Double Dutch Rabbitry

Reflecting- 2011-2012

2012-01-02T10:15:00.000-08:00

2011 saw quite a few changes to the rabbitry, all in preparation for 2012. My Dutch herd was cut back to just 20, which I'm finding that I love this amount, and don't think I'll have more than that again. It takes me less than an hour to feed and clean cages! One of my buildings was completely remodeled, and I replaced more than half of my cages last Summer. Last Summer also had a pair of English Spots for my fiance added to the barn, creating "Sporting Spots Rabbitry". Just two days before the end of the year, we had our first Spot litter born.
2012 will be the start of all the Dutch and English Spots being entered under both Robert's and my name. This Summer we plan on adding onto the English Spot herd at State. From culling hard on the Dutch, it has me looking forward to what the new year will bring for them, as I'm loving what I have right now. This Summer will also be the biggest change to the rabbitry, as Robert's and my wedding will be this August <3
Goals for 2012, are for us to continue beginning our own line of Spots. Thank you to Stephanie, we have a wonderful start. For the Dutch, their goal is always the same, to win the big one ;) In 2011, we won a Reserve in Show with Double Dutch's Kiara. Goal for this year is to win a Best in Show, and as always the biggest goal is to win that at the Washington State Convention. I've won it in the youth show 10 years ago, and won Reserve in Show for the open there about 5 years ago, which just leaves winning Best in Show for open :)

Reserve in Show!

2011-09-30T09:01:00.000-07:00

Double Dutch's Kiara

Last weekend was the Bremerton show. In show A, I won BOS with Peyton, my Blue jr doe, for her first leg. BOB was won by Double Dutch's Bugz, who is now owned by Luster Wabbitry (http://lusterwabbitry.com/). This was Bugz's 3rd leg!

Show B, Jan won BOS, and Kiara, my Black jr doe, won BOB, and went on to win Reserve in Show! The top pic is with the judge, Jessica, and the Best in Show Mini Satin, owned by Scott (pictured) and Kevin.

Definitely was not expected, especially for Kiara! I've been having issues with her eating for the last month, and almost didn't even enter her in the show! This was her very first show!

Next show is tomorrow in Monroe. Should be really good competition, with a lot of Dutch.

Next Thursday Robert's Spot litter is due!

We currently have several litters in the nestbox. I'm really excited for my Stilletto x Remington litter, as I have 4 really nice marked ones! Can't wait for them to get a bit bigger to see their type!

A new breed!

2011-09-13T08:59:00.000-07:00

A new breed has been added to the rabbitry.... The English Spots.
My fiance Robert and I had planned on getting him started in his favorite breed, next June at state convention, however when Stephanie of Los Conejos Rabbitry put up a pair of Grand Champions in one of the colors he wanted, we couldn't resist. He now has a Lilac buck name Meg's See Ya, and a Chocolate doe name LC's Carmina. Both are very nice animals, and compliment each other very nicely, and have great personalities. We bred the two of them together last week, so are excited to have our first litter with them!

Robert's rabbitry is going to be called "Sporting Spots Rabbitry". Starting in January, both them and the Dutch will all be entered under both our names. As his rabbits are in my barn, they're going to stay on the small side for now, but at state convention next June, we do plan on adding to them.

I've slowly been working at remodeling the rabbitry, and have gotten rid of several older cages. Robert's family still had most of their cages from when they raised rabbits, so we've been slowly working at getting them moved over here, as they're only a few years old and in great shape.

Clusters show and Facebook page

2011-08-16T08:50:00.000-07:00

Black Jr Buck

July 30th was the annual "Clusters of Specialties" Show in Monroe. The NWDRC put on two Dutch specialties. In show A, I had a Black jr buck win BOSV and BOS, a Blue jr doe won BOV, and Rudolph's Hunter was BOSV Blue.

Show B, I didn't do as well. The Black jr buck was BOSV, and now has 3 jr legs. I sold him that day to a new youth breeder just getting started in rabbits, along with a couple of jr does.

Hunter also left for a new home, he went to live at Luster Wabbitry.

I have decided to add a Facebook page for the rabbitry- Double Dutch Rabbitry. I've been working at deleting people who I do not personally know (other than Dutch breeders, since I like seeing pics of their stock) from my personal page. For the rabbitry page, I do only add fellow breeders. If I do not know you, and you're not a breeder, I will not add you for safety reasons.

On an ending note, here's an article that's been being posted on facebook a lot lately that I think every breeder should read: What to Do When Animal Control Comes Knocking. I've been hearing too many stories lately of AC overstepping their boundries. This article is geared at dog breeders, but we're really no different. Know your rights as a breeder.

GNW Show

2011-07-18T09:45:00.000-07:00

While the Great Northwest show was going last Saturday, I was at the Seattle Sounders vs the Colorado Rapids game! It was an awesome game, with us winning 4-3! I now have a Sounders scarf, that Robert insisted I needed for games, that goes nicely with my Montero shirt :) I'm not big into soccer, but it's a different experience when you're at the game.

Nicole was awesome about sending me updates from the show! Show A, I had a little Black jr buck who won BOV, then I won BOSV Blue with Remington, and BOV Blue with a jr doe (picture above). The Blues went on to win BOB and BOS! Then on the Best in Show table, the little doe got two looks!

Show B didn't go as well, but Remington still managed to get BOS, and is up to 7 legs now!

Washington State Convention

2011-07-05T09:29:00.000-07:00

The Washington State Convention was last week. I took 8 rabbits, 5 of which were entered and came home with only 3! I had a trio go to a new breeder just starting out. He got my Black buck that's been doing well on the show tables this last Spring, a Blue jr doe, and Sapphire who was bred to Revolver. His website is Luster Wabbitry.

Saturday, the rabbits didn't do as well. The Blue jr doe that I sold, and Rudolph's Hunter a Blue jr buck both won their classes, but there was not enough for them to get legs. Gene won BOB with a Gray buck that he sent up with another breeder, and Jan was BOS with her Blue doe.

Sunday went better for my rabbits. I won three of the four Blue classes, the sr buck class with Remington, jr buck class with Hunter, and the jr doe class with the sold one. The jr doe then won BOV and Remington won BOSV! This was Remington's 5th leg, but his first as a senior, so he's now a Grand Champion!

The Silbernagels won BOB with a Chocolate doe, who went on to win Reserve in Show! BOS was Lisa with her Gray buck "Double Overtime" whose been dominating on the tables this Spring.

Next show is July 16th. I won't be going to it, as Robert and I are going to the Sounders game that afternoon. My dad will be taking my rabbits though. It looks like I'll have about 6 of them. Stiletto, Remington, Hunter, then 2 Blue jr does (in the pic above), and a Black jr buck who'll be making their showing debut.

July 30th is the Clusters of Specialties, where the Dutch club always has a double specialty show. The NWRB will also be putting on a youth all breed show there, along with specialties for the Holland Lops, Netherland Dwarfs, and Rex.

I currently have 6 litters between 3-4 weeks old, and some really nice marked ones, especially for Blues! The pic above is of a couple sisters when they were about 6 weeks old, that are about 10 week old now. They are out of Diego and Jada.

I have 4 more does due in about three weeks.

Monroe Show

2011-05-14T09:08:00.001-07:00

Double Dutch's Stiletto

Bremerton was the weekend of the boys, Monroe was Stiletto's weekend. In show A, she was BOS, and in show B she was BOB! Jean won the other BOB/BOS with two different boys (Chocolate in show A, and I believe a Tort in show B).

This puts Stiletto at 4 junior legs. The pic above does not do her justice.

The two boys are around 3-4 jr legs also (I believe the Black has 3, and the Blue has 4...). I'm waiting on show reports to know exactly how many legs everyone has, as it's hard to know if there were enough rabbits for them to earn them when I'm judging.

I believe all three will still be juniors at state, but I will be bumping everyone up to senior, in hopes of granding them! I will only be showing the 3 of them, plus a Blue junior buck, and maybe a Blue jr doe (trying to decide whether to sell or keep her).

I gave away two hard to breed brood does to a couple of 4-H kids at the show. I'm at exactly 20 rabbits, not counting litters. I'm loving how fast it is to feed and clean cages!

My three litters are coming out of their boxes. All three are sired by Diego. Jada has 4 Blues, and every single one is show marked! Two have minor marking faults, and will be for sale (possibly at state), but I have two stunning ones that I'm very excited about! I'll be showing them at the two July shows!

Next show isn't until State. I decided not to go to Canby, since things are just a bit stressful here right now, with some family stuff. I might have a few juniors for sale at it...

Shows

2011-04-25T10:12:00.000-07:00

Double Dutch's Blue jr buck- 3 jr legs

Double Dutch's Black jr buck- 3 jr legs

Two shows have passed. April 8-9, was the Yakima show. On Friday night we had a Dutch specialty judged by Valerie. Diego managed to win his class of 6, to win his 4th leg! He then was beaten out by my little Blue junior buck for BOSV. It was this little guys first show!

Saturday, in show A, Diego got beaten out by Double Dutch's Diesel, owned by another breeder now. This was Diesel's third leg to Grand out! Congrats to his new owner :) My little Blue jr buck won BOSV again, for his second leg.

In show B, my little Black jr buck (from the same litter as Stiletto) won a BOSV for his first leg.

Lisa dominated all three shows with her gorgeous Blue doe and Gray buck.

I went to the show to be just an exhibitor, however one of their judges was unable to make it due to a family emergency. Jan judged in show A, and I judged in show B.

This last weekend was the Bremerton show. I went with only three rabbits, the two pictured above, plus Stiletto. I was very happy with my results, for having only three. Stiletto took second both shows to Jan's Black doe. In show A, my Black jr buck was BOV for his second leg, and my Blue jr buck was BOB! I put the Blue in Breeders Choice, which he stayed up longer than what many other animals did, but was sent back before they got to the top 3.

In show B, the Blue was BOSV, but there were not enough for a leg. My Black jr buck was I believe BOV again, but he also won BOS! This gives both jr bucks 3 legs. Both the Black, and Stiletto will most likely be bumped up to seniors at the next show, since both just need senior legs to grand out.

Jan won the other BOB/BOS. I was judging, so not sure with what. Got to get my hands on some very nice rabbits.

Next show is Monroe, which I'll be judging at. I'm debating about going down to Canby with Nicole next month... Other than that, these are my last shows till State. Right now it's looking like I'll only be having 3-4 rabbits to show until July...

I currently have 3 litters in the nestbox, including a repeat breeding a Stiletto and the Black jr buck (Rogue x Diego). Audrey had her very first litter, with a total of 7. She also has one foster baby (of Sapphire's), and is being a great mom to all 8. Jada also has a litter.

I do not currently have anything for sale. I might have a young Blue jr doe available at Monroe. I am currently down to about 21 rabbits! My goal for Spring was to be at 20. Next goal is to be at 15 by the Fall!

Easter Photoshoot

2011-04-20T08:31:00.001-07:00

My cousin and her friend are very talented photographers, so with Easter coming up, the two of them wanted to use the rabbits to get some pictures of their kids with the rabbits. The two above pictures were after the kids lost interest in the rabbits. We put some of them in the grass, and the rabbits immediatly started hamming it up, they said the rabbits were better subjects, than the kids!

The top picture of Double Dutch's Diego (RGC/4 legs) was taken by my cousin's friend-- Amber Sheree Photography

The bottom picture is one of our mismarks and taken by my cousin-- Hollie Renner Photography

Check out both of their blogs for more pics from the photoshoot :)

RIP Bazooka

2011-03-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

Double Dutch's Bazooka

January 12, 2004- March 2, 2011

I just lost Bazooka this last week. He spent his last week in the house, getting extra head scratches, and a lot of carrots to munch on.

Bazooka was registered, and had three junior legs. He developed a couple DQ's with age, so was never able to get that senior leg. Two of his legs were for Best of Breeds.

He produced several Grand Champion for both mine and Lloyd's barn. A couple of his more noteable kids were Double Dutch's Ladybug (RGC- 7 legs, 1 RIS), Double Dutch's Sasha (RGC), and Trelawn Ruby D (RGC- 1 RIS).

He was my last Frankie kid, so it feels like an end of an era for me.

