Lionhead Standard

Click here for the current Lionhead Standard. Bring this to the show with you. The newer COD colors have not been added to the standard yet. I will post them here for those who need it.

CHESTNUT: 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 cream or off white 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. (COD Holder: Gail Gibbons, Theresa Muller, Anita Moore & Lynne Schultz)

CHOCOLATE AGOUTI: The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be a rich chestnut brown, ticked with chocolate tipped guard hairs. The intermediate band is to be tan over a dove gray under color. The chest is to be a light brown over a dove gray under color. The top of the tail is to be chocolate, sparsely ticked with tan, over a dove gray under color. The nape of the neck is to be tan, with the ears laced in chocolate. Toenails to be uniform and dark. An allowance is to be made for distortion of ring color in mane and transitional wool areas. Eyes - Brown.
Faults - Fault animals that are too light or too dark in surface color, or too light in the color of the intermediary band or under color. (COD Holder: Anita Moore)

CHINCHILLA: The surface and sides of the body is to be a pearl white ticked with jet black. The intermediary band is to be a well defined pearl white over a dark slate-blue under color. The chest is to be a pearl white over a slate-blue under color. The under color of the belly is to be slate blue. The top of the tail is to be black, sparsely ticked with white, over a dark slate-blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be white with the ears laced in black. Toenails to be uniform and dark. An allowance is to be made for distortion of ring color in mane and transitional wool areas. Eyes - Brown.
Faults - Fault animals that are too light or too dark in surface color, or too light in the color of the intermediary band or undercolor. Brown patches or brownish intermediary bands are undesirable.
Disqualifications from Competition - Disqualify animals with extreme dark or light color, brown patches of color, or extreme brownish tinge in ring color. Animals without black lacing on ears are to be disqualified. (COD Holder: Anita Moore)

 OPAL: The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be medium blue mingled with fawn and is to carry as uniformly as possible down the sides of the body. The intermediary band on the hair shaft of the surface color is to be fawn over a medium slate-blue under color. The head, ears, legs, and feet are to match the surface color of the body. The chest is to be fawn over a medium slate-blue under color. The underside of the tail and around the vent are white to the skin. The foot pads, around the nostrils, eyes, and inner surface of the ears are to be white. The top of the tail is to be medium blue, sparsely ticked with fawn, over a medium slate-blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be fawn. The belly is to have a white surface color (except where lap spots appear), back of forelegs, inside of hind legs, top of hind feet, and underside of the lower jaw.The under color of the belly is to be slate blue. Toenails to be medium to dark and must be uniform. Eyes -BlueGray.   Faults - Light surface color, light color in the intermediary band, or light in the under color.                                                                               Disqualifications – white under color. (An allowance is to be made for color band distortion in the mane and transitional wool areas.) (COD Holder: Lee A Nevills)

SQUIRREL - The surface color on the top and sides of the body is to be blue mingled with white. The intermediary band is to be white over a medium slate-blue under color. The chest is to be a light pearl over a medium slate-blue under color. The under color of the belly is to be slate blue. The top of the tail is to be blue, sparsely ticked with white, over a medium slate-blue under color. The nape of the neck is to be white. Toenails to be uniform and dark. Allowance is to be made for distortion of ring color in the mane and transitional wool areas. Eyes - Blue-gray.
Faults - Fault animals that are too light or too dark in surface color. Brown patches or brownish intermediary bands are undesirable.
Disqualifications from Competition - Disqualify animals with extreme light or dark color, brown patches of color, or extreme bluish tinge in ring color. Animals without blue lacing on ears are to be disqualified. (COD Holder: Anita Moore)

ORANGE: Surface color to be a bright golden color, extending well down the hair shaft and carried evenly over the
head, outer ear, front of foreleg, outside the hind legs and top of tail. Chest color is to be consistent with body surface
color. Belly, back of forelegs, inside of hind legs top of hind feet and underside of lower jaw to be white with an off white undercolor. Lap spots should be present. Underside of tail and vent area, inside of ear, eye circles and under nostrils
should be white. Eyes-Brown
Faults: Fault severely for smut or ticking on body or lacing on ears; lack of lap spots, color faded or washed out in appearance. (COD Holder Lynne Schultz)

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. Eyes- brown.
Faults: Fault animal for having faded color, scattered white hairs, or a light undercolor. (COD Holder: Theresa Muller, Anita Moore & Dawn Guth)

BLUE: The surface color is to be dark blue over the entire animal, extending well down the hair shaft with a lighter blue undercolor. Eyes- BlueGray
Faults: Fault animals for having faded color, scattered white hairs or light under color. (COD Holder Theresa Muller)

CHOCOLATE: The surface color is to be a rich dark chocolate brown over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a dove-gray. Toenails to be a uniform dark brown. Eyes - Brown. Ruby cast permissible but not desirable.                                                                Faults - Faded, rusty or "yellowed" color, scattered white hairs, light undercolor. (COD Holder Lee A Nevills)

LILAC: The surface color is to be dove-gray with a pinkish tint over the entire animal and extending well down the hair shaft. The undercolor is to be a pale dove-gray. Toenails may be light but not white and must be uniform. Eyes- Bluegray. Ruby cast permissible but not desirable.                                                                                                    Faults - Faded or rusty color or scattered white hairs. (COD Holder Lee A Nevills)

