Melissa Kelly announces NEW COD for Silver Marten & Chestnut:
Melissa Kelly has announced a new COD with Black Silver Marten and Chestnut. Chestnut is already on Lynne Schultz's COD, but Black Silver Marten will be a new variety eligible for 2012 sweepstakes and the 2012 National Show

2011 Lionhead Presentation:
Theresa Mueller's 1st attempt at 2nd Presentation to the ARBA Standards Committee at the ARBA Convention in Indianapolis, IN was unsuccessful in all three varieties. Theresa will make her 2nd attempt at 2nd Presentation in all three varieties in Wichita, KS in 2012. For Theresa's statement in regards to Presentation click HERE.

2011 ARBA Convention Exhibition Show Results:
2011 ARBA Convention Best of Breed is PrideLands Rabbitry with their Black Tort Sr Doe, "PrideLands Kiayada" and Best Opposite Sex of Breed is Chris Schell with her Pointed White Sr Buck, "Roy's Cha Ching". Convention Show Results available HERE.

Anita Moore has announced that she has dropped her COD effective 9-2-11.
ARBA has confirmed that Anita Moore has dropped her Lionhead COD due to serious health issues that she continues to struggle with. Included on her COD are: Black, Chestnut, Chocolate Agouti, Chinchilla, & Squirrel. Chestnut and Black are covered on other CODs, but Chocolate Agouti, Chinchilla, & Squirrel are no longer COD colors for the breed and are thus not eligible for sweepstakes points as of September 16th.

Lynne Schultz has announced that she has dropped Blue Point from her COD effective 4-30-11.
Lynne Schultz has announced that she has dropped Blue Point from her COD so she can concentrate on Chestnut, Orange, & Red. Blue Point is no longer eligible to compete for NALRC Sweepstakes points effective 6-15-11.

Joe Horacek and Nita Shannon Announce NEW COD in Seal, Siamese Sable & REW effective 4-4-11.
Joe Horacek and Nita Shannon are the first COD holders in the Lionhead breed under the new 2011 ARBA Standard of Perfection rules which allow up to 5 people to work on a COD with one person being named the "lead sponsor". Joe will be the sponsor, but will work closely with Nita on these three varieties. Siamese Sable and REW are already on prior CODs, so Joe and Nita will serve as back-up CODs on those varieties, but will be the lead presenter of the variety Seal. Seal is now eligible to compete for NALRC Sweepstakes again as of April 4th, 2011.

Theresa Mueller drops Blue Variety from her COD 12-6-11.
Theresa has announced that she has officially dropped the variety BLUE from her COD so that she can concentrate on the 3 varieties that she successfully passed at the 2010 ARBA Convention. This variety is also included on Marilyn Stevens COD, so it is still a color eligible to compete in the NALRC Sweepstakes.

Lee Nevills drops Opal, Lilac, & Seal from her COD effective 12-4-11.
Lee has announced that she has officially dropped the varieties of Opal, Lilac, & Seal from her COD. She makes this decision with much forethought on how she will proceed with her program once the breed is passed. She didn't want to lead anyone on that she would proceed with her other varieties once she had to chose just two. By chosing to focus on her Tort and Chocolate-Tort she can begin the process of consolidating her herd and preparing for her variety presentations. These three varieties are no longer eligible for NALRC Sweeptakes beginning 12-18-10 and will not be eligible to show in the 2011 NALRC National Show.

Theresa Mueller PASSES 1st Presentation in three varieties at the 2010 ARBA Convention in Minneapolis, MN.
We are one step closer to ARBA breed recognition! Theresa's working standard is now the official ARBA working standard for the Lionhead rabbit in Black, REW, & Tort-Black as published in the Domestic Rabbits magazine in February 2011.

We are sad to report that Kim Croak tragically passed away as the result of a one-car accident on 7-27-10. Due to her untimely passing, her COD is no longer valid, which means Blue-eyd White, SIlver Marten (black, blue, choc & lilac) and Tortoise - Lilac are no longer COD colors. Sweepstakes points will be counted on these varieties through 8-7-10.

Marilyn Stevens has been issued a COD in the varieties of Blue, Blue Tort and Sable Point effective 6-22-10 -
Marilyn Stevens has announced that she's been awarded a COD by the ARBA to help develop the varieties of Blue, Blue Tort, and Sable Point. Her variety descriptions vary from those used on previously held CODs, so please read the current standard for those colors. These three varieties are again eligible for NALRC Sweepstakes points beginning 6-22-10

Lynn Schultz has dropped Sable Point and Blue Tort from her COD effective 5-10-10.
These varieties are no longer eligible for NALRC sweepstakes points effective 5-24-10.

Theresa Mueller is now the current breed presenter. Theresa is now eligible to present the breed at the 2010 ARBA Convention in Minneapolis, MN. Read her comments here. Good luck in your endeavor, Theresa! We reflect on and give many thanks to the efforts of past presenters Arden Wetzel and Gail Gibbons.

2009 ARBA Convention Lionhead Exhibition...111 shown, judged by Dr. Carol Green, CA. Best of Breed went to a black jr buck owned by Joe Horacek, and BOS was a black tort jr doe owned by Theresa Mueller. More results can be found here.

Lionhead breed failed in all varieties at 2009 ARBA Convention, San Diego: Gail Gibbons' 1st attempt at 2nd presentation in the Variety of Siamese Sable, and her 2nd attempt at 1st presentation in the Varieties of REW, Sable Point and Black Tortoise were failed by the ARBA Standards Committee.