Toronto English Angoras

One of the perks of showing at Komoka, professional photo for all competitors. This year's theme was year of the rabbit.  Komoka is the unofficial season ender show for ARBA competitions in Ontario. It is always a big and well ran show. This year as always, there were 3 open shows plus multiple breed specialties. There were 6 judges booked for this event: Danielle and Justin Lowe from IN, Chuck Pelham and  Penny Jackson from MI,  Tom Schweikart from PA, and Jodi Hartman from NY. I was very excited at the opportunity to be able to show under some new to me judges. When the show entries closed, 600 rabbits were entered and the organizers scrambled to find 2 more judges at the last minute to help the show run in a timely manner. Ontario's John Richter and Mark Stewartson graciously stepped up.  The showroom towards the end of the day after some people had already left This show ended up being utterly insane for me, mostly due to the number of animals and different breeds I brought

Wrapping up the best in show judging in the dark Despite of being only a couple weeks before convention, this turned out to be a big show. Over 400 rabbits competed, four judges judged, and we were there till dark.  The English Angoras had a very nice showing. We had a few people interested in the breed and showing who came out to watch and help out. We had a ton of fun. Despite of it being a busy day, all of the judges were very generous with their explanations for what they were seeing and answered our questions. I'm so happy to see that we are growing a nice little community of friendly and kind hearted exhibitors in this breed.  Show A English all lined up For English Angoras, I brought two colored senior girls, Electric Zero Hour (Black) and her sister Electric Zanzibar (Lilac). Both sisters haven't shown since the Rockton show where they were just little babies. Good ol' Mr. Bermah Maurice joined us (in his 4th coat at this point) to help fill classes. We had a total

This is a list of rabbitry prefixes or rabbitry names you may have come across in your pedigree or have heard mentioned including the names of the breeders behind them. Some of these breeders are still actively breeding, some have retired from breeding or have passed away. Here is who they are. While some specialize in only one breed of angoras, some breed or have bred multiple angora breeds. A Angora Gardens Christine Auclair , QC B Bermah Josee Maher , QC C Chu Betty Chu, CA Constellation Julie Gordie, FL Cuddle Bunnies Melissa Hunter Cracovia Beatrice Putowski, NY D xx E Electric  (that's us!) Marta Wajngarten , ON F Flowers Kimberly Flowers, FL Fuzzybutts Robin Olson, NC Fuzzibutts Melissa Deitrich, DE Farfelu Shannon Carter, ON G Golden Coast Cora Gabriel, BC Greenleaves Ana Ederich, OH Glamz Gaby Gilbeau,  H Happy Hops Holly Faubert, AB Hunneshagen Brenda Hunneshagen, NY Heart Felt Hare Debbie Mccormick, VA Hunnibunnies Natalia Vera, OH I xx J xx K xx L Lonesome Pines Penny S

(This article is under construction. Published in it's early state to provide a quick reference guide.) While there are a number of different angora rabbit breeds around the world, here in North America we have 5 distinct breeds of angora rabbits: German Angora, English Angora, French Angora, Giant Angora, and Satin Angora. Note that while there are other breeds which do produce a fuzzy or wool coat, those breeds are not classified as part of the angora family of breeds. Only breeds created and maintained specifically for fiber production are. While traditionally every ARBA recognized breed has it's own parent breed club, all of the ARBA recognized angora breeds are governed by a single parent club, the National Angora Rabbit Breeders Association or NARBA for short.   GERMAN ANGORA Photo credit:  Bangor Daily News photo by Ardena Hamlin, previously published in the Weekly, shared from the IAGARB blog Mature size: 5.5 - 12lbs Distinguishing features:  elongated body type, face

  Big fair shows are so much fun! Lots of people to talk to, lots of action on the rabbit show tables to watch, and if you want to step away, there's tons of fair action happening only steps away. Horse shows, sheep show, chickens, ducks, cattle, alpacas, and let's not forget fair food.  Our English Angoras stayed at home this time and our Satin Angoras came out to shine (haaa haa). Yes, those are broken English you see being judged in the picture above. Unlike ARBA, the Dominion club recognizes them as a showable variety.  We had a total of 9 Satin Angoras shown by 3 exhibitors. Under judge John Richter, our Chinchilla girl Electric Bonanza took Best of Breed while our Chocolate Agouti girl Electric Arakis took Reserve of Breed. Bonanza's brother, Electric Biscuit took the best buck category in both shows but the girls had him beat for the top honours. In Dominion shows, the 1st and 2nd breed placements are awarded based on merit only regardless of gender. In our 2nd show

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