Wooly Bear
Purebred 2XM doe
owned by Cimmaron
. Bred by Brenda Lindner.
Born in the fall of 1999 out of a breeding of Statler imports.
She died 2004
(in the Gibbons' fire)

Wooly Bear had a huge mane
all of her life. She has had a
major impact on the Lionhead breed. She is a foundation of the
Cimmaron bloodline and appears
in the background on many
pedigrees in of top Lionheads
in the United States.

Basler's Kovu
Purebred 2XM buck
owned by Bonnie Basler
Born in spring 2001

Born in a litter from a doe
purchased from Bob Whitman
as a bred doe. He is out of a
RB&P Harlequin doe and
the Whitman foundation
Blue import BLUE BOY.

Pennelope
direct English Import
Purebred 1XM doe
Broken Chestnut Agouti
Born in 2000

Imported from England by
Toni Tubbs, this doe was a large doe - 5lbs. She carried flank and ear wool even though she was
a single mane.
Her body pattern was a full
blanket but she lacked any
nose markings.

Cimmaron Dalton
bred/owned by Cimmaron
Purebred 2XM buck

Best Senior in Show at the
2003 Lionhead Nationals.

Though he was a purebred
(F4) he carried Britannia
blood on his dam's side.
He was very clean flanked
and had a nice mane. He appears on many Lionhead Pedigrees.

Lindner's Baby Blue
bred/owned by Brenda Lindner Purebred 2XM doe
born 1999

Baby Blue was out of a breeding
of two Statler purebreds. She is about 8 months in the photo and shows the typical stance
common in the original imports.
She has a very nice head/ears.
She was the first dilute born in Minnesota and maybe the first
one born in the United States.

Cimmaron Bonnie Bear
bred/owned by Cimmaron
Purebred 2XM doe

Daughter of Wooly Bear and Statler Serengeti. She was
3 1/2 lbs. A top winning Lionhead in her time she
had 8 Bob and 3 BOS wins. Like her dam she carried her mane all her life. Photo is
taken at 18 months after a couple litters.

Statler's Dandylion
direct English Import
Purebred 1XM doe

Imported from England by
JoAnn Statler, she is a
foundation of the Statler bloodline. She can be found in many
American Lionhead pedigrees. JoAnn allowed Arden Wetzel to
take her to help him with his presentation breeding program. DandyLion was a large doe, common at that time - 5lbs

Wetzel's Rafiki
bred by Arden Wetzel
owned by Cimmaron
Purebred 2XM buck

Pictured at 10 weeks. Notice how long he looks in this incorrect pose. He had a clean face yet carried a very wooly saddle as a baby. He was clean in body and face as an adult but kept a very large mane. Like many of the old Lionheads he was not a showable color . He was Broken Sable Point Marten.

Cimmaron Aleta
bred/owned by Cimmaron
Purebred 2XM doe

daughter born in Wooly Bear's first litter sired by Lindner's Kenya (Mr Tibbs son). A BOB winner she lacked correct stance found in todays Lionheads. Photo was
taken when she was
two years old.

Stronges Englishman
owned by Cimmaron
direct English Import
Purebred 2XM buck

Imported by Bob Whitman in his second shipment of Lionheads from England.

DJ's Leo
bred/owned by DJ's Lion's Den
Diane Ricketson
Purebred 1XM buck

Leo is one of the first purebred Lionhead buck born at DJ's Lions Den. He was out of imports brought into the United States by Toni Tubbs.

Lindner Black Junior
Bred by Brenda Lindner

Hybrid 2XM doe

This doe was out of a half Netherland Dwarf dam and a Statler purebred sire. Her photo was used in
the first club guidebook to illustrate the standard.

Turborg
Owned by Mueller/Rafoth
Purebred 2XM buck

Turborg was imported from
Sweden by Pridelands in 2000.
He was used extensively in their early breeding program providing
a foundation leg for the Prideland's bloodline. He can be found on the pedigree of many American Lionheads.

Rare Bits & Pieces Maggie
Bred by Bob Whitman
Owned by Bonnie Basler
Purebred doe

The photo was taken in spring 2001 and the doe is about 4 months old. The Harlequin pattern in both Magpie and Japanese was very common in the early Lionheads as many imports were Harlequin or carried the gene.

Statler's Rugby
direct English Import
Purebred 1XM buck

Imported by JoAnn Statler. He
was a very very dark Sable with
a white front toe tip. He was a Harlequin and a BEW carrier.
He had a nice short body but was very undercut almost to the point
of cow-hocks. He is the sire of
many of the early
Statler Lionheads.

TNT's Zanzibar
Bred by Toni Tubbs
Purebred 2XM buck

Out of a pair of the English imports that Toni Tubbs
brought into the USA. He has very dense wool in his mane
but it was rather short in length.
He was a Frosted Pearl. He
sired a number of Lionheads
on the west coast before
moving to the Midwest.

Statler's Alice
bred by Cimmaron
hybrid 1XM doe

An example of an early F1 hybrid. The photo is taken at well over a
year after Alice had already
produced a number of litters. As
you can see she still carried
some mane with decent length.
The earliest hybrids produced at Cimmaron using the original
Statler lines often carried manes
of this type as adults.

Statler's Cricket
direct English Import
Purebred 1XM buck

Imported by JoAnn Statler. He was a BEW factored Black Sport. He produced a number
of descendants with large
manes, He was sold to Bob Whitman in 2003. Bob planned to use him in his BEW
breeding program. He is the Grandsire of Wooly Bear.

Statler's Skylight
bred byJoAnn Statler
Purebred 1XM doe

This doe was out of the Steel
import doe Elsa. Typical of the old imports she has long ears and
face with a low stance. She had excellent color and still has a nice mane in the photo at around 9 month sold. She did lose most
of it after a number of litters.
She was very big 6 lbs.

Wetzel Junior
Bred by Arden Wetzel
Hybrid 1XM buck

An early hybrid made by Arden Wetzel using Netherland Dwarfs. The early Wetzel hybrids had excellent color. Early in his breeding program Arden was very successful in reducing size and correcting head and ears.

Rare Bits & Pieces bred litter
An early litter of Rare Bits & Pieces bred babies. Born
in Florida to a doe who was sold bred to Bonnie Basler. Some of them show longer heads and ears found on
many early imports.