Ear Today, Ear Tomorrow?!

Dumbo Ears: "
There seems to be considerable confusion about the ear types on the dumbo rats. Hopefully the following article and pictures will help demystify a little for both breeders and judges and for anyone wondering what w‘ear’ all talking about!

Open Ears (also known as saucer ears). These ears are flatter, rounded and open. These are the ears as per the dumbo standard for New Varieties currently although I don’t think are actually that favoured by the many current breeders of dumbos. Something I’ve noticed with the rats with these sorts of ears is they often have slightly too short heads or the ears are set slightly too far forward, which give the appearance of the ears being more open.

Saucer ears then...