We people that show rabbits must not be quite right in the head at times because I got up at 4:00 am yesterday morning, a Sunday, when I could be sleeping in, to drive to a rabbit show near Indianapolis. I almost didn’t go because it seemed ridiculous to go out to the cold barn and load up all the bunnies and then drive almost 3 hours to a rabbit show. Well, turns out that I’m really glad I went. (You knew there had to a point to all of this, huh?!)
This was a specialty show – only six breeds and two judges. Holland’s were judged by Brian Hartzell. There was a small turn out for Holland’s as it wasn’t well known that there was a Specialty for them that day. But those of us that were there had a good time chit-chatting while we waited our turn to show.
I took 15 Holland’s (only 2 seniors) that were entered in 5 of the 8 classes. Amazingly, my ‘boys and girls’ won each of those five classes! Here is how they did:
- SSB – White River’s Arden – 1st (only 4 entries though, so he didn’t earn a leg).
- SJB – GBF’s Caden – 1st, BOG, BOB – his first leg with a BOB!!
- SJD – GBF’s Cadee – 1st. Caden and Cadee are littermates. This is Cadee’s first leg.
- BJD – GBF’s Topeka – 1st, BOG, BOS – this is Topeka’s second BOS leg in two shows.
- BJB – GBF’s Elias – 1st, BOSG – and to think I almost left him home because he is just a little guy! His first leg. He is 14 weeks old but has an awesome head, ear and crown placement on him. Hopefully, his body will fill out well to match his already lovely head. His sister Baron, was 2nd place to Topeka.
The next show we are planning on attending is the MSRBA show up in East Lansing, MI at the MSU Livestock Pavilion. This is a big show with some major competition. Saturday is the ‘show proper’, then Sunday hosts a double Holland Specialty and an Angora Specialty.
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