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Mama Doe
Saturday morning bright and early my friend Debs and and I set off to Harrogate to the Bradford Excel small animal show.
We saw lots of different rabbit breeds including some gorgeous dutch bunnies who compared to my Jack were really large, stocky bunnies! I always forget how little jack is!
Having never been to a show before I wasn't impressed at the way the breeders treat the rabbits - at least the breeders I talked to. One lady I talked to told me all about the rabbits she breeds and how when they reach 2 - 3 years old they end up in the freezer because they are too old to show!!
You can tell that the rabbits on show are not pets - the majority just didn't have that sparkle in their eyes that well looked after pet bunnies have. There was one particular dwarf lop who was adorable, playful and was doing his best to break out the little cage he was in - I nearly helped him along and into my bag!!
We did spend a lot of time sitting in the straw looking at the bunnies from Bunny Burrows Rescue and I met Gwen and John and even had a cuddle with a gorgeous white rescue bunny called Cindy. They had also brought along some feisty little cross lion head babies who were gorgeous!
When I got home I was very glad to be back with my bunnies who despite being a cross breed and a very small slightly scruffy dutch are so much more adorable than any of the bunnies at the show and in my eyes would have won all the show prizes easily. I told Jack and Milly how lucky they were but I don't think they were listening - Milly was to busy chewing the skirting board and Jack just came upstairs with me and flopped down in the middle of my bed and fell asleep.
Jane - I didn't take any photo's because I all the rabbits were kept in tiny wire cages for showing and none of them very happy about it.
I don't think I will be going to another show like that.
We saw lots of different rabbit breeds including some gorgeous dutch bunnies who compared to my Jack were really large, stocky bunnies! I always forget how little jack is!
Having never been to a show before I wasn't impressed at the way the breeders treat the rabbits - at least the breeders I talked to. One lady I talked to told me all about the rabbits she breeds and how when they reach 2 - 3 years old they end up in the freezer because they are too old to show!!
You can tell that the rabbits on show are not pets - the majority just didn't have that sparkle in their eyes that well looked after pet bunnies have. There was one particular dwarf lop who was adorable, playful and was doing his best to break out the little cage he was in - I nearly helped him along and into my bag!!
We did spend a lot of time sitting in the straw looking at the bunnies from Bunny Burrows Rescue and I met Gwen and John and even had a cuddle with a gorgeous white rescue bunny called Cindy. They had also brought along some feisty little cross lion head babies who were gorgeous!
When I got home I was very glad to be back with my bunnies who despite being a cross breed and a very small slightly scruffy dutch are so much more adorable than any of the bunnies at the show and in my eyes would have won all the show prizes easily. I told Jack and Milly how lucky they were but I don't think they were listening - Milly was to busy chewing the skirting board and Jack just came upstairs with me and flopped down in the middle of my bed and fell asleep.
Jane - I didn't take any photo's because I all the rabbits were kept in tiny wire cages for showing and none of them very happy about it.
I don't think I will be going to another show like that.