Abyssinian Cavy Club

THE ABYSSINIAN STANDARD POINTS

HEAD FURNISHINGS~~~~~~~15
EYES~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~5
Ears~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BODY SHAPE~~~~~~~~~~~~~15
COAT: RIDGES~~~~~~~~~~~~25
ROSETTES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~20
COAT TEXTURE~~~~~~~~~~~20
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TOTAL 100

HEAD FURNISHINGS
Head: To be well furnished with hair and a prominent moustache.
Mane: To be harsh and erect.
Eyes: To be large, bright and bold

Ears: To be medium sized and slightly drooping and set with good width between
BODY SHAPE
To have short, cobby body, thick-set, with good width across shoulders.
To be fit and of good substance, with plenty of firm flesh.
To have good size appropriate to age.

COAT APPEARANCE
Ridges: To be straight, erect, stand well up and be placed as in definitions below. To be placed so as to give a neat, close coupled effect.
Colour: To be rich, clear and bright with plenty of lustre, to extend down the hair shaft. Length of coat not to exceed 1.5 inches ( 4 cm ).
Rosettes: To be well formed, of good depth, and radiate from pinpoint centres. To be distributed evenly over the body, with each rosette clear and distinct from any other.
Coat Feel: To have a wealth and depth of thick, harsh coat. To be clean and free from grease.

SPECIFIC DEFINITIONS

Ridges: To consist of:-
A centre ridge, to follow a line along the backbone from the collar to rear.
Two side ridges, to follow a line parallel to the centre ridge on either side.
A collar ridge, to follow a line over the shoulders at right angles to the centre.
A back ridge, to follow a line over the hips and back parallel to the collar.

Rosettes: To consist of:
Four rosettes in line across the body, these are the saddle and side rosettes.
A rosette on each hip in line with each other.
Two thumb-shaped rump rosettes with equal centres.
Shoulder rosettes are to be optional.

1. Sows obviously in pig.
2. Running lice.
3. Breaks in skin.
4. Fatty eye (fault to be visible without disturbance of the eyelid).
5. Serious physical abnormalities, eg. missing or badly damaged eyes, cataracts bent leg, wry neck, missing toenails (but not extra toes) or any other gross physical deviations from the norm.
6. Evident ill-health.

1. External Cysts - To be penalised according to size of the cyst.
2. Hem in Ears - To be penalised according to importance of ears in the standard.
3. Damaged Ears - To be penailsed according to damage and importance in standard.
4. Static Mite - To be penalised according to amount of mite present.
5. Red Flesh on eye - To be penalised according to importance of eyes in the standard.
6. Breaks in coat - To be penalised according to extent of break.
7. Extra Toes - Single extra toes on either foot are of minor significance.

1. Flatness anywhere, especially on back, as runs to collar or as flat sides.
2. Weak, thin or twisted ridges.
3. Double or split rosettes, open centres, lifters or guttered rump rosettes.