Netherland Dwarf

Maximum senior weight:

Your answer:
2 lbs.
3 lbs.
2 1/2 lbs.

General Type Points:

Your answer:
65
60
70
75

Body points:

Your answer:
25
35
55
15

Color Points:

Your answer:
25
35
30
15

Ear Points:

Your answer:
20
5
10
15

Head Points:

Your answer:
10
15
25
35

Accepted Silver Marten varieties:

Your answer:
black, blue, choc, lilac
black, blue
none of the above

Belly color on all agouti varieties:

Your answer:
white
cream
to match body surface color
all of the above apply

Proper color of back of forelegs, inside of hindlegs, top of hind feet and underside of jaw on all agouti varieites:

Your answer:
white
cream
to match top of tail color
none of the above apply

Head, ear, and outside of legs in all agouti varieties to match:

Your answer:
belly surface color
body surface color
neither of the above

On all agoutis, underside of tail and vent area color.

Your answer:
cream
white
to match body surface color
none of the above

AOV includes the following varieties:

Your answer:
fawn, himalayan, orange, red
fawn, red, himalayan, steel
fawn, himalayan, orange, steel
tort, fawn, orange, himalayan

Bent ears:

Your answer:
fault
severely fault
none of the above
DQ

BEW with creamy or yellow fur:

Your answer:
fault
permitted
DQ
severely fault

Proper BEW eye color:

Your answer:
blue-gray
brilliant blue
blue
none of the above

BEW with stained coat:

Your answer:
fault
DQ
neither of the above

Desired surface color of BEW fur:

Your answer:
frosty white
pure white
cream to white
all of the above

Black eye color:

Your answer:
marbled
brown with ruby glow
blue-gray
brown

Black faded surface color:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
permitted

Black with light undercolor.

Your answer:
fault
DQ
severely fault
desired

Black with scattered white hairs.

Your answer:
severely fault
DQ
fault

Desired black surface color:

Your answer:
deep black
rich, jet black
black
even black

Black undercolor:

Your answer:
light
medium slate blue
dark slate blue
black carried to the skin

Blue eye color:

Your answer:
brilliant blue
blue
blue-gray
marbled

Blue with faded color:

Your answer:
fault
DQ
severely fault

Blue with light undercolor:

Your answer:
DQ
desired
fault

Blue with scattered white hairs.

Your answer:
fault
DQ

Desired blue surface color:

Your answer:
slate blue
rich blue
dark blue
medium blue

Desired blue undercolor:

Your answer:
light blue
cream to white
slate blue
medium blue

Bowed ears:

Your answer:
fault
severely fault
DQ

Broken coat:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
severely fault

Chestnut belly undercolor:

Your answer:
surface color carried down to skin
cream to white
slate blue
not specified

Chestnut ear lacing color:

Your answer:
brown
black
no ear lacing
not specified

Chestnut intermediate band color:

Your answer:
tan
brown
fawn
orange

Chestnut lacking intermediate band:

Your answer:
severely fault
permitted
DQ
fault

Nape of neck color on Chestnut:

Your answer:
chestnut with black ticking
orange
brown
fawn

Chestnut surface color:

Your answer:
brown ticked with black
chestnut brown
black ticked with brown
rich mahogany

Chestnut surface color too light or too dark:

Your answer:
permitted
fault
DQ

Chestnut top of tail color:

Your answer:
to match belly color
to match body surface color
black ticked with brown
brown ticked with black

Chestnut undercolor:

Your answer:
slate blue
white
to match belly surface color
brown

Chestnut with white undercolor:

Your answer:
DQ
desired
fault

Chinchilla intermediate band color:

Your answer:
medium blue
dove-gray
pearl white
slate blue

Chinchilla lacking black ear lacing:

Your answer:
DQ
permitted
fault
desired

Chinchilla surface color:

Your answer:
pearl white with black ticking
black with pearl white ticking
mixture of medium slate and pearl white
salt & pepper mixture of black and white

Chinchilla undercolor:

Your answer:
dark slate blue
light blue
cream to white
surface color to carry to skin

