| If there's a word that you don't know, revolving around rabbits, and it's not up here, let me know, and I'll put it up Make sure to also check out my showing dictionary albino- a white rabbit with pink eyes AOV- Any Other Variety BIS- Best in Show BOB- Best of Breed BOG- Best of Group BOS- Best Opposite Sex BOSG- Best Opposite Sex Group BOSV- Best Opposite Sex Variety BOV- Best of Variety buck- a male rabbit cull- "to remove from the breeding program", when you sell rabbits to make room in your rabbitry, no matter what they go for (show, pet, brood, ect) this is called culling dam- the mother rabbit dewlap- a fold of skin hanging from the doe's neck. Not all breeds are allowed to have it density- descibing the thickness of the fur dilute- rabbits with blue or blue-gray eyes. Dilutes are the faded out version of the Black and Chocolate varieties. Blue is the dilute of Black and Lilac of Chocolate. Some other dilutes are Opal (Chestnut), Lynx (Chocolate Agouti), Squirrel (Chinchilla), Lilac Chinchilla (Chocolate Chinchilla), ect. doe- a female rabbit fit and show- a competion for 4-H where you're judged on how much you know on your rabbit, and how well you handle it groups- The color of the rabbit hutch- a cage for a rabbit junior- a rabbit under 6 months old kindle- when a doe gives birth to young lagomorph- the order that rabbits fall under leg- in ARBA sanctioned shows, when a rabbit in a class, variety, or breed of 5 or more rabbits, and 3 or more owners, the rabbit gets a small piece of paper called a leg. When a rabbit has 3 of them, they are a grand champion. You can get them registered with the ARBA then send the legs and their registration number in for a grandchampion certificate. litter- a group of young rabbits borned to the same mother at the same time luster- describing the brightness and brilliance of the fur mismark- a marked breed rabbit who is not show quality (eg: a Dutch with coloring going over it's shoulder, or a Dutch that has a white ear) molt- the process of shedding or changing fur, happens twice to three times a year pedigree- a paper that has the rabbit's date of birth, parents, grandparents, and great- grandparents pelage- the term for the fur of the rabbit open show- a rabbit show, anyone can enter in, it's where the adults compete, and kids can show in it too senior- a rabbit over 6 months of age sire- the father rabbit speciality show- A show where just one breed is shown texture- describing the feel of the fur type- where rabbits are judged for which one is better than the other variety- the rabbit's color youth show- where just kids under 18 show |
|
 |
 |
| Copyright © 2003 Double Dutch Rabbitry. All rights reserved. |