Enumclaw Show

2011-03-08T09:36:00.000-08:00

Last weekend was the ERBA's show in Enumclaw. It was a fun show, I am glad to have them back in Enumclaw! It's only 45 minutes from me, plus my best friend lives 10 minutes from the fairgrounds! She came to visit and brought me Starbucks that afternoon.
We had a Dutch specialty first thing that morning with Donna Brak judging. Donna hasn't been judging for the last 5 or so years due to health problems, so we were excited to have her judge! Donna, along with Jan Coffelt, are the two who gave me my start in Dutch when I was 10 years old. Everything I have date back to both Brak's Naomi and Coffelt's Scout.
Lisa pretty much dominated, walking away with all three Best of Breeds, and one Best Opposite Sex. She won BOB with two different Black does, and a gorgeous Gray buck. The Gray buck also won one of the BOS.
Cassie won the specialty BOS with her Black buck, and I won BOS in show A with my little Black jr doe Stiletto. Stiletto is only 10 weeks old, and I was not expecting anything with her at this age. She's a super promising baby, with an awesome body, and very nice markings. She just has a very young coat. She won first in all three shows, but only got two legs.
Her brothers each managed to win a BOSV, however there were not enough Black bucks for a leg. Both of her brothers are also almost as nice as her. One of them will be available for sale.
I sold a Blue jr buck to a 4-H kid.
In two weeks, I have 4 rabbits who will be leaving to go live in Idaho. They are a Black jr buck, Dutch Hill's Bart, Trelawn Libby, and Trelawn Darby.
Next show is the Yakima show. I had been undecided about going to it, but we will be having a Dutch specialty the night before. I'm hoping Stiletto has a coat by then!

Updates

2011-01-04T15:24:00.000-08:00

Been awhile since I last updated. Have had only one show, the GNW's Monroe show, which sadly I end up not being able to make it to. I became really sick the night before, and the morning of the show, so end up having to stay home. It's the first time I've had to back out of judging a show, and first time I've been too sick for a show. Since it was a local show, my dad still went with my rabbits. I had entered six, but since I had two juniors that we were suppose to tattoo that morning, he only took four rabbits.
The rabbits didn't do so well without me there. My Black jr buck that is for sale did get a BOS for his first leg. I didn't find out until I got my show results that both Diego and Katarina managed to get their senior legs to grand out!
Currently I have 3 litters. Diamond's litter will be weaned this week, then she will be going to live down in the Chehalis area. Pipsqueak and Rogue both have litters that are about two weeks old right now.
Put boxes in for four does today, and all four immediatly started nesting.
Next show isn't until March... a long time to go without one, however I have nothing to show but Diego and some Blue jr bucks, so it's probably better that this is a slow time. Have been getting nothing but Blue bucks in all of my litters! Would be nice to get some does...
I do have three 4-H shows in the meantime to judge, which will help give me my rabbit fix. One of them being for my former 4-H club, which is always fun to go back to judge at, even though it make me feel old. I only know one of the kids left, whose in her last year, and the last of the kids who was a member when I was just graduated this last year (might I add that she won this last year's ARBA Queen title!).
For the other two, one is also for my county, their fundraiser for awards at the fair. Then the other, I will be going back over to Port Townsend. I judged their fair last Summer, so am looking forward to going back to their area.

Nothing but Dutch

2010-11-18T11:00:00.001-08:00

Double Dutch's Diego

The Silver Martens are gone, and I am now a Dutch only breeder for the next few years, until Robert and I are able to afford our own house. At that time, we'll be adding his breed of choice, the English Spots, and possibly another breed for us to raise together.

I'll admit, it's nice having only Dutch faces in the barn right now, it's been almost 5 years since they've been the only breed here. I'm down to 27 rabbits (will be 25 next weekend), and it's nice having a smaller rabbitry. It's so quick to feed and clean cages now.

Show news, went to the Yelm show at the end of last month. Only showed four Dutch and one Silver Marten. Explosive the Martian was BOS both shows, but sadly there were not enough rabbits for a leg. For the Dutch, I had hoped to grand Audrey and Katarina, both did well, but there were not enough rabbits for them to win legs in their catagories. However, Diego won BOS in both shows, for his first 2 legs! He's finally molted his ugly coat, and has a nice new pretty one.

Next show is December 4th in Monroe. Hopefully this time I'll be able to grand Audrey, Katarina, AND now Diego! I'm planning to breed both does soon, as this is my last show until March, so this will be their last chance to grand out. I'll also be showing a Black jr buck and maybe 1 or 2 Blue jr bucks. I'll also be judging at this show.

Updates

2010-10-22T10:26:00.000-07:00

Double Dutch's Katarina

Last show was October 2nd, and the Dutch did really well at it. I was only showing three. In show A, Audrey (Black Sr doe) was BOS for her second leg! In show B, she was BOSV, but there weren't enough does for a leg. Katarina (Blue Jr doe) was BOV in show A, and Best of Breed in show B! These were her second and third legs. She's only 5 months old, but I will be bumping her up to senior at the next show, so she can go for the senior leg to grand out.

For the Martians, I was only showing Explosive, who was BOS in show B, for her second leg.
In less than two weeks, I will be dropping rabbits off with their Convention transporters. Ash the Dutch will be going with Scott. She will then be passed onto another transporter, before making her way to New Jersey to her new owner Olivia.

The Martians- Torch, Blast, and Explosive will all be going with Jennifer and Lauren. Nicole's break from school falls over the week of convention, so she will be there to take care of them, and to sell them.

I'll admit, I'm a bit sad about the Silver Martians leaving, however at the same time, they've been a bit of a stressful breed, and I am ready to move on from them. It will be nice to get the rabbitry back to being Dutch only again, and start concentrating on my Dutch more so.

Next show is October 30th in Yelm. I get to be just an exhibitor at this show. I'm hoping to grand out Katarina, Audrey, and Explosive at it. In addition to them, I'll also be showing Diego (Blue Jr buck, Kat's brother) and a cute little Black Jr (will be his first show out).

Big Wins!

2010-09-28T14:23:00.001-07:00

BEST IN SHOW- Silver Streak's Explosive

9/18/10- Colville, WA

RESERVE IN SHOW- Silver Streak's Blast
9/11/10- La Grande, OR

Nicole and I are down to our last three Silver Martens, all of which are very nice animals! Nicole showed our Blue buck Torch and Black doe Blast at the La Grande, OR show. Blast won Reserve in Show!

The next week, Nicole and I were both at the Colville, WA show, which we showed Blast, and her half sister Explosive entered in her very first show. Explosive won BEST IN SHOW!

We're very excited about showing these three at convention! All three will also be for sale there.

This Saturday, Arson will be leaving to head to his new home in Oregon. He will be living with the Webb's, who are top Silver Marten breeders.

Dutch haven't had as much exciting news. They've been molting lately, so haven't done as well. Katarina, my little Blue doe, did win a Best of Breed last weekend in Bremerton. This is her first leg.

I've been selling quite a few Dutch lately, and have sold all I've had available. I'm currently in the midst of coming up with more for sale, as I have a few people waiting on does. I have several proven brood does that will be available within the next few months, as I start to slowly work at cutting back my numbers.

Various updates

2010-08-19T10:35:00.001-07:00

I've been dreading the coming of August for the last year, as that meant that Bella, the dog that I was baby sitting would be going back home to her owner. I was watching her while her owner was in Iraq for the last year. Just last night, I got the email from her owner, saying that because of his new orders were sending him to Georgia by October, he wasn't going to be able to keep her anymore. My family is very happy to be able to keep her :)
For the rabbits, I currently have 4 litters, that are probably around 4 weeks old. I have more litters due next week.
I had loaned Ash out to a 4-H kid to have a litter with, which I will be getting Ash back in the next week. I will be breeding her one last time, then in November, it looks like she will be traveling to ARBA Convention, then on to New Jersey to live with a friend of mine. We're still working out some of the details.
Nicole and I made the decision a few months ago, that Silver Streak Rabbitry has come to an end. We have decided to sell out of the Silver Martens. We're both moving in different directions, it would be too hard to keep up with the co owned breed. She's about to graduate from vet school this next year, and Robert and I will be getting married in another year and a half, which just complicated things. We decided that at ARBA Convention is when we'll sell out.
We have two brood does, Maddy and Pyro, which will be leaving next month to go down to Oregon.
Then we have six juniors, the best of the last three litters that we've had, plus Arson, who are all available. We've already been receiving several emails from interested people.
I judged at the Port Townsend fair last week, which was a lot of fun. They had a great group of kids, who should do great at the State Fair next month.
Next week I'm off to judge Waterville's fair. This is my third year judging for them, and it's always fun to go back to. This fair is really in the middle of no where! The next day, I'll be judging the Evergreen Fair in Monroe. I'll be judging the 4-H type rabbits.

Rabbitry Updates

2010-07-29T10:26:00.000-07:00

Been awhile since I've done a rabbitry update.
Have been to two shows since then. The Washington State Convention was at the end of June. It was a fun weekend for the most part. We had over 100 Dutch, however I can't remember who the big winners were... I think Lisa was BOB with a Gray on Saturday, and Jill being BOS with a Blue... Might have been the same Sunday?
None of my Dutch did anything, since they all decided to blow their coats that week.
For the Martians, I think Arson won BOS both days... Then I think Scott was BOB one day (with an Arson daughter) and Sharon and Larry the next day.
Also had a 4 show weekend this month. On Friday the 16th, we had two Dutch specialties, then Saturday was two all breed shows. We had around 80 Dutch. Jan was the big winner of the weekend! She won all 4 BOB's, and 3 of the BOS, then topped that off with a BEST IN SHOW and RESERVE IN SHOW! She has a gorgeous little Blue jr doe that dominated! She also has a pretty little Black jr buck.
The only thing Jan didn't win was one BOS in one of the specialties, which Lisa won with a Black sr buck.
Most of my bunns were too young. I was happy with how a few of my juniors did. I won best Black jr doe in 3 of the 4 shows, with two different does. The one who won twice also won a BOSV. These are their first legs. Then I had a Black jr buck win first in his class (somehow beating Jan's awesome buck...). Also his first leg.
Arson was the only Martian that we showed, which he didn't do so great that weekend. Not sure who won for the Martians that weekend...
Currently have 2 Dutch litters that are about 5 weeks old, and another 4 that are a week old.
I have two Dutch that will be sold this Saturday, and another leaving next Wednesday. This will leave me with just two junior bucks for sale.
Then for those who were following Bubbly, he's moved onto a pet home :(
With it being fair season, I have no more shows to show at until September. I will be judging at both the Colville and Bremerton shows that month, and will be taking a few to show.
In the mean time, I have several fairs that I'll be judging in the mean time, which will give me my rabbit fix :)

Bubbly Update

2010-07-15T09:43:00.000-07:00

7 weeks old

7 weeks old

7 weeks old

7 weeks old

8 weeks old

8 weeks old

I left for the weekend for the Washington State Convention, with Bubbly looking like a a Champagne. When I got home, I was surprised to see that his color had started darkening. He looked like a Silver Fox now. With in just a few days, he got so dark, that he looked like a Silver Tipped Steel (Steel Dutch are usually colored more like a Golden Tip Steel, as genetically, we have no way of getting the ST without the Chinchilla being bred in). Within a week, he was almost all Black. He is almost 10 weeks old now, and only has a bit of very light ticking on his legs, and some silver hairs in his tail. Up on the crown of his head, is the only area he has any Champagne color, but that's slowly disappearing also.

I'll admit, I am sad that he didn't keep his Champagne color, as he was really pretty. It's probably for the best, as I really do not have the room/time to be working on a new variety. Bubbly is available to a good pet home. Because of being an oddity, he's been handled a lot, and is very calm.

Bubbly the odd Dutch

2010-06-22T10:00:00.000-07:00

Bubbly, my odd little Dutch, turned 6 weeks old last weekend. I took new pics of him last week, and have posted them on facebook, but figured I'd post them here too. To me, he still looks just like a Champagne colored rabbit. An overly ticked Steel could maybe explain him also, even though I've never seen a Steel this ticked (for any breed). Also, the fact that the color is silver, whereas Steel Dutch have no way of being silvered with their genetics, unless you throw Chinchilla into the mix (which there is no Chinchilla in the rabbit).

I have had two judges call him Magpie, which I don't agree with. I think there would be bars/bands over the back if he was. Another judge has said that he looks like the latest mutation, as it's through mutations that we've gotten all of the colors that we have today.

I have compared him up against a friend's Silver Fox, and he's very similar to that, other than the fact that he's a lot more silvered (as a Champagne would be).

I was wanting to take him to State this weekend, but don't want to stress him out. I will be taking him to the GNW show with me though. I have taken him to a NWRB meeting with me, where he was a big hit.

Updates

2010-06-17T10:27:00.001-07:00

State Convention is in a week. I only entered 5 Black Dutch (no Blues :( ).