OTTER: Black, Blue, Chocolate and Lilac compete together. Otters should not be judged as a marked variety.  Markings are to be the final consideration after type, fur and body color. Surface & Under Color:  The  surface & under color of the head outside of the ears, front of the fore feet, outside of the hind feet, and the top and sides of the body are to be as described in the respective self varieties. Markings:  Black and Chocolate animals will have orange to creamy orange marking color, while Blue and Lilac animals will have fawn markings and ticking color.  The belly nostrils, eye circles, jowls, underside of the tail, inside of the ears, back of the fore feet and the inside of the hind feet and legs are to be creamy white, highlighted by an orange or fawn marking as it meets the self color of the body.  The border color between the belly and flanks shall continue down to the hind feet as it meets the color of the body.  The undercolor of the belly is to be as described in the respective self varieties.  The triangle and collar are to be orange to creamy white.  No ticking is preferred.  The eye color is to be as described in the respective self varieties.
Faults:  Brown or rusty tinge on body color; orange to creamy orange hairs in areas other than the patterned areas; mealiness on the ears, head, muzzle; faded or indistinct markings.  Scattered white hairs over the body. (COD Holder Regina Mayhugh)

TORTOISE - Black: 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. (COD Holder Gail Gibbons & Theresa Muller.)

TORTOISE - Blue: The body color is to be fawn, blending into a blue shading over the lower rump and carrying well onto the haunches. Top color should carry well down into the undercolor, blending into a cream color next to the skin. Top of the tail should match the body color, with the underside to be blue, blending into a cream next to the skin. Belly should match shadings, with cream undercolor. Head shadings should be darkest blue at the whisker bed, blending into
a lighter shade along the jaw line, darkening again at the ear base and blending up into the ears to match the body color. Eyes- BlueGray
Faults: Stray white hairs, faded shading
Disqualifications: white belly or tail (COD holder Lynne Schultz)

TORTOISE - Chocolate: The surface of the body is to be a rusty orange color, blending with a light to medium chocolate "shading" on the sides, rump, belly, head, ears, feet and tail. The color is to extend well down the hair shaft to an off-white under color. Toenails to be uniform and may be medium to dark brown. Eyes - Brown. Ruby cast permissible but not desirable.                                                 Faults - Surface color too light or too dark, smut over the back, scattered white hairs. Light color on the underside of the tail is undesirable. (COD Holder Lee a Nevills)

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 rich creamy 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
Faults: Blotchy surface color on body: markings too light to provide good contrast with the body.
Disqualifications: white underside on the tail, martenized markings (COD Holder Gail Gibbons & Lynne Schultz) 

BLUE POINT: The points (nose, ears, feet and tail) are to be a medium bluish gray color. The point color fades to a light
creamy white body free from smut or dark shading, to contrast with the darker points. Undercolor should be creamy white.
Darker shading is permissible around the eyes. Eyes - BlueGray
Faults: streaks, blotches or smut on body, brown (sepia) tinge to points, points too light to contrast well with the body color, scattered white hairs
Disqualifications: white on underside of tail, any marten type markings (COD Holder Lynne Schultz)

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. (COD Holder Gail Gibbons & Dawn Guth).

SEAL – Color is to be a rich dark sepia brown (bordering on black) on the saddle from the nape of the neck to the tail , shading to a just slightly lighter tint on flank, chest and belly. Color is to carry well down the hair shaft with under color to match shadings throughout. Toenails must be a uniform dark brown. Eyes- Brown. Ruby cast permissible but not desirable.
Faults: Faded, "sunburned" or rusty tinge, too dark to show contrast of shadings, body color too light. (COD Holder Lee A Nevills)

SABLE MARTEN: The surface color of the head, outside of the ears, back, outside of the legs, and the top of the tail is to be a rich sepia brown with a slightly lighter under color. The surface color will fade to a lighter sepia on the sides and chest. All blending of color is to be gradual and free from blotches and streaks. The nostrils, eye circles, jowls, inside of ears, triangle, collar, back of fore feet, inside of hind legs, belly and the underside of the tail are to be a silver-white in color. Prominent silver-white guard hairs are to be evenly distributed around the chest, sides, and lowers hindquarters. Eyes- Brown. (COD Holder Regina Mayhugh)

SMOKE PEARL: Color is to be a rich smoke gray on the face, ears, saddle, outside of legs, and top of the tail. Saddle color is to shade off gradually to a soft pearl gray on the flanks, chest and belly, inside of legs and underside of the tail. All blending of color is to be gradual and free from blotches or streaks. The under color will be slightly lighter than the surface color. Eyes- BlueGray. Ruby cast permissible.
Faults: Blotchy shading, animals that are too dark or too light to show a contrast of shading. (COD Holder Dawn Guth and Regina Mayhugh)

POINTED WHITE: Body color is to be pure white. Markings may be black, blue, chocolate or lilac, and must be present on the nose, ears, feet and tail. Allowances should be made for developing color on juniors. Toenails must show color. Eyes--Pink.
Faults: Markings extremely faded; frosted appearance to the marking color.
Disqualifications: any Tan Pattern marking appearing in the marking pattern. (COD Holder Dawn Guth)

RUBY EYED WHITE: Color is to be a pure white and uniform throughout. Eyes - Pink. (COD Holder Gail Gibbons, Theresa Muller & Dawn Guth)