Galfvensjös Rabbitry

Origin: The Californian rabbit originate from the U.S. It was developed in California in the 1920s by George West. He crossed Himalayan, the Standard Chinchilla and the New Zealand Whites rabbit. The purpose of this crossing was to get a good meat breed that also had good fur. It was first shown at South Gate, California in 1928. In 1939 it was given a working standard in the U.S. In the end of the 1940s the breed was imported to U.K. and under the 1960s it came to the rest of Europe. It was recognized in the Nordic standard 1966. In Sweden the Californian have had a very sporadic occurrence. In the end of the 1970s around 100 Californian was shown each year.

Nowadays it's a rare breed in Sweden. I'm actually the only breeder who raise them in Sweden.

The American point scale for Californian look like this:

• General type 65

• Fur 20

• Color and markings 5

• Condition 5

• Total points 100

The British scale look like this:

• Type 55

• Fur 15

• Markings and colour 15

• Total points 100

The Nordic scale look like this:

• Weight 5

• Type and presentation 10

• Body shape 20

• Fur density 10

• Fur quality 10

• Head markings 20

• Body markings 20

• Condition 5

• Total points 100

I personally consider that 40 points for the markings is way too much. 20 for the markings and 40 for the body shape would be much better.

In the Nordic standard Californian are recognized in three colours: black, blue and brown.

It should have a weight over 4,01 kg.