Maverick- Sr buck
Casanova- Jr buck
Rogue- Sr doe
and 2 little jr does, it'll be their first time out

Just went through them yesterday, and all but Maverick are molting :( Not expecting anything with the Dutch. Just hoping Casanova's coat comes in for the GNW show a few weeks later. We'll be having a double dutch specialty the night before, making it a quaduple show for us Dutch breeders. Mattering on Casa's weight, I will most likely bump him up to senior that weekend, in hopes of granding him, as this will be my last show until September. We normally have a Dutch specialty in August, but we moved it to the GNW show to save our club money. Only thing that sucks about that is that I had a bunch of litters bred for it...

On the Martian front, Nicole and I are only showing Arson and Coal at state.

I will have several rabbits for sale at state, both Dutch and Silver Martens. Four of my Dutch were suppose to go up to Canada, but the buyer had to back out. Here's whose available, more info can be found on both websites:

Dutch for sale:
Maverick- Black sr buck- 1 leg (BOS)
DDLEP- Black jr buck (not on my website yet, email me for details, really nice buck)
Ladybug- Black sr doe- proven brood doe- RGC/6 legs (2 BOB's of 80, 1 Reserve in Show win)
Trelawn Delta- Black sr doe- proven brood doe- Reg
Diesel- Blue sr buck- 1 leg (BOS)

I have been breeding both Maverick and Diesel to my does, and am getting some nice rabbits out of them. I just have too many bucks. Also trying to cut my brood doe number down, which is why Ladybug and Delta are available. Any of these rabbits will go nicely as a pair or trio.
I might have a Black jr doe available also...

For the Silver Martens, Coal and Maddy will both be for sale, along with our Maddy and Pyro litters. Phoenix also has a litter, that will be available a few weeks later.

I've also been updating my website a lot more lately, working at getting all the articles from my old site updated/posted. Several are now up, keep checking back for more updates!

http://doubledutchrabbitry.com
http://silverstreakrabbitry.homestead.com

Champagne Dutch?

2010-05-21T10:41:00.000-07:00

I was a bit surprised yesterday when going through all my 2 week old litters... I came across this very oddly colored baby. It's coloring is just like what you'd find on a Champagne D'Argent. Champagne's are born all black, and get all of their silvering as they mature, with the head being the last to silver. This one is a lot more silvered over the back, than what a Champagne would be at the same age. The back is very evenly colored. However on the face, it's still patchy with black, and the belly is more black. Makes me wonder if it'll silver in these areas as it matures.

It's not an agouti (no ring color), and not any kind of Steel. It's out of two Blacks, with nothing but Blacks and Blues in it's background for 20 generations. We're thinking it has to be some kind of mutation.

Will be interesting to see how this little one developes. I'm planning on keeping it to experiment with breeding it. Will post more pics of it here and on my facebook as it grows up.

Davenport Show

2010-05-19T19:51:00.001-07:00

Double Dutch's Casanova

Last weekend was the Davenport show. It was my first time going to an Inland Empire show, and my dad and I enjoyed it. It was a long drive (4 1/2 hours), but was in a different part of the state that I haven't been to before. Basically nothing but crops for over an hour of driving.
Friday night in the specialty, Lisa won BOB with her Gray buck. Rogue won BOS for her 5th leg. Casanova was beaten by Jan's senior buck, as the judge said he was still a bit young. However when he has something really promising, he likes to nickname them. Casanova was one of two Dutch nicknamed that night, the judge called him "Sharp". Jan's Blue jr doe was the other one that got a nickname.
In show A on Saturday, I think Rogue was BOSV... (hard to know the results when you're judging!). If so, that is leg 6. Casanova again got promising comments, but was said that he was too young. BOB went Jan's Black buck that's done quite a bit of winning these last few months! BOS was Jean's Best in Show winning Tort doe.
In show B, Casanova won Best of Breed! BOS went to a cute little Tort jr doe of Vicki's (different one than what's been winning for her). Her Tort doe went on to be Best of the Best Opposites!
For the fun of it, I stuck Casanova in the Breeders Choice competition during lunch. He end up winning it!
At the end of the show, my dad and I were talking, of the three shows-- 3 BOB's and 3 BOS's, it was 6 different rabbits to win, owned by 5 different breeders. State Convention next month is going to be extremely competitive!

NWRB Show

2010-05-03T08:26:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the NWRB show. I had two Black jr bucks who made their showing debut. They are both just 11 weeks old. Both are nice, but one of them I've been very excited about. That one, Casanova was Best Opposite breed in both shows! In the first show, under Cliff, he ranted and raved over him. During a break in my judging, I had gone over to the Dutch table, and it was funny, cause he was telling me to go and look at his BOV Black. Had to keep a straight face, so he wouldn't know it was my rabbit.
BOB in show A went to Jean's gorgeous Tort doe, who went on to win BEST IN SHOW! Very nice rabbit!
Show B, Vicki's nice Tort doe that's been winning lately was BOB. Torts have really been doing great lately in this area!
In the Silver Martens, Coal was BOS in show A, with Arson being BOB in show B. Scott won the other BOB and BOS.
Next show is Davenport in two weeks. We'll be leaving early Friday morning, as there is a Dutch meeting that night, and a Dutch specialty. Then Saturday, I will be judging. I'll be showing the same 5 Dutch as last weekend (Maverick, Rogue, Jewel, Casanova, and another Black jr buck), and then Arson and Coal for the Martens.
That will be the last show until State Convention, in June.

Bremerton Show

2010-04-29T09:52:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Bremerton show. It was a very small show, with only enough rabbits in both my breeds for just BOB to get a leg.
Show A, Rogue won BOS, but there were not enough does for a leg. In show B she was BOV Black, which there *might* have been enough Blacks for her to win her 4th leg, but I won't know for sure until the show report comes.
In show A, Jan was BOB with a Black buck. In show B, Cassy was BOB with a Blue buck (whose dam is Double Dutch's Revlon) and Jan was BOS with her little Steel doe.
For the Martens, Arson was BOS in both shows, with Scott winning both BOB's.
I sold a very nice little Black jr buck to a Kitsap county 4-H kid. This is her second rabbit from me. I'm sure I'll regret selling him, but I have two other Black bucks the same age (one from the same litter) that I like just a bit better.
Nicole and I have two new Marten litters! Arson is the sire of both. Maddy had 7- 4 Blacks, and 3 Blues. Pyro had 6- 3 Blacks and 3 Blues. We've already had people putting in requests for these guys, before they were even born! These will be our young seniors for ARBA convention next Fall.
Phoenix will be going to her last show this Saturday, as I just bred her to Arson yesterday. These will be our older juniors for ARBA Convention! Nicole will be attending it, as she has a break in school that week, so we're hoping to do really well with our Martens!
I currently have about 4 Dutch litters, with another 7 due next week, and 5 more due in 3 weeks.
Ash is going to go live with 4-Her Dayna for a few months, so Dayna can experience having a litter. Ash will come back to me after weaning her litter, and Dayna will have a litter to keep. Dayna's family has a long history with mine. Her grandfather is best friends with my dad, I've known him since I was 4 years old. What started as him getting Dayna a "Easter rabbit" has turned into a 4-H project, with her coming back to me to get more rabbits to show. This will be her first time having a litter. They will be about 3 months old for the King County Fair this summer for her.
This weekend is Monroe. The entries are really down for it. Several breed nationals are going on this weekend. Nicole and I are showing 3 Martens (Arson, Phoenix, and Coal). Then I'll have 5 Dutch (Maverick, Rogue, Jewel, and the two little jr Black bucks, which this will be their first show).
My website is out of date. Not sure when I'll be able to update it, as we recently changed internet providers, which makes it hard for me to get online with my laptop (which is what my website is stored on). Also need to get a new virus protector on the laptop before going online with it again...

YVRB Show

2010-04-22T10:34:00.000-07:00

Yakima show was a couple of weeks ago. We had about 47 Dutch there. Rogue won a BOV and BOSV Black. There were only enough rabbits for her to get one leg, for the BOV. This is her 3rd leg, which makes her a Grand Champion!
Show A BOB went to Vicki's gorgeous Tort doe, that should have won at the Yelm show!
BOS was Jan's Black buck.
Show B BOB went to Jean's Chocolate doe, with Jan getting BOS again with her Black buck.
For Silver Martens, Arson won BOS in show A, but got panned in show B. In both shows, Scott won BOB with two different does, both of which were Arson daughters!
Have a lot of shows coming up, Bremerton is this weekend, with Monroe the following week, and Davenport two weeks later (which we're having a Dutch specialty at). I will be judging at all three.
Have a few litters around 3 weeks old right now, and another 6 litters due in a few weeks. I need to get quite a few rebred still.
Already have people reserving rabbits to buy at State Convention. I have four that will be going up to Canada. He already has a few of my does that he got from a breeder who sold out of Dutch down here. He'll be getting Ladybug, Diesel, Maverick, and one more Black brood doe that I haven't decided on yet. This gives me a couple of months to breed both Maverick and Diesel to all of my does before they leave!

ERBA Show

2010-03-18T10:34:00.000-07:00

Just realized I never put my results on here. The ERBA show had to be moved at last minute, because the stable was double booked. The show end up being in an open arena. It was a very cold show! Luckily the sun was out, it could have been even colder (last year it snowed at this show...). I was really happy with how the rabbits did. I only took five Dutch with me, and three Silver Martens.

Dutch Results:
Show A
Rogue (Black jr doe)- Best of Breed (2nd leg)
Maverick (Black jr buck)- Best Opposite Sex (1st leg)

Show B
Jewel (Black jr doe)- Best Opposite Sex (1st leg and 1st show!)
Maverick- Best Opposite Sex Variety (not enough for a leg :(

Silver Marten Results:
Show A
Arson (Black sr buck)- Best of Breed (14th leg)

Show B
Arson- Best Opposite Sex (15th leg!)

Currently have 5 litters, and 6 more due next week. One of my litters reaches weaning age this weekend, but sadly there are no keepers in it. I have a gorgeous little Black doe in it but her undercut just barely touches her elbow. Made the mistake of looking at her type when Nicole was over yesterday... My other litters look to have some nice ones coming up luckily.
Nicole took Arson yesterday, and brought me Ember and Cinder. We decided to sell Ember (Black buck), as he just can't beat his dad. Nicole has a breeder whose able to transport rabbits to some shows for her, so we're hoping Arson might be able to make it to both Yakima and Davenport. Not that he needs any more legs... ;)
Next show for me is the Yakima show on April 10th. Will be judging at it.

Updates

2010-02-23T09:39:00.000-08:00

Been awhile since I've updated this. Been busy, and not to mention my laptop had two really bad viruses on it, so was unable to use it for a month. Luckily my uncle and cousin were able to fix it, without me losing everything on it (I'm really bad about backing up Evans, has been a year...).
Have been to one show since the last post, the Saint Helens, OR show. Dutch did so-so. It was the last show for three of my does. I was hoping to grand Gemma, and she came really close, winning a first, but sadly there were only 4 in her class. Diamond picked up her first leg for a BOSV.
For Martens, Arson was BOB both shows, and now has 13 legs. He will be going to his last show for awhile next week, as next month he'll be going to live with Nicole to be bred to Pyro. As Nicole is starting clinics (in vet school), she won't be able to make it to as many shows, so all our juniors will be living with me.
Currently, I have 5 litters, ranging from a few days old to two weeks old. Haven't really looked through them yet, but the few I've seen look really nice! These will be my state convention juniors.
I bred five does last week, and will be breeding a few more today.
Currently, I have four brood does available. I have way too many of them, so had to make some cuts. I made the really hard decision to move both Zoe and Jill's Wild Blue Venus on. These two have been the best producers in my barn, but are just getting older. Them, along with Trelawn Ruby D, are all around 4-5 years old, and are harder to get bred, and have been having smaller litters. I figure it's time to let them go, and work in someone else's barn while they're still capable of having litters. They still throw really super rabbits. Ladybug is also for sale.
The next few months are full of shows. This month has both Yelm and Kennewick. I was going to go to both, but decided I had too many shows lined up, so have decided to not go to Kennewick. I will be at Yelm though. Then Nicole will be showing two of our Martens at Kennewick. In April, I'll be at both Yakima and Bremerton. I will be judging at both of these. Then in May I have Monroe and Davenport. This will be my first time going to Davenport. I'm secretaring a Dutch specialty at it on Friday night.

Big News!

