Toronto English Angoras

Held on Sep 28 in the village of Spencerville near Ottawa this event had 3 Open shows. We had a total of 13 English Angoras being shown by 5 competitors. I only brought the two senior girls who were still in coat, Banana and Dejavu. It was refreshing to attend a show with only 2 rabbits! I got to socialize and relax. In Show A under judge Vincent Consiglio, Banana earned 3rd out of 6 Colored Senior Does, beat out by Mary's Bacardi in 1st and Gemini in 2nd. Dejavu earned 2nd White Senior Doe to Mary's Margarita, with Mary's Priscilla coming in 3rd.  In Show B under judge Paul Jurgelonis, Banana won 1st Colored Senior Doe. She was followed by Mary's Gemini in 2nd and Bacardi in 3rd. She then went on to win BOV and BOB, earning a leg for those wins. Dejavu again took 2nd with Margarita and Priscilla placing same as in Show B.  In Show C under judge Tom Schweikart, Banana came in 3rd with Gemini in 1st and Bacardi in 3rd. This time Dejavu earned 1st White Senior Doe and wen...

Unfortunately I broke my wrist this summer and was unable to handle or groom any of my rabbits for a month. A few of the rabbits went to new homes so they could receive the care they needed. I'm lucky that my family was able to step up and help caring for the others. After a month of no grooming, I was finally able to do some limited blow outs and some minor combing while the rabbit was on the grooming stand. Grooming while wearing a cast on a hand with decreased strength and range of motion proved to be very challenging and painful, so I didn't do much of it. While not ideal, this turned out to be a great opportunity to test how the coats on each rabbit behaved. A couple were prone to matting and ultimately had to be shaved but others proved to do shockingly well. Ysadora, a senior girl in full show coat barely had any matting on her and her half sister Banana did fairly well while transitioning into her senior coat. But go figure, having to survive a summer of no grooming in ...