Happy Holidays

It's been some rough times here in the rabbitry. I hope everyone is doing well. Have a good holiday, safe travels and a happy new year!





Susie

Check Out Latest "Trend"

It's the new Rabbit and Cavy Directory! Whitney Post of Imagination Acres Rabbitry has worked on it hard and is now up and running as of yesterday! Thanks Whit for all your hard work put into it... it looks great!!! :)


The Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Index


Be sure to go sign up! :D



Susie

Netherland Dwarf Rabbits

I secretly have a pair of Netherland Dwarfs. I just picked up this Broken Chestnut buck this past weekend from Chris and Mariah of C&M Rabbitry. They were extremely helpful and friendly, and am very happy with my purchase!

I saw this buck in the cage even before I saw his sale tag. Oh he was sold. I had to call my mom before she left home to bring some of my money, LOL!

I have yet to name him, he is molting his head, but I still think he is going to be very handsome, thank you Mariah and Chris! :)






This is my Vienna Mark doe from Teri Reymann... Sonshine's Jane Fonda. She is a beautiful girl too... can't help but love those markings! :)




I think Conker's should come out to California and make some super hot Blue-eyed White babies. hehe. ;)

Here is Jankenpon... about... 10 weeks? I'm really liking this boy! He's starting to go into his uglies so we'll just have to see what the end result will be.



I have a REALLY busy week this week... I'm going to be all over the place. :)
Susie

Your Hobby

I've dealt with much crap from the rabbit world, as does any breeder. I think when it comes down to competition of something we love, politics can get nasty.

I've outgrown stupidity and drama, and at the age of 17 years old, my eyes widen at the attitudes of some breeders (adults). This blog I won't write about the drama. It doesn't matter anyways. Why waste your breath on something that is worthless?

People will do anything to try to tear you down, manipulate you, any cheap thrill to make themselves look better. I've come to realize that these are not my problems, but theirs. I once heard, "If you can't think of anything somewhat true to say, your insecurities will get the best of you."

This is my hobby. My rabbits. My breeding program. Nobodies opinions really matter when it comes down to the bottom of it. Hey, I love my animals and I like showing them... and I think that is all that matters.



Take care.

Home From Convention

We are home and safe from Convention. The bunnies are settling in well. It was a good week but have come home to much crap from another rabbit exhibitor. I can't find the words to write anything good or happy about this rabbit hobby... I'm utterly sick on what has been happening.

Quite often I go into full on rants of the garbage I face from showing my animals... I don't know if it is really appropriate. This is my blog, and these are my rabbits, but right now, I'm just too upset on why some people feeds off of tearing others down. Maybe it's their insecurities getting the best of them. Maybe it's just a cheap thrill.

Hope everyone is home and safe... bunnies doing well with good results. You can see mine on the homepage of my website.

I'll try to blog soon...
Susie

Convention Coming Soon

This month is flying by and I'm starting to feel the stress of Convention coming way too quickly... I'm excited but it's always nerve-wracking, leaving home, and this time we are going to have to hire a care taker. Always scares me, cause I'm the only person who cares for tends to my rabbits. I didn't breed any does because we've had experiences of does who abort their babies when strangers come into the rabbitry. I even have yelled at my brother cause I don't want him in there, nor making tons of noise around there.

I want everything perfect by the time Convention comes, but I'm freaking out on where I'm going to find the time. I think I'm going to have to call off work though I really need the money. Wah. What to do! :(









Will be blogging again soon...
Susie

So Cal Photos (part III)

These are mini parrots, called Parrot-lettes. They can live up to 30 years and be taught how to talk/sing with much hard work!





And that is it! How you enjoy. :)

Susie

So Cal Photos (part II)

Teri and I in Julian, CA.


Town of Julian.




Rob's sheep.

Susie

So Cal Photos (part I)

Sorry these photos are late! These are the photos I took last month when I traveled down south with my lovely friend, Teri R. of Sonshine Rabbitry. We had a ton of fun, picking up/transporting rabbits. We went right through L.A. and around through Julian, CA and into San Diego. After we had picked up 20+ Californian rabbits at Rob Fender's beautiful home in the mountain desert, we met up with the Coplin family to pick up a few more and went out to lunch with them. It was tons of fun and they are wonderful people with such pretty bunnies!

These photos will not be in order, but please enjoy! :)




L.A.






Mrs. Teri is the #1 Starbucks junkie! :)








Entering the grapevine.

And as usual, more coming in future blog posts! Check out the next few days to get the whole album. :)

Susie

Late Night Fuzz

When you're in a picture taking mood- you're in a picture taking mood. *Rarely* ever do I post photos that we're taken in my barn, at night, or with flash. Especially all three. LOL.