2009-12-23T19:03:00.000-08:00

I don't normally put personal stuff on here, but since this will affect the rabbitry, decided to post it. Last friday, my boyfriend Robert proposed! We've been together for almost two years, as of this February. It will be over two years before the wedding will happen, as that's when he'll be done with school. We actually met through the rabbits, as his parents have boughten quite a few Dutch from me, and use to show (Mike & Leslie, for those here in the NW).

Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

Monroe Show

2009-12-09T19:53:00.001-08:00

Last weekend was the Monroe show. Was happy with how the Dutch did in the first show. My little Black jr doe, Rogue, that I'm excited about won BOS. Was her first show. BOB went to Cassy with a little Black jr buck that she bred. The parents are Rodeo and Revlon, who she got from me last Summer. I love seeing other people do well with my lines-- even if it means beating me!
My Blue sr doe Jada won BOV in the first show, for her first leg. I'm going to breed her soon. I had hoped that I would be able to grand Gemma off, but Rogue beat her out... Gemma will most likely be bred now too.
Not sure how the Dutch did in show B.
Arson, the super marten, picked up his 11th leg, for a BOS in show B.
I came home with another rabbit... Jan sent me home with a really nice Black buck. I haven't gotten his pedigree yet, but I think my dad said that Jan told him that he's the same breeding as her super Blue doe that has been winning all of the reserve in shows. Which that makes the grandmother one of my does. The sire's side is Scott Williamson's breeding.
Next show isn't until March... Debating about going to the Frozen Friends show in Saint Helens at the end of January... Matters what the rabbits look like then.
Right now, the weather has been freezing here, getting into the teens at night, and being barely above freezing during the day. I keep on having to go out to check on the water bottles, and bring them all in at night.
Currently have one rabbit in the house, because of it. I have a really promising Black jr buck, that decided to go off his feed last week. He would not have made it if I left him out in the cold, however is just now starting to drink, eat hay, and munch on a carrot. He should be back to normal soon.

Happy Belated Thanksgiving

2009-11-27T09:47:00.000-08:00

Happy Thanksgiving... a day late! Hope everyone had a good day. My family did (well, those that weren't too sick)... However did find out why my boyfriend and I have been dating for almost two years, yet this was his first time meeting my dad's side of the family! They would have scared him away if we had just started dating!
For rabbitry updates, I updated the stock and for sale pages on my website about a week or so ago. Put up pictures of 3 promising juniors that I have coming up. Will most likely be showing them for the first time next week at Monroe.
On the for sale page, I put a Black buck from Lloyd up on it. He just can't beat his sire, and has a half brother who I like better than him.
In sad news, I lost Cover Girl a couple days after she gave birth to her last litter. She had a really hard labor, and just did not look right after it. I had hoped she would shake it off a couple days later, but didn't. I end up losing her whole litter a few days after her.
In other litter news, I have the following litters:

Born October 26
Stryker x Pipsqueak (have a grogeous Blue doe in it!)
Trelawn Chico x Trelawn Delta

Born November 2
Trelawn Chico x Ladybug

Current litters coming up:
Revolver x Trelawn Lovinia
Revolver x Trelawn Dixie
Chico x Trelawn Libby
Bazooka x Trelawn Taylor
Stryker x Trelawn Inez

Next show is next Saturday in Monroe. I'll be judging at it. Entries are due today, so have to go out and figure out what I'm showing. Mattering on coats, I'll probably be showing 5-6 Dutch, and possibly 4 Silver Martens. Hoping to grand Gemma out at this show, as it will be her last one, cause I want to breed her. Now on my way out to figure out my entry, tattoo juniors, and clean cages!

New Website & Updates

2009-10-14T10:06:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've updated this, but have been really busy lately. Have a few updates. First the biggest is, I have a new website! Yes, I know I cut it close to when geocities deletes their websites, and I do worry about people being able to find my site. My new domain is:

http://doubledutchrabbitry.com

Check it out and leave a message in the guestbook. I only have a few pages up so far, more to come. All my free time is being spent getting everything moved over. I do have the my stock page up, with new pics of almost everyone, including all the new Lloyd rabbits.
In other news, I had a bit more problems with feed. I was told that the feed that I had issues with, that their mill cleaned up their act, so had gone back to it... I don't know if it's coincidence or not, but a month later I lost two Silver Martens, and two Dutch (including my best upcoming junior...). I had a few others go off feed, which they eventually get back to eating. I'm working at getting them back into show shape.
I had then gone back to the feed I was feeding before then. I got 5 bags, which the first two were fine... Then the other three were full of a foreign pellet that didn't belong in them. The guy at the feed store said that he's been having problems with this feed being consistent... So that sent me looking for another feed! I have been on what is the most popular feed here in the NW for almost a month now, and so far the rabbits are loving it. A couple that had not touched food immediatly started eating again. It's super green, and fresh looking. My only problem with it, is that it's 17% protein-- I've always used 18%, so hoping they can keep the same condition on them. I'm in a program with a lot of other breeders, where one of them brings it over here by the ton, that way we can get it for only $14 a bag (cost anywhere between $20-24 a bag in the feed store). So far I'm happy with it, I'll know more so in the next few months.
Convention is coming up in a few weeks. No, I'm not going to it. With this set back of losing a few, I have no Dutch worth sending to it. However, Nicole and I are sending two Silver Martens with Scott & Cassy. We're sending Arson and Pyro.
Pyro is a Blue doe from one of our litters last year that we just got back. We had put her in a 4-H auction last January. Her owner was only using her for 4-H breed id, and just stuck her in a fair this last Summer. I was judging at it, and along with another judge, we had picked her as Reserve in Show. She's a gorgeous typed doe, and in nice condition right now. Her color is just a bit uneven... We're happy to have her back, as we lost all her littermates that we kept over her to the feed problem last year. She's out of Pasha and Robin.
I've been to a couple shows, but have only been showing 2-3 Dutch, as nobody has been in condition. Nothing to report, other than DDUF, a Blue jr buck winning BOS at Bremerton (first leg). Jan has continued to dominate with her gorgeous Blue doe, whose won two more Reserve in Shows.
We had the only Silver Marten at Bremerton. Then at Monroe, show A Pyro won BOB (first leg) and Arson won BOS. Show B Arson was BOB.
I have several litters around weaning age right now, that I need to go through. Also have several expecting.

Upcoming litters are:

Due October 26
Stryker x Pipsqueak
Bazooka x Trelawn TL4
Revolver x Trelawn TBL
Trelawn Chico x Trelawn TBD
Stryker x Trelawn TL2
Revolver x Trelawn TL3

Due November 2
Bazooka x Sasha
Revolver x Trelawn BTL
Trelawn Chico x Trelawn Splitz
Trelawn Chico x Ladybug
Stryker x Cover Girl

Show Results

2009-08-12T09:22:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Clusters of Specialty shows, inconjunction with Kevin's benefit show. It was a very busy day, with several shows going on. The benefit show raised a lot of money though! One of the Mini Rex in the auction went for $400! Above is the judges who were judging in the benefit show. I'm on the end in the blue sweatshirt.

I judged Mini Lops all morning-- there were a lot of them, and several very nice ones! My two best ones end up being in the same class (hate it when that happens!).

By the time I was done judging them, it was time to start the specialty shows, which I was the secretary of. We were down in numbers, compared to usual, only 63 Dutch entered (with breeders selling out, on vacation, etc).

In Eric Stewart's show (new Executive Director of the ARBA) the winners were:

BOB- Jan with a Black buck

BOS- Jan with her awesome Blue doe

Honorable Mention- the Steel doe that I had gotten from Lloyd (stuck her under Lloyd's name, she end up going home with Jan. Earned a leg for BOV Steel!)

In Jake Kuntz's show the winners were:

BOB- Jan's Blue doe

BOS- Lisa & Hilary's Black buck

Then in the all breed show, with Donna Brak judging the winners were:

BOB- Jan's Blue doe

BOS- Pete... not sure with what, as I was judging during this show

My Dutch did pretty good, especially my Black jr doe. She was BOV Black in Donna's show, and BOSV is Eric's for her second and third legs. She was 1st of 4 in Jake's show. DDLB was BOSV Black in Donna's show for his second leg (which he is currently for sale-- very nicely marked buck).

For Silver Marten's, Maddy was BOB. Maryann won BOS with her Black buck. Arson completely blew his coat in the hot weather we were having, so looked horrible.

Nicole and I had Martens leaving to go all over the place. Rainy went to Scott, Stormy went to Larry and Sharon (we traded him for a Black doe, which we'll get in the Fall), and Flash left to go down to California with a transporter. We went through our Rainy x Arson litter, and kept two does, a Black and a Blue.

For Dutch, both Rodeo and Revlon went to Cassy, whose just getting started in the breed.

I have several litters coming up! I bred 8 does (6 of Lloyd's) last Friday and some a few days before that. I also have does due this week.

Due on Friday:

Stryker x Jill's Wild Blue Venus

Stryker x Trelawn Ruby D

Bazooka x Pipsqueak

Due September 4th:

Rodeo x Piper

Rodeo x Ariel

Due September 7th:

Trelawn Chico x Zoe

Trelawn Chico x Ash

One of the Blue does is bred to Stryker and the other to Bazooka

Then 4 Black does from Lloyd are bred to Bazooka, Stryker, and two to Rodeo

(don't have the pedigrees with the names for the new does yet)

New Rabbits!

2009-08-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

Wednesday my dad and I made the 5 hour drive to Lloyd's. I told my dad that I did not want anymore than 8 rabbits a week beforehand... The day before, i said defiently no more than 10... I came home with 12... I do not have pedigrees quite yet, so I only have very limited info on them all. I got 9 Blacks, which it wasn't until after picking them all out, I found out they were all his pure Blacks. I got two nice bucks. I'm very excited to be breeding TC into my rabbits. This bucks has an awesome head! Lloyd only had a handful of bucks throughout the years that he considers his greatest, and this buck is one of them. At least 4 of the does I got are daughters of his. I believe he said that TC's sire is Britton's Barry, who was a nice animal, with a Best in Show win.
I also got a young buck, who looks around 5 months old, that is nice too.
All seven of the does are very nice. Five of them have not been bred before, and a few are only 5 months old. I was looking for type only, disregarding the markings, so there are a few not so pleasant marked ones in there. My favorite doe for type is probably my split stop doe. Some of these does go back to Bazooka, and one of them is even out of Johnston's Lucky (a nice buck I got from Don & Carol when they sold out, that Lloyd borrowed).
I also got two Blue does, both are very nice.
Then I got something I did not plan on, and no she's not staying... a Steel doe. What's left of Lloyd's rabbits are going to a meat lady next week, and she was just too gorgeous to send to that. She has a huge buck head, and gorgeous type. I'm tempted to keep her, and do Steels again (probably my fave color after Blacks), but I like keeping my rabbitry small. Jan is going to take a look at her tomorrow at the show, and she will most likely go there.
So since I took more rabbits than planned, I really need to make some cuts... I just do not want to part with anyone though... Luckily I have the cage space, it's just me wanting to keep the herd down to a small easy to care for number (believe it or not, I still have several empty cages).
Currently DDLB a Black 6 month old buck, with one leg for a BOSV and DDAF a Black 4 month old doe with one leg for a BOB are both for sale.
Tomorrow is going to be a very busy day. I'm secretary of the two Dutch specialties, and will be judging in the all breed benefit show. Nicole and I also have to go through Arson x Rainy litter sometime during the day (which are really super already!).
Not expecting much for any of the rabbits. With the heat, everyone has blown their coats. The worst is probably Arson... He has no coat right now.
Litter wise, Desperado x Piper have a gorgeous litter! They'll be 8 weeks on Monday, but I have a gorgeous typed and marked little Black buck. Also have a nicely marked Black doe and Blue doe. They're both a bit on the runty side, but show promising type.

Heat Wave

2009-07-30T10:29:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone here in the northwest is doing alright with all this heat. Yesterday it hit 105 degrees here! I had to dunk all the rabbits, which helped them some. Have fans going, and the freezer is working overtime freezing water bottles. We have AC in the house, which if anyone is really suffering, I can bring them in. I'm trying to avoid this, as it'll be hard to get them back outside in this heat after adapting to the house.
I had three litters born at the end of last week, all of which I've taken all the fur out of their boxes, so they don't overheat.
The litters born last week are:
Rodeo x Cover Girl
Desperado x Sasha
Rodeo x Ladybug

A week from Saturday is the Clusters of Specialties. I'm secretaring the two Dutch specialties. In conjunction, there will be an all breed show this year, which is a benefit show for judge Kevin. He fell and hurt his back last month, and has been having quite a few complications due to this. My dad is working on several projects to put in the raffle, including one of the fancy grooming tables, and two gardener tool boxes. I think he has a few other things he's putting in too...
I'll be entering 7 Dutch in the shows. Then Nicole and I will have 5 Silver Martens entered.
My dad and I will be making a trip to Eastern Washington, to Lloyd's place, sometime next week. Lloyd is selling out of rabbits, due to health problems. I'll be picking up several new rabbits, including a pair or trio of his pure Blacks (only produce Black, no matter what they're bred to-- Zoe is one).
Hope everyone stays cool in the meantime. It's suppose to be 99 degrees today....

