Home of the Athletes

[Kipcha]

[align=center]The tales of our grand adventures have been with held from RO for long enough.
Prepare to be amazed!
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[align=center]But first, to introduce our stars!
[suB][suP]Willow
[/suP][/suB]5 years old
Mini Lop X

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[align=center][suB][suP]Babbitty Rabbitty
[/suP][/suB]3 years old
Holland Lop

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[align=center][suB][suP]Star
[/suP][/suB]2 years old
Dutch

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[align=center][suB][suP]Ty
[/suP][/suB]3years old
Dutch

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[align=center][suB][suP]Jabberwocky
[/suP][/suB]1 year old
Belgian Hare x Tan

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[align=center]Other members of our team include...[/align]
[align=center][suB][suP]Popcorn
[/suP][/suB]2year old
Dutch
Relation: Family

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[align=center][suB][suP]Wallaby
[/suP][/suB]2year old
Canadian Plush Lop
Relation: Family

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[align=center][suB][suP]Peace
[/suP][/suB]1 year old
Belgian Hare
Relation: Family

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[align=center][suB][suP]Kokomo
[/suP][/suB]3years old
Dutch
Relation: Family

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[align=center][suB][suP]Buttercup
[/suP][/suB]3years old
Lop X
Relation: Family

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[align=center][suB][suP]Dodger
[/suP][/suB]10 years old
American Eskimo x Lhasa Apso

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[align=center][suB][suP]Ruffles
[/suP][/suB]2year old
Abyssinian Guinea Pig

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[align=center][suB][suP]Magyk
[/suP][/suB]4 years old
Chinchilla

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[align=center][suB][suP]Kipcha
[/suP][/suB]10 months old
Miniature Horse

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[align=center][suB][suP]Ben
[/suP][/suB]6year old
Arabian

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[align=center][suB][suP]Buzz
[/suP][/suB]20 years old
Appaloosa

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[align=center]Here we will be weaving tales of our adventures to new places and our performances, news on where we've been booked and just daily life in general. Prepare to be bombarded with pictures, videos and plenty of tales, as well as spreading the word in Rabbit Hopping and our fantastic club, the Canadian Rabbit Hopping Club![/align]
[align=center]For more information, visit our site,
http://canadianrabbithoppingclub.com/
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[align=center]You can see more of our exploits on another members blog,
http://rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=50415&forum_id=76[/align]

 

[ChocolateBunny]

Awesome start to a blog!!! I cant wait for updates

 

[Rosemarie]

Looks great so far!
All my guys are flattered you included them all too!


:happyrabbit:

 

[Wabbitdad12]

ChocolateBunny wrote:

Awesome start to a blog!!! I cant wait for updates

Me too!

 

[Yield]

[align=center]Love the start to your blog! =) Ty reminds me of my Sabriel =)
Wish I could do this with my buns! =D
Beautiful horses as well =)
I'm surprised I know how to pronounce Jabberwocky. What is that even from? =O Sounds so familiar.

 

[Myia09]

Great Blog! Can't wait to get updats! I love rabbit agility!

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Great--love the pics.

 

[Kipcha]

Thanks for all the great comments! I'm glad I finally decided to start actually writing one

@ Yield~ It's rather funny because you pictures of Sabriel always reminded me of Ty too!You'd be surprised at how many people can't say Jabberwocky's name! It actually comes from a creature in the Lewic Carroll universe (Through the Looking Glass, What Alice Found There).

Before I start, I want to thank Kate and Stan for any pics I may have borrowed here!!

So we held our last rabbit hopping practice out in the Recreation center on March 4, but due to cold weather, I decided to keep my hoppers home while Dad took Buttercup out for some socialising and we were also socialising Thumper who is still looking for a home.

Thumper spent a lot of the night hopping free roam around the room,

Before actually almost falling asleep on me! What a friendly girl!

I also got some lovely pictures from our hopping event up in Bonnie Doon Mall in Edmonton on Family Weekend!

