Classy Cavies

Rare Varieties Cavy Club "Proposed" Standard

A standard is a blueprint of how a breed of Guinea Pig should look, the Judges will look at the standard and then compare this to the Guinea pig that is being shown. At the moment Lunkaryas are a New Breed and no official standard has been done so for now this "proposed" standard is used for guidelines to help the Judges.

 A new shortened version of the "proposed" Lunkarya standard for judges is now as follows:

Lunkarya

Based on the peruvian model - the lunka is a product of a dominant
rexoid gene that produces a curly, wiry, harsh coat with cork-screw curls and grows one inch per month. The lunka are double coated - much like wire coated dogs, with a dense curly undercoat and a long harsh topcoat. The lunka will have two hip rosettes - and is shown on a board typical of other long coated varieties. The coat becomes harsher with age - so a u/5 will have a softer coat than an adult.
The Lunkarya should be shown clean, tangle-free, well-groomed but not brushed out – so that the CORK-SCREW curls are clearly present – and should grow from the base of the coat to the ends – they are presented without frontals or partings.

To clarify the lunkaryas cork screw curls should be seen as tight Shirley Temple type curls.