Standard 2003

Lionhead Working Standard
(Arden Wetzel 2001 updated 2002)
VARIETIES: BLACK, CHESTNUT AGOUTI, SIAMESE SABLE, TORTOISE, RUBY EYED WHITE
SABLE POINT (2nd CERTIFICATE), FAWN (3rd CERTIFICATE), ORANGE (4TH CERTIFICATE)
Judging is to be by classes of sex and age in each variety, with a Best and Best Opposite Sex of each variety being selected.
The Best of Breed and Best Opposite Sex are to be selected from the BOV and BOSV.

SCHEDULE OF POINTS
GENERAL TYPE..........................................................................40
Body..........................................................25
Head..........................................................10
Ears............................................................5
FUR................................................................................................40
Mane..........................................................25
Coat............................................................15
COLOR............................................................................................15
CONDITION.....................................................................................5
TOTAL...............................100
SHOWROOM CLASSES & WEIGHTS
Senior Buck & Does - 6 months of age and over, not over 3-3/4 pounds. Ideal weight 3-1/2 pounds.
Junior Bucks & Does- Under 6 months of age, not over 3-1/4 pounds. Minimum weight 1-1/2 pounds.
NOTE: Juniors which exceed maximum weight limits may be shown in higher age classifications. No animal may be shown in a lower age classification than its true age.

GENERAL TYPE
BODY - Points 25: The body is to be short, compact and well rounded. The shoulders and chest are to be broad and well filled. The hindquarter is to be broad, deep, rounded. The lower hips should be well filled. They should have a high head mount, with broad shoulders matching hindquarters. Legs should be of medium length and not too fine in bone. Stance to be high enough to show full chest and mane.

Faults- Long, narrow body; flatness over shoulders or hips; chopped off or undercut hindquarters; any specimen that shows raciness; low body stance so as not to show full crest and mane.

PLEASE NOTE - IS THIS IS A POSED BREED AND IS NOT SHOWN WITH ITS HEAD ON THE TABLE

HEAD - Points 10: The head should be bold, with good width between the eyes. The muzzle should be well filled. The head should be attached to the body with no visible neck. There should be a slight roundness between the eyes, but the head is not to be round from all directions. Eyes should be bright and bold. Eye color as described in the individual variety.

Faults- A long, narrow head; pointed or weak muzzle.

EARS - Points 5: Ears are to be short, well set on top of head, erect, well furred, and of good substance with a strong ear base. They are to be rounded at the tips. Ears should balance with the head and body.

Faults- Ears that are pointed or lacking furring
Disqualifications - Ears that have furnishings; ears that exceed 3-1/2 inches in length.

FUR & WOOL
MANE -Points 25: The mane is to be wool, The prominent portion of the mane( top and sides near the ears) should be at least 2 inches in length on senior animals. The mane is to form a full circle around the head, extending to a 'V' at the back of the neck. It may fall into a fringe between the ears. It may have noticeably longer wool on checks and chest. There should be a clean break on the forehead between the eyes and ears from the normal fur of the face to the wool of the mane. (This break should not be gradual.) The wool on the mane should be dense enough to make the mane full and prominent.

Faults- A mane that is thin in appearance or not well filled in; a gradual change on theforehead between the eyes and ears from normal fur to the wool of the mane.
Disqualifications - A mane that is less than 2 inches in length in the upper area -around the ears or upper side areas on Seniors *. A mane lacking wool so as to destroy the prominent appearance of the mane. A mane that consists of normal fur instead of wool. Wool between the eyes.

COAT - Points 15: (Rollback) The fur should be soft, dense, of medium length and prime. It should show lots of life and glossiness. Small amount of wool on the flanks of a junior animal is permitted, but not desirable.

Faults- Fur that is long, thin, or poor in texture; excessive wool on the flanks of a junior animal.
Disqualifications - Excessive on the flanks of a senior animal.

