In Loving Memory...

Roxy Roo

January 1, 2003- May 12, 2009

http://www.geocities.com/doubledutch84/petsroxy.html

This has been a very hard week. Tuesday night, Roxy my rabbitry helper and sidekick had to be put down. Sunday evening she had gotten into the garbage when no one was home and ate stuff that she shouldn't have. Some of it got stuck in her lower intestine, which could only be removed with surgery. Roxy was my constant companion, and always by my side. I'm use to whenever I'm home, her following me everywhere. Feeding the rabbits is not the same without her constantly under foot. She will be missed...

Double Dutch's Frankie
March 17, 2001- May 15, 2009

To top things off Friday morning I discovered Frankie had passed away. Frankie passing away feels like the end of an era to my rabbitry. He goes back really close to the beginning of my line. His sire is Silver, my first Best in Show winner and his dam is Trelawn Sisqo. His grandfather is Coffelt's Scout, my first Best of Breed winner (and one of my very first Dutch!) and his grandmother is Dominque who was my first homebred Grand Champion and first homebred Best of Breed winner. Dominque then was out of Brak's Naomi (RGC/9 legs) and Brak's Lupo (RGC) from Donna Brak, who I consider the start of Double Dutch Rabbitry, all the way back in 1994. I credit both Donna and Jan Coffelt as the two who gave me my start in the breed, and Lloyd Gregg (Trelawn), whose always helped me out along the way to make it what it is. To see more pics of him, and his impact to my line, his page on my site is: http://www.geocities.com/doubledutchinfo/mrbluebuckfrankie.html

BEST IN SHOW!!!!!!!!

So this has been a really bad week (more on that in an upcoming blog), so it's nice to have something good happen! Nicole took the Martens down to Canby, OR with her today. In show A, with Julie judging Arson finally won his first Best of Breed! With BOS going to Maddy for her third granding leg. BIS judging was done by Jeff (a former top Silver Marten breeder here in WA) and Karen. Arson won Reserve in Show!

Show B was judged by Jennifer from CA. Arson was once again Best of Breed for his 6th leg. BOS went to Larry and Sharon. Best in show judging was done by Jennifer and Mike, and Arson went on to win BEST IN SHOW!!!!! Nicole said that they barely even looked at him, so she thought he was out of the running. When they announced it, they said that it was an easy choice for them.

We're just now hoping he can hold his coat for state next month!

Monroe Show & For Sale

Was just trying to update my website's for sale page and had it all ready to save, however it will not let me save the page, and now geocities is not working... Figured I'd post my Monroe results and current for sale list here in the meantime. Other than the for sale page, my website is not going to be getting many updates for a bit, as geocities has decided to close all their free sites at the end of the year. This means moving my whole site to a new provider... I'm probably going to upgrade my current site to a paid domain, but until this is done, I'm not going to be doing anymore work to it.
The Monroe show was last week. I only showed 6 Dutch, but was happy with my results. Pipsqueak was Best Opposite Sex in the first show for her third granding leg. She lost to Jean's Black buck. Show B, Pips was Best of Breed for her fourth leg! BOS went to Jean. No one else had results worth mentioning, other than my little Blue jr doe out of Cover Girl x Rodeo. She was 1st of 2 both shows, losing to Pips, however she got really promising comments from both judges. Jake says she's going to be hot! Kevin said that she should be great for state convention next month. She a very nicely typed doe, the only thing I do not like on her are her super long stops.
For the Silver Martens, Arson was Best Opposite Sex both shows for his third and fourth legs, and is now a Grand Champion. BOB both shows was Sharon & Larry with their Black doe.
Nicole will be taking the three Martens to the Canby show this weekend. Hopefully Arson can get over this BOS slump (has only gone to four shows, and has won BOS at each one) and go for Best of Breed!

Current for sale animals are (for pics go to: http://www.geocities.com/doubledutch84/dutstock.html):

Double Dutch's Desperado
Black Sr Buck
Born 12/5/06
Herd Buck
Registered Grand Champion 7 legs (BOB of 104, BOS of 55)
Sire- Double Dutch's Bentley (Blue, RGC/6 legs)
Dam- Double Dutch's Zoe (Black, RGC/3 legs)
He is a herd buck, and has produced RGC's. Has excellent markings, and a gorgeous head. Has good width, I'd just like a bit more depth to him. Is the sire of Belle Starr (RGC/4 legs) and grandfather of Pipsqueak (RGC/4 legs).

Double Dutch's Sushi
Black Sr Doe
Born 5/29/07
Proven Brood Doe
Registered Grand Champion 3 legs
Sire- Double Dutch's Bazooka (Blue, Reg/3 jr legs)
Dam- Double Dutch's Sage (Black, RGC/5 legs)
An excellent mom, I'm just cutting down on my brood does. Is a nicely typed doe.

Double Dutch's Aurora
Black Sr Doe
Born 1/27/08
Proven Brood Doe
Registered
Sire- Double Dutch's Bentley (Blue, RGC/6 legs)
Dam- Double Dutch's Sushi (Black, RGC/3 legs)
An excellent mom, I'm just cutting down on my brood does. Has really good hindquarters, just a bit long in the shoulders.

Double Dutch's Maybelline
Blue Sr Doe
Born 1/27/08
Proven Brood Doe
Registered
Sire- Double Dutch's Bentley (Blue, RGC/6 legs)
Dam- Double Dutch's Sushi (Black, RGC/3 legs)
An excellent mom, I'm just cutting down on my brood does. Nicely typed, could just use a bit more depth.