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2023 DRCBA Schomberg Fair Show

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The show was held inside the white tent so the rabbits were sheltered from the hot sun The DRCBA puts on a rabbit and cavy show at the Schomberg Fair. This was a single show with the rabbit judging done by a DRCBA judge Doris Brady. This was a fun fair show for us so I only brought our two Jr REW EAs, Uncle Buck and Unity, and a few baby Satin Angoras. Mary Grillo brought her REW EAs and Julie Martin brought her colored EAs including a couple Broken babies, a variety which is showable under DRCBA rules! Judge Doris being assisted by Julie Martin, judge in training Oh the joys of showing white rabbits, especially angoras! It seems all of our white angoras that day were having their own contest of who can poop themselves more in one day. We all had to clean some very messy butts on our rabbits. Uncle Buck pooped himself earlier in the day and Unity remained clean all day until about half hour before we were due to show!  Unity being messy 20min later after some grooming magic Both Unity

2023 ARBA Rockton Show

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The Rockton show put on every year by the Southern Ontario Rabbit Breeders Association club is the Ontario ARBA season opener. Just as it was last year, it is a great show to attend and quite busy with 3 main open shows, multiple specialty shows, and a fun youth show for the kids.  We started the day off with a wonderful surprise! A beautiful personalized award lovingly made and presented by Beth Collins for winning the Ontario points sweepstakes for English Angoras for 2022! Judging the shows were Maddie Pratt from MI for Show A, Tom Schweikart from PA for Show B, John Richter from ON for Show C, and Mark Stewartson from ON for the Angora Specialty.  We had a total of 17 English Angoras shown by 4 exhibitors: myself, Laura Hamilton, Mary Grillo, and Julie Martin.  In the White class, we had quite the exciting battle of the BerMah kids (Josee Maher's rabbitry). I brought my Sr buck from Josee, BerMah Maurice, while Mary brought her Sr buck from Josee, BerMah Misty. I brought two Jr

2023 DRCBA Spring Show

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Our first rabbit show of this season in Ontario was held by the Dominion club just outside of Barrie this weekend. Around 200 rabbits competed and it was a very fun show with some great competitions to watch. I spent most of the day clerking for judge John Richter. If you want to learn more about the different rabbit breeds and how they are judged, this is the best seat in the house to do that! Competition for best doe and litter. This involves teams of one doe and three of her babies competing with each other for over all quality and uniformity.    Our English Angoras stayed home but I did bring our two young French Angoras: Electric Trucker Boy, a Black buck, and his Chestnut sister Electric Tatiana. Both were technically Juniors as they are still under 6mo old but because they were both over the Jr weight limit, they had to compete as Seniors. Their only competition were two other Sr girls handled by Julie Martin. A stunning 8mo old REW and an older Chestnut. The REW girl rightfully

2023 Ontario Rabbit Shows Schedule

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The following is a listing of upcoming shows in Ontario as well as our neighbouring province of Quebec. This list will be updated as shows are announced. More details about each show will follow bellow the list.  Rabbit shows in Ontario are held under one of two organizations: The American Rabbit Breeders Association (ARBA) which is an international organization that has shows across the world, and the  Dominion Rabbit and Cavy Breeders Association (DRCBA) which is a Canadian organization that puts on shows in Ontario.  You do not have to be a member of any of the above clubs in order to participate in the shows. Simply contact the show secretary to register your entries. All shows are open to public visitors. For a listing of upcoming ARBA shows in Ontario you can use this search page (shows will only show up once they have been officially sanctioned):   https://arba.net/show-search/  For a listing of upcoming DRCBA  shows in Ontario visit:  http://www.drcba.ca/Events.aspx -----------