Randy Teaches Allen to Judge English Angora, Part II

Randy and Allen works on the colored English Angora in these four photos.

During the working on the colored, Randy brought up the important point of checking on the English Angora wool to make sure that the wool is free falling all the way down to the skin, the skin should be clearly visible. Randy used his breath to blow into the wool then used his hands to separate the rabbit's wool all the way down. Allen was very impressed and took out his camera to take pictures. The rabbit that they examined had the density, length, texture and that they could see the skin.

It is wonderful to see such teaching. It indicates that Randy truly understand the English Angora wool.

We had heard judges making statements such as:

"I don't know too much about the wool thing, so I am going to assume that the wool are all the same, I'll just judge the body." (Wool is 57 points out of 100!)

"This rabbit is so dense that I cannot see the skin." (It's webbed and matted!)

"I've seen a rabbit that was so dense that I could not feel the body." (It's a big piece of felt!)

Randy and Allen should hold a workshop to help these judges to better understand English Angora.