Adding to the "Herd"

I thought you might enjoy seeing something besides rabbits for a change. I love to knit; that's no secret. So when Muriel asked if I wanted to knit a baby blanket for her new grandson, well I didn't hesitate. And when she threw in a few Jersey Woolys to sweeten the deal, I was all over it. Muriel loves sheep so the pattern to pick was obvious. This baby blanket, has mostly white sheep,

and one black sheep.

And it was finished in plenty of time before baby William arrived. Maybe it wasn't in plenty of time, but at least a couple of hours before he arrived!

Count 'em...1, 2, 3

The California State Convention was this past weekend in Turlock, CA. I was looking forward to the show because 1) I hadn't attended a show for a few weeks; 2) I wasn't judging so could show as many rabbits as I wanted; 3) Kendall was coming too. [Note: I love judging but it just sounded so relaxing to only show, rather than juggle multiple activities. Isn't it funny that I thought a rabbit show would be "relaxing"?]

The show was just as much fun as I imagined for all the above reasons and three more. Kendall and I won BOB American Fuzzy Lop with AK's Noah, a solid senior buck. I won BOB Jersey Wooly with Brian's Zane, a broken otter buck, and Kendall won BOB Thrianta (a first for her) with Kendall's Ruby, a junior doe. In addition, we also won BOSB Fuzzy and Thrianta, and sold the BOSB Jersey Wooly to its new owner who showed her!

On Sunday a double all breed show was held and there were about 50 Fuzzy Lops, a great showing! We had loads of our good friends there including Marian S, Tausha and Christina, Anita R, Gail M, Bob and Kelley T. In the first show Sunday, Marian S won BOB with her lovely solid junior doe and in the second show, Kendall and I won BOB with another solid senior buck.

What a good weekend. Boy am I tired!

Youth Fuzzy Lops Rock!

Rose Garrison and her broken senior doe won youth Best in Show (A) and RBIS (show B) on Saturday Feb 13 at the Sandhills Rabbit Fanciers Valentine's Show, Sanford, NC. North Carolina.

Congratulations to Rose and her doe.

Neither rain nor snow will stop us...well maybe snow

The first weekend of February is a big show weekend in the rabbit fancy world. I missed it all. I was in Indiana for a Board of Trustees meeting at Hanover College. I actually missed that too. I combine these trips with visits to family so Saturday morning I woke up to 5 in of snow. That's hardly a blizzard but it was too much for a small rental car to drive a few miles down a curvy hilly country road to the highway. So instead I spent a nice cozy day knitting with my mom.

In Pennsylvania, there is a huge show the first weekend in February. I heard it was held but started late. Did any of our Fuzzy Lops and their exhibitors make it to the show? Let us hear your stories of Snowmageddan and fuzz!

In California, there were no worries at all of snow. A very nice show was held in Stockton. Winning in the open and youth Fuzzy Lop shows was distributed nicely to several people including Bob & Kelley Tapp, Susie Cederloff, Christina Gillett, and Jenny Henderson. But the big winner is below. New exhibitor Julia won Best in Show with her American Fuzzy Lop senior doe. Congratulations ladies!

An American (Fuzzy Lop) in Japan

The first week in December Melissa Magee and I were invited to judge rabbits by the Nippon Rabbit Club. What an amazing experience! For me, it was even more special because of the gorgeous Fuzzies we found there. There were two shows that weekend; the first one held in Kobe and then a show the next day in Nagoya.


This handsome broken tort buck was selected Reserve in Show by Melissa and Best in Show by me on Sunday, December 6 in Nagoya.

At the show in Kobe, Yumiko won Best Opposite Sex of Breed with her sable point buck.

Best of Breed at the Kobe show was owned by Hiro, shown here working with Melissa for his registrar's license.

The Best of Breed Fuzzy poses with me since Hiro is busy and she is a black doe with a lovely head.

Congratulations to the winners and thank you so much for such a fantastic trip.

What makes a Fuzzy Lop fuzzy?

The title to this post isn't one of those philosophical questions like "if a tree falls in the forest but no one is there to hear it......". The answer is pretty straightforward; its the wool that makes a Fuzzy Lop fuzzy of course!

At the 86th ARBA Convention in Del Mar, several exhibitors entered their animals in the breed wool contest. The lovely boy pictured at the top of this page is Schmitt's Mat, 1st place wool in open. Nicole is so thrilled with her win and she should be! Competition was tough even though it is hard to get a perfect coat on our Fuzzies in early November. Susie Cederlof won 1st place wool in youth with SB1.

Congratulations Nicole and Susie!

Convention results

Convention is flying by! We have had so much fun....we have done so much work....we have had such a great time with friends.

Youth results Judges: Ruby Rezac & George Germaine

Solid Sr Buck Jennifer Henderson
Solid Sr Doe Shelby Branum
Solid Jr Buck Julia Armanino
Solid Jr Doe Jisella and Celia Williams
Broken Sr Buck Susie Cederlof
Broken Sr Doe Jennifer Henderson
Broken Jr Buck McKenna Frantz
Broken Jr Doe Hauley Colwes

BOV Solid Sr Doe
BOSV Solid Sr Buck
BOV Broken Sr Doe
BOSV Broken Sr Buck

Best of Breed Broken Sr Doe Owned by Jennifer Henderson
Best Opposite of Breed Solid Sr Buck Owned by Jennifer Henderson

Open Results

Solid Sr Buck Christina Gillett
Solid Sr Doe Carol & Kendall Green
Splid Jr Buck Carol & Kendall Green
Solid Jr Doe Dawn Guth
Broken Sr Buck Sherry Hartzell
Broken Sr Doe Dawn Guth
Broken Jr Buck Christina Gillett
Broken Jr Doe Dawn Guth

BOV Solid Sr Doe
BOSV Solid Sr Buck
BOV Broken Sr Buck
BOSV Broken Sr Doe

Best of Breed Broken Sr Buck Owned by Sherry Hartzell
Best Opposite of Breed Solid Sr Doe Owned by Carol & Kendall Green

More later.......