Jabberwocky was a tad distracted that weekend so he wasn't getting up to his usual heights, but he was still doing pretty well, considering how new he is!

It had been a long weekend (We did an event in Wetaskiwin the day before) so the buns that were a little more tired, like Star here, got a few runs around the course before relaxing in their tents with plenty of treats and people to see from the safety of their tents.

Our next event with the rabbit agility will be at Carewest Garrison Green, a senior care facility, which are generally pretty fun events and seem to make the residents happy. Personally, one of my favorite places to perform would be Children's Hospital, where we've been three or more times. The people in these places always seem to really appreciate the bunnies.

Some of our biggest events like Pet Expo andAggie Days are drawing on us pretty quickly and those will be two full weekends of showing off our stuff! I'm sure this blog will be overloaded with pictures and news of the events!

 

[Yield]

[align=center]That is so ironic =) They have the exact same eyes and everything! Sabriel probably would have been best if I was gunna do rabbit-hopping, but since he broke his leg I wouldn't wanna risk it. =( I feel like Solara would be too nervous, and Silas is too lazy. I tried clicker-training him but he didn't want to do ANYTHING! Lol. And yeah, I just looked up some poems and now I'm for sure pronouncing it right =D It's a really cool name, and it totally suits him!

Awesome pictures by the way =) Your bunnies are all so cute! Jabberwocky and Ty are definitely on my bunny-napping list

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

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Awesome pictures by the way =) Your bunnies are all so cute! Jabberwocky and Ty are definitely on my bunny-napping list

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[/align][align=left]At least this year there are breaks between Pet Expo, Aggie Days and Easter. Last year they were one right after the other. I love Pet Expo and Aggies days is fun too. Children's Hospital is also good. I am hoping the seniors homes are good too, we have 2 in 3 days.
[/align][align=left]I know you will be taking lots of photos, you just got to post more
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[Kipcha]

[align=center]My, Jabber and Ty seem to be quite popular, I'm gonna have to keep a close eye on those two [/align]
[align=center]You're right Kate, last year was pretty crazy with the rapid fire events, but at least the bunnies got tons of excersise! [/align]
[align=center]I had Jabberwocky running around my room last night for his nightly laps and I managed to get some pretty awesome pictures of him![/align]
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[align=center]At the end, he flopped out and just enjoyed some pets
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[Wabbitdad12]

Great pictures! I wish there was a rabbit agility show close to me I would love to see that in person.

 

[Kipcha]

[align=center]You could always start a club of your own. Jumps aren't very hard to build at all :wink[/align]
[align=center]Anyways, we haven't been doing much as of lately and spend most of our time at home or out with the horses. Ben has sure gotten fat over the winter, but he still has that spirit and energy, we just have to build his stamina up again. We were planning on lunging him but really, we put him on the lunge line and he just had fun running through the snow in the arena and looking pretty to the cars driving by![/align]
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[align=center]It's so nice to see him carrying his tail more like an arab should. For the first few monthes we had him, he was a little more nervous and we think someone had misused spurs on him, so he is very sensitive in the sides and used to walk with his tail between his legs like a dog and spooking a lot. Now, while he still is a little spooky, he is gaining confidence and he doesn't flinch when you make contact with his sides, as well as getting proper natural Arabian tail carraige. He was still so wound up afterwards that when I was walking to cool him off he was still prancing at my side, although he was never pulling, which is very pretty to watch.[/align]
[align=center]Today, after a job interview (I did get the job, but it's just a different section of the golf course I work at so I pretty much already had it anyways ) we had to get some rabbit food so Ty decided to take the trip with us.[/align]
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[align=center]While letting Ty run around, the shop owners pup came over to investigate. I was a tad concerned at first but we kept a very close watch and the pup was extremely gentle and just curious about what he was. There were no signs of aggression and although her tail was wagging, she never once made a move to play, just investigating.[/align]
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[align=center]On the way home he rode in my lap and just watched all the cars driving past![/align]
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[Kipcha]

Hey there everyone, haven't updated for a while.

