Canby here we come!

Canby's entry is due soon. We are entering:
Stitch; RGC 6 legs
Honey; 2 legs
Bridget; Reg. 2 legs
LGRV2; SJB
LGRV4; SJD
LGRV1; BJD
Boomer; RGC 3 legs
MAD; RGC 4 legs
Habanero; 3 legs
*Peppercini & Buddy are coming along to get registered. We will be picking up Renee! She will be bred to Waltor (RGC; 10 legs) before she leaves.
*I will be working with Randy as far as we know.
*The Petersens will get my buns to the table, THANK YOU GUYS!!!!

Rogue Valley meeting tonite for our fall show. We will also be cutting some Satins tonight. Picking up some rabbit sales. STATE CONVENTION WEEKEND IS A GO!!!!! Got the days off and everything!!!!! Now to plan, LOL!
Gill has the pdf. versions of the catalog and entry form! View more info at http://olrcb.net/conv07.htm

What else? AP Testing week is over and done. I cannot say that I did very well on the exams, but I do believe they were SUPPOSE to be hard. I think I did the best on Literature, of the three I took.

I am still trying to plan National Convention. We probably will not make any final decions until after state convention, but I'd really like to attend this year :)

Counting down the days

Spring has spring! And with LESS than a month to go of school, we are ever crawling the walls to get out of here! I am an outdoors person, and being stuck in school for 8 hours is a task itself. AP tests are next week. My statistics test is on tuesday, at noon. I feel semi-prepared for this test. My literature test is on thursday at 8 o'clock. I feel very competent and ready for this test. I was well prepared by my instructor. My united states history test is on friday at 8 o'clock, meaning I have to head to school early. This is the test I am least prepared for and not looking forward to. History and I do not click. That will complete next week and tie up three of my classes. Canby and Oaks Park will be rewarding weekends after these tests. Most instructors teach by the AP test, so once the test is given you pretty much have the extra three weeks to relax. My SAT is June 2nd. Oregon State Convention will be my reward for this. Then comes semester finals and the end of school finally on the 15th of June. Am I ready. Not really. Currently I am trying to finish a paper for a book I know little about. Funny eh?

May thoughts

:::The rabbits have been doing well.
:::We have to make some more cuts in the barn this weekend, just a few we will not be keeping. We will be replacing Jessica Simpson with her bkn blue daughter. We will not be keeping any of the bucks from Brittney's current litter, nor the two bucks we kept back from her last litter (she likes to throw bucks!!!).
:::Sanetti, Brittney and Ilana will be bred tomorrow for county fair meat pens and fryers.
:::Black Pearl and Blue Bijou were bred to Lil' Hollister, I'll check to see when they are due.
:::Have permission to work the Canby show. We are waiting approval to work with Randy Shumaker.
:::Speaking of the Canby show, it should be a good one :) Excited for the Mini Lop exhibitors and excited to work. I will pick up Renee here (YAY! Bred to one of Nicole's bucks!) and Stitch will get a breeding to one of her does. We are not sure who we are entering yet, but most likely it will be : Honey, Peppercnini, Boomer, MAD, Stitch, Briget, Habanero, LGRV2, LGRV3 and maybe the holland, Buddy? We will probably cut some from that list, but that is who we would like to show :)

Oh no!

One may ask what a Holland Lop is doing on my blog, knowing my love for my Mini Lops & Satins. . . One of my fellow 4-H'ers decided to sell out of rabbits; busy life style and she wanted to devote her time to training dogs for the blind. She was a good rabbit raiser and wanted to find a deserving home for her Holland Lop buck. I told her I would take him in and find a good home for him.....right...Well I think I fell in love with this sucker, he is such a cute fella!!! He's been an awesome showmanship rabbit and also has some wins under him as well.... I'm tempted.... but those Mini Lops and Satins keep on telling me NOOOO!!!! We'll see. . .

Buddy

Pacific Coast Results!

