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S M Guidebook MEMBERS’ GUIDEBOOK Silver Marten 2007 EDITION Rabbit Club Curtis Van Leur, SMRC Secretary-Treasurer P.O. Box 238 So. St. Paul, MN 55075 (517) 423-5254 [email protected] Table of Contents OFFICIAL GUIDE BOOK OF THE SILVER MARTEN RABBIT Dedication ...................................................................... 1 President’s Message ....................................................... 2 Published by the Silver Marten Rabbit Club History of the Silver Marten ........................................... 3 Revised 2007 The Silver Marten ........................................................... 4 From the Guide Book Committee: National ARBA Convention Winners ............................. 5 National Silver Marten Specialty Show Winners ............ 6 This guide book was produced through the efforts of Judging and Raising Silver Martens ............................... 7 many Silver Marten breeders across the United Selection of Silver Martens for Showing & Breeding ..... 8 States. We hope that you will find it to be a useful Silver Marten Color Genetics ......................................... 9 reference for raising your Silver Martens. Culling the Silver Marten ............................................... 11 Rabbits for Show ............................................................ 13 We would like to thank all who contributed to this The Challenging Silver Marten ....................................... 14 guide book through articles and advetisements. The Housing & Health of Show Rabbits ......................... 15 The Guide Book Committee Conditioning Silver Martens ........................................... 17 Tonna Thomas, Editor Tattooing ........................................................................ 19 Leslie Tucker The Four Silver Marten Varieites ................................... 20 Larry Peralta Silver Marten Standard of Perfection .............................. 22 Tex Thomas The Black Silver Marten ................................................. 24 The Blue Silver Marten .................................................. 24 The Chocolate Silver Marten .......................................... 25 The Sable Silver Marten ................................................. 25 Sound Advice ................................................................. 26 Cover by: 4-H Project? .................................................................... 30 Laurie Brodeur Hints to Beginners .......................................................... 31 Show Etiquette ............................................................... 32 Line Breeding ................................................................. 33 Breeding Chart ............................................................... 34 Disclaimer: Bunny First Aid .............................................................. 35 Articles, statements and opinions Culling the Silver Marten ............................................... 35 plublished, may not neccessarily be those Raising Silver Martens....from a Youth Perspective ....... 36 of the SMRC and are soley the Silver Marten Constitution & By-Laws .......................... 38 responsibilty of the authors. Silver Marten Breeders Listing ....................................... 49 THIS GUIDEBOOK IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF ELLSWORTH TIBBETTS June 23, 1923 - - July 24, 1996 Ellsworth Tibbetts was an active Silver Marten raiser and showman for 30 years. He won Best in Show at the ARBA National Convention in 1971 in Albuquerque, the first time the award was ever picked, with a Silver Marten. He followed this impressive win with a first and second runner up to Best in Show at the 1972 ARBA Convention in Tacoma, WA with a Florida White and a Silver Marten. A dedicated showman, Ellsworth was well known for his production of top quality Martens, which were always competitive on the national level. He showed at almost every ARBA Convention form 1970 until his passing, and never failed to be high in the placements. Ellsworth was almost never out of the top 10 in Silver Marten sweepstakes for over 20 years. Stock from Ellsworth’s breeding program have been spread all across the United States, and can still be found in many successful show herds. He was especially helpful in getting new breeders started on the right foot. Youth held a soft spot and received “special deals” from Ellsworth, if they showed an interest in raising Silver Martens. Ellsworth served as president of the Silver Marten Club, as well as Director for many years. He was a lifetime member of both the ARBA and the Silver Marten Club. Ellsworth loved to travel and show Martens. He was truly our ambassador of good will. When the Marten Club initiated it’s “Man of the Year” award, Ellsworth was one of the first recipients. Ellsworth was a man who enjoyed life and his rabbits to their fullest. He has left us legacy of dedication and commitment to excellence in rabbit raising. Although his passing leaves a great sadness, his spirit will be with us wherever Silver Marten breeders gather. Ellsworth Tibbets wins Best in Show at the 1971 ARBA Convention in Albuquerque with a black Silver Marten. 1 President’s Message Welcome to the Silver Marten Rabbit Club webpage. Currently on yahoo, there is an on-line club members My name is Scott Rudolph, and I am going on my second only, email digest, the Yahoo list for Silver Martens which year as president of the club. We were established in you can join (membership verified) and enjoy, whether it 1927. This is the 80th year of the ARBA recognition and be for bragging rights on a huge win, or a nest full of acceptance of the Silver Marten breed. The distinctive potential winners! As you'll soon find out, the new markings of our breed in prime condition make it number friendships encountered are not only at shows but also on one on the show table. the net. There will be lots of people in this organization To those of you who are new to Silver Martens and/or that you will hear about, but may never put a face to it. We are not yet members of the Silver Marten Rabbit Club, I will try with this website to help everyone get acquainted would like to invite you to join us. And for all current as easy as possible. members, I want to challenge you to recruit as many new In closing, we all hope that the web page is useful to members as possible. When you sell an animal, try to you as a Silver Marten breeder, whether an old hand at it, recommend them joining. It is a small fee for this new or a newcomer. If there is anything that you would like to breeder. I encourage all current members to take on an see done differently, or changes made to make the search active roll in this club. You will find that the officers and for our breed any easier, please feel free to e-mail me with members are more than willing to offer you help with any suggestions. I look forward meeting all of you sometime. problems you may encounter, and ultimately, you will find Don’t forget to bookmark this web page as the that the friendly nature of other Marten breeders can bring upcoming shows and current sweepstakes awards are as much joy as our special animals themselves. updated frequently. In recent years past, our numbers at our national shows for our two not so popular varieties (chocolate and Scott Rudolph sable) have decreased and I would love to see more SMRC President support of those two. If you are interested in these varieties, e-mail me or any of the board members and I am 10/03/07 sure we would be glad to set you up with someone who raises them in your areas. 2 History of the Silver Marten Rabbit and Club by Jeff Jewett, ARBA Judge Looking back and reviewing old guide books, standards I've been raising Silver Martens for about forty years. In of perfection, national convention catalogs and other that time, I have seen the style improve and change. When I magazines I put away in the late sixties, has shown me how started in the sixty's we saw that most of the animals were much the Silver Marten rabbit & breeders have changed, yet very flat. Just looking at photos of the Martens in the sixty's, in many ways has remained the same. seventy's and even in the 81-85 Standard of Perfection we I started raising Martens in the mid sixties and from that see what the type style was and where we as breeders can point I've met and known some of the finest people in the still be working on. I know in the last twenty five years the industry, (that is one thing that will never change). Marten club has put more points on type and that we have Coming out of a breeding of standard chinchillas and a improved. As I judge around the country and Canada, the black tan in 1922 a black sport (Silver Marten black) was area which we must still work on is body type. Of course, born. The chin breeders were working on improving the we must not forget about keeping quality color and black wavy ticking. After breeding the sports together and markings. In my opinion the body type still needs some finding they bred true, the Silver Marten was given their work. name in 1924. There have been many improvements since Since the early twenty's we have seen the development those early years. Breeders worked on development of the of several varieties. Through much hard work and ticking, cleaning up the marking, enriching of the color, and dedication of good breeders the club has approved three the changing of the type style. The first working standard additional varieties. First were chocolates and then blues and was developed in 1927. When I read about those
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