Sunday, September 16, 2007
Sandhills Rabbit Fanicers Show, September 15, 2007
The show, for me, started earlier in the week by learning a new rabbit show management program. I just about pulled my hair out with its quirkiness, but finally figured out how to play the game, for the most part.
Then I arrived early on Friday evening to help set up and to attend the palpation workshop. The workshop was outstanding. I learned so much. It was nothing too fancy or too formal. We just gathered around a table, watched and listened, and then gave it a try. May is not pregnant, Hope did catch, and I need to check Jamillia again on Monday!
Many thanks to Ray Brewer for teaching us.
I drove back home for a few hours' sleep. That 1 1/2 hours seemed really, really long to me. The next morning, I helped with check-in, sold some bunnies, bought Anna her first Jersey Woolies, got GC The Nature Trail's Belle back, and finally got settled in to showing bunnies.
It was so wonderful to see some friends who don't show often, don't show in summer, or don't show in my area very often. That was great!
I got a peak at Pandora Allen's silver martens. They are gorgeous. I'm so excited about this variety. Good luck Panny!
So how did my bunnies fare? I planned to show just eight, two in each of the senior classes, but I decided to throw in two juniors because the price went down per bunny at ten. I like a bargain as much as the next person. In retrospect, maybe I should have thrown in my junior bucks instead, though.
There was lots of competition and nearly 100 Hollands in show A & B (a bit fewer in C since two breeders scratched and a couple of others never entered).
Well just go ahead and crown me queen of second place! I lost count of how many times my bunnies came in second place yesterday. Todd was starting to chuckle by the time the broken senior does came up and I once again went forward to get my second placed rabbit.
MLK was second in a very large class. I think maybe Crazy Horse was, too. I didn't write anything down yesterday, so I'm not 100% certain.
The classes were good sized and the competition was good, so second wasn't that bad a place to be in. Not great, but definitely not bad.
When I went to get my second place broken senior doe, GC The Nature Trail's May, I was definitely happy because her daughter, GC The Nature Trail's Hope, had taken the class.
In the second show, under Everette Hopper, May took her class. Hope broke her streak of always coming in first each time I show her. Jocasta finally beat Willow Walker's Voodoo, that gorgeous black doe, but another doe beat them both, and then Jamillia took the class. Poor Jocasta - still seeking that elusive senior leg to grand!
This time, Lord was second and MLK was third. I believe Crazy Horse might have been third that time.
The competition thinned down a bit for the third show, but there were still plenty of nice bunnies left. Lord came in second again. Voodoo went back to beating Jocasta, as usual. Crazy Horse took his class for a BOSG and May was BOB.
It was really a family affair for my rabbits this weekend: May, her half-brother Crqzy Horse, her daughter Hope, and her granddaughter Jamillia were my winners. MLK, who came in second in a large class under Todd Naragon is also a half-brother to May.
I can't remember being this tired after a show, at least not in a long, long time. There was just too much to do. I enjoyed myself a lot, visited friends, learned a lot, and brought home five legs, two quality points, and a herdsman point. Not bad for one weekend.
Laurie ¶ 8:36 AM
Then I arrived early on Friday evening to help set up and to attend the palpation workshop. The workshop was outstanding. I learned so much. It was nothing too fancy or too formal. We just gathered around a table, watched and listened, and then gave it a try. May is not pregnant, Hope did catch, and I need to check Jamillia again on Monday!
Many thanks to Ray Brewer for teaching us.
I drove back home for a few hours' sleep. That 1 1/2 hours seemed really, really long to me. The next morning, I helped with check-in, sold some bunnies, bought Anna her first Jersey Woolies, got GC The Nature Trail's Belle back, and finally got settled in to showing bunnies.
It was so wonderful to see some friends who don't show often, don't show in summer, or don't show in my area very often. That was great!
I got a peak at Pandora Allen's silver martens. They are gorgeous. I'm so excited about this variety. Good luck Panny!
So how did my bunnies fare? I planned to show just eight, two in each of the senior classes, but I decided to throw in two juniors because the price went down per bunny at ten. I like a bargain as much as the next person. In retrospect, maybe I should have thrown in my junior bucks instead, though.
There was lots of competition and nearly 100 Hollands in show A & B (a bit fewer in C since two breeders scratched and a couple of others never entered).
Well just go ahead and crown me queen of second place! I lost count of how many times my bunnies came in second place yesterday. Todd was starting to chuckle by the time the broken senior does came up and I once again went forward to get my second placed rabbit.
MLK was second in a very large class. I think maybe Crazy Horse was, too. I didn't write anything down yesterday, so I'm not 100% certain.
The classes were good sized and the competition was good, so second wasn't that bad a place to be in. Not great, but definitely not bad.
When I went to get my second place broken senior doe, GC The Nature Trail's May, I was definitely happy because her daughter, GC The Nature Trail's Hope, had taken the class.
In the second show, under Everette Hopper, May took her class. Hope broke her streak of always coming in first each time I show her. Jocasta finally beat Willow Walker's Voodoo, that gorgeous black doe, but another doe beat them both, and then Jamillia took the class. Poor Jocasta - still seeking that elusive senior leg to grand!
This time, Lord was second and MLK was third. I believe Crazy Horse might have been third that time.
The competition thinned down a bit for the third show, but there were still plenty of nice bunnies left. Lord came in second again. Voodoo went back to beating Jocasta, as usual. Crazy Horse took his class for a BOSG and May was BOB.
It was really a family affair for my rabbits this weekend: May, her half-brother Crqzy Horse, her daughter Hope, and her granddaughter Jamillia were my winners. MLK, who came in second in a large class under Todd Naragon is also a half-brother to May.
I can't remember being this tired after a show, at least not in a long, long time. There was just too much to do. I enjoyed myself a lot, visited friends, learned a lot, and brought home five legs, two quality points, and a herdsman point. Not bad for one weekend.
Laurie ¶ 8:36 AM
