the left.

There are a number of standards other then the one that have been approved by the ARBA
Standards Committee. Even in the past it was senseless to show and breed under any of the
many other standards you may find on the Internet. If you are breeding to a standard that has
a4 pound top weigh your whole breeding program will be geared towards rabbits that do not
meet show standards in the USA. It simply makes the most sense to breed to the correct
standard in the first place.

So enjoy! and remember win or loose it is all for the love of the breed.
As the NALRC club is found of saying "Join Us the Fun is Just Beginning "