Chinchilla with brown patches or extreme brown tint to the intermediate band:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
permitted
not specified

Chinchilla with brownish tint to the intermediate band:

Your answer:
permitted
DQ
fault

Chinchilla with extremely light or dark color:

Your answer:
permitted
fault
DQ

Chinchilla eye color:

Your answer:
brown
marbled
blue-gray
all of the above

Chocolate with faded color:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
severely faulted
permitted

Chocolate with light undercolor:

Your answer:
desired
DQ
severely fault
fault

Chocolate with scattered white hairs:

Your answer:
fault
severely fault
DQ

Chocolate surface color:

Your answer:
rich chocolate
light chocolate
brown
dove-gray

Chocolate under-color:

Your answer:
white
dove-gray
light chocolate
surface color to carry down to the skin

Chocolate, lilac, shaded or marten showing a ruby glow to the eye:

Your answer:
severely fault
fault
DQ
permitted

Dewlap:

Your answer:
allow small pencil line
fault
permitted
DQ

Ears that lie flat:

Your answer:
permitted
not specified
fault
DQ

Maximum ear length:

Your answer:
2 inches
1 3/4 inches
2 1/2 inches
1 1/2 inches

Excessive white hairs:

Your answer:
severely fault
fault
DQ

Faded coat:

Your answer:
severely fault
DQ
fault

Fawn - proper color around vent area:

Your answer:
fawn
white
dove-gray
not specified

Fawn eye color:

Your answer:
brown
blue-gray

Fawn surface color:

Your answer:
rich golden
lustrous gold
dilute golden
creamy orange

Fawn undercolor:

Your answer:
surface color to carry to skin
creamy orange
off-white

Fawn with blue or lilac ticking:

Your answer:
permitted
fault
DQ
severely fault

Fawn with ear lacing:

Your answer:
fault
permitted
desired
DQ

Fur type:

Your answer:
rollback
flyback

Head lacking roundness:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
desired

Head too big:

Your answer:
fault
desired
DQ

Head too small:

Your answer:
desired
DQ
severe fault
fault

Himalayan accepted varieites

Your answer:
black, blue, chocolate, lilac
black, blue
not an accepted variety

How far should the boot color extend on a Himalayan?

Your answer:
no more than 2 inches above the hock
not specified
above the hock joint
just below the hock

How far should the stocking color extend on a Himalayan?

Your answer:
not specified
well up the front leg
not past the ankle joint
1 " past the ankle joint

Himalayan with indistinct markings:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
severe fault

Scattered white hairs in Himi markings:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
severely fault

How many variety groups is the Netherland Dwarf shown in?

Your answer:
5
6
4
does not apply

Netherland Dwarfs are judged by:

Your answer:
individual variety only
by groups only
variety, then by group

Lacking overall balance:

Your answer:
severe fault
DQ
fault

Lilac eye-color:

Your answer:
marbled
brown
blue-gray
brown-gray

Lilac with faded color:

Your answer:
severely fault
fault
DQ

Lilac with scattered white hairs:

Your answer:
DQ
severe fault
fault

Lilac surface color:

Your answer:
medium dove-gray
dark gray with pinkish tint
lilac with silvery cast
dove-gray with pinkish tint

Lilac undercolor:

Your answer:
pale dove gray
surface color to carry to skin
white
medium dove gray

Long fur:

Your answer:
severely fault
DQ
Fault

Long, rangy type:

Your answer:
severe fault
fault
DQ

Lynx eye color:

Your answer:
brown
blue-gray
brown-gray
blue

Lynx intermediate band:

Your answer:
pearl
fawn
white
orange

Lynx lacking lilac surface color:

Your answer:
DQ
desired
severely fault
fault

Lynx nape of neck color:

Your answer:
orange
to match body surface color
fawn
white

Lynx surface color:

Your answer:
lilac mingled with fawn
fawn
fawn with lilac tipped guard hairs
fawn mingled with lilac

Lynx top of tail color:

Your answer:
fawn
white
Lilac ticked with fawn
lilac

Lynx undercolor:

