Showing rabbits?

Hello,
I was considering getting into showing rabbits but have no clue in the world where to start! So if you have any information at all, please let me know, but I will ask some questions...Do I need to get involved in a 4H group or some such thing? Do I need to feed them specific feed? Do I need to become a member of the ARBA? Also, as some of you may know, I recently had my own litter of bunnies and I was wondering if I would be able to show them...The parents don't have papers but they do have numbers in there left ear and the kits have no numbers and I was wonder how to get them if of course I can show them. Also I am not sure if the parents are purebred (Which I just assumed they would need to be to qualify.) So would I need to just purchase a purebred with papers or do I not need papers...So as you can see (and I already stated) I have no clue what I am doing but it seems like it could be fun Thanks!

Anyone can show at an open show through ARBA, rabbits need to be purebred and tattooed (you can tattoo your own) I suggest finding a show to attend without rabbits to talk to breeders and show organizers. Papers aka pedigree is highly recommended.

4H can be another good place to start for youth. Contact your local extension office and they should be able to direct you on clubs and rabbit programs.

Becoming a member of ARBA is not a requirement, though it has many benefits. Last I heard, you are allowed to show a rabbit at an ARBA show without being a member, but you do have to be a member for your winnings to count. Only members can register rabbits, so only members' rabbits can become Grand Champions.

Breeders tattoo their own numbers in the left ear. Frequently, there will be someone at a show that will do tattooing for you, for a small fee, if you don't have the nerve or the equipment to do it yourself.

"Purebred" is a rather vague term. People do outcrosses all the time, and after a few generations, you probably can't tell one way or the other. As long as the rabbit is recognizably the breed it has been entered as, and is a color that has been accepted as showable for that breed, it can be shown. It might even win!

Breeders write their own pedigrees, so if the breeder you got your rabbits from didn't give them to you, they don't exist. Unless things have radically changed, pedigrees are not required for ARBA shows; the rabbit only has to meet the parameters set in the breed description, and be a showable color. There are some automatic DQ's like mismatched claws, wrong colored eyes, too much/too little white on a Broken, white anywhere on a solid colored animal, too big/too small; but they apply to all entries, pedigreed or otherwise. You do need a pedigree to register an animal, and an animal has to be registered to become a Grand Champion, so if an animal doesn't have a complete, 3-generation pedigree, no matter how wonderful it is and how many legs it may win, it can never be a Grand Champion - and nor can any of its get, or grand-get, though if you start keeping pedigrees, its great-grands could be eligible.

Ok thanks...Would anyone be able to tell me the standard of perfection for Netherland Dwarfs or is that something that you have to purchase? The rabbit that I would probably show looks like she could be a false dwarf but I measured her ears and they were 2 1/2 exactly and I measured her weight and it also looked like 2 1/2 exactly but...I measured from the bottom of her ear from the upper part of her head and not by the side of her head (If that makes sense) I might be able to contact the breeder again and see if she would be able to do some papers for me...Also, is siamese sable a recognized ND color? Because that is what she is as far as I can tell...Thanks!