tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53223917111967945532024-03-14T03:27:05.014-05:00The RabbitshepherdAngora rabbit breeder talks about the care and showing of English Angora and Jersey Wooly rabbits.Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.comBlogger198125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-60709690096683881472013-02-23T08:18:00.002-05:002013-02-23T08:18:21.919-05:00PASRBA Wrap up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge Chris Zemny looking at English Angoras </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The "Wool Room" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Judge Nate Burbridge judging Jersey Woolies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> A youth breeder showing her French Angora.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge Bill Waley gives Shepherds Delphinum BOG </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">PASRBA is the largest show we get to go to besides ARBA Convention. It helps that it comes along in Feburary when everyone has bunny show cabin fever. It is a chance to have some outstanding judges that we normally would never get to show under, again, outside of Convention. Two that were really a joy to listen and learn from were Judge Chris Zemny and Judge Nate Burbridge. So much information was given about each and every rabbit that these two judges handled that it was a total learning experience. I came away with so much knowledge about my two breeds. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And I don't want to forget about Judge Mike Avesing, ARBA president, who judges the angora specialty show is another teacher of all things bunny. I want to thank the show committee for the thought they gave in choosing these fine judges. And of course thanks for the "Wool Room" where like minded individuals have fun getting wool on themselves and others and no one even minds!</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-83302944764953792072012-11-21T08:21:00.003-05:002012-11-21T08:21:52.669-05:00Supermodel<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is Shepherd's Belladonna on the cover of Russian Harpers Bazaar with Naomi Campbell. Hoping to get some of the photos from inside the cover. I think she looks adorable.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-53435701868167589772012-11-18T08:52:00.000-05:002012-11-18T08:52:04.392-05:00Bad Weather<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Hurricane Sandy before this door blew in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next was 10" of snow! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC BIS/RIS Shepherd's Bellhop with his big Rosette. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherd's Ladyslipper groomed up.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It has been a very interesting few weeks since the Lebanon show. Much to my surprise jersey wooly buck Shepherd's Bellhop won an open BIS at the Lebanon RBA show. I was told that there were 1,700 rabbits entered. What a nice win for a little 3 lb. bunny with almost every beautiful breed of bunny represented.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Next we had Hurricane Sandy that hit the Jersey shore with so much force and destruction. We lost out power and then when it came back on we were hit with a heavy snow storm that brought down trees and power lines so we lost our power again. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was so happy to have the power back that the first thing I did was groom bunnies! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I was able to get to the Baltimore and Howard show by sharing a ride and transporting some bunnies home for local owners. It was so nice to see all my bunny friends and that them for the good wishes and prayers that they sent my way. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am having to cut down on my beloved angoras and woolies. They went to some very loving homes. Very happy for them and their new owners. I will miss them but am very happy to see the smiles on the new owners faces. Now for more clean up as we pick up from Sandy and get ready to put our house up for sale after the holidays. Happy Turkey Day everyone! Gobble, gobble!</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-54591249317063954282012-09-01T12:46:00.000-05:002012-09-01T12:46:40.663-05:00Out of Cold Storage<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After an eye opening iced coffee, </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherds Lady Slipper, lilac tort sr doe and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherds Delphi, rew jr doe and </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherds Flora, black jr doe come out of cold storage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Most summers and especially this summer, I try to handle my angoras very little. It is just too hot for them and for me. Lucky for me, they have pretty easy care coats so they can hang out in the AC all summer and not be too worse for the wear. It is finally a little bit cooler, 80*, this morning and 3 ladies came out for a real good grooming. They were not too bad but still need some work on the underneath which gets the most felting and friction.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherds Delphi is the first rew doe that I have produced in a really long time. I was originally looking to add other lines of rew but I am glad that I didn't as Delphi is worth the wait. She is much nicer than anything I could buy and her sister Shepherds Flora, the first black doe in a really long time, is also worth the wait. There are three other sibling from this litter and I will post photos of them as they get groomed. They will be the perfect age to take to Angora Nationals in Reno as seniors.