COLOR - Points 15: The fur and eye color is to be as described under each variety.
CONDITION - Points 5: As per ARBA definition.

For INFORMATION ONLY:
* "on Seniors" this was added as a clarification in January of 2002, it is NOT in the original wording of the Wetzel standard.

Judging is to be by classes of sex and age in each variety, with a Best and Best Opposite Sex of each variety being selected.
The Best of Breed and Best Opposite Sex are to be selected from the BOV and BOSV

Varieties
IT IS IMPORTANT WHEN JUDGING COLOR ON THE LIONHEAD TO REMEMBER THAT THE WOOL OF THE MANE MAY SOFTEN OR DEFUSE COLOR IN THE MANE AREA OF THE COAT

BLACK The surface color is to be rich, jet black over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a dark slate-blue.
Faults: Fault animal for having faded color, scattered white hairs, or a light undercolor.

CHESTNUT AGOUTI The surface color on the top sides of the body is to be a light brown, ticked with black. The intermediate band is to be a well defined orange over a dark slate-blue undercolor. The chest is to be a light brown over a dark slate-blue undercolor. The undercolor of the belly is to be slate blue. The top of the tail is to be black, sparsely ticked with light brown, over a dark slate-blue undercolor. The nape of the neck is to be orange, with ears laced in black. Eyes- brown.
Faults: Animals that are too light in the color of the intermediary band or undercolor or are to light or dark in surface color.

FAWN The surface color is to be a rich, golden straw colored saddle, shading lighter down the flanks. Color is to run well down the hair shaft to an off -white under color. Eye circles, nostrils, belly, inside of ears, underside of jowls and bottom of tail are to be white. Eyes - Brown (Included on the THIRD CERTIFICATE (Bob Whitman) in place of Siamese Sable)
Faults: Fault animals that have blotches, streaks or smut on the body, head ears or feet. Scattered white hairs

RUBY EYED WHITE Color is to be a pure white and uniform throughout. Eyes-- Pink.

SABLE POINT Color on the nose, ears, feet legs and tail is to be a rich sepia brown color. The marking color is to shade rapidly to a brown body color. The entire upper body is to be creamy brown color, with a lighter almost white undercolor. A slightly deeper body color may occur along the saddle but is not desirable. The ideal is an animal whose surface color is light enough to give good contrast with the point color. Eyes - Brown (Included on the SECOND CERTIFICATE (Gail Gibbons) in place of Black)
Faults: Blotchy surface color on body: markings too light to provide good contrast with the body.

SIAMESE SABLE The surface color is to be a rich sepia brown on the head, ears, back, outside of legs, and top of the tail. The surface color will fade to a lighter sepia on the sides, chest, belly, inside of legs, and underside of the tail. Dark face color is to fade from the eyes to the jaws and all blending of color is to be gradual and free from blotched or streaks. The undercolor will be slightly lighter than the surface color. Eyes-- brown.
Faults: fault animals that have streaks, blotched or poor color blending, Scattered white hairs, or lack of darker color in the loin area is a fault

TORTOISE The surface of the body is to be a rusty orange color on the loin, blending with a gray-black on the sides, rump, belly, head, feet and tail. The color is to extend well down the hair shaft to an off-white undercolor. Eyes-- Brown.
Faults: Stray white hairs; underside of tail light in color.

ORANGE The surface color of the body is to be a bright orange on the head, outside of the ears, loin, and top of the tail. The color will fade to a lighter orange on the sides and the chest. Color is to extend well down the hair shaft to an off-white undercolor. The surface color of the belly (except for the orange lap spots), back of the forelegs, inside of the hind legs, top of the hind feet, and underside of the lower jaw is to be white with an off-white undercolor. The insides of the ears are to be white, while the nostrils and eye circles are to be creamy white. Eyes - Brown (Included on the THIRD CERTIFICATE (Theresa Mueller) in place of REW)
Faults: Smutty Color showing black or chocolate ticking or ear lacing.