Bella

2009-07-23T14:58:00.000-07:00

The newest member of my family just joined us this last Monday.... Bella. She is a Doberman Pinscher, who we suspect is a gladiator, because of her long limbs and body (what Harley was). She's very slim, and has floppy ears. She's close to two years old. She will only be with us for a year though, as I'm only babysitting her, as her owner leaves for Iraq next month. It'll be hard to give her up, but it's for the best, as it solved some stuff for me. She already fits in great with our family, and is a sweetheart. She loves to play outside (we have a very large backyard). She's very curious about Callie, my mom's cat, and all the rabbits. She's a very quick learner, and already knows to not go in the rabbit buildings without me (a few of the rabbits have forgotten about dogs...).

Another big win!

2009-07-20T10:00:00.001-07:00

Nicole and I had a great day with the Silver Martens last Saturday! Arson won BOB both shows, and in show B he won RESERVE IN SHOW! Jake was the judge. He is now up to 9 legs.

Maddy was BOS in the first show, and went on to win Best of the Best Opposites! Floyd was the judge. Not sure yet if there were enough does for a leg, but I don't think there were...

The Dutch did really well in show A. My Black jr doe was BOB, with her brother, a Blue jr buck being BOS. Both get their first leg. Show B, I had BOV and BOSV Black, however there were only two breeders, so no leg. Jan was BOB with her awesome little Blue jr doe, and Jean was BOS with her Tort buck.
I didn't plan on it, but end up selling the Blue buck who was BOS. I had a breeder who really wanted a Blue buck.
I do have a Black junior buck for sale. He has one leg, for a BOSV at state. He's a near perfectly marked Dutch, gorgeous head and head markings. He's just weak in the shoulders, pinched, and lacking width. He has good depth though.

Upcoming Litters

2009-07-16T08:53:00.001-07:00

Current litters:
Born June 15-
Desperado x Piper- 7, both Blacks and Blues
Stryker x Zoe- 1 Black mismark

Born June 19-
Silver Streak's Arson x Silver Streak's Rainy (the Martens)- 3 Blacks, 3 Blues

Upcoming Litters:
Due July 23-
Desperado x Revlon
Bazooka x Ariel

Due July 24-
Rodeo x Cover Girl
Desperado x Sasha

Due July 25-
Rodeo x Ladybug

Due August 14-
Stryker x Jill's Wild Blue Venus
Stryker x Trelawn Ruby D
Bazooka x Pipsqueak

Hopefully I get a few really good show rabbits out of all these litters!
This Saturday is the Monroe show. Found out last night that there are only 19 Dutch entered.... 8 of them are mine.... Am also taking two of the Silver Martens, Arson and Maddy.

Washington State Convention

2009-06-30T08:58:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was state convention, which was a lot of fun. I went with 17 rabbits, and came home with only 11. It's nice having a lot of empty cages! Here's some of my results:

Saturday Results:
Judge Scott Williamson
DDLB (Black Jr Buck)- BOSV, 1st of 8
DDAE (Black Jr Buck)- 3rd of 8
Pipsqueak (Blue Sr Doe)- 1st of 4

Sunday Results:
Judge Connal Addison
DDLB (Black Jr Buck)- 2nd of 8
DDAE (Black Jr Buck)- 3rd of 8
DDSE (Black Sr Doe)- 2nd of ?
Pipsqueak (Blue Sr Doe)- 1st of 4
Paisley (Blue Jr Doe)- 2nd of 6 (to the Best of Breed rabbit-- judge went back and forth between them!)

Big congrats to Jan on her Best of Breed, and Reserve in Show both days with a gorgeous little Blue jr doe! She said the grandma is a doe she had gotten from me. She also had a gorgeous little Blue jr buck from the same litter as the doe that did well for her. Jean was Best Opposite Sex both days, with two different Tort bucks.
For the Silver Martens, Maddy was Best of Breed both days. Arson was Best Opposite Sex on Saturday. Maryann was BOS on Sunday with a Black buck.
I do not have any show rabbits for sale right now, however do have some pet quality rabbits available. Come this fall, I should have more breeding stock for sale.
Next show is in three weeks in Monroe.

For Sale

2009-06-23T09:16:00.000-07:00

Keep meaning to put up some for sale rabbits, but things have been really busy here lately. Here's my current for sale list:

DDPF a 4 1/2 month old Black buck. Really nicely typed rabbit, he just has a few marking flaws. I'd like his saddle to be a bit straighter, and he has a small drag off the back of his neck. He has a super sweet personality! Always insists on attention at feeding time. He's out of Revolver (RGC/4 legs) and Piper (RGC/3 legs).

DDAG a 3 month old Black doe. She's nicely marked, just a bit small, and hasn't really developed for type yet. She's out of Desperado (RGC/7 legs) and Sasha (RGC/3 legs). I don't have a picture of her yet, but can take one if requested.

DDCB a 4 1/2 month old Blue doe. A really nice doe, super type, and really nice markings, other than her stops, which are really long. Stops are a marking that I'm picky on, but everything else on her is really super. She's already been to one show, and got excellent comments. I just have another Blue doe the same age that I like better. She's out of Rodeo (Reg/2 legs) and Cover Girl (Reg/1 leg).

All three will be with me at State Convention this weekend. I'll be showing nine Dutch, all of which are juniors except two. Nicole and I are showing three Silver Martens. I was going to post pics of my upcoming juniors, but when I try to make the pics smaller, it changes the look of the pic, and makes them all flat, even though they are not.

Venus and Ruby D both have litters that are at weaning age right now. Piper and Zoe just had litters last week. Rainy the Silver Marten had a litter of seven (4 Blue, and 3 Black) to Arson, our recent BIS winner.

Over the next couple of days I'll be breeding several does. Desperado is leaving this weekend, so he'll be bred to several does. Him and Sushi are going to go live in Vancouver. Maybelline and Aurora will be going to live in Ellensburg.

In Loving Memory...

2009-05-16T19:30:00.000-07:00

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!!!!!!!!

2009-05-16T18:23:00.001-07:00

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

2009-05-12T09:43:00.000-07:00

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.

A Visitor...

2009-04-01T17:11:00.000-07:00

So for the last month, my rabbitry has been getting a visitor.... Someone's pet rabbit that must have gotten loose (or was set free...). He's a chestnut colored crossbreed, with a white stripe down his nose, so he either has Dutch or the vienna gene behind him. The little mooch has been enjoying the feed that drops on the ground, and all the hay under my hanging cages. He's also made several borrows under my hanging cages. He's even accidently gotten locked in with my rabbits over night a few times, as he hides behind the cages till we're gone. He's also been driving my dog, Roxy, crazy, who keeps trying to let me know that there is a rabbit loose.
Today, while I was feeding, I saw him hop into one of my buildings to escape the snow (yes, it's April, and it was snowing here today...). I quickly shut both doors, and got a flashlight. Took me a bit of manuvering, however I managed to catch him! Since he's been on his own for the last month and really wild now (has been chased numerous times by Roxy), my dad took him not far from our home, and set him loose in the woods.

ERBA Show

2009-03-09T09:22:00.000-07:00

The ERBA show in Yelm was last Saturday. Other than it being freezing cold, it went well (took forever to unfreeze from it!). My rabbits did a lot better than I was expecting! I was not expecting anything with the Dutch, and only took four of them, but was very happy with their results.

Rodeo (Black Sr Buck)- 1 of 2 both shows
DDSC (Black Jr Doe)- BOSV of 3 both shows
Ariel (Blue Sr Doe)- Not sure what she placed in show A, I think she was third, but in show B, she was Best of Breed for her third granding leg!
Pipsqueak (Blue Sr Doe)- my biggest surprise of the day, in show A she was Best Opposite Sex (second leg), and show B was 2nd to Ariel. Not bad for a doe who was just skin and bones two months ago!

Then the Silver Martens also did very well, which Nicole and I have three really nice ones coming up.

Arson (Black Jr Buck)- Best Opposite Sex both show for his first two legs
Maddy (Black Sr doe)- I think she was 1st of 2 in the first show... Show B she was Best of Breed for her second leg!
Flame (Blue Jr doe)- Not sure how she did... I think she might have been second both shows.

For only taking 7 rabbits, not bad getting 2 BOB's, and 3 BOS's! Since this was the 60th anniversary show for the ERBA, they had cool prizes. BOB got glass beer steins, and BOS got glasses.
I judged the youth show during show A (and partly into show B), so saw several breeds. BIS went to a gorgeous White Mini Rex (not sure of the owner's name), with RIS being a really nice Black Polish of Jessica's (Jan's grand daughter). Show B, I judged a bunch of smaller breeds. I was extremely impressed with the Florida Whites that I judged, and it was really cool to see the one I picked go on to get BIS in show B, owned by Maryann. RIS show B went to the Silver that I also judged, which was also really nice. It was owned by Patsy.

Baby wise, I have four litters due on March 23rd, they are:
Stryker x Jill's Wild Blue Venus
Rodeo x Revlon
Desperado x Sasha
Bazooka x Zoe

Current litters are doing well. Looks like there are some nice show prospects for state convention :)
Next show isn't until May 2nd, the NWRB, which I'm judging at. The next day there will be a Dutch specialty. After debating over it for quite awhile, my dad and I decided to skip the Yakima show, including the specialty the next day.
I know it's been awhile since I've updated my website (so much easier to just update this). An update should be coming hopefully in the next week.

Baby Explosion!

2009-02-09T08:27:00.000-08:00

With all the recent problems here, I was afraid that none of my does would take. I'm happy to say of my 8 does that were due this last Friday, 6 of them took! These are going to be my older juniors for State Convention (will be almost 5 months old at the time). There are several nicely marked rabbits, so hopefully I have a few big winners! The litters are:

Born on 2/5/09
Sasha x Desperado- 2 Blacks, 2 Blues
Ladybug x Stryker- 4 Blacks, 1 Blue
Piper x Revolver- 3 Blacks, 5 Blues

Born on 2/6/09
Maybelline x Stryker- 7 Blues
Cover Girl x Rodeo- 2 Blacks, 3 Blues

Then Zoe had 3 Blacks, however they all dead. Sushi and Aurora are both due in a couple of weeks. Hopefully come May, I'll be able to get my show Dutch numbers up. Hope everyone else's nestboxes are full!

Updates

2009-01-29T08:49:00.000-08:00

It's been awhile since I've updated this. Things have been busy here. Reading my last blog, quite a bit has happened since then.
Starting with bad news, sadly, Bentley is gone. This is a big set back for my rabbitry, as he was my best herd buck, being the sire of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS), Brody (RGC/9 legs, 1 RIS), Ladybug (RGC/6 legs, 1 RIS), Desperado (RGC/7 legs), Ricochet (RGC/5 legs), Sophie (RGC/5 legs), Shadow (RGC/5 legs), Blue (RGC/4 legs), Spice (RGC/3 legs), etc. A couple of his more noteable grandchildren are Vixen (RGC/12 legs, 1 BIS, 3 RIS) and Rimfire (RGC/14 legs, 1 RIS).

He'll be remembered in his numourous offspring that he has here in the NW (and a few over in New Jersey) for my rabbitry and many others.

For more on Bentley, his page on my website is: http://www.geocities.com/doubledutchinfo/mrbluebuckbentley.html

For the feed problem, after switching feeds, and letting the effects of the other one wear off, my rabbits have not had any problems. I did lose three Silver Martens recently, a week after they came to live here, however they were on the brand that I had problems with up until they came here.

Purina labs have confirmed that it was indeed pig food mixed in. As this was one of their lesser used brands, I do not know many people who use it, only two others. One of which lost 9 rabbits at the same time as me. After I started losing rabbits, I was told of a breeder who lost over 100 rabbits last summer on this brand. One of Purina's other brands had issues with chicken food mixed in it, which it was said that there was a hole in one of their mills. Not sure if this is the same reason for the pig food or not... However to be on the safe side, I will be sticking with a different brand. I did really love the brand that I had problems with. I've used it for 8 years, and always had great condition on my rabbits, and the rabbits loved it too.

