Good Meara Good Meara

In March 2013 there was a post titled "Good Meara Bad Meara":

http://ncag.blogspot.com/2013/03/good-meara-bad-meara.html

Meara came to CA in late 2012.   She acquired quite a reputation being one of the best French Angoras seen in this area and also one of the most feisty Angora ever seen.   She  tried to bite all the judges and her mama Betty, two of the judges who got the worst bites were Nate and Melissa.    As a result of Meara's bad behavior, she has out of show circuit for a long time.

Judge Nate was judging French Angora, checking nails, ... and this is the second place French Angora and then read out the ear number, HGFMEARA.   "Oh my god, this is Meara!  She did not try to bite me, she is so good, what happened?"

"She is sweet, I got to take a picture with Meara."

Judge Melissa was checking on the class of 3 French Angora senior does.   She placed the second: HGFMEARA, then the first place went to Meara's grand daughter Ginger.   "Melissa, do you know who that is?"  "Who?"  "Meara".   

This is Meara?  What a sweet rabbit, what happened?

Melissa to Nate, Did you know this is Meara?

After Nate and Melissa compare their battle scars from Meara, they decided this is a miracle.

Meara now likes both judges though neither placed her first.   Losing to her own granddaughter is not too hard to swallow, it's her flesh and blood. 

What happened to Meara's feisty behavior?  Old age?  

Betty says, "Old age may help a little but it's hard training.   I saw an episode of the Dog Whisperer; the subject of that episode is the Demon Chihuahua NuNu.   I saw some resemblance of the behavior of NuNu to Meara's, so I borrowed the method from the dog training to work on Meara with some modification.   After several months, Meara finally became submissive to me and eventually became a "normal Angora",  tame and sweet.   If you are interested in this episode of Dog Whisperer, it's on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JED4Saq_ZpM&list=PLdN3gbvLGO69ux2taRPiVADgwfTrPor2C&index=1

You may find it useful if you ever encounter a hard-to-handle rabbit.

The purpose of taking Meara to this show is for Nate and Melissa to see that Meara is now a reformed rabbit.   Not only old dogs could learn new tricks, old rabbits can also modify their behaviors.    Meara's grandson Freddie and granddaughter Ginger have been burning up the show circuit, her appearance is more for showing off her behavior than showing off her beauty.