heavenlyshelties
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Hi Everyone.
Well I went out and checked out some breeders and decided after going through many breeds that we'd like to get a holland lop doe for a friend for miffy. After reading about all the breeders and checking out the arba website I really want to show and my six year old really wants to get started in 4-H showing rabbits. Since we only have room for one more bun I found a breeder not to far away who has won many shows and is a registered judge for ARBA. He gave me lots of info on what to look for and has some tortise does and some blue does up for sale right now.
BUT we are really wanting a broken tortise doe and well he had one that wasn't ready to go yet and he isn't sure if he wants to sell her so we are waiting for two weeks and then contacting him to see what his descion is.
Now my question is, while this nice man gave me tons of information he is to far away for me to be bothering all the time with questions and I really need info on how to show. I have looked all over the arba website and can't find anything that I understand. Anyone know of a ARBA show book for dummies ??? LOL!
Where do I find shows, can I only enter after i register with arba. How much does it cost to enter, what titles can you win? Where can i find shows to go to and check out and does it cost anything to just go to them?
TONS of questions and i can't even begin with the 4-H questions.
Anyone know of any links for the kansas area that this would help me with. I have looked for 4-h clubs around me and i can't seem to find any either though i know they are out there.
PS. We actually took Miffy with us per his request and found out she is one of his dutches he sold to a petstore in his area earlier this year. He had like 50 dutch rabbits but only about 10 of the holland. They were all nice and pretty and clean and it seems pretty well set up. He was very informative and showed me a lot of what to look for and what will get points taken away. It's to bad Miffy wasn't show material. But we love her just the same and he enjoyed seeing her again and seeing how well tamed and loved she was though he told us she was to plump and to cut back on the food ( we were apparently feeding her twice as much as she should have been getting ). Any information would help.
thanks everyone!!
Well I went out and checked out some breeders and decided after going through many breeds that we'd like to get a holland lop doe for a friend for miffy. After reading about all the breeders and checking out the arba website I really want to show and my six year old really wants to get started in 4-H showing rabbits. Since we only have room for one more bun I found a breeder not to far away who has won many shows and is a registered judge for ARBA. He gave me lots of info on what to look for and has some tortise does and some blue does up for sale right now.
BUT we are really wanting a broken tortise doe and well he had one that wasn't ready to go yet and he isn't sure if he wants to sell her so we are waiting for two weeks and then contacting him to see what his descion is.
Now my question is, while this nice man gave me tons of information he is to far away for me to be bothering all the time with questions and I really need info on how to show. I have looked all over the arba website and can't find anything that I understand. Anyone know of a ARBA show book for dummies ??? LOL!
Where do I find shows, can I only enter after i register with arba. How much does it cost to enter, what titles can you win? Where can i find shows to go to and check out and does it cost anything to just go to them?
TONS of questions and i can't even begin with the 4-H questions.
Anyone know of any links for the kansas area that this would help me with. I have looked for 4-h clubs around me and i can't seem to find any either though i know they are out there.
PS. We actually took Miffy with us per his request and found out she is one of his dutches he sold to a petstore in his area earlier this year. He had like 50 dutch rabbits but only about 10 of the holland. They were all nice and pretty and clean and it seems pretty well set up. He was very informative and showed me a lot of what to look for and what will get points taken away. It's to bad Miffy wasn't show material. But we love her just the same and he enjoyed seeing her again and seeing how well tamed and loved she was though he told us she was to plump and to cut back on the food ( we were apparently feeding her twice as much as she should have been getting ). Any information would help.
thanks everyone!!