Heart the Princesses

Carolyn has the Hearts on her wall.   All her princesses are represented.

The top one is Princess Fawness who joined the princess squad when she was a junior.   

Next to the right is Princess Imari who became Carolyn's princess a year before Fawness.  Imari was a baby then.   

Next to Imari is the newest addition, Royal Highness Princess Kitty Fallyn.   Fallyn showed up at Carolyn's door in June 2021 wanting to join in, she meowed that she was a royalty in the past but now needed a new kingdom at Carolyn's home.   

Flower Girl was a show girl during her early years but decided that being a princess is better than being a grand champion and a show girl.   

Quinzanne follows Flower Girl's lead retiring from being a show girl and a grand champion to be a princess.   

 

Buns in Bed

Betty's two English Angora bunnies love their bed. 

They stay in a large carrier in Betty's family room in front of the unused fireplace.

Getting up in the morning, still looking sleepy.

This photo is taken a few days after the three above.  Do you think they look a bit bigger?

They are filling up their bed, soon they won't fit in anymore.

 

Casey’s Vaccination Trip

Casey is bringing her English Angora juniors to be vaccinated at the Kittel Family Veterinary Practice in Elk Grove.    The practice is now using the domestically produced vaccine by Medgene.   It requires two shots three weeks apart, this is Casey's second trip.   Those taken the second shot will gain full protection in 7 days.

These are the 7 English Angora juniors that we saw in yesterday's post.

In addition to the 7 English Angora juniors, Satin Angora big winner Deva is also included.  Deva was supposed to be boosted at Aptos in Febraury but she was off feed on that day so Casey decided not to take her.   Behind Deva is a cut down broken English Angora buck that came from Debbie in NC.  Since there was no RHD cases in NC, he was not vaccinated before coming to CA.

Due to COVID protocol, Casey is not allowed to go inside the practice.  A vet tech comes to carry all the rabbits inside for shots.  

After shots, Casey waited with the rabbits in the parking lot for 15 minutes to make sure there's no adverse reaction.   Then she's on her way home.    We'll see these rabbits on the show table at Cal State show this coming weekend.

 

Casey's New English Angora Babies

It has been a while since Casey has new English Angora youngsters.   Her litter of 7 all grow into beautiful juniors.     She is sharing some photos here.  They will be going to shows as soon as they get vaccinated.

 

Debbie's English Angora Wins Best In Show again

Debbie's English Angora black doe Clarice is her pride and joy.
Clarice won the first place colored junior doe at the ARBA convention, then kept on winning Best In Show and Reserve In Show after turning senior.   She is at it again the past weekend.

Carolina Highlands RBA holds two day all breed shows on Saturday and Sunday, February 19-20, 2022 at Morganton, NC.  This is quite a crowded showroom.

Debbie grooms Clarice.  

On Saturday, Clarice wins the Reserve In Show from judge Peter Valcheck.

At the Angora specialty show on Saturday, Clarice wins the specialty Best In Show, Reserve In Show is the Satin Angora.  Judge is Louis Potter.   There are over 50 in the specialty show.

On Sunday, Clarice wins the Best In Show from judge Josh Humphries.

 

Show B Best In Show Judging at Merced

Show B Best In Show judge is Alan Rafferty.

The same three BOB Angoras are on their own coops.  The club coops are small, the Angora exhibitors tend to use other means to present their BOBs on the BIS table.  In some areas, the exhibitors present their BOB Angoras on a separate carpet, some use their carriers.  In this area, the exhibitors purchase double size judging coops and bring to the shows to present their BOBs.

Satin Angora BOB.   The sun is setting and photo taking is getting harder.

The English Angora judge returned to her coop.

The Best In Show goes to Savana's American Fuzzy Lop.

The Reserve In Show goes to Victoria's Lionhead.

This post concludes the show day of February 5, 2022 at Merced.   

 

Show A Best In Show Judging at Merced

Not long after judge Doug completed Angora judging in show B, he is asked to judging the Best In Show in show A.

The three Angora BOBs are side by side in their own judging coops on the Best In Show table.

The BOB French Angora is being examined first.  

The French Angora is a white senior doe.

The BOB Satin Angora is on the table.

BOB Satin