ARBA Recognized Show Varieties
All Eligible for Best in Breed Awards

Black
Featuring GC ABC Shadow Bonnie, bred by Atticus Hanks
- Surface color is rich black over entire animal, extends down hair shaft
- Undercolor is a dark slate blue
- Eyes are brown
- Faults: Faded color, scattered white hairs, light undercolor

Chocolate
Featuring ABC Tim Tam, bred by Atticus Hanks
- Surface color is medium chocolate over entire animal, extends down hair shaft
- Undercolor is a dove gray
- Toenails are a uniform dark brown
- Eyes are brown, ruby cast permissible
- Faults: Faded, rusty, or yellowed color, scattered white hairs, light undercolor

Ruby Eyed White (REW)
Featuring Strawberry GGUM, bred by Tegan Hanks
- Color is pure white and uniform throughout
- Eyes are pink

Seal
Featuring Pampered Lionheads Burnt Toast, owned by Tegan Hanks
- Color is rich sepia brown on the saddle from end of mane to the tail, shading is slightly lighter on flanks, chest, and belly
- Color extends down hair shaft with matching undercolor of shadings
- Toenails are dark
- Eyes are brown, ruby cast permissible not not desired
- Faults: Rusty tinge
Siamese Sable
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- Color is rich sepia brown on the head, ears, back, outside of legs, and top of tail
- Surface color fades to lighter sepia on sides, chest, belly, inside of legs, and underside of tail
- Dark face area fades from eye to jaws, all blending of color gradual and free of blotches or streaks
- Undercolor lighter than surface color
- Toenails are dark
- Eyes are brown, ruby cast permissible not not desired
- Faults: Streaks, blotched, poor color blending, scattered white hairs, lack of darker color in loin area
- Disqualifications: White underside on tail, martenized marking
Smoke Pearl
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- Surface color is rich smoke gray on head, ears, back, outside of legs and top of tail
- Surface color fades to pearl gray on sides, chest, belly, inside of legs, and underside of tail
- Dark face color fades from eye to jaws, all blending of color gradual and free of blotches or streaks
- Undercolor slightly lighter than surface color
- Dark toenails are preferred, light toenails showing pigmentation are permissible
- All front toenails should match, and all rear toenails should match
- Eyes are blue-grey, ruby cast permissible
- Faults: Streaks, blotched, poor color blending, scattered white hairs, lack of darker color in loin area, animals that are too light or dark are undesirable
- Disqualifications: Non-matching toenails on the same or corresponding foot, white toenails

Tortoise
Featuring GC Strawberry Luma, bred by Tegan Hanks, owned & shown by Saige Martin
- Black tortoise, blue tortoise, chocolate tortoise, and lilac tortoise are all acceptable varitieies
- Black and chocolate color is rusty orange on the saddle, blue and lilac color is light fawn, blending to shading of darker color over lower rump, haunches, belly and feet
- Color extends down hair shaft to off-white under color
- Underside of tail matches the shadings, as near as possible
- Shading on head is darkest at the whisker bed, blends into lighter shade along jaw line and darkens at ear base, then blends up to ears to match body color
- Eyes are brown on black and chocolate torts, blue-grey on blue and lilac torts, ruby-cast on chocolate and lilac torts is permissible
- Faults: Saddle color too light or too dark, lack of bold shadings, stray white hairs, underside of tail too light in color
ARBA COD Varieties
Not Eligible for Best in Breed Awards
Sable Point
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Current COD Holder: Dawn Beck Guye and Nita Shannon
Submitted: June 2024
COD Holder Note: Being amended to include additional shaded point colors
