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Understanding Head
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Above is a photo of a broken black fuzzy lop doe with a prominent crown.
Prominent crown only adds to the massive appearance of the head. It being
made only of fur it does not have anything to do with ear structure or
ear control.
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The blue arrow
shows "side to side width" of
crown.
This determines ear control. A fuzzy lop with no ear control will have a
lot of side to side width of crown. Therefore even though the Crown is not
mentioned much as far as point assessment, for a breeder it is extremely
important to breed a rabbit with a good crown.
The ears laying flat against the cheeks with very little ear
control is caused by having good "side
to side width" of crown
The yellow arrow shows good "front
to back width" of crown. This controls flat and open
properties of the ears.
The nice open, slightly flat , wide ears are caused by having
good "front
to back width".
A
narrow crown front-to-back thickness will cause the ear to wrap like a
tube or fold.
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The Standard under "EAR Faults" says the
Crown should not be slipped, a good way to judge whether it is
positioned correctly is if the ears are placed right behind the eye with
no space.
The Front-to-back width of the crown will determine how open and flat the top of the
ear is. Fuzzy lops should have a slightly flattened ear at the base (top
of ear).
The Jr. Buck above shows a very wide ear base and opening up to a very wide flat ear.
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The Fuzzy lop's head should be positioned middle
way on the body and
appear to have no neck.
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Sitting too
high.
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Sitting nicely. Now to teach him to stay like that. Very,
very spoiled rabbit.
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