Saturday, August 19, 2006
See How Far
Do you ever get discouraged with your rabbits? Do you ever feel that you can't win for losing? Maybe you are having trouble getting live kits. Maybe your last few breedings didn't turn out as well as you hoped. Maybe you are still struggling to grand your first rabbit, take your first Best of Breed, or earn your first leg.
Sometimes I feel like I'm walking through molasses. It takes a lot of energy to make any forward movement. Sometimes I feel like I'm not moving at all! I have a lot of enthusiasm, but I get tend to get frustrated fairly easily.
So, what do you do when you feel like that?
Turn around and look at how far you have come already. Wow! It's amazing, isn't it?
Do you remember asking, "How do you show rabbits?" Can you remember when you first learned that the gestational period for rabbits is 31 days? Can you remember the first time you thought you could feel embryos at twelve days after breeding? Heck, do you remember installing your first cages?
In addition to all of the bunny knowledge and experience you have gained, think of all of the show knowledge you now have. Do you have the basics of the show rules down? Know the showing order for your breed? Understand how a rabbit gets to be Best In Show? You've come a long way, baby!
And I bet you go to shows now and recognize at least some of the faces. If you've been showing for a while, you know a lot of faces and names. And I'll bet you have gained a lot of friends who automatically share one of your passions. It's nice to look forward to seeing people in my local area, friends several states away, and even friends from other countries!
So, when you get down and think that you are going nowhere with your rabbits or that it's maybe just not worth it, turn around and see how far you have come. Maybe it will help you put everything into perspective.
Laurie Stroupe
The Nature Trail Rabbitry “Home Of Grand Champions”
Precious Pet Rabbits
Affordable Web Site Design
¶ 6:49 AM
Sometimes I feel like I'm walking through molasses. It takes a lot of energy to make any forward movement. Sometimes I feel like I'm not moving at all! I have a lot of enthusiasm, but I get tend to get frustrated fairly easily.
So, what do you do when you feel like that?
Turn around and look at how far you have come already. Wow! It's amazing, isn't it?
Do you remember asking, "How do you show rabbits?" Can you remember when you first learned that the gestational period for rabbits is 31 days? Can you remember the first time you thought you could feel embryos at twelve days after breeding? Heck, do you remember installing your first cages?
In addition to all of the bunny knowledge and experience you have gained, think of all of the show knowledge you now have. Do you have the basics of the show rules down? Know the showing order for your breed? Understand how a rabbit gets to be Best In Show? You've come a long way, baby!
And I bet you go to shows now and recognize at least some of the faces. If you've been showing for a while, you know a lot of faces and names. And I'll bet you have gained a lot of friends who automatically share one of your passions. It's nice to look forward to seeing people in my local area, friends several states away, and even friends from other countries!
So, when you get down and think that you are going nowhere with your rabbits or that it's maybe just not worth it, turn around and see how far you have come. Maybe it will help you put everything into perspective.
Laurie Stroupe
The Nature Trail Rabbitry “Home Of Grand Champions”
Precious Pet Rabbits
Affordable Web Site Design
¶ 6:49 AM
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Wow, Laurie that is soo ironic for you to post this blog. I was just thinking the other day about how I feel like I am getting nowhere in my breeding program. It feels like I work soo hard and still can't seem to come up with that winning breeding combination. I keep thinking how it would just be nice to win one Best of anything with one of my own bunnies. It is rather depressing to see other breeders doing soo good with their bunnies. Sometimes I even feel like I am wasting my time. LOL Thanks for giving me a small ray of hope :)
Alison
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I just want to thank you as well for this post. I've been raising Hollands for a little over a year now, but have been working hard at it for six months. I have yet to win a class and I try not to be discouraged because my turn will come. I have gone though, from not placing at all for many shows to at least placing at each show. I have some very promising babies now, that I hope will get me that win, but if not, I'll just keep going. It's nice to know that others feel or have felt the same way.
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