Everyone else is doing well. Pipsqueak is back outside, and starting to fill in quite a bit. She looks like she might be able to go to the Yelm show in March.

I had stopped breeding for awhile with all the feed issues going on, so will not have anything to show for awhile. I finally just got back to breeding all the rabbits. The following does are bred:

Due February 6th:

Zoe x Stryker

Jill's Wild Blue Venus x Bazooka

Ladybug x Stryker

Sasha x Desperado

Maybelline x Stryker

Cover Girl x Rodeo

Revlon x Revolver

Piper x Revolver

Due February 20th:

Sushi x Bazooka

Aurora x Stryker

My only litter right now is about 4-5 weeks old out of Trelawn Ruby D x Bentley. There are only two, and both are showable. I have a nice looking little Black buck, other than being close to having tied elbow (doesn't quite touch) and a little Blue doe with a narrow blaze. I will be keeping both, since they're the last Bentley babies. When I rebreed Ruby, she'll be bred back to her sire Bazooka most likely.

I do not currently have anything for sale, because of the lack of litters. I sold my last two for sale rabbits a few weeks ago.

Merry Christmas!

2008-12-24T09:41:00.000-08:00

Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas! It's going to be a white Christmas here, as we have about a foot of snow on the ground, and it's snowing yet again. It's been snowing since 4 this morning, so needless to say my family is snowed in for Christmas.
In litter news, I had three does due yesterday. Only Trelawn Ruby D bred to Bentley has had a litter. She had five, but sadly three of them were frozen by the time I found them yesterday morning. The two remaining were almost frozen when I found them, however after having them on the heating pad for a couple of hours, I was able to revive them. They are living in the house, except to be taken out for 10 minutes each morning to be nursed. They both look showable. Not the best, but regardless I will most likely keep both of them for breeding, as I've been having trouble with getting anything from Ruby since she came here last June. Also, especially since this will be my last litter from Bentley :(
Bentley has not improved any, and will not eat feed. He's been drinking and eating a bit of hay though. He still does not have any movement in his legs.
On the bright side, Pipsqueak is doing great. She's still slowly filling in. You can't quite tell by looking at her anymore, unless you pet her along her back for how skinny she is. She loves getting her nose rubbed whenever my mom or I go by her cage.
Hope everyone is staying warm with all of this snow, and once again, have a very Merry Christmas!

I hate snow

2008-12-20T09:31:00.000-08:00

So we've had snow on the ground for about a week now, it never lasts that long where I live. It was going away Wednesday, then decided to snow again that night. We're suppose to get more tomorrow. I've been bringing the water bottles in every night, as it's been down to the teens at night, and have had to check several times a day to make sure everyone still has working water bottles. The little doe that is living in the house (whose been renamed to Pipsqueak) is no longer the only rabbit in the house. Yesterday I noticed Bentley dragging his legs. I'm not sure if something scared him, causing him to pinch a nerve or what. I have him in a carrier packed with hay, to prevent him from moving. This morning I moved Sushi's litter in, as one of them was looking a little small, and seemed to be having trouble with it's eye. Sushi has already lost three to the cold this week (two of which were showable), so want to prevent losing this one. It was 15 degrees when I took the water bottles out this morning!
I have three does (Sasha, Maybelline, and Trelawn Ruby D) due on Tuesday. They will be getting their boxes today. Hoping all goes well with these litters, as I have no good upcoming show prospects... If it's still this cold when they're born, I will be bring the boxes in the house.
On the feed front, since we hadn't heard anything back, we did some calling the other day ago. The people at the headquarters were very concern over this when talking with them. Then when we talked to the rep who sent our sample back to them, he said it's defiently not rabbit food. It's his guessimation that it's cross contamination with another feed (as we were thinking).
I haven't been completely happy with the new feed. The rabbits haven't been finishing it up like they were with the other, plus it's so expensive. Once I use up what I have right now, I will be going back to my former feed. I will just be examing each bag big time before feeding it to my rabbits.

Here's a picture of Pipsqueak just three days before she became sick. She's doing a lot better, and is now eating a day's worth of food, plus unlimited hay. She's slowly starting to gain weight again. Only time will tell if she'll be able to get back into shape to show again. My next show is not until March, the Yelm show. I had been debating about going to the Saint Helens show next month, but with all the bad luck happening here, and the fact that I now don't really have anything to show, I'm going to skip it. Even at Yelm, I will probably only have a couple of Dutch to show. I should have several Silver Martens though, as Nicole and I have 6 young juniors coming up.

Feed Change & Mount Vernon Show

2008-12-13T08:31:00.000-08:00

So a lot has happened since I last blogged. Two days after the last post, my best upcoming junior and only offspring from Belle Starr went off feed. She had all the same signs as the other three that dead. I called up a few breeders that lost a lot of rabbits last year to feed problems (the one is still losing rabbits) to get advice. Mine had all the same signs as what their's did, going off feed, bloating out, grinding their teeth, etc. I was told by one to use Terramyacin and pineapple juice, to help break up the blockage. Nicole told me to use pedialyte, since she was dehydrated from not drinking. Two days later Aurora, who had a week old litter at the time, started having the same signs, and the next day DDT5, a Blue jr doe that I was getting ready to sell, had the signs too. Between a mixture of what I was already syringing them, plus this Critcal Care that Nicole sent me (for rabbits that go off feed), Aurora was back eating within 5 days. Didn't lose any babies in the meantime (other than one that came out of the nestbox too early...). DDT5, sadly dead the same day Aurora started eating. The night before, her stomach was bloated out too much, and I could not get her to take any of the liquids. Then Belle Starr's baby, my little fighter, has stuck it out. She's all bones, and it's been two weeks, but Wednesday night, she touched her water bottle on her own for the first time, and just yesterday she finally touched her food for the first time in two weeks! Very relieved, as she's finally looking like she's going to make it! Needless to say, the last two weeks have been very stressful. Little Calamity Jane is currently living in the house, and becoming a bit of a spoiled house rabbit. Will be hard for her to readjust to life outside, however that's a ways off until she puts on some weight.
We took some of that weird looking feed into my feed store, and it's been sent off to a rep for the brand, to be tested. Still have not heard back... We did take some of it last weekend to the show, and I had several breeders say it looked and smelled like pig food... So this makes me think that my theory is correct, to cut charges, they are not cleaning their mills inbetween different feeds, hence my bag having all this weird stuff in it. My brand puts out 5 different feeds (that I know of) for just RABBITS, plus they have all the other animals. I think they're sacrificing quality for quantity.
In the mean time, I have switched feeds for now, might be permanent though. It's only been a few weeks, so hard to say if I'm happy with this feed yet. It cost $5 more per bag than what I was paying. My former feed, I had used for 8 years, and had been very happy with it up until recently, as I had the condition I wanted on my rabbits. Only time will tell with this feed. However, since changing, I haven't had anyone else get sick.
Moving on, last weekend was the Mount Vernon show, a single show. I judged the Mini Rex specialty, which was fun. There were several very nice rabbits. I didn't have much to show, only 4 Dutch and 4 Silver Martens. Everyone was either a first or second in their class. For Dutch, Revolver was BOV and BOS for his 5th leg. Jan won BOB with her really nice Blue doe.
For Silver Martens, our Black jr doe was BOV Black for her first leg. Stormy won BOS, but there were not enough for a leg. Not sure who the owner of the BOB rabbit was. Our other Black doe left at this show to go live in BC Canada with Sunny Brook Rabbitry, as they start up in the breed.

The Bad Luck Continues

2008-11-26T08:55:00.000-08:00

Sadly the bad luck seems to continue here. I just lost Belle Starr last weekend. I don't think my dad had dumped out enough of the bad feed, so it got mixed with good feed. Everything has been dumped out now though. Luckily, I do have a daughter out of the only litter I had out of her, whose actually really nice. She won her first leg at her first show a few weeks ago.

Cover Girl lost the rest of her litter. I think between her and them all being traumitized, they just weren't getting nursed enough. CG will be taking a break before being rebred. She's just now starting to perk back up and eat all of her feed.
In litter news, I had five does due last weekend, however only two had anything. Both Sushi (bred to Stryker) and Aurora (bred to Desperado) had litters. Venus had a false pregnancy, which those are always disappointing, as she made me think that she took.

I did breed three does last weekend, they will be due on December 23rd. They are:

Trelawn Ruby D x Bentley
Sasha x Desperado

Maybelline x Bazooka

Yesterday, I did take new pics of all the rabbits while there was a break in the rain. Website updates should come soon. Here's pics and info on two of the for sale animals.

DDLA-- Showable Blue jr buck, who was born on 7/13/08. Out of Bazooka (Reg/3 jr legs) x Ladybug (RGC/6 legs, 1 RIS). He's a very nicely marked buck, who will do well in 4-H shows. His only bad flaw for his markings, is that his stops are ragged, however have good placement. Type wise, he's a bit weak in the shoulders, and pinched in the hindquarters. He has an excellent head.

DDMA-- Showable Black jr doe who was born on 8/23/08. Out of Rimfire (RGC/14 legs, 1 RIS) x Maybelline (Reg). Marking wise, her saddle could be a bit more straighter, and her stops are uneven. She's nicely typed though.

Yelm Show

2008-11-12T09:00:00.000-08:00

The Yelm show was last weekend. The Dutch did better than I expected. Show A under Jan, Revolver was BOV Black for his 4th leg. Show B under Valerie, Rodeo was BOSV Black for his 2nd leg. I had a little Blue jr doe out of Belle Starr that won BOV for her first leg.
In Show A, Pete won BOB with a Steel jr buck. In Show B, he was BOB with a Black jr doe. I believe he won both BOS' also...
For the Silver Martens, the Webb's came up and won BOB and BOS in both shows with their flashy Blacks that just won BOB and BOS at ARBA Convention. Really nice animals!
Nicole and I won BOV and BOSV Blue in both shows (I think, won't know for sure until I get my show report). Only enough for a leg for BOV, which I believe was Stormy.
Show A I judged 73 Mini Lops and 18 English Angoras. I learned some on the breed for the English Angoras from the breeders. I need to work more with the Angora breeds, so I'm able to comment better on them. Show B, I had 125 Holland Lops! I end up being the BIS judge. This was my first time picking BIS for an open ARBA sanctioned show. I've picked for a youth show before, just not open. BIS went to a gorgeous White Mini Satin. RIS went to a very nice Black New Zealand of Jean's.
Lacey went to a new home, she is now owned by Garret, a youth breeder.
I currently only have two rabbits for sale. Both are showable juniors, a Blue buck (Ladybug x Bentley) and a Black doe (Maybelline x Rimfire).
A bit of bad news, the last few weeks have not been good for my rabbitry. I had a bad batch of feed recently. It did not effect any of the Dutch, however I lost two of the Silver Martens. Marten, who was from our first litter with the breed, and Nicole's and my favorite. He's been our top herd buck. His son Stormy will be taking over as the next herd buck. Then a few days after losing him, we lost his daughter Sabra. She was our first BIS winner with the breed. Luckily we have her son Stormy, and three daughters of her's to replace her with.
Then Saturday night when I returned from the show, I discovered something somehow got into one of my cages, and killed three of my babies from Cover Girl's two week old litter. It left another one lame, which passed yesterday. CG has 4 babies left. With the way they were killed, we suspect it was a weasel. Both of my current two litters have been moved to a different building that is a bit more secure, and are in top condos. I have several traps set up, incase it comes back.

Correction & litters

2008-10-22T15:48:00.000-07:00

Just got my show report for the Monroe show, and found out my dad told me the wrong rabbit won BOS in show A. He said Piper won it, when it was really Revolver. Verified with another breeder already, just to make sure the show report wasn't wrong, lol.
I have 3 does due within the next few days-- Ladybug, Sasha, and Cover Girl. All are bred to Rimfire.
Bred 5 does today:
Aurora x Desperado
Sushi x Stryker
Revlon x Revolver
Zoe x Bazooka
Jill's Wild Blue Venus x Bentley

Kennewick Show

2008-10-13T09:19:00.000-07:00

Kennewick show didn't go so well for the Dutch. Nobody got any placements worth mentioning. Show A, BOB went to Beth with a Gray buck, BOS going to Pete's Black doe. We left before Dutch were finished in show B, so not sure who won. Were able to get home by 8pm! (almost a 4 hour drive for us)
For the Silver Martens, in show A one of our Black jr does won her class of 5 and BOSV, however there were only 2 breeders. Stormy was BOV Blue for his 4th leg.
For show B, our Black doe was 2nd, and Stormy was BOV again, for his 5th leg. Rainy was BOSV Blue, and should get a leg.
Maryann was BOB both shows with a Black buck. Show A, a Blue doe was BOS, not sure of the owner. Jean was BOS in show B with her Black doe from last week.
Next show is Yelm on November 8th. I'll be judging at it.