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The iced coffee really did look like it had eyes and was staring back at me this morning! I must have been really tired.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-79448256949439279612012-08-27T07:02:00.000-05:002012-08-27T07:02:13.020-05:00Broken and Hot<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherds Shimmer</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> GC PP's Glacier Ice</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shimmer getting her senior coat </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broken and Not.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is good to be back to blogging. I had dropped my camera in June and broke it, so no new photos. The computer also broke with a bad virus that took forever to get fixed. Plus it was too hot to do much of anything but try to stay cool and keep the bunnies cool, a full time job. And I forgot to mention that I am back to work, very exciting news.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyway back to bunnies, Shepherds Shimmer won a Best in Specialty Show in June at the show in Massachusetts. Very exciting as she had just turned senior and beat some very nice rabbits plus won over GC RIS Shepherds Bellhop who had won BOB and BOS at the two open Shows and over GC WW Queen Latiffa who won the reverse shows BOB and BOS. I am happy that the next generation is showing some promise as my two bellringers are molting badly right now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am looking forward to some fall shows although not as many as in previous years. My angoras have taken a toll this summer with the heat and the younger juniors are looking a little worse for the wear. Keeping them cool with the misters and spray bottles has made their coats somewhat felted. They also don't seem to have popped the wool as in previous years. We need some cooler weather to come along, like now. Well, it is nice to be back and I hope to have some angora photos up in the next few weeks once I work the kinks out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Keeping angoras cool</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Very difficult in hot weather.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you have an angora with any length of coat in hot weather, it is best to keep them in air conditioning. Some owners bring them in during the day and then put them back out at night when it is cooler. Shade and a short haircut is most important with bunnies that are housed outside in hot weather. Fans to move the air, frozen water bottles or frozen ceramic tiles put in each cage are a big help. I spray down the concrete floors with cold water so that it keeps things cool as it evaporates during the day. There is a misting hose that runs around the outside of the rabbitry that sprays cool water and does drop the temps by a few degrees. Ice cubes in the drinking water bottles are a help as well as those frozen blue ice packs in the cage pans where the rabbit can't reach them. A fine mist spray bottle for cooling ears is also helpful as well as keeping the rabbit calm just letting them chill out during the day. Cool treats are also enjoyed, cold baby carrots, cold kale with the rinse water still on it or some chilled apple sclices. Anything that keeps you and your bunny cool and happy is great in heat like this. Keep cool!</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-60859077537303761242012-06-07T08:05:00.000-05:002012-06-07T08:05:21.502-05:00Posers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Smoothing out his coat.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I'm ready, look at me!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some show rabbits are just natural posers and some have to be worked with for awhile before they understand what to do on the show table and some are just carpet huggers. It is a joy to see a bunny that loves showing so much that he actually is up on his hind legs trying to get the judges attention. He turns to follow the Best in Show judge so he is makes sure the judge will not to miss his best points. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is RIS GC Shepherd's Bellhop and he just loves to show. It took him longer to blossom then his sister, RIS GC Shepherd's Ring My Bell, but he has surpassed her with his wins. 8 GC legs, 1 RIS, 8 BOB (unusual for a buck to beat a doe), 1 BOS and 1 BOG. His sister has 5 GC legs, 1 RIS, 2 BOB (one at PASRBA with over 65 woolies entered), 2 BOG and 1st. Junior Doe. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Their other sister, Belladonna, is a scardy cat and becomes one with the carpet at shows. Although she is just as nice, she only has one win under her belt. If only she would struff her fluff, she would do much better at shows. She did try her best to out pose Naomi Campbell at the Harpers Bazaar photo shoot by leaning into the fan every time the assistant moved it in the models direction. Maybe she is just prefers a different type of posing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Some are naturals, some you can teach and some are just happier staying at home. This poser cracks me up, he is just so comical. Thanks to Anita Picco for these fun photos and love Alyssa Bowlby's beautiful English Angora sitting so nicely on her carpet.