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The 4 following dutch are owned and photographed by Tracy Lamb, Fidelis Stud QLD

The Dutch cavy consists of two colours - white and another.  The colour must conform to the self or ticked colour standard followed by Australia.

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above - a lovely black dutch bred by Krisdar stud, QLD

The shoulders and neck are white, with a blaze up the nose - between the eyes.  Two even cheek markings around the eyes must be the same colour as the rump, and should go as close to the nose as possible, without going into the smellers (nostrils), and finish as close behind the ears as possible.  Sometimes if the markings are close behind the ears, the ears can have pink pigment (instead of the desired colour to match the cheeks)- this is a fault and is classified as "flesh" ear.

left - a gorgeous chocolate agouti "Fidelis Perfect Chance"

right - another Fidelis bred cavy - this time a silver agouti.

left - a golden agouti bred by Renaissance & Tantras  Stud.

The rump end of the cavy must be coloured, with a clean straight line (called a saddle) seperating it from the white - on the back and stomach. The back feet must be white (called footstops), however these footstops must not go past the hock (ankle), and must as a minimum cover each of the back toes.  If the hair goes over the hock, or if one or more toes are not white, the cavy can not be shown.  The ideal footstop is half way down the foot.

an example of an "undercut" (which is the saddle on the stomach) this is of a golden agouti dutch, "Gemstone Harmony"

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The following cavies have been bred and  photographed  by Glenn, Keidor Stud WA.

right - some lovely examples of red dutch, bred by Keidor Stud left - a pink eyed golden dutch

Common breed faults are: flesh ear/s, heavy cheek markings (going to far behind the ear), uneven footstops, saddles which are high / low or skewed (at an angle), dark pigment / hairs in the smellers.

right - an example of "heavy cheek" markings, where the colour goes too far behind the ear

two young babies, the one on the left unfortunately has "flesh ear", which means it has no pigmented colour

Breed disqualifications are: Short (not covering the toes) or long (past the hock) or mising footstops, missing cheek patch.

right - this beautiful dutch cavy is unfortunately  not showable as it is missing a footstop on its right foot

two photos of dutch I took at local shows

left - a great example of an "undercut" and perfect footstops.  "Gemstone Limited Edition", owned by Gemma & Maria Amos, Gemstone Stud NSW

a lovely black dutch, "Champion Gemstone Monsoon"

a beautiful red dutch, Double Champion Kirkham Helen

Producing a showable dutch is a hard thing to acheive, and even if one is born showable, there are many things which can be "incorrect" and severly penalised on the show table.  A cavy which can not be shown (due to incorrect markings), is still very valuable as a breeder, even a cavy missing one or both footstops, can still produce well marked babies with footstops.

a lineup of 4 different dutch breeds(colours) exhibited by Tracy, Fidelis Stud QLD, photo by Jess of Enchanting Cavies

a litter of 4 gorgeous red dutch babies, bred by Glenn at Keidor Stud, WA

Dutch markings are present at birth, and one can tell which is showable (or not) straight away.

two more lovely red dutch owned / bred by Keidor Stud

unfortunately this dutch marked cavy is not showable, photo by Nicole at  Bivoir Stud NSW

The dutch rabbit has the same markings as the dutch cavy, however due to this particular breed of rabbit being well established, and bred for many years, there is a much higher number of showable rabbits born in litters compared to that of cavies.

an example of a nicely marked dutch rabbit

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