Monroe Show

2008-10-07T09:01:00.000-07:00

The Monroe show last weekend was a good show. My rabbits surprised me and did better than I expected. I only showed four Dutch, three of which each won two legs!
Revolver (Black sr buck), despite being in a horrible molt, won BOV both shows. These are his second and third legs, so he's now a Grand Champion!
Rodeo (Black jr buck) was 2nd place in both shows
Piper (Blue sr doe) won her class in both shows. In show A, she also won BOSV and BOS! She is now a Grand Champion also!
It was DDAC's (Blue jr doe) first show, and she won her class of 9 in both shows, for her first two legs. In show B, she was BOSV, beating out Piper.
Show A BOB was won by Vicki with a Chocolate buck, with BOS being Piper.
Show B BOB went to Pete's Blue jr buck that won big last weekend, with BOS going to his Black doe.
There were 15 Silver Martens. Stormy was BOS both shows, so he should be getting two legs, which means he's now granded! Rainy was BOV show A, and BOSV show B. Have to wait for my show report to know if there's enough for a leg.
Jean won BOB both shows with a Black doe.
I end up judging at the show. Had all lops in show A (French, English, and Mini's). Show B, I only had Mini Rex.
Morgan went to live with Mike & Leslie.
Tri-Cities show in Kennewick is this Saturday. We'll be leaving Friday afternoon. We're carpooling with Reni and her dad (who btw just worked her last show for her registrar's license!). I get to be just an exhibitor at this show, so am looking forward to that. Rimfire, Porshe, and Tessa will all be going with a transporter to Spokane, so their buyer in Montana can pick them up. Nicole and I also have three Silver Martens leaving at this show to go to convention, to meet up with their buyers from Wyoming.
Speaking of Silver Martens, we currently have two litters, a total of 16 babies. Five of those are Blacks! We will have several available around Thanksgiving.

More updates

2008-09-29T08:58:00.000-07:00

Last weekend was the Bremerton show. Didn't do so great, but it was expected. Revolver was 2nd of 3 both shows. Rodeo was 3rd of 5 in show A, and 2nd in show B. In show A, first place went to DDRC, a rabbit I sold last month for his second leg. Piper was BOV in show A for her second leg. Show B she won her class, but am not sure if there were enough breeders for a leg...
In show A- BOB went a Chocolate buck owned by my boyfriend's sister Allison. It was her first win with her rabbits, so she was excited. BOS went to a Black doe of Pete's. Allison's buck was a honorable mention in show.
In show B- BOB went to a young Blue buck of Pete's. not sure who won BOS, but it probably was Pete. Pete's Blue buck was Reserve in Show.
For Silver Martens, Stormy was BOB both shows, and Rainy was BOS both shows. Sadly there were only 4 Martens, so we were one short for a leg :(
A Netherland Dwarf that I picked for BOB in show A won Best in Show in show B, which was fun to see my placements consistent with the other judges. It was a gorgeous rabbit!
Saturday is the Monroe show. I need to get my entry together, since today is the deadline. I will be showing Revolver, Rodeo, and Piper again, along with two Blue jrs, a buck (Bentley x Ladybug) and a doe (Bentley x Sasha). Then Silver Martens, will have Stormy and Rainy again. Need to take a look at the two Black jr does, to see if I'll be entering them in it.
On the litters front, Zoe and Sushi are due today. Trelawn Ruby D, bred to Bentley, had her litter this morning. This is my first litter from Ruby, since she came to live here, so am excited to hopefully get something nice out of the litter :)
DDUC, a Blue sr buck, was sold to a 4-H kid. I currently have 3 proven brood does still for sale, Morgan and Lila, who there is info on my for sale page for them. Then Lacey is also for sale. She is a Blue who is about 3 years old, and a great mom. She is the dam to Tessa (RGC/5 legs). If you go to the my rabbits page of my website, you can see pics and info on her.
I also have 2 Blue jr does for sale. Both have a few marking flaws, but are super typey animals! They are both about 7 weeks old.

Updates

2008-09-18T09:07:00.000-07:00

It's been awhile since I've updated this. Been busy here. Been judging at several fairs in the last month. This last weekend I just did both 4-H and open at the state fair. I guess I got labeled the "hard judge" by the kids for fit and show, lol.
I have three litters due within a few weeks. Not sure of the exact date, since I'm not by my calendar. Zoe, Sushi, and Trelawn Ruby D are all bred to Rimfire. Everyone is being bred to him right now, as he will be leaving at the Kennewick show to live in Montana along with Porshe and Tessa.
I have about 3 litters that are 5 weeks old right now, then both Maybelline and Belle Starr have their first litters who are about 3 weeks old.
Next show is Bremerton on the 27th. The following weekend is Monroe, and the next weekend is Kennewick. I'm judging at Bremerton, then am a back up judge for Monroe. I don't have much to show at these shows however... It looks like I might only be showing 3 Dutch: Piper, Revolver, and Rodeo. My other does I had been showing (Cover Girl, Revlon, and Aurora) are all in horrible molts, so will be getting bred soon. I do have two young juniors coming up, but they still have baby coats. Kennewick, I wouldn't normally be going to, but I have the trio to deliver to go to Montana, plus Nicole will be there so we can swap out rabbits.
For Silver Martens, Nicole and I have two for sure, Stormy and Rainy. The two Black jr does don't quite have coats yet, will probably put them in Kennewick though. Both have awesome type. One of them will be for sale. At Kennewick, Pasha, Ra-Dan's Alli, and Riddle's Flicka will all be leaving to make their trip to convention, then to live in Wyoming with their new owners.

Litters

2008-08-15T09:27:00.000-07:00

In the middle of updating my website, only have the homepage left to do, but it's jammed on me, so thought I'd update this with upcoming litters.

5 weeks old:
Ladybug x Bentley
Sasha x Bentley
Lacey x Stryker
Morgan x Stryker

Born today:
Tessa x Bentley
Jill's Wild Blue Venus x Bentley

Still due today (both have their nest ready):
Lila x Stryker
Porshe x Bazooka

Due on July 23rd:
Trelawn Ruby D x Bentley
Belle Starr x Bazooka
Sushi x Desperado
Zoe x Bazooka
Maybelline x Rimfire

Clusters Show

2008-08-11T09:53:00.001-07:00

The Clusters of Specialties was held last Saturday in Monroe. For those not in the NW, this is where several breed specialty clubs get together and split the rent to have a lot of specialty shows. There was a double open Dutch specialty along with the local Mini Rex, Holland Lop, Netherland Dwarf, and new this year the Rex club. It sounds like Polish might be joining us next year.
We had about 105 Dutch entered in our shows. The winners are:

Show A- Judged by Mike
BOB- Hilary & Lisa with their Gray Sr buck
BOS- Pete & Debra with their Blue Sr doe

Show B- Judged by Jan
BOB- Me with a Blue Jr doe (Double Dutch's Piper)
BOS- Hilary & Lisa with the same Gray Sr buck

In show A, Piper was 2nd in her class, losing out to Jan's really nice jr doe that was not entered in show B. It was her first leg. Revolver was 1st of 7 in show A, for his first leg. In show B he was a very close second. In show A DDRC was 1st of I believe 14 Black Jr bucks (biggest class), and Rodeo was second. This is the first leg for DDRC (and his first show!). He is currently for sale.
It was a fun show, with great competition. Jan said she didn't see a single bad Dutch up there.
Above is a picture of the winning rabbits with Hilary, Pete, and me.
My new laptop came, so the website was updated last week. It'll probably be updated again today or tomorrow. New pictures should be up with this update.

Temporary email change

2008-08-01T22:15:00.000-07:00

For anyone trying to get a hold of me, my email is currently not working. When I tried to sign in this morning, it said that I violated hotmail's terms of use and my account has been closed. I'm currently trying to get them to reopen it, and even if I can get into it, I do not know if everything in it will be deleted. In the mean time, I will temporary be using this email: doubledutch84@yahoo.com. For anyone who has emailed me today or yesterday, please resend to this new email. I will also be taking the NWDRC specialty entries through the new email. Sorry for any inconveince.

For Sale List Updated

2008-07-24T09:21:00.000-07:00

A big update should be coming to my website within the next month. I just ordered a new laptop last week, which should be shipped out on the 31st. I'm planning on taking new pics of everyone, as I do not have pics of any of my current show animals yet.
An updated for sale list:

DDRC- Black Jr buck (only 10 weeks old) out of Kooper (RGC/4 legs) x Siren (RGC/4 legs). He's a bit flatter in type, and peaks a bit too soon. His cheeks come a bit into his whisker bed, with his blaze narrowing a bit.

DDPC- Black jr buck (about 4 months old) out of Rascal (RGC/3 legs) x Porshe (RGC/3 legs). Nice little buck, he just needs to fill in a bit over the loin. I just have two other Black bucks I'm keeping over him. Has nice markings.

DDE7- Blue jr doe (about 5 months old) out of Desperado (RGC/7 legs) x Delaney (RGC/5 legs). She has excellent markings, and an excellent head for a doe. Type wise, she's just a bit longer in the midsection, and peaks a bit too soon. I have 4 other Blue does that I'm keeping over her. She's placed high in shows, getting some seconds and thirds in very large classes.

Then new rabbits added to the for sale list:

DDSC- Black jr doe (only 10 weeks old) out of Kooper (RGC/4 legs) x Sushi (RGC/3 legs). She's not the best for show as she has a very narrow blaze with her cheeks coming over too far. Will be best for brood when old enough, or as a pet (can be sold without pedigree for a lower price as a pet).

Rimfire- Black sr buck (2 years old) out of Ricochet (RGC/5 legs) x Trelawn Heather (Reg/2 legs). Rimmy is a Registered Grand Champion with 14 legs, and one Reserve in Show win. He is a herd buck, and has produced RGC's. He's nicely marked, and is super short and deep in type.

DDUC- Blue jr buck (about 5 months old) out of Bentley (RGC/6 legs) x Jill's Wild Blue Venus (Reg). Has won 1 leg for a BOSV. Nicely marked little buck. Has nice type, however could use more fullness in the lower hindquarters.

Pipkin- Opal Britannia Petite sr buck (about 8 months old). Pet quality, as he's an unrecognized variety, and his nails are too light for breeding. Pip was here for me to learn how to pose a Petite. He's been here for the last 4-5 months, and it's now time to move him along. He can have a bit of an attitude at times, so is not available to a home with kids. However can be friendly when he wants to, and when he doesn't feel threatened. He's only about 2 pounds and is fully grown.

Available after their next litter:

Siren- Black sr doe (2 years old) out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Sage (RGC/3 legs). Siren is a Registered Grand Champion with 4 legs. She's an excellent mom. I just have too many brood does, and need to move some out, as I'm a small rabbitry (30 holes).

Porshe- Black sr doe (1 1/2 years old) out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Sage (RGC/3 legs). Porshe is a Registered Grand Champion with 3 legs. She's an excellent mom. I just have too many brood does, and need to move some out, as I'm a small rabbitry (30 holes).

Lila- Blue sr doe (2 years old) out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Ruby (Reg/2 legs). Lila is Registered with 1 leg. She's an excellent mom. She is the dam of Belle Starr (RGC/4 legs), and is being replaced by her.

Available after their next two litters:

Morgan- Black sr doe (2 years old) out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Zoe (RGC/3 legs). Morgan is Registered with 2 legs. She's an excellent mom. I'll be replacing her with Revlon (1 leg for a BOS) soon.

Tessa- Blue sr doe (2 years old) out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Lacey (Reg). Tessa is a Registered Grand Champion with 5 legs. She's an excellent mom. I'll be replacing her with a couple of her daughters.

All the brood does can be bred for an extra charge before leaving. I am now accepting unrefundable deposits on the does to hold until they're ready. If I have someone interested, I might consider letting them go sooner.
Next show is August 9th in Monroe, the "Clusters of Specialties" show. I'll be the show secretary for the Dutch double specialty, if anyone is interested in entering. If interested in a rabbit, let me know, and I can bring them.

