Remember When: Betty's Rabbit Partner Suzanne

Betty had a rabbit partner from early to mid 90s. Suzanne went into rabbits around 1990. She and Betty hit it off really well. Suzanne went to her first ARBA convention in Pomona with two rabbits that she bought from Betty, a tort senior doe Sweety Pie and a tort junior doe Nikki. It was expected that Nikki would do well, instead Sweety Pie took Best of Breed!

After the convention, Betty and Suzanne decided to join force. Though each maintained a regular herd, they registered their rabbits in co-ownership form; used each other's rabbits in shows and for breeding. Suzanne had a keen eye for short body type. She was inclined to keep the smallest one in the litter; some of these turned out to have very cobby type when they became adults.

Suzanne is a registered nurse. Her work schedule was different each week and had to work weekends quite a bit. She would go to shows as far as Oregon during her work-free weekends. She was also the vice president of NCAG in charge of book sales.

Eventually her intensive showing and hectic work schedule burned her out. Around 1996-1997, Suzanne decided to stop breeding but still would go to ARBA conventions to have fun. In 2000, Suzanne went with Betty to ARBA convention in Columbus OH for the last time. Her last rabbits passed away around 2003-2004; the oldest one was around 10 years old.

After rabbits, Suzanne was very involved in keeping horses.