Showmanship Steps
	Bring your rabbit to the table Keep the rabbit in your arms. Grab by the ears, set their bottom down on the table, then the front legs.  Put one hand over their head and the other head adjusts and poses the rabbit.    Handle your rabbit 1.   Grasp ears  2.   Lift gently                           3.   Support hindquarters                      4.   Lifting rabbit, onto left arm 5.   Check to make sure feet are up and tucked 6.   Lower right hand to side   OR   1.   Place hands under abdomen 2.      Lift rabbit and maneuver it onto left 3.   Drop right hand to side and step back             Examine your rabbit 1.   Ears                1.  Squeeze base 2.      Open ear - left ear tattoo, mites, nicks,   2.   Eyes 1.  Point at eyes 2.      Check for blindness, cloudiness, weeping   3.   Turn Over 1.   Smoothly, and in control 2.      Hold rabbit firmly 3.        4.   Nose 1.   Point at nose 2.      Check for discharge   5.   Teeth        1.  Upper first 2.      Lower second - condition, malocclusion   6.   Throat/Dewlap 1.      Stroke under chin, check for abscesses, tumors   7.   Front legs 1.   Pull each out gently to check straightness			8.   Feet 1.      Check toenails   9.   Chest/Abdomen 1.      Feel chest, check for tumors, abnormalities   10. Thighs 1.      Push downward and check straightness   11. Hocks 1.      Check each one for soreness   12. Back Toenails 1.      Check for color, missing, broken   13. Sex 1.   Determine sex 2.   Disease   14. Tail       1.   Feel tail for brokenness   15. Turn Over       1.   Support hindquarters       2.   Head to the left   16. Tail (again)       1.   Straightness, abnormalities   17. Ears       1.   Place ears according to breed       2.   Ear carriage   18. Meat       1.   Feel its body quality   19. Fur       1.   Run hand from tail to head and back       2.   Blow into fur       3.   Pull wool sample   20. Position       1.   Position rabbit toward judge       2.   Step back with hands at side