Qualities.

Often you see on a for sale page a rabbit listed as Brood, Show, or Pet quality.

What does that mean? Generally it's just what it looks like the rabbit is either a pet, good for breeding, or good for show. Not always. What?! Allow me to confuse you some. When a breeder lists a rabbit for sale with one of those three titles, it is that breeders interpretation of the quality of the rabbit. Different breeders interpret things differently, two breeders may have a rabbit with identical features (lets say clones). One breeder lists that rabbit as brood quality, the other lists it at show quality. The rabbits are identical so why the difference?

The people make the difference. Everyone has a different opinion about everything. Just like in previous posts it's because people interpret the standard differently and thus create disruptions in a simple process of whether or not a rabbit is pet, show, or brood. People also label rabbits for show pet or brood based on where they are in their breeding program. For someone just starting out they may list a poor quality rabbit as show quality because it's one of the better ones they produced where as a breeder who has been showing for years would sell the exact same rabbit as pet quality. Confused yet? let me explain further.

A pet quality animal by show standards is usually a rabbit that is of poor quality compared to the standard of perfection or has a disqualification that either may or may not be genetic.

A brood quality animal by show standards is usually a rabbit that does not quite cut it as a show rabbit, or may have a non genetic disqualification that prevents the rabbit from being shown. A brood quality also has the potential to produce better then itself. Thus being slated for the breeding market.

A show quality animal by show standards is as close to the standard of perfection as possible, and is free of any disqualifications.

Not all rabbits are bred from a show standard. So from a pet standard, a pet quality rabbit is any rabbit they produce, that fits the bill as being a friendly sociable pet. Brood would be the cute rabbits that they sell to other pet breeders because they think that rabbit will be able to produce well for the pet market. I personally don't believe people who specifically breed for pets should ever list rabbits as show quality as they're not breeding to a standard.

So yes things are interpreted differently by everyone so you may find a nice rabbit somewhere listed as brood, or a poor rabbit listed as show. It's up to the buyers discretion which rabbits they buy.