Your answer:
surface color to carry to skin
off-white
slate blue
fawn

Lynx with blue undercolor:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
not specified
desired

Lynx with indistinct intermediate band:

Your answer:
DQ
severely fault
fault

Molting fur:

Your answer:
DQ
fault

Narrow shoulders:

Your answer:
fault
DQ
desired
severely fault

Opal belly undercolor:

Your answer:
surface color carried to skin
slate-blue
fawn
white

Opal eye color:

Your answer:
brown
blue
marbled
blue-gray

Opal intermediate band color:

Your answer:
pearl
fawn
medium blue
orange

Nape of neck color on Opal:

Your answer:
fawn
medium blue
not specified
pearl

Opal surface color:

Your answer:
Blue
Blue mingled with fawn
Fawn mingled with blue
Lilac ticked with fawn

Opal undercolor:

Your answer:
slate-blue
white
surface color carried to skin
fawn

Opal with light surface, intermediate or undercolor:

Your answer:
desired
DQ
not specified
faulted

Opal with white undercolor:

Your answer:
DQ
desired
permitted
fault

Orange eye color:

Your answer:
marbled
blue-gray
brown

Orange lap spot color:

Your answer:
white
orange
brown
not specified

Orange surface color:

Your answer:
bright orange
medium fawn
orange with light brown ticking

Orange with chocolate or black ear lacing:

Your answer:
fault
permitted
desired
DQ

Orange with smut:

Your answer:
DQ
severely fault
fault

Accepted Otter varieties:

Your answer:
not an accepted variety
black
black, blue, chocolate, lilac
black, blue

Pinched hindquarters:

Your answer:
severe fault
fault
DQ

Pointed head:

Your answer:
fault
severely fault
desired
DQ

Protruding hips:

Your answer:
fault
severe fault
DQ

Black & Chocolate Otter marking and ticking color:

Your answer:
pearl
fawn
orange
silver-white

Blue & Lilac Otter marking and ticking color:

Your answer:
orange
silver-white
fawn
pearl

Otter with mealy color on ears, head & body:

Your answer:
desired
DQ
fault
severely fault

REW with creamy or yellowed fur:

Your answer:
DQ
severely fault
permitted
fault

REW eye color:

Your answer:
ruby red pupil, lighter pink iris
ruby red
not specified

REW with stained fur:

Your answer:
fault
DQ
severely fault

REW surface color:

Your answer:
frosty white
glossy white
off-white
pure white

Roman nose:

Your answer:
desired
DQ
fault

Sable Marten loin color should appear darker or lighter than saddle color?

Your answer:
lighter
not specified
same color
darker

Sable Marten surface color:

Your answer:
Even sepia brown.
Rich sepia with dark brown points.
Rich sepia brown fading off on sides and chest.

Sable point with blotchy color.

Your answer:
severe fault
DQ
fault

Sable point body color.

Your answer:
Rich creamy.
Cream with darker shading.
Light cream to white.

Sable point extremities.

Your answer:
Dark seal.
To match saddle color.
Rich sepia brown.
To match loin color.

Sable point eye color.

Your answer:
blue-gray
brown
both of the above

Sable point with scattered white hairs:

Your answer:
DQ
fault
severe fault

Sable point with smut over body.

Your answer:
severe fault
permitted
fault
DQ

Sable point undercolor:

Your answer:
not specified
creamy white
surface color to carry down to skin

Sable point with white underside of tail.

Your answer:
DQ
Not specified
Desired
Fault

Sable point with darker shading around eyes.

Your answer:
DQ
permitted
desired
fault

Scissored ears

Your answer:
severe fault
fault
DQ

Siamese Sable eye color:

Your answer:
brown
blue-gray
not an accepted variety

Siamese sable lacking darker color on loin area:

Your answer:
fault
desired
DQ
not specified

Siamese sable lacking shading.

Your answer:
DQ
fault
desired

Siamese sable surface color:

Your answer:
Even sepia brown.
Rich sepia with dark brown points.
Rich sepia brown fading lighter on sides.