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-40640566901886606472012-06-02T08:38:00.004-05:002012-06-02T08:49:09.190-05:00Fame and Fortune<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Editor Hugo Lindgrin from the NY Times Magazine.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not a great photo but if you are riding in the back of a New York City taxi and watch the TV monitor you may get a chance to see the Editor of the NY Times Magazine with an English Angora bunny on his head and other places in his office. You can also go to </span><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">www.nytimes.com</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and go to the Innovation section for the magazine to see the video of how 4 bunnies turned into so many more. The video is very funny and my Dad and I had alot of fun with the shoot. The editor was very easy going and even let me put a bunny on his head. Most fun was watching all of the very experienced staff of the magazine on the whole 6th floor go ga-ga over the bunnies. Something that we just take for granted seems to make other people go a little animal crazy. They were taking photos with their phone, knocking on the glass divider walls trying to get the bunnies attention and begging to touch one. Very cute.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So I don't know about fortune but if I get a chance to go for a shoot, I always take it. They pay very well for the time spent working and will also pay for the expenses of traveling there. The bunnies really seem to like the attention and are usually very well mannered. I even had one Jersey Wooly, Belladonna, trying to upstage Naomi Campbell by putting her face towards the fan everytime the assistant moved it in the model's direction. Everyone seems to love them, the jobs help to pay for rabbit food and it puts a very positive spin on bunnies as pets and how well they are treated.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also get to experience situations that I would never be involved in otherwise. What other chance would I have to meet Naomi Campbell or Italian supermodel Fabrizia? Or interact with child superstars in the making? Or have my rabbits photographed by famous fashion photographers? Or my favorite of all, to get a chance to view row upon row of next seasons designer shoes and boots and try on a huge diamond flower ring from Jacob and Co.?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ok, back to reality, time to clean the rabbit pans...........but a girl can dream..................</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-63463937825620672582012-05-31T20:25:00.006-05:002012-05-31T20:25:59.367-05:00It's War!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Blue Jersey Wooly Doe</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broken Tort Jersey Wooly Doe </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two sisters relaxing together</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well, I have had it with flys. I have never seen it so bad as it is this year. No real freeze this winter must have not killed any of them. So it is war! I have had it with them so I asked around, did some research and this is what I found. I tried my research on half of the rabbitry as an experiment. I cleaned half of the cages in the rabbitry with white vinegar, washed out all the pans, sprinkled the pans with barn lime, sweet PDZ and pine chips. Washed down all of the concrete floors with the hose, white vinegar and then floor cleaner with a herbal disinfectant. Around the outside edges of half of the rabbitry, I sprinkled cedar shavings. I put up new fly strips and I put out bait stations with fly bait. I put out cups of apple cider vinegar with a piece of fruit in the bottom. I also ordered fly parasites to place around the rabbitry. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Results are that now I no longer have any flys on one side of the rabbitry. They have now left to live on the other side. When I am done with the other side, I will spray the screen doors with fly spray.Tomorrow the seige continues with the other side until I have no more flys. I will not give up, I will win the war of human against insect. The bunnies don't seem to be bothered but they just drive me crazy so I won't rest until they are all eliminated. And if they are not all eliminated then at least the rabbitry will sure smell good. Oh well......I will let you know if it works. So far, so good.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-10619575339405543492012-05-06T09:43:00.002-05:002012-05-07T12:47:19.993-05:00Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-55855299402739999342012-04-23T08:09:00.001-05:002012-04-23T08:09:45.840-05:00English Angora Wins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherd's Laurel </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherd's Princess Poppy </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherd's Lady Slipper</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As promised, here are the colored english angoras that were shown at the Rhinebeck, NY show. Poppy won two more BOB, Lady Slipper won first junior doe twice while Laurel won 2 BOS awards. He went on to win another BOS award at the Baltimore and Howard show last Saturday against some really tough and handsome competition. Lady Slipper came in second to Alyssa's beautiful junior doe, Eve. Donna's beautiful black sentior doe, Berry Bright won first senior doe and I believe, BOV. An agouti senior buck came in first in the buck class. The BOB award was won by a beautiful rew junior doe owned by Anita. She is a lovely little bunny who we better all watch out for in the future. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The woolies also had some very tough competition at B&H but managed to take home a BOG self with Shepherd's Bellhop, a first self junior buck with LSR Elusive, and BOG broken with Shepherd's Polka Dot Bikini. The awards were spread through out the wooly exhibitors but BOB and BOS were won by Jenea's beautiful AOV pair. With the Hoto Nationals running along side the open show, everyone was kept hopping. We all had fun, enjoyed seeing everyone and the bunnies enjoyed the cooler weather.</span><br />Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-73895739490561422982012-04-16T09:23:00.000-05:002012-04-16T09:23:23.268-05:00Reserve in Show<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherd's Bellhop with his BOB Prize. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Judge Howard Keller with Bellhop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bellhop with his Reserve in Show Prize cage.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Seems like Bellhops showing off sure had a payoff at the Rhinebeck show with his Reserve in Show win and double Best of Breeds. His coat looked really nice and for a white buck, he stays pretty clean. The weather was perfect for a rabbit show, cool, partly cloudy, breezy and no humidity. We had a neat new building, big and open at each end for the nice breezes to blow through so rabbits and exhibitors stayed nice and comfortable. This was a last minute decision to go to Rhinebeck, NY. I love this show but finances are tight so it wasn't really planned for. I think I won some over places in the self classes, pretty sure junior buck in both shows but was so busy watching Bellhop that I lost track of the junior classes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They had really neat prizes of a clock with you winning BOB rabbit on the face. They made them while you are there so you could take them home with you. Since they had some left over you could buy one for any rabbit or for a BOB win with less then 10 rabbits in the breed. They are really cute! The prize for RIS was a perfect 3 section wooly carrier. Bellhop just loves it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge Howard Keller was the judge for BIS A and I was thrilled that he picked my wooly and gave an honorable mention to EA Poppy. He said he would have picked her but she needs a bit more density. I said it was alright because the Jersey wooly was mine also and either choice would do fine for me. He had a big laugh over that one.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">My angoras did better then I thought they would with Poppy winning double BOB and Laurel, colored jr buck, won double BOS, Lady Slipper won double junior doe and junior rew buck (no name yet) won double BOV. I guess they didn't look so bad after all. I will post some photos next blog.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-34788898749573464112012-04-02T13:29:00.000-05:002012-04-02T13:29:42.660-05:00Dots Grow Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherd's Bellhop </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Brokens grow up</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> and get wooly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Drizzle's litter getting fluffy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Shepherd's Bellhop, brother to Shepherd's Ring My Bell, has finally come into his own by winning Best of Breed at the Hamburg show B. He is later developing then his sister and his 2 other siblings have yet to finish getting their senior coats, so time will tell. He is turning out to be a very handsome boy and he loves to pose just like his sister did. He kept standing on his hind legs trying to see what the Best in Show Judge was doing. He was really funny to watch, at one point resting his front feet in my hand, as he was getting tired of standing up tall on his own. What a show off!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The broken angoras are getting lots of wool and are getting really big now. They are all so cute, it is hard to know which ones to keep. Most of them will be going at nationals so if anyone is interested, contact me at </span><a href="mailto:Rabbitshep@comcast.net"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rabbitshep@comcast.net</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC BISS BL's Drizzle's litter has turned out really cute with lots of wool. I am really happy to have a solid black doe and a broken black otter doe. I have even fallen under the spell of a certain sable marten buck, look at the cheeks on him. There is one siamese sable doe that will be available so let me know if you are interested in her. Looking forward to Angora Nationals but don't think I will have anything in coat with this crazy weather we had this winter, we will see. I can always show my Jersey Woolies, lol.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-60682306328128271422012-03-22T13:45:00.002-05:002012-03-22T13:47:50.601-05:00There are Tools and..<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> New Tools...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Love the little greyhound comb!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">and then there is the $5 bracelet section...