She loved me and my husband and her life. Everyone who stepped in our house fell in love with her even my mother in law who disliked all animals. She is my soul bunny and my husband's soul bunny too if that is possible but my husband and I are soul mates.
7/2003 to 3/2015
She lived a long life for a rabbit of her breed which is an average of 7 to 9 years she was almost 12. She has left a huge hole in our hearts that can never be filled.
We got her when she was around 2 months old. She was being sold by a 12 year old 4 H girl who was breeding for show. She wanted $20. Her breed is mostly sold for meat here in the USA.
We were shocked when we went to pick up the 2 month old baby rabbit who was waiting for us in a teeny tiny cage. Julie very frightened on the 2 minute car journey home. It took her less than 20 minutes to make herself right at home though. We were told that she had never been handled before. I tried to keep in the laundry room to let her settle in but after an hour she said I want to be where ever you guys are. She was a free range bunny with home base in the kitchen which is the center of our home. She was almost always very close to one of us if not with us.
Julie decided that she wanted to be an only bunny but I am pretty sure that she thought that my husband and I were bunnies. She was top bunny.
She trained us well. She taught us how to pet her with our feet by jamming her nose and head under out foot. We stood on one foot petting while preparing dinner or cleaning up. Even house guest learned very fast how to pet her at the table while eating. She was a good teacher. She knew how to communicate all her wants and helped herself to food in the frig. She would escape the kitchen sometimes while we were sleeping and head right to the bedroom to check on us but mostly she loved playing with her bucket full of toys all night. She loved toys and rolling balls especially and dragging her teddy bunny around the house by her ear even into her litter box.
She developed arthritis around 8 1/2 / 9 years or so old.
She was coping with her arthritis just fine. You never would of known she had bad arthritis if wasn't for her funny hopping gait. The vet said she just was so determined to hop that when it hurt to move her hips in that she figured out how to hop with her hips out then she walked instead of hopping then she belly crawled then she was stuck on her side and can only move using her upper body and kicking outward. She loved all medicines except for Bayiril and Tramadol. She thought that they were special treats.
She never seemed upset just figured out another way to do things. She used her neck and head muscles and kicked her good foot to slide around and rolled sometimes to get places faster.
The last almost 2 months I was laid up on the couch with a bum knee and she was my companion and taught me how to appreciate like being laid up. She kept my spirits up. She was an amazing soul and with forever be missed. My husband and I did not work outside the house for most of her life with us or she was always right near one or both of us.
Last Wednesday it became impossible to keep her pain free. She was ever so gently helped to the bridge with me and my husband with her.
7/2003 to 3/2015
She lived a long life for a rabbit of her breed which is an average of 7 to 9 years she was almost 12. She has left a huge hole in our hearts that can never be filled.
We got her when she was around 2 months old. She was being sold by a 12 year old 4 H girl who was breeding for show. She wanted $20. Her breed is mostly sold for meat here in the USA.
We were shocked when we went to pick up the 2 month old baby rabbit who was waiting for us in a teeny tiny cage. Julie very frightened on the 2 minute car journey home. It took her less than 20 minutes to make herself right at home though. We were told that she had never been handled before. I tried to keep in the laundry room to let her settle in but after an hour she said I want to be where ever you guys are. She was a free range bunny with home base in the kitchen which is the center of our home. She was almost always very close to one of us if not with us.
Julie decided that she wanted to be an only bunny but I am pretty sure that she thought that my husband and I were bunnies. She was top bunny.
She trained us well. She taught us how to pet her with our feet by jamming her nose and head under out foot. We stood on one foot petting while preparing dinner or cleaning up. Even house guest learned very fast how to pet her at the table while eating. She was a good teacher. She knew how to communicate all her wants and helped herself to food in the frig. She would escape the kitchen sometimes while we were sleeping and head right to the bedroom to check on us but mostly she loved playing with her bucket full of toys all night. She loved toys and rolling balls especially and dragging her teddy bunny around the house by her ear even into her litter box.
She developed arthritis around 8 1/2 / 9 years or so old.
She was coping with her arthritis just fine. You never would of known she had bad arthritis if wasn't for her funny hopping gait. The vet said she just was so determined to hop that when it hurt to move her hips in that she figured out how to hop with her hips out then she walked instead of hopping then she belly crawled then she was stuck on her side and can only move using her upper body and kicking outward. She loved all medicines except for Bayiril and Tramadol. She thought that they were special treats.
She never seemed upset just figured out another way to do things. She used her neck and head muscles and kicked her good foot to slide around and rolled sometimes to get places faster.
The last almost 2 months I was laid up on the couch with a bum knee and she was my companion and taught me how to appreciate like being laid up. She kept my spirits up. She was an amazing soul and with forever be missed. My husband and I did not work outside the house for most of her life with us or she was always right near one or both of us.
Last Wednesday it became impossible to keep her pain free. She was ever so gently helped to the bridge with me and my husband with her.
