Mini Satin
Recognized colors: Black, Blue, Chinchilla, Chocolate, Opal, Otter, Red, Siamese, Silver Martin, Tortoise, Copper, Himalayan (Black, Blue, Chocolate, and Lilac), Squirrel, and White.
Weight: About 4 pounds.
History: In the 1970's Ariel Hayes of Troy, Michigan started down the long road to developing a smaller breed of the Satin and then getting it accepted into the standard. She crossed Satins to a Polish and called the new breed the "Satinette." Unfortunatly in 1982 she had to give her project up and her lines were lost. After that, a few people attempted to work more on the "Satinette" but none succeeded. A man named Jim Krahulec purchased Verle and Sue Castles attempt on the "Satinette." Jim decided to raise the size a little bigger to make it more like the standard Satin and rename it the "Mini Satin." He kept working on the breed for several years and in 2005 at the ARBA convention in Indianapolis saw the acceptance of the very first variety-White. Since then ten other colors have become accepted, and a few others are in the works.
How They Are Shown: The Mini Satin is a compact breed, which means they are posed to look "squished" when they are shown. They should have well developed shoulders and hindquarters. The body should rise in a slow curve from the base of the ears to the center of the hips then to the base of the tail. The head of the buck should be more developed than in does. The ears should be erect and well furred and will cause the rabbit to be disqualified if they are over 3 1/2 inches long. Their fur should be silky, fine, dense to the touch and have plenty of sheen. The rabbit can get disqualified if it shows an absence of sheen. When stroked form tail to head the fur will return to it's natural position and lie smoothly over the body.
Point System:
General Type.....................................................55
Body.................................45
Head and Ears..................10
Fur......................................................................25
Color...................................................................10
Condition............................................................10
Total Points.....................100
Showroom Classes :
Senior Bucks Senior Does
Junior Bucks Junior Does
(Sources: ARBA Standard of Perfection 2011-2015 and rabbitbreeders.us)
Recognized colors: Black, Blue, Chinchilla, Chocolate, Opal, Otter, Red, Siamese, Silver Martin, Tortoise, Copper, Himalayan (Black, Blue, Chocolate, and Lilac), Squirrel, and White.
Weight: About 4 pounds.
History: In the 1970's Ariel Hayes of Troy, Michigan started down the long road to developing a smaller breed of the Satin and then getting it accepted into the standard. She crossed Satins to a Polish and called the new breed the "Satinette." Unfortunatly in 1982 she had to give her project up and her lines were lost. After that, a few people attempted to work more on the "Satinette" but none succeeded. A man named Jim Krahulec purchased Verle and Sue Castles attempt on the "Satinette." Jim decided to raise the size a little bigger to make it more like the standard Satin and rename it the "Mini Satin." He kept working on the breed for several years and in 2005 at the ARBA convention in Indianapolis saw the acceptance of the very first variety-White. Since then ten other colors have become accepted, and a few others are in the works.
How They Are Shown: The Mini Satin is a compact breed, which means they are posed to look "squished" when they are shown. They should have well developed shoulders and hindquarters. The body should rise in a slow curve from the base of the ears to the center of the hips then to the base of the tail. The head of the buck should be more developed than in does. The ears should be erect and well furred and will cause the rabbit to be disqualified if they are over 3 1/2 inches long. Their fur should be silky, fine, dense to the touch and have plenty of sheen. The rabbit can get disqualified if it shows an absence of sheen. When stroked form tail to head the fur will return to it's natural position and lie smoothly over the body.
Point System:
General Type.....................................................55
Body.................................45
Head and Ears..................10
Fur......................................................................25
Color...................................................................10
Condition............................................................10
Total Points.....................100
Showroom Classes :
Senior Bucks Senior Does
Junior Bucks Junior Does
(Sources: ARBA Standard of Perfection 2011-2015 and rabbitbreeders.us)