A:
BOS: "Habanero" - Her 3rd jr leg, will be a senior next show!
BOSV: "Stitch"
B & C: (was actually happy to see consistent placings between 2 very different judges)
BOB: Mist At Dawn - Her 3rd BOB in a row, also 3rd & 4th legs.
BOS: "Stitch" - now has 6 legs!
A show I worked with Joy Ekstrom for my registrar's license. Not only was this my first show, but she had never worked with anyone before, so I think she was just as excited as I was. I probably could have done a lot better, but I certainly didn't make any huge boo-boos like dropping rabbits
B show I worked with Vern Palmblad. Was more of an interesting ordeal as he had me place and comment [several] ND classes, in which, I know very little about. I did however only sustain one bite from a *nasty* french lop buck that should have never been entered in a show anyways, live and learn, then get loves. So I got to work with Netherlands, English Lops, Americans, French Lops, American Fuzzy's, Dwarf Hotot's and Champagnes.
I do remember Show C, RIS was a EL by Judy Rossner and BIS was a bkn black Satin, although I am unaware of the owner. long weekend, sold a couple rabbits, had a ton of fun, good show, couldn't have asked for more. Canby is on the 19th, lookin forward to that FUN show!!!
[oh did I mention I *finally* got my results back from ARBA, I passed my test (of course!) and was able to work 2 shows this weekend because it was a triple, the A being Friday!]

Stoked!

Since getting into the rabbit hobby I have always wanted to make business cards to further advertise my rabbitry. I came across a template today on my computer and am printing cards like crazy!!!!! Our profile picture (Habanero) is pictured on our business cards!

Myrtle Point "Dry your buns" Triple is this Friday and Saturday. I am getting very excited for the show. I entered:
Stitch; RGC, 4 legs - SSB
LGRV2; 1st show! - SJB (Friday only)
LGRV3; 1st show *SOLD* to Yvette - SJB (Saturday only)
Honey; 2 legs - SSD
Bridget; 2 legs - SSD
Boomer; RGC, 3 legs - BSB
MAD; 2 legs - BSD
Habanero; 2 legs - BJD
LGRV1; 1st show - BJD (Friday only)
And *if* ARBA gets my papers to me, I might be working this show. Although that is a pretty big *IF* right now..... lol. I might bring a couple animals to sell to try to make up for the trip's cost, but that's debatable right now.

Sharing the cuteness! {with a splash of color}

This handsome boy needs a name! He is a bkn smoke pearl from C.C. Jenie (RGC Black, 7 legs) and LHHR's Lil Hollister (RGC Bkn Blue Steel, 3 legs). Such a personable and typey buck!
The bkn smoke pearl buck above and his bkn smoke pearl sister, another typey gal!

Look at this gourgeous trio of bkn blues from Milkhouse's Cloey (Reg. Bkn Opal, 1 BOB) x LHHR's Hollywood Dun It (RGC Chestnut, 4 legs). I know there is a buck and doe, but I forget what the 3rd one is. I am thinking of keeping them all at this point (atleast past 8 wks) and naming them Genuine Dun It, Hollywood Rapper and Smokin Blue Hollywood, all Hollywood Dun It offspring (the legendary horse).

High Quality photo for a High Quality Doe

LHHR's Booming Peppercini (Habanero's full sister)

Habanero got the show glory, but Peppercini is just as nice, only twice the size. She will never make it back on the show table becuase she is simply, genetically too large. Here she sits out side on our pond rocks. She is very photgeneic, sweet natured, and will make an awesome mom come senior age!

Rendezvous on the Rogue

I had the great chance to attend the Oregon State 4-H Leaders Conference this weekend. This year they held it in Jackson County, at Crater High School. There was a BBQ and events on friday evening, and Saturday was all the fun. The morning started out with commissioner CW Smith giving a speech. Then to Roger Rennekamp, 4-H program leader for Oregon State. This event included leaders, agents and teen leaders from all counties of Oregon. There were educational classes throughout the day, from different projects, to making meetings more worth, and then the more random classes (robotics, podsharing, quilting, more....) There was even a rabbit hopping class!!! I had a super time, and in the afternoon, we took a tour and visited the crater rock museum... very interesting. If you missed it this year, make plans to attend next years meet!

And they are ALL . . .

BUCKS!
Okay, not all bucks, but nearly all darned's worth.
Cloey x Hollywood
*Bkn Black Doe
Black Buck
Chin ?
Bkn Chin Buck
Chestnut Buck
Chestnut Buck
*Bkn Blue Buck
*Bkn Blue ?
*BknBlue ?
Jenie x Hollister
*Bkn Black Buck
Bkn Black Steel Buck
Seal Buck
Chin Doe
Opal Buck
*Bkn Smoke Pearl Doe
*Bkn Smoke Pearl Buck
Even though I got a lot of bucks, I am super impressed with the quality of these guys. The litter of 9, on whole are lil' smaller than the litter of 7, but that was a large litter for the doe to be raising, she did one good job. The * denotes which ones I will be keeping past 8 weeks. The other ones will go, I like them, but I have people calling and e-mailing for rabbits, hopefully they will want some bucks, lol!!!