The First Rabbit Show

Grace entered 3 of her 4 rabbits in a Rabbit Show in Laramie on Sunday.  Of course, the weather was snowing and nasty over the summit, typical spring in the Rockies.  We all went to see what it was about.  This was pretty low key, not too many people, only 4H kid, type of meet.  Perfect for her first one.   One of her Californians would have gotten Best of Breed has it not had a discoloring of the fur due to laying on the metal wire of the cage.  The discoloration, called smut, should be gone with the next molt the rabbit goes through…however, we’re thinking of getting something to put on the floor so this doesn’t happen again.  The Dutch doe won Best of Breed, out of 5 other Dutch rabbits.  She got a glass cup for her prize. 

Waiting for judging to begin 

The judge checking out one of her Californians 

The judge examining Charlotte, her Dutch

With her prize cup that says BOB for Best of Breed

They also had a bunch of items they were raffling off.  Had this one girl’s name not been drawn twice for the bunnies on the raffle table, Grace’s name would not have been drawn for the mini lop bunny.  So we came home with another bunny.  We named him Jonny and he’s about 2 months old.  He’s probably gonna be more of a pet since we’ll be able to do a lot of fooling with it as a baby.  Although I’m sure he’ll be entered in shows and the fair as well.

To add a little more excitement, we found out that the interstate back to Cheyenne was closed a bit after we drove on it…and was still closed when the show was over.  We took the scenic route back home via Ft. Collins.