Actually being in the Jersey Wooly breed now, and having just sold my hollands just last year, I am aware of current trends.
I see the exact opposite of what you see.
It DOESN"T take a true dwarf to win at shows, false dwarfs can be at the right weight and ear length.
No one likes peanuts. They are non productive, and why increases the wear on your doe to have litters when most are peanuts. That is a backwards way of breeding. Less kits means less show prospects.
It's not rocket science to use BUDS, any GOOD show breeder will tell you that to reduce the risk of peanuts.
I got litters of 5-7 for the hollands and 6-8 for the woolies. And it's not a freak, this is typical of the bloodlines I have, and one of the most prevalent bloodlines in the East. This has become the trend.
And at the moment, they are the healthiest, most productive breed in the barn. Far surpassing the three commercial meat breeds in fertility and disease resistance. The only rabbits who did not die in the cocci plague- Jersey Woolies.
I haven't had peanuts in my hollands or JWs of yet. I've been breeding mother to son in most of my breedings. Since I removed bigger ones with longer ears, I'm getting smaller rabbits(more compact) with shorter ears, but not peanuts.
The breeders where the lines came out of haven't had any either. Matter of fact, I hear of them few and in between, and breeders say- stay away from those lines they produce a lot of peanuts. They even tell people not to breed pair that produce them to each other.
Perhaps they are not as prevalent as you believe.
And those who want to win at any cost are actually in the minority. They tend to stand out more because they are the ones coming in with problems, that doesn't account for the many who do not have any problems that you never hear about.
That's why I don't like over arching all encompassing stereotypes. Psychology tells us we are more quick to believe the bad than the good. And once we fix those judgements they are hard to let go. There are WAY too many good breeders out there to condemn a whole breed based on some bad things popping up.
Sorry, you can't condemn a whole country of breeders based on what you saw 7, 5, or even two years ago, especially if you aren't here now, on the show table now, or looking in peoples barns.
And from what you've learned about me, if there was something to this conspiracy to continue to breed maladjusted deformed rabbits just to win, do you really think I'd over look that and stay in the breed?