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There is a huge flea market somewhat close to me that is open on Thursdays. Since I was delivering a bunny to it's new owner out that way, I thought I would stop in and see what was for sale. There is always a huge booth with pet supplies. While I didn't need any 10" long dog bones, the grooming tools are usually half price. Anyone that grooms gets very excited about new tools or a different type of tool. Anything that will make grooming more fun or easier or seem more exciting and less of a chore. I presonally love to groom. It is my therapy but I do enjoy a new grooming tool now and then. Look what I found! A tiny greyhound comb! I am so excited to try it out. What a good size for cheeks or feet or behind the ears. The other two combs are also very good for grooming English Angoras or Jersey Woolies as the have space between the teeth and will get down into the wool and only take out the loose wool. There is also a stand with dried fruit and peanuts and they have dried papaya which the wool breeds love and I think helps prevent wool block. I cut it up in small bits and put it in their food bowls. It's a nice treat for them with lots of vitamins and they sure seem to enjoy it. And then there is the $5 jewlery section..........enough said.... even I can afford a $5 bracelet or two.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-59217501754487823702012-03-17T11:33:00.001-05:002012-03-17T11:33:54.659-05:00Spots Grow Up & N.C.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Broken Black English Angoras</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Broken Tort and Solid Tort English Angoras</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Talk about a packed Car!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beautiful Jersey Woolies at Nationals</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We decided to take the long drive to North Carolina to go to Jersey Wooly and Fuzzy Lop Nationals. With gas prices climbing and trying to save expenses, we worked on fitting three adults and 21 rabbits plus luggage in my car. On the way back we added 7 more rabbits to deliver back home. It was a puzzle but we somehow got it all to fit by traveling very light. I did my grooming on a fold out chair and a carpet piece. Even with my haphazard grooming table, Princess Poppy won 4 BOB in the 4 shows she was entered in and went on to win a Best in Specialty show judged by Allen Mesick. Not bad for only bringing one angora. My woolies didn't fare as well except for one self junior doe took a first in one of the open shows. A few others were in the top ten in some of the shows but everything went so fast and being at tables for two different breeds, I will have to wait on the show report to see the placements. Very excited to see that Deidre Edder won BOB at the National show with her beautiful REW doe. She was exquisite and is now home making some beautiful babies. It was fun and I sure enjoyed spending time will all the friends from down south.On the way down we filled the empty travel cages with things that would be gone or used up on the way home, like bunny food, some sale items and a donation basket. That way we could fill them with bunnies on the way home and not take up anymore room. I always thought I was good but Lauren is some good packer. It was like a puzzle to get everything back in the way it came out.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was also nice to meet some new angora breeders down South. Who would have thought there would be about 20 English Angoras entered in a Southern show? The broken English Angora babies are growing up, half are boys and half are girls and only one solid tort in the litter. They are little clowns, just have to love their sweet little faces.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-9337579178440860692012-03-07T10:18:00.000-05:002012-03-07T10:18:02.746-05:00Surprise! A Rainbow<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rainbow of Babies.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BISS GC BL Drizzle, the Mom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Dad, Riff-Raff with 8 GC legs</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Talk about a box of chocolates and you never really know what you are going to get! Jersey Woolies sure can give you a surprise. Drizzle had a litter of seven for me last time and what a variety of colors she had. Two siamese sables, a sable marten, a broken black otter, two broken siamese sables and a broken sable marten. I repeated the breeding as I loved the body type but the broken I liked had no face markings. Trying again and this time she has four, a beautiful black, a siamese sable and a sable marten plus a very nice broken. Hard to tell what color yet as the siamese sable and sable marten are born looking blue, which gets me all excited, and then turn dark brown. The broken looks very much like them. Then she gave a special present just for me, a black that looks solid and she had no black the last time around. If they are only half as nice as the two parents, I will be very happy. Congrats to Maddie with Drizzle's broken siamese doe who won BOSG at the York, Pa. show this past weekend! It is so nice to see her babies doing so well.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-12914310221241440832012-02-29T15:11:00.002-05:002012-02-29T15:11:23.779-05:00Cutie Patooties<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English Angora Sable Pearl brother and sister.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English Angora Sable Pearl brother and Tort brother. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Blues Brothers, jersey woolies. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The Broken JW Brothers and one sister, maybe.