Deer Heart
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I went to my first rabbit show ever today. I used the excuse of saving on shipping with my newest 3-hole KW cage to go and sadly had to go entirely by myself (none of my friends or family are interested in rabbits or showing them) it was extremely overwhelming. Suddenly plunging into the deep end of a hobby you are only just barely touching on. I do not regret it though. The nice people more than made up for it.
I met some really nice folks and learned so much about showing and my current breed and other breeds. I met some less than nice folks too, unfortunately and made a lot of stupid newbie errors (like not enough cash!).
One not so nice person snapped at me when I asked a simple question before the show began (that sort of set the mood for me being meek the rest of the show for fear of looking dumb again) later when the shows began, the same gentleman kept rolling his eyes at the judge when they picked another person's rabbit alongside his for a second look. Even turned to someone he didn't come with and kept making whispered remarks insinuating the judge didn't know what he was doing. I was pretty elated when the judge chose the other person's rabbit over his for BoB, you could literally see the ego deflate. Especially when the person showing the other rabbit had wandered off (I think she was showing at other tables at the time) and when she came back was like "Oh? I won?" (hah, karma)
I entered a raffle and won... 2 rabbits....Jeebus :wr_power: :wr_power:
Cue running to the KW cage booth again to get a transporter cage :| Free bunnies = $50 in a transporter cage
One is a blue jersey wooly JR buck which I absolutely adore and the other is an older broken castor mini rex doe which is quite stunning. Odd set to be going home with that is for certain.
I was a bit surprised though and regret a bit. A woman stopped me as I went to leave with my winnings who wanted to show me a buck she thought would have been perfect for the doe I had just won... but at the time I was feeling a bit overwhelmed - suddenly two when I was only shooting for one and a lot was swimming through my head as they were so different and I didn't think I could go both routes as far as breeding projects and since I preferred the wooly for spinning, breeding the rex right then was the last thing on my mind (it didn't help that I'm well aware the market here is so flooded with rex from when I raised a few before, supply way outweighs demand here). I regret it now as that particular lady had been really nice and her rabbits did look great and showed really well. I feel like she really was offering a branch to help me out as I was obviously new to all of this and I dismissed it like a dope! Aw well, there will be more shows and more nice folks like her and the lovely ladies at the raffle booth.
I met some really nice folks and learned so much about showing and my current breed and other breeds. I met some less than nice folks too, unfortunately and made a lot of stupid newbie errors (like not enough cash!).
One not so nice person snapped at me when I asked a simple question before the show began (that sort of set the mood for me being meek the rest of the show for fear of looking dumb again) later when the shows began, the same gentleman kept rolling his eyes at the judge when they picked another person's rabbit alongside his for a second look. Even turned to someone he didn't come with and kept making whispered remarks insinuating the judge didn't know what he was doing. I was pretty elated when the judge chose the other person's rabbit over his for BoB, you could literally see the ego deflate. Especially when the person showing the other rabbit had wandered off (I think she was showing at other tables at the time) and when she came back was like "Oh? I won?" (hah, karma)
I entered a raffle and won... 2 rabbits....Jeebus :wr_power: :wr_power:
Cue running to the KW cage booth again to get a transporter cage :| Free bunnies = $50 in a transporter cage
One is a blue jersey wooly JR buck which I absolutely adore and the other is an older broken castor mini rex doe which is quite stunning. Odd set to be going home with that is for certain.
I was a bit surprised though and regret a bit. A woman stopped me as I went to leave with my winnings who wanted to show me a buck she thought would have been perfect for the doe I had just won... but at the time I was feeling a bit overwhelmed - suddenly two when I was only shooting for one and a lot was swimming through my head as they were so different and I didn't think I could go both routes as far as breeding projects and since I preferred the wooly for spinning, breeding the rex right then was the last thing on my mind (it didn't help that I'm well aware the market here is so flooded with rex from when I raised a few before, supply way outweighs demand here). I regret it now as that particular lady had been really nice and her rabbits did look great and showed really well. I feel like she really was offering a branch to help me out as I was obviously new to all of this and I dismissed it like a dope! Aw well, there will be more shows and more nice folks like her and the lovely ladies at the raffle booth.