Leaving Home for Convention 10/18/13

We left early in the morning on Thursday to arrive in Harrisburg, PA by lunch time. We stopped at the local Good Will Bargain Barn and got some awesome buys!

 Once we unload the horse trailer we waited out side the show site until the cages were in order.

Prep Work for Convention Part 1

Prep Work for Convention  Part 1

Well today is the last day to get all of our packing done for the 90^th ARBA Convention in Harrisburg, PA! The past week Jessica and I have been scrubbing down the rabbitry & caviary from top to bottom. We got all the cobwebs down, cleaned all the critter cages, rearranged moms with litters to bigger cages, etc. 

Then we started to figure out what rabbit or cavy will fit in what cage for the ride up to Harrisburg on Friday morning. We labeled all of our travel cages with bright green duck tap with “Fuzzibutt’s Rabbitry” written in black permanent marker. Once we have the rabbits and piggy’s all settled in our carriers will be off to a corner of the expo site among everyone else’s, hence, why we labeled our cages. 

During the process of arranging travel pens we found a new use for the shower curtain rings! We use them for just about everything under the sun, kind of like zip ties and duct tape not to mention baler twine. 

We have all of our hay racks ready to go. At shows we use suet feeders and stuff them with hay for the rabbits and cavy’s. The only one who will not be getting a special hay feeder is Watson the English Angora he will continue to receive the toilet paper roll stuffed with hay.

I have washed all of the rabbit and cavy toys for everyone. 

Convention Class Counts

Fuzzibutt’s Rabbitry (Melissa & Jessica), will be competing with some of the best rabbits and cavy’s in the country! Here is a copy of the class counts for our chosen breeds:

Melissa

English Angora 102 total entered; Watson is a SR Buck with 14 other entries in his class

English Lop 287 total entered; Vader is a INT Buck with 13 other entries in his class

Coronet 37 total entered; Riddles is a TSW INT Sow with 3 other entries in her class

Peruvian 37 total entered; Paddington is a Solid INT Boar with 2 other entries in his class

Silkie 28 total entered; Rida is a JR Agouti Boar and is the only entry, now the key is to not be Disqualified, lol!

Jessica

Silkie 6 total entered; Hampton is a INT Broken Boar with 2other entries in his class

Flemish Giants 85 total entered; Player is a Black SR Buck with 4 other entries in his class

Harlequin 17 total entered; Shakira is a JR Japanese Doe with 4 other entries in his class

Now it’s a waiting game to see if the numbers are accurate or not. A lot depends on animals scratched from the show (sold, health, etc.).

Coop Card's for Convention

Coop Card's for Convention ...All I have left to do is print them out and laminate them. I hope they turn out nice.

Riddles Gets a Bath

Rub-a- Dub-Dub a Coronet in the Tub!

Here is Riddles being pampered ...

1st Harlequin Specialty Show for T.E.H.R.C.

The Eastern Harlequin Rabbit Club held it's 1st Specialty Show in conjunction with the Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association on September 28, 2013. Wow, talk about a good turn out we had 20 Harlequins shown by 9 exhibitors if I did my math correctly! Our specialty show judge was Jenny Poprawski from WV. Even though, I did not get to see the Harlequin's being shown I was told Jenny did a great job of judging them!

Here are the results:

Best of Breed went to Sarah Freud with her Japanese Sr Buck

Best Opposite Sex of Breed went to John Spence with his Japanese Jr Doe

BOV Japanese went to Sarah Freund with her Japanese Sr Buck

BOSV Japanese went to John Spence with his Japanese Jr Doe

BOV Magpie went to Sarah Freund with her Sr Buck

BOSV Magpie went to Jessica Raab with her Sr Doe

Here is the class break down:

Japanese SR Buck's 2 entered by 2 exhbitors

Japanese SR Doe 4 entered by 4 exhbitors

Japanese JR Buck's 3 entered by 3 exhbitors

Japanese JR Doe 5 entered by 4 exhbitors

Magpie SR Buck's 3 entered by 3 exhbitors

Magpie SR Doe's 3 entered by 2 exhbitors

Magpie JR Buck 1 entered by 1 exhibitors

DRCBA Triple Cavy Show

The Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association held it's 1st Triple Cavy Show on September 28, 2013 in Easton, MD.

*Sorry no photos*

Show A Results under Frank Westley from TN

Melissa:  Best of Breed Coronet with Riddles TSW Jr Sow

BIV with Paddington the Peruvian (Brindle INT Boar)

BJV with Hampton the Silkie (Broken JR Boar)

Jessica: BIV with M & M her Teddy Int Boar (AOM)

Show B Results under John Soper from MI

Melissa:  Best of Breed Coronet with Riddles TSW Jr Sow

BIV/BOV with Paddington the Peruvian (Brindle INT Boar)

BJV with Hampton the Silkie (Broken JR Boar)

Jessica: BIV with M & M her Teddy Int Boar (AOM)

Show C  Results under Richard Vaerewyck from PA

Melissa:  Best of Breed Coronet with Riddles TSW Jr Sow

BIV with Paddington the Peruvian (Brindle INT Boar)

BJV with Hampton the Silkie (Broken JR Boar)

Jessica: BIV with M & M her Teddy Int Boar (AOM)