SR: Senior (a rabbit that is older than 6 months old)
Dam: The mother
Sire: The father
Kit: A baby rabbit
Pedigree: A document detailing a particular rabbit and its parents, grandparents, and great grandparents. This includes each rabbit's name, as well as their tattoo, variety, any awards or legs won, registration number, Grand Champion number, weight, and date of birth.
Leg: This is an award a rabbit wins for winning at an ARBA show. This can be for winning its class, winning best of variety, best opposite of variety, best of breed, or best opposite of breed. However, there must be at least 5 animals shown by at least 3 different exhibiters.
Grand Champion: A rabbit that has won at least 3 legs, with at least 1 of them has to be as a senior, and under at least 2 different judges. They must also be registered with the ARBA and the necessary paperwork and payment submitted to have the title as a Grand Champion. This rabbit will then have Grand Champion or GC before their name.
Standard of Perfection - A book published by ARBA that details how an ideal rabbit or cavy of each recognized breed should look. Each breed has a description of the ideal animal of each breed, as well as faults and disqualifications. It also has a glossary, pictures of each breed, a list of general disqualifications, and pictures of deformities. If you are wanting to raise and show or breed rabbits you should have the most up to date copy of this book and work to find and raise rabbits as closely as possible to the breed standard.
BOB - Best Of Breed. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best show quality of all the rabbits of its breed at the show. There is a BOB of every rabbit breed at the show. The BOB is eligible to compete for Best In Show.
BOSB - Best Opposite Sex of Breed. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best show quality of all the rabbits of the opposite gender of the BOB winner. If the BOB winner is a buck, BOSB is a doe, and vice versa.
BOV - Best Of Variety. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best show quality of all the rabbits of its variety (color). All the BOV and the BOSV winners compete against each other for BOB and BOSB.
BOSV - Best Opposite Sex of Variety. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best show quality of all the rabbits of its variety (color) that are the opposite gender of the BOV winner. All of the BOV and BOSV winners compete against each other for BOB and BOSB.
BIS - Best In Show. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best show quality of all the rabbits in the show. All the Best of Breed winners of each breed are eligible to compete for Best In Show. Can be a buck or doe of any breed or variety.
RIS - Reserve In Show. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the second-best show quality of all the rabbits in the show. Can be a buck or doe of any breed and color.
BISS - Best In Specialty Show. A specialty show is a show specifically for one breed or a group of breeds, such as lops or angoras. The rabbit that is declared by a judge to be the best rabbit there is the BISS winner. Can be a buck or doe of any color
Broken - A rabbit that is white with solid patches.
Solid (Self) - A rabbit that is not a Broken color.