Retirement Life For Oldies

Counted 7 cut down English Angora in the shaded exercise pen.

Would you believe that there are 3 bucks and 4 does in this group?

Some like to be alone but most like to be in groups.

The could have a little fun without producing bunnies.

Betty says,

"People in shows frequently ask me to tour my barn, thinking that there are more of the full-coated glamorous looking rabbits at home. The full-coated show rabbits are analogous to the movie stars walking the red carpet, they are all dressed up, or more accurately all fluffed up, for the shows. For those who are done with showing, either they would be cut down for breeding or they would be totally retired from showing and breeding. They are routinely cut at the 3-4 month mark and some are paired to share their twilight years until the end. On days that are nice and cool, they come out to the exercise pen to munch on green grass and to have fun. My rabbits are so tame that even the bucks don't fight with each other. In these pictures, there are three old bucks and four old does ranging from 4 to 7 years old. The bucks had missed siring a few times before being considered for group fun. In 30 years of such practice, I have never experienced any unexpected litter from such group exercise. I know for a fact that the oldies really enjoy having a companion in the living quarter and having many companions when exercising. In my opinion, they would rather have their wool cut short and having fun out in the pen than being pretty and going to shows."