So we went to perform for two seniors homes, one a few days ago and one today. The homes love us coming, I guess it is a really good thing for them to get involved in and they love petting the bunnies afterwards. Although it is quite hot in these places so we have to be careful not to overwork the buns, although most of them are hams and just love performing so it is hard to hold them back at times.

Jabberwocky was actually just running the course on his own, we were all sitting down and watching him and he was racing around at top speed and binkying like a mad man every time her jumped a jump, it was so fun to watch! It really makes me glad to see how much the bunnies really enjoy doing the sport :biggrin2:

As usual, some pics (We had to blur out the background as some of the residents hadn't given consent to have their pics taken)...

Ty, being the awesome little dude, was clearing fairly high jumps, although his heart wasn't quite into it that day. He stayed home from the performance today.

Buttercup after the performances, she was pretty tuckered and enjoyed snuggling with two other buns from the club, TarQuinn and Lillian.

The members of our club that attended with two of the residents.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Kipcha wrote:

Jabberwocky was actually just running the course on his own, we were all sitting down and watching him and he was racing around at top speed and binkying like a mad man every time he jumped a jump,

I don't remember sitting down. I remember running around the course as he chased after me.
I am not helping him beat my bunnies this weekend

 

[Kipcha]

Korr_and_Sophie wrote:

Kipcha wrote:

Jabberwocky was actually just running the course on his own, we were all sitting down and watching him and he was racing around at top speed and binkying like a mad man every time he jumped a jump,

I don't remember sitting down. I remember running around the course as he chased after me.
I am not helping him beat my bunnies this weekend

Well, Mom and I were sitting on the floorand watching him, I don't really know what you were doing. But there were three or four laps he did around the course completely on his own when Mom first put him down. Maybe you were still meeting a greeting or doing something with your buns at the crate?

Pssh, we can do that allllll on our owwwwwn!

 

[buns2luv]

Beautiful buns! Willow reminds me of our Caramel.
Wish we had a bunny agility (what exactly is it called?) place around here...

 

[Kipcha]

Thank you! And it's technically called Rabbit Hopping, or some people call it Rabbit Show Jumping

Anyways, we had one heck of a busy weekend! Our family and bunnies actually took yesterday to recover from it all, there were so many people that we were hardly getting breaks and I hardly even got a chance to eat because I would finish running one bunny before someone came over and started asking to see a different one. Veeeery tiring.

Willow got to attend this one, he's really started to slow down in the last while, he's almost six and he's been doing it since 2007. However, he still really loves going through the course at his own speed so I generally just let him run around on it. Funny guy, we'll put him out and he'll just run the course on his own until he gets tired or bored and he'll run back into his tent and flop

Babbitty had TONS of energy this weekend, it's hard to tire him out. He's such a ham, he loves running over to the sides and greeting people. He was actually the high point bunny this weekend, when he's focused he's so fast!

I was very proud of Star as well. He'd been getting quite fat so I've had him on a strict "program" and I think it's finally starting to show results because he's getting a lot more energy and he was actually having fun on the course instead of just laying down and getting this "No!" expression on his face XD

Ty was his usual affectionate self. He'd run through the course and then stands up and goes "Alright, now you pet me?" He's such a sweetheart!

Jabberwocky, what a funny guy. He just binkies like crazy going through the course and has a ball with it. There was once we were going around and he binkied when he reached the a-frame, he flew right over it and probably got a good foot higher then it, it was hilarious!

 

[mistyjr]

Nice Blog..!

 

[Rosemarie]

mistyjr ~ Thank you!

So we just celebrated Jabberwocky and Peace's birthdays! (April 6 is Jabberwocky's and April 7 is Peace's!) and we ended up making little "birthday cakes" for both of them... Which was really just taking bits of the veggies they normally get and dressing them up fancy XD

They seemed to like it, but I think Peace was a little freaked out by my awful birthday song!

Jabberwocky's

Peace's