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">White English Angora Buck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is fun to have baby land again. Nothing is cuter then baby english angoras and baby jersey woolies when they get their fluff on. They are so happy when they frolic around, boinking here and there. Asleep on their Mother's back where it is nice and soft. Excited to see me coming around with the food bucket and even the water hose, because they know I can't resist giving them a pat on the head. They listen when I talk to them and seem to enjoy the discussion but never talk back. I think that could be why I sometimes prefer bunnies over humans. They are sweet, positive and all have their own individual personalities. Bunnies know their name and have certain likes and dislikes. They know the difference between me feeding them and when my husband sometimes will do the feeding, taking full advantage of getting an overflowing bowl from him. There is no such thing as a "dumb bunny" in my opinion and they will pull on my heartstrings for that extra shredded wheat or bundle of hay. Guess we are alike and are all just big softies, after all.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-33044842689684072952012-02-22T20:31:00.000-05:002012-02-22T20:31:18.511-05:00The Big Girls<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> GC Shepherds Iris lounging.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Iris after grooming.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Iris and Iridescence are sisters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's a whole lot of wool. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Younger doe, GC Shepherds Poppy. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Little broken tort doe, Shepherds Imari.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">English Angoras have a time limit to their show coats. It has changed over the many years that I have had angoras. 3 to 5 months was long for a buck's coat back 20 years ago and 4 inchs was a long coat. Does could grow to 5 to 6 inches and last about 6 months. Show rabbits these days almost don't molt anymore and can wear their original coats from birth to 12-15 months. When they are in full coat it is a beauty to behold and they are often refered to as "The Big Girls".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That doesn't mean they are pretty at the end of the old coat's life. It is hard to remove a coat that you have cared for during this long time. When they have gone to the extreme length of coat, it will loose density and leave just the guard hair behind. It can still be very long and when groomed will look pretty but it tends to deflate once the blower stops. And sometimes the bunny will make the decision for you. GC Shepherds Iris has decided that she wants babies and started to make a nest with her beautiful long coat even though she has not been bred. I got the hint and will be taking her coat off over the next few days. We are having very warm weather so it will not be such a shock for the bunny. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If it was colder and I would have to remove a coat, I could make a little sweater for the bunny by taking an old sweat shirt sleeve and cut out the front legs and angle it away from the back legs. We use these same little sweaters on our baby goats. Some talented people I know knit little sweaters for their goats out of scrap wool. They look so cute frolicing around the fields in multi-colored outfits. As one group of angoras move from the showroom to retirement and baby bunnies, the next group move forward to try their luck in the showroom. The number one thing I think you need when raising angoras is patience.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-10073545152415144362012-02-19T19:21:00.000-05:002012-02-19T19:21:55.055-05:00Lots Of Dots<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Second broken English Angora Litter </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Broken Blue Jersey Woolies </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Twin Angora Goat Kids </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bottle Babies lined up for Dinner </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Party Boy Liam is two years old.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lots of celebrating this week. Liam had his two year old birthday last Sunday and he was really into it, telling everyone he was TWO! He loves"Bloons" and I got him a Little Tykes car which has a cup holder which he put to use immediatly with his juice cup. Next we had twin angora goat girls born, really cute, blackish red in color and really loud. On a sad note, I lost a black English Angora Mom about 3 weeks after childbirth. I am trying to bottle feed the 3 babies, well eye-dropper feeding really. They are doing pretty good, fingers crossed. Also, have a litter of 6, yes 6, Jersey Woolies. Three blue and three broken blue, they are so cute but they are a very messy bunch, spilling food and hay everywhere. Only my woolies have these huge litters, where are the tiny litters of 2-3 that most people have. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And last, my second broken English Angora litter, with so many broken blacks that I lost count. GC BIS Shepherds Sunflower had 7, 4 broken blacks, 2 solid torts and one black peanut. Sadly, the black which I was really looking forward to, didn't make it. All of the others look big and healthy and have very heavily patterned coats. Love brokens and love broken black and broken blue the most. Altogether, a pretty exciting week!</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-81217875517662343592012-02-16T10:39:00.000-05:002012-02-16T10:39:12.401-05:00Could it be?