Siamese smoke pearl color too light or too dark:

Your answer:
DQ
permitted
fault

Siamese smoke pearl eye color:

Your answer:
blue-gray
brown

Silvering on Silver Martens:

Your answer:
white tipped or white hairs
silver-white guard hairs
white tipped hairs

Smoke pearl marten body color:

Your answer:
Rich smoke gray fading to lighter pearl gray on sides and chest
Even smoke gray.
Blue-gray with smoke gray extremities.

Smoke pearl marten marking color:

Your answer:
silver white
cream
sepia brown
blue gray

Squirrel eye color:

Your answer:
blue-gray
brown

Squirrel intermediate color:

Your answer:
white
silver white
pearl
light blue

Squirrel lacking blue ear lacing:

Your answer:
fault
severe fault
DQ
ear lacing is not desired

Squirrel surface color:

Your answer:
white with blue ticking
blue
white
blue mingled with white

Squirrel that is extremely light or dark in color:

Your answer:
permitted
DQ
fault
not specified

Squirrel undercolor:

Your answer:
dark slate blue
white
medium slate blue
cream

Squirrel with brown patches of color:

Your answer:
DQ
severe fault
permitted
fault

Steel belly color:

Your answer:
not specified
ticked
grayish black
white

Steel eye color:

Your answer:
not specified
brown or blue-gray depending on variety
brown
blue gray

Steel lacking ticking on head, ears, legs, loin

Your answer:
permitted
DQ
fault
desired

Steel with lap spots:

Your answer:
not specified
fault
DQ
permitted

Steel nape of neck, eye circle and nostril color:

Your answer:
tan
to match ticking color
fawn
black or to match ticking color

Steel surface color:

Your answer:
black with light brown ticking
black mingled with tan
brown with gold ticking
black with silver white guard hairs

Steel undercolor:

Your answer:
black
white
fawn
slate blue

Steel with banded hairshaft over back:

Your answer:
fault
severe fault
permitted
DQ

Steel with slight banding on sides:

Your answer:
permitted
DQ
severe fault
fault

Tan color:

Your answer:
orange
rich, fiery reddish tan
bright orange
black

Tan with pale underside of tail:

Your answer:
DQ
permitted
fault
not specified

Tan with slate blue undercolor on belly:

Your answer:
not specified
DQ
desired
fault

Accepted Tan varieties:

Your answer:
black, blue, choc, lilac
black, blue
Tan pattern not accepted

Thin ears:

Your answer:
Severely fault
DQ
Fault

Thin fur:

Your answer:
Severely Fault
Fault
DQ

Thinly furred ears:

Your answer:
DQ
permitted
fault

Tort is included in which of the following groups?

Your answer:
ticked
self
shaded
AOV

Tortoiseshell accepted shading colors:

Your answer:
black
black, blue, choc, lilac
black, blue

Tortoise shell light underside of tail:

Your answer:
Fault
DQ
severe fault
not specified

Tortoiseshell surface color;

Your answer:
rusty orange over loin blending to gray-black on extremities.
orange blending with smoke-gray ticking over extremities.
bright orange with dark gray shading.

Tortoise shell undercolor:

Your answer:
off-white
surface color to carry to skin
fawn
light gray

Tortoise shell with darker color on belly:

Your answer:
DQ
desired
fault
severely fault

Tortoiseshell with white underside of tail:

Your answer:
fault
not specified
DQ
severely fault

Undercut hindquarters:

Your answer:
Fault
DQ
Severely Fault

White or Himalayan with foreign colored spots:

Your answer:
severely fault
fault
DQ

White spots in colored varieties:

Your answer:
severe fault
DQ
fault

Wide "V" ear carriage:

Your answer:
fault
DQ
severely fault
desired

Wrong eye color:

Your answer:
Severely fault
Fault
DQ

Wrong intermediate color:

Your answer:
Severely fault
fault
DQ

Wrong surface color:

Your answer:
Fault
DQ
Severely fault

Wrong undercolor:

Your answer:
severely fault
DQ
fault

Light eye color:

Your answer:
Severely fault
Fault
DQ

Light undercolor:

Your answer:
DQ
Severely Fault
Fault