GNWRCSG Results

2008-07-14T09:31:00.000-07:00

Rabbits didn't do so well last weekend. Only one worth mentioning is my little Black jr buck whose only 8 weeks old won BOSV, earning his first leg! This is a super little buck that I have coming up. Show A, BOB went to Lloyd with a really nice little Black jr doe! Her sire is a Blue buck that I gave him last year. BOS went to Hilary and Lisa with their awesome Gray buck that has been winning quite a bit for them. I left right after Blacks and Blues were finished in show B, so not sure what won then. It was really hot in the building that day (warmer than it was outside!), and I wanted to get the rabbits home where it's a lot cooler for them.
Silver Martens didn't do so well either. MaryAnn had a really nice little Black jr buck that won BOB in show A. The Bledsoes won BOS with a Black doe. Not sure if it was the same rabbits that won in show B, but I think they were.
In litter news, yesterday Sasha, Ladybug, and Lacey all had litters. Morgan was in the middle of picking fur when I was out there an hour ago. Just waiting on Belle Starr and Lilo. Then Trelawn Ruby D is due on Wednesday. She's bred to Trelawn Bad@$$.
Today I'm planning on rebreeding several does that just came off litters.

Updated For Sale List

2008-07-05T09:23:00.000-07:00

Hope everyone made it through the heat last week. All the rabbits here did well. My rabbits are in the back corner of our backyard, where they are always shaded by the neighbors' trees, making it a lot cooler for them.
I went through the rabbits this last week to figure out whose going to the GNWRCSG show next weekend in Monroe, and who will be for sale.
The following are now available for sale:

DDRC- Black Jr buck (only 7 weeks old) out of Kooper (RGC/4 legs) x Siren (RGC/4 legs). He's a bit flatter in type, and peaks a bit too soon. His cheeks come a bit into his whisker bed, with his blaze narrowing a bit.

DDPC- Black jr buck (about 4 months old) out of Rascal (RGC/3 legs) x Porshe (RGC/3 legs). Nice little buck, he just needs to fill in a bit over the loin. I just have two other Black bucks I'm keeping over him. Has nice markings.

DDPE- Black jr doe (about 4 months old) out of Rascal (RGC/3 legs) x Porshe (RGC/3 legs). She just needs to fill in a bit over the loin. Has nice markings other than her saddle being a bit wavy.

DDE7- Blue jr doe (about 5 months old) out of Desperado (RGC/7 legs) x Delaney (RGC/5 legs). She has excellent markings, and an excellent head for a doe. Type wise, she's just a bit longer in the midsection, and peaks a bit too soon. I have 4 other Blue does that I'm keeping over her. She's placed high in shows, getting some seconds and thirds in very large classes.

For the show, I'm only showing 6 Dutch. I have a few who are currently molting who are staying home. They should have coats by the Clusters of Specialties show next month in Monroe. Rabbits that will be shown are:

Dutch
DDZB Black Jr buck
Aurora Black Jr doe
DDUC Blue Jr buck
Cover Girl Blue Sr doe
Revlon Blue Jr doe
DDT4 Blue Jr doe

Silver Marten
Robin Blue Sr doe
Stormy Blue Jr buck
Rainy Blue Jr doe

This will be the first show for DDZB, a super promising little buck out of Kooper x Zoe. He's really young, however makes minimum weight already. I'm only taking him along, as this is a local show for us (only 45 minutes!).
As this is the last all breed show for almost 3 month, this will be the last show for Robin, before Nicole and I breed her.
In litter news, I have 7 litters due next week (6 Dutch, 1 SM). Over at Nicole's house, Sabra (RGC/7 legs, 1 BIS) the Silver Marten had a litter of 9 by Riddle (RGC/3 legs). There are 4 Blues, and 5 Blacks! We're hoping to actually have a Black doe in this litter (last time we had Blacks in a litter, both were bucks).

State Convention Results

2008-06-25T09:12:00.000-07:00

This last weekend there were around 2000 rabbits entered, with 155 of them being Dutch. My Dutch didn't do so great, but that was expected.
My little Black jr doe Aurora managed to get a 2nd out of 17 on Saturday. The judge went back and forth between her and the first place rabbit a bit. The judge on Sunday didn't like her as much, she was 8th of 17 then. On Sunday, Revolver was 3rd of 13. The judge on Saturday didn't like him though, placing him very low in the class. I couldn't find all of my comment cards, so don't have everyone's placings, but those were the two big ones.
Congrats to the winners. On Saturday, Jean was BOB with a really nice Black buck. Hilary & Lisa were BOS, not sure with what. On Sunday Pete was BOB with a Blue doe (that got a few looks on the BIS table!), with Jean winning BOS with the same Black buck.
Silver Martens did quite a bit better.

Saturday-
BOB/BOV Black- Riddle (2nd leg)
1st of 3- Joker
1st of 3- Robin
BOSV Blue- Stormy (1st leg-- first show!)
3rd of 7- Rainy

Sunday-
BOB/BOV Black- Riddle (3rd leg-- Now a RGC!)
BOSV Blue- Joker (4th leg, sr leg-- Now a RGC!)
BOS/BOV Blue- Robin (7th leg)
1st of 3- Stormy
2nd of 7- Rainy

Congrats to Maryann for her BOS on Saturday. She has a really nice Blue jr doe coming up. We sold both Riddle and Joker. We are a small rabbitry (limit of only 10 SM), and decided to go with Marten and Pasha as herd bucks over them. However, we did breed both before leaving, and have litters out of them due this week. Riddle now lives in Montana, and Joker lives over in Port Townsend.
I also sold four Dutch. Rascal and Eva left to go to Oregon. I sold a Black jr buck to a girl also from Oregon. Then a Blue jr doe went to Canada.
I got a new doe from Lloyd, Trelawn Ruby D. This is a really nice doe, that I really liked when she was younger. She is a RGC with 4 legs, and a Reserve in Show. Even though she's 3 years old, she's still a gorgeous doe. She's really deep. Her sire is Bazooka. She is currently bred, however Lloyd doesn't think it took. I'm planning on breeding her to first Bentley, then Bazooka.
Next show is July 12th. I will be the registrar at it, and a back up judge. Nicole and I will be showing 3 Silver Martens. Not sure on how many Dutch yet...

Breedings and Litters

2008-06-16T09:43:00.000-07:00

Last Thursday and Friday I bred several does, 5 Dutch does, and 1 Silver Marten. For the Dutch The following have been bred:

Lacey (Blue, Reg) x Stryker (Blue, RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS)-- This breeding in the past has produced Tessa
Morgan (Black, Reg/2 legs) x Stryker (Blue, RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS)-- This breeding in the past has produced Revlon
Sasha (Blue, RGC) x Bentley (Blue RGC/6 legs)-- First litter
Ladybug (Black, RGC/6 legs) x Bentley (Blue RGC/6 legs)-- First litter
Belle Starr (Blue, RGC/4 legs) x Bazooka (Blue, Reg/3 jr legs)-- First litter

Then for the Silver Martens:
Lilo (Blue, Reg/1 leg) x Pasha (Blue, RGC/6 legs)-- are hopefully bred...
I'll be breeding Riddle's Flicka (Black, RGC/5 legs) to Pasha sometime today.

At Nicole's house, she has the following bred:
Sabra (Blue, RGC/7 legs, 1 BIS) x Riddle (Black, 1 leg-- soon to be registered)
Ra-Dan's Alli (Blue, RGC/5 legs) x Joker (Blue, 2 legs-- soon to be registered)

I currently have 5 litters that turn 6 weeks old this week, with some promising juniors. All the litters but one are sired by Kooper (Blue, RGC/4 legs). I bred him to all of my does before he left for Oregon last April. He's now owned by the Bunny Hutch. Does with litters by Kooper are:

Lila (Blue, Reg/1 leg)
Tessa (Blue, RGC/5 legs)
Porshe (Black, RGC)
Zoe (Black, RGC)

Then Jill's Wild Blue Venus (Blue, Reg) currently has a litter by Bentley (Blue, RGC/6 legs).

State Convention Entry

2008-06-12T09:21:00.000-07:00

We leave a week from tomorrow for the Washington State Convention! Rascal and Eva will both be leaving then to go live in Eastern Oregon. I will also be picking up two new brood does from Lloyd. Not sure on colors yet, as he's going to be bringing 3-4 for me to choose from.
I just sent my entry off a few days ago, here's whose entered:

Dutch

Revolver Black Jr Buck (Stryker x Zoe)
DDPC Black Jr Buck (Rascal x Porshe)
Aurora Black Jr Doe (Bentley x Sushi)
DDPE Black Jr Doe (Rascal x Porshe)
DDUC Blue Jr Buck (Bentley x Jill's Wild Blue Venus)
Cover Girl Blue Sr Doe (Kooper x Tessa)
Revlon Blue Jr Doe (Stryker x Morgan)
DDE7 Blue Jr Doe (Desperado x Delaney)
DDT4 Blue Jr Doe (Bazooka x Tessa)

Silver Marten

Riddle Black Sr Buck (Riddle's Quervo x Riddle's Flicka)
Joker Blue Sr Buck (Riddle's Quervo x Riddle's Flicka)
Robin Blue Sr Doe (Riddle's Quervo x Riddle's Flicka)
Stormy Blue Jr Buck (Marten x Sabra)
Rainy Blue Jr Doe (Marten x Sabra)

Show Results & For Sale

2008-05-27T08:21:00.000-07:00

I've currently been having issues with our computers, making the only working one a really old computer that only has windows 98. I'm unable to get in to update my website from this computer, so decided to start a blog that I can put updates on until my laptop gets fixed (has problems with overheating, and shuts down on me after only 20-30 minutes of being on it). Needless to say, my website is currently out of date.
In big highlights for the rabbits, this has been a great month for the Martens! At Bremerton on the 17th, Robin won Breeders Choice and Best in Show! I took her down to the Portland show this last weekend with me, and she won the Master Breeder competition and Reserve in Show, this being her 2nd RIS (also won one at the Yakima show last month). Nicole and I are hoping she holds her coat for state. I'm unable to get pics uploaded on here, however Nicole has been updating the SM website (http://geocities.com/silverstreakrabbitry/), which has a pic from our BIS on it.
My Dutch numbers are down. I've been trying to keep my show numbers down, as I am now judging at most shows I go to, and my dad is the one to put them on the table for me. At Monroe on the 3rd, Revlon (Blue jr doe) was BOS for her first leg. She's a super typey doe that I have coming up. At Bremerton, Cover Girl (Blue sr doe) was BOS for her first leg, another really typey doe. I bumped her up to sr so her and Revlon don't cross each other out by being in the same class. I only took four Dutch to the Portland show, not expecting many Dutch to be there. There were only 3 others, owned by one breeder, so not enough for a leg. In show A my little Blue jr buck was BOB. In show B, Revolver (Black jr buck) was BOB, and even got an honorable mention. Cover Girl was BOS.
Next show is the WA State Covention, my favorite show of the year. I am now taking unrefundable 50% deposits on for sale animals that can be held until that weekend. I can *try* to get updated pics of the listed rabbits, if needed. Rabbits that are currently for sale:

Rascal (Black sr buck, RGC/3 legs)- sale pending to Cheyenne

Eva (Black sr doe, 1 leg)- sale pending to Cheyenne

DDRB (Black jr buck)- out of Stryker (RGC/20 legs, 3 BIS) x Siren (RGC/4 legs)- His saddle is a bit bias. He has an excellent left stop, however the right is bias and drags into the toe (does not connect). Otherwise he has nice markings. He's a nice typed buck, just weak in the lower hindquarters.

DDZA (Black jr buck)- out of Stryker x Zoe (RGC/ 3 legs)- is from the same litter as Revolver, which is a repeat breeding of Vixen. His saddle is a bit bias, and is ragged on his undercut. Has excellent head markings (Zoe kids always do). He's weak in the shoulders and lower hindquarters. Has excellent depth, and is nice and short in body.

DDPB- (Black sr doe- just 6 months)- out of Bentley (RGC/6 legs) x Porshe (RGC/3 legs)- Stops are uneven, otherwise great markings. A bit weak in the shoulders. She's super wide, and has excellent hindquarters, nice and smooth.

DDE6- (Blue jr buck)- out of Desperado (RGC/7 legs) x Delaney (RGC/5 legs)- Has great markings, however has a high head mount and longer front legs, where he does not want to pose. He peaks a bit too soon in the hindquarters, causing him to slope off.

Blue jr doe (not tattoo yet, only 8 weeks old)- out of Kooper (RGC/4 legs) x Lila (reg/1 leg)- Is super typey! Has good markings other than a bad undercut, and her right cheek is a bit high.

I am currently debating about selling both Rimfire (Black buck, RGC/14 legs, 1 RIS) and/or Desperado (Black buck, RGC/7 legs). Both have produced Grand Champions for me. If interested in either email me, might make me make a decision quicker...