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC BIS Shepherds Sunflower </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Westminister Dog Show Best in Show Pekinese</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You sure can see why people get the English Angoras confused with a dog breed. When their ears are down, they look pretty much the same as a Pekinese. I wondered why I was enjoying the look of this little dog so much. Watching the trainer/show person fluffing and brushing. The dog just seemed to enjoy all the attention and seemed to know he was "all that"! Loved the expression on his sweet little face. He is just adorable. I for one can appreciate all the work that goes into these long haired show dogs. At least we don't have to give our bunnies regular baths, but the intense grooming has to be somewhat similar. So glad he won and he seemed to be very happy about it too!</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-3658090740061207922012-02-08T10:46:00.001-05:002012-02-08T10:46:24.710-05:00PASRBA/ Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> UARBC Breed winners from the Saturday Specialty Show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherd's Ring My Bell, BOB JW Open Saturday. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">GC Shepherd's Princess Poppy, 4 times BOB winner </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Stepnoski after grooming angoras all day.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is hard enough showing one breed at a large show but it is even more difficult showing more then one. My trick in the past was to put the exact same rabbits in each show. It makes it much easier to remember who goes where. Eight shows over 2 days with 2 breeds gets very expensive so I cut back on some shows this year. It made for a very confusing show with getting the right rabbit up to the right table at the right time. So I made a chart as to who was going where and under what judge. I used this technique in Maine at the triple show with 2 breeds. It worked out fine until they changed the judges in one case. Some scrambling went on and running as I was watching out for a different judge to be finished his breed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am glad mine are all wool breeds as everyone was located in the wool room, but for people with short and long wool breeds it made for alot of running, phone calls and help from each other. Only one mistake was made on my part with the wrong sister in the open show on Saturday. Oh well, not so bad considering, and I didn't miss one class, which was more of a worry. It was so much fun to catch up with everyone and we had a fun pizza party with all the roomies, Donna, Carolyn, Annie and Anita on Friday night. It was also fun to watch Alex in full grooming frenzy, getting all her bunnies ready for sale. We will miss her and hope she comes back to showing angoras soon.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-52659145385033604512012-02-06T10:13:00.003-05:002012-02-06T10:13:52.132-05:00PASRBA 2012<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The car is finally packed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Arrival at the "New Wool Room" </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grooming crew, Donna, Annie and Alyssa. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Judge Morgan with French Angoras.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone looks forward to PASRBA. It is the break from winter that we all enjoy. For most rabbit people, it is the first show of the new year. (Unless you are crazy like me and travel to Rochester and to Maine in January). PASRBA is a true mini Convention. Most years in central Pennsylvania, there is snow but we go anyway, including the year we had over three feet of the white stuff when we came out to go to the showroom on Saturday morning. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year, with over 8,000 bunnies there on Saturday due to the really nice weather predicted, the four showrooms were full of people and bunnies. The layout changed this year. The fuzzy breeds were always located in a "wool room". This made everyone happy as all the Angoras, Jersey Woolies, Fuzzy Lops and Lion Heads were located together. We loved this as all the friends were together and we kept the fuzz and blower noise in one location. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This year the wonderful crew at PASRBA gave us a new and bigger wool room and it was great. Plenty of room to move, lots of tables to put cages on, wall space and outlets for blowers and all of our Open, Youth and Specialty Judging tables in one central location. I personally loved it and thanked the crew over and over again. It makes a big difference not to have to run all over the place with different wool breeds, especially when showing two breeds at two Open and two Specialty shows each day. I will add more photos in the next few blog posts but I thought you would enjoy my car packed with 27 bunnies and all that goes with them. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>Plus, congrats to Charlotte Shwiekart (sp?) and her beautiful Pointed White French Angora won Best in Show Open against 8,000 bunnies and also Best in Specialty Show on Saturday. We are always so happy to see the wool win! GO WOOL!</strong></span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-53589707118767007112012-01-29T11:21:00.001-05:002012-01-29T11:21:18.882-05:00Think Spring<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Princess Poppy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Cuddles up </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">on a furry throw.