Three Little Ladies Rabbitry Blog

Well this might only last a couple of weeks, but we were pretty excited about some news regarding the girls. The NJWRC and MSYRBA have posted their sweepstakes and herdman standings.

NJWRC

The girls are #1 in herdsman points in the country! They are also #1 in sweepstakes in the country. Thats quite an accomplishment. We’ve been striving to be one of the best in herdsman. We haven’t really focused on sweepstakes. We don’t have enough rabbits, nor the money to attend as many shows as some of the other top breeders, so we’ve always felt sweepstakes was a little out of reach. Not only are the girls #1 in herdsman and #1 in sweepstakes but they also #2 in colored wool and #2 in white wool, as well as, #2 in wool points overall . They also have 3 of the top 11 rabbits in the nation, including 2 of the top 3. It probably won’t last long, but it sure is nice to see their name at the top of these lists.

MSRYBA

Of course, out focus is the same in the Michigan State Rabbit Youth Breeders Association. The girls are #4 overall in the state for quality points. Most suprising to us is they are also #1 overall in Michigan sweepstakes points . The girls’ recent surge with holland lops has probably helped them with that.

Again, not sure how long these standings will last, but it is stil exciting to us. CONGRATULATIONS Jessica and Taylor!

References:

I am including references for all the above numbers, as some jersey wooly breeders have questioned us about things like this in the past.

(http://www.njwrc.net/102509HERDSMAN_YOUTH.pdf)
(http://www.njwrc.net/102509YOUTH_OVERALL.pdf)
(http://www.njwrc.net/102509FUR_YOUTH.pdf)
(http://www.njwrc.net/102509ROTY_YOUTH.pdf)
(http://www.msrba.net/sweepstakes_standings.htm)

Rob Usakowski
Three Little Ladies Rabbitry

This  Saturday was a single show in Marshall, MI. I prefer doubles, since we travel a ways to get to the show. I thought we might get done real early. Jersey Woolies and Holland Lops were up first! We were done judging by 10:00am. Winning best of breed for jersey meant staying until the end. Well the end wound up being 5:00pm.

The end was worth the wait. I don’t ever recall seeing this at a rabbit show. Raven Butler took best 6-class with her satin. I knew Raven’s sister Harley had a very nice holland and had a chance at best 4-class. As 4-class was being judged, I kept thinking, “wow, it could be a one family final for best in show. Finally, Erik Ladd made the announcement, best 4-class is holland lop.

So there it was, one family with both the best 6-class and best 4-class! Congrats to Harley, Raven and Sydney.

We also had good news when we got home. We received our show report from the September 13 show here in Michigan. Its the one show in the last 10 or so that the girls did not get best of breed for jersey woolies. Despite not getting best of breed, they still had best display for jersey wooly. Then Jessica got excited because not only did we have best display for jersey woolies, we also had best display for holland lops! Its been about a year since we’ve gooten best display for hollands at an ARBA show. Even more exciting we had Best Display for the entire show overall. Has that happened for us before? Maybe. We never really paid that much attention to Best Display, and many reports don’t show it. So it was exciting for us.

Great day Saturday! Lots of fun. Looking forward to the crazy quad weekend in Mason in two weeks! Who thought of a quad just before nationals?

I enjoy shows like “Kids Say the Darnedest Things”. Sometimes its things that get said, that embarrass us as parents. Sometimes its something they say and we just all laugh. Sometimes we just look at them and say, “where did that come from?”

We had one of those moments recently. It occurred at the Michigan State Fair. Our girls were in the showmanship contest. Taylor was asked the question, “What is the average temperature for a rabbit?” Not only do I personally not know what a rabbit’s body temperature is suppose to be, but I never would have thought of other temperature issues. Taylor’s response was in the form of a question, “Would that be rectal or environmental?” Taylor is 12. The judge got a strange look and then responded that he wanted rectal, and then she proceeded to give him the correct answer.

She came away from the table, and we asked her how it went. She said it went good. We asked about the questions, and she nonchalantly explained her question as if every person would have responded the same way. She probably learned this information while  study for the rabbit and cavy expo. Thank you, Mary Taylor, Linda Pakulski and Kenda Pakulski for working with the kids for that event.