Well you're in for a treat! Tonight I just needed to snap some pictures, I couldn't resist. Well, they don't look terrible for just snap shots but I'm sure I'll be retaking them this weekend and get these buns all groomed up.

I do take photos every once in a while like this *just* to have on hand, just in case. The world NEVER sees them though, I think they are repulsive to my taste in my own photography. But which portfolio is perfect? ;P


Hobbs' Kirara "Kee-la-la" Fawn Junior Doe


Philly, a Broken Opal Junior Buck who is in his uglies.


Lucky Lop's who I need to rename, Blue Tort Junior Buck.


Lucky Lop's Claudio, Chestnut newly Senior Buck.

As you can tell, everyone is still working on coats. I'm lovin' the heads though!!!

Eh, heck, lets throw a Wooly in here. :P


Jankenpon, 7 week old Opal Buck.

Hope everyone had a good week. TGIF! (I'm feeling better.)

Susie :)

#6 2008-2009 AFL of the Year

My little Twin Elm's Independence Day! I'm so happy and quite proud of him! He was such a great find and I truly thank his breeders; Patricia and Adrienne Terry of Twin Elm's Rabbitry for letting me own such a fine buck.

Since his most recent photos have been quite repetitive, I'm going to share an old one.


Indy giving Hobb's Meena a kiss, was to be his future girlfriend. R.I.P. Meena!

Speaking of Meena, I think of her quite often and really emotional about her. She truly absolutely stole my heart. She was such an amazing bunny, always so happy, she was quite sunny all the time. ♥ Miss her a lot.

Yay for Indy! :)

Susie

Beebee Woolies

To cheer up this dump-bucket of bad feelings the last few blog posts... how about some baby pictures?


Sable Martin Buck
(Caudill's Slim Shady X WWR Raquel)


Black Buck
(Caudill's Slim Shady X WWR Raquel)


Opal Junior Buck
(Wooligans/WWR Ro Sham Bo X White Oak's Blue Belle)

I hope everything starts looking up. When things do life quickly takes them away from you. Thanks everyone for the blog comments, you guys are AWESOME!!! I was very very excited for my fuzzies this last weekend. There were a bunch of nice fuzzies up on the table, it meant a lot!

Susie

Stockton Show Yesterday

I could say "I'm Sorry" for my full on rant yesterday, but not fully sure if I'd mean it. I feel quite bad that I went a little batty on how I was feeling. I was having a rough day with all the drama I am circled around when I show my American Fuzzy Lop rabbits. I feel quite guilty that I didn't have time to chat with Angel but did get a few moments to talk to Amber... that was nice. Amber is such a wonderful person, and so calm and serene with her words. I also got to chat with Danielle which was nice, she isn't crazy either. I really miss my Jersey Wooly group. I get so caught up with the Fuzzies and feel so pressured to know what is going on every single moment cause more than half of the time it isn't any good.

I did well with my bunnies yesterday. Especially my American Fuzzy Lops. Results go like this:

AFL Show A:
Lil' Bit Farm's Madalyn- 1/6, BOV, BOB! (1st Leg)
Lil' Bit Farm's Bjork- 1/2
Twin Elm's Independence Day- 1/3, BOV, BOSB! (6th Leg)
Lucky Lop's Abraham- 2/3

AFL Show B:
Lil' Bit Farm's Madalyn- 2/6
Lil Bit Farm's Bjork- 1/2
Twin Elm's Independence Day- 1/3, BOV, BOB! (7th Leg)
Lucky Lop's Abraham- 2/3

JW Show A & B:
LeSage's Cracker Jack- 1/1 BOG
Skyview's Brittany- 1/1 BOG



I'm quite excited and very proud... I want to thank everyone who congratulated me! (especially if you honestly meant it!)

I find it HILARIOUS that I am congratulated when competition isn't ones problem in the matter of youth/open. However if I were in the open competition and had won I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been congratulated! Or, in such a happy manner. I'm not going to go into details, but THANK YOU Jenny who meant it and then called me to tell me the rumor of her being "mad" that I won (which I barely believe in the first place cause it didn't add up) was actually a rumor. I didn't think about it much until she did call me about it!


Twin Elm's Independence Day


Lil' Bit Farm's Madalyn

Thanks to all my understanding friends... it's too bad I feel really scared about mentioning the things/sicknesses I did below, because people interpret things the wrong way... though I have come across those problems in my time, none are a present problem. And hopefully never again a future problem.

Susie