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It feels just like spring so I changed the blog site over to some new spring colors. The weather is crazy this year. I am not complaining as there is no snow to shovel, yea! The angoras and woolies are having a hard time keeping coats on though. It will be a problem if they are all molting by Nationals which seems to be the case.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How would they know what to do if one day it is 30* and the next day it is 65*. One day last week I came out to the rabbitry and it was 75* in there, time for fans not heaters. Many people I know are having baby chicks born like crazy at this time of the year. They all think it's Spring. Princess Poppy is keeping her coat so far so here's hoping.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-28911646963485972762012-01-26T14:59:00.001-05:002012-01-26T14:59:42.319-05:00More Supermodels and a Surprise<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Broken English Angoras,<br />
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Visit NYC.<br />
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Didn't like the traffic.<br />
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The surprise when we got home.<br />
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So a second trip was needed to finish up the photo shoot started last week. This time the broken English Angoras were requested for the trip along with the Jersey Woolies. It was somewhat of a daunting experience to take 7 bunnies to NYC by myself, but showing bunnies for so many years has given me some experience in this field so off I went. This was a new location in lower Manhattan in the West Village, right out of the Holland Tunnel. After locating the building, I drove around and around the blocks trying to find a parking space or a parking garage. Seems like I kept missing the right one way street, remember Rhode Island Convention anyone? My nicname is the Compass after all. Anyway, I finally found a lot and rolled the stack of bunnies up two blocks and over one. They were not liking the noise, fire trucks and belching steam pipes, so were happy when we rolled inside the building and up the elevator. Adult models were in this shoot as well as children and the beautiful model named Fabrizia was not to sure about holding any of these strange creatures. She wanted to know if they bite and was reassured that they did not. So holding them in her pretty white lace dress with her long perfectly curled hair worked out really well. After the shoot she even asked if she could hold them again and get her photo taken on her phone. I guess I converted another bunny novice to an english angora lover and over to the dark side. When bunnies and I finally all got home, I was surprised with a new angora goat baby girl, a very early birth this year and born on a warm day which is even a nicer surprise.Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5322391711196794553.post-21871181880090517062012-01-22T20:01:00.000-05:002012-01-22T20:01:24.592-05:00Supermodels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> Two Rews took the trip.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two Blues went along. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They are very photogenetic.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bunny friend of mine recommended me to an animal talent agent awhile back. We tried to connect for a few things but dates did not work out. Finally, I had what they needed and the date was good so off we went to NYC in a snow storm for a photo shoot. Four of my Jersey Wooly babies were the right age, 8 and 9 weeks old, and so cute and fluffy. Two REWs and two blues were chosen to come along, a brother and sister each. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Show bunnies travel well even at a young age, but to be sure, I took them on a few rides in the car in their travel crate during the week before. Posing them since they were young babies helps with the "stay still" part. The studio doesn't let you know who or what you are posing them for to keep their clients to themselves so I didn't really know what to expect.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adorable child models started arriving, got there makeup done, hair blown out and styled and beautiful silk and satin flowered dresses were put on. Some of these little models were as young as four but very practiced with each smile and small movement expected of them. I was in awe of their poise and cuteness.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They were positioned on a white garden bench with a small easter basket and then they called "Bunny on Set!". I was cracking up everytime they said this as it seemed like they were for calling for Angela Jolie or Brad Pitt. But the bunnies sat on laps, snuggled into necks and were cradled in arms just like the pros would. They were great and very professional. My biggest worry was they would stain one of these beautiful, on loan, dresses or the very pretty children that were holding them. Phew, thank goodness they didn't, what a relief. They are my babies and I love them no matter what, but they sure amazed the studio staff at how they acted just like pros. I am very proud of my small Supermodels and hope to get to view the photos at some point in time.</span>Dru Shepherdhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16645048446984420838noreply@blogger.com1