Tami and Her God Son

English Angora rabbits have cute faces and docile personality. They are major attractions in rabbit shows. Even those who are not in the breed find English Angora hard to resist.

Here is Tami, one of the top breeders of French Lop and English Lop, holding Chu's Lexus. Tami calls Lexus her God son. Lexus is the daddy and grand daddy of many Best In Show winners including Emilia, Lexika and Mercedes.

Three Top French Lop Ladies

In rabbit shows, one of the fun thing is to make friends, either within our own breeds or outside our own breeds.

French Lop breeders are always very close to us. They are very friendly and usually put on a wonderful lunch table that we could steal food from. And they are very talented. The first photo shows the three top breeders in Lops. Far left is Jeanne, the secretary of the national Lop club. She teaches quilt making and doll making, her products are top quality and uses some of the best material. Angora yarn is one of her choices to make dolls' hair. Jeanne's French Lop won the BOB in the ARBA convention in Indianapolis last October.

The middle is Lynn, who probably does more knitting than any of the Angora breeders/fiber people. She uses a lot of Angora yarn combined with other material to make original design items that sell for premium price. Lynn also teaches knitting. Lynn goes to shows with her mother Mary who is 80+ young but more energetic than any of us. They are shown in the second photo. Lynn is the chair of the ARBA Airline Committee, she works tirelessly to get the airlines to offer us better deals.

Both Lynn and Jeanne are top French Lop breeders.

The right is Tami, she has both French Lop and English Lop and does very well in shows. Our blog readers probably remember seeing her photo in December when her French Lop won the RIS. Tami loves to play with and to kiss English Angora. More photos of her with English Angora will be posted tomorrow.

Jeff from Washington

Jeff came down from Washington to judge in the Big Valley RA shows at Stockton a few weeks ago. He and Jamie selected the Best In Show and Reserve In Show in show A.

In the top photo, during the Best In Show judging, Jeff is evaluating the English Angora. In the second photo, Jeff and Jamie are looking over two other breeds.

Jeff is highly regarded among the judges, he is currently the Chair of the ARBA Judges Review Committee, a very prestigious appointment. He has been judging for a long time. The first time Betty had her English Angora judged by Jeff was in the 1986 Washington State Convention. In 20 years, Jeff has not changed a bit, still as handsome and youthful looking as in 1986.

Jeff is a very successful contractor in his "real life".

French Angora in Turlock

There were double shows held in Turlock last Saturday. Carol reported that French Angora was shown, but no other breeds of Angora was there. Carol's cream senior doe took Best of Breed and Lindsay's buck took Best Opposite Sex in both shows. Photoed here is the cream doe being examined during the Best In Show judging. The BIS winner was a Californian and the RIS a Mini Satin.