Find on the Net: Halloween Kitty

Pumpkin and carved cat, what's better to represent Halloween?

Maybe this cut in the pumpkin?  Is this better?

A real cat in a pumpkin, definitely great.    
These kitty celebrating Halloween photos were found on the internet.  We are rabbit people, what do rabbits do to celebrate Halloween?   Stay tuned.  

 

American Fuzzy Lop at Louisville

American Fuzzy Lop judge and winners:
from left to right, convention judge: Chase Austin, BOB winner Linda Hibbert, BOSB winner Carol Green/Nate Burbidge.

 

Chase and Carol and Nate and the BOSB winner broken junior buck.  

American Fuzzy Lop is very personable, good for showing and good for being a pet.

Carol gives head scratches to her kids.

The size of the heads indicates that these are the senior bucks.

American Fuzzy Lops waiting for the judge.

 

Open and Youth Convention Best In Show Winners at Louisville

The French Angora is the Best In Show in Open and Youth at the ARBA Convention, what an accomplishment.  It's a history making moment.   Eric Stewart is the open winner and Morgan Oesterling is the youth winner.   

Eric is the breeder/owner/groomer of this gorgeous white senior doe. 

Morgan is also the breeder/owner/groomer of this fantastic junior doe.  

 

French Angora Wins Youth Best In Show at Louisville

As we reported yesterday, Eric's French Angora won the Open Best In Show at the ARBA convention at Louisville.   The same breed also won the youth Best In Show!   Morgan Oesterling in the middle with the Group judge Leann McKinney on the right and the Best In Show judge Misty Polisak on the left.

Youth group judging.  

Morgan with the group judge Leann.

Morgan with breed judge Stacy Easton Martin.  

Would you believe this pretty young lady is only 15 years old?  This pretty rabbit is a French Angora white junior doe named Frances Bean, 5 months old and bred by Morgan as well as groomed by Morgan.   

Morgan and her winner.  Morgan certainly has grown a lot since she came into the Angora scene in 2018, see my prediction of her being a new star in the wonderful world of Angora:
Northern California Angora Guild: Betty's Young Friends at the ARBA Convention in MA (ncag.blogspot.com)

Open Best In Show Judging at ARBA Convention at Louisville

The Best In Show judge at the ARBA convention was broadcasted live, a wonderful service to those who are not able to be present.  

The four judges that are voted in to judge Group are:
Group 1 Glen Carr, OH
Group 2 Ryan Harrah, IN
Group 3 Bruce Omsby, IN
Group 4 Scott Rodriguez, CO

French Angora is on the Group 4 table being examined by Scott.   Out of the 4 breeds of Angoras, 3 are in Group 4: French Angora, Satin Angora and Giant Angora.   English Angora is in Group 3.

Judge Scott announces that the French Angora is the Group 4 winner.  

The Group 1 winner is the Britannia Petit.    

The Group 2 winner is the Polish.  The judge who received the highest vote is Mike Avesing of Iowa who picks the Best In Show.

The Group 3 winner is the Holland Lop.  

The Group 4 winner is the French Angora.  

The Open Best In Show is Eric’s French Angora.   This is the first time that a French Angora winning the open Best In Show in the ARBA convention history.   The youth Best In Show is also a French Angora but at this time no information is available to post.   It is also the first time that a French Angora wins the youth Best In Show.  It's such an achievement for the same breed to win both Open and Youth Best In Show in the same convention.

  The English Angora has won open Best In Show three times and youth Best In Show four times.  Giant Angora and Satin Angora have yet to make it to the top.  

 

Winners at ARBA Convention at Louisville

Sunday is the judging day.  We thank Eric and Debbie for sharing these nice photos.

News of French Angora:  Best of Breed is Eric Stewart's white senior doe.

The white French Angora got it this year.    From WI, Rachel Penterman's white senior buck is the BOSB and from PA, Eric Stewart's white senior doe is the BOB.    Judge is Stacy Easton Martin from Indiana.  

Debbie McCormick from NC wins the colored junior doe class.  This is the only rabbit that she entered in competition.   Debbie's major task this year is to be a team member to present the broken English Angora.    Our of the 6 broken English Angora that she brought to the convention, 4 of them are expected to be in the presentation group.

The English Angora colored junior doe class.  

Carol and Debbie doing a selfie and Nate photobombs.  

 

Carol Goes to the ARBA Convention at Louisville: The Trip

 

Carol Green and her prize-winning American Fuzzy Lop.
After attending the ARBA convention for 33 consecutive years, Betty decided to sit this one out.  Carol is kind enough to be our guest reporter.

On Tuesday morning, Carol packs her rabbits and supplies in her van to drive to Utah to meet up with her partner Nate.  

The scenery from CA to UT is quite plain.

It's a lot colder in UT than in CA.  

Carol and Nate's Fuzzies in the rented full size van.  There are two French Angora that are not visible in this photo.
 

It's a long drive, the van is entering Indiana, Carol's home state.  

After two days, Carol and Nate arrive at the convention floor early, the showroom is still quite empty..

Only a few Fuzzies are cooped.   Carol's grooming table at the left corner.

Angora area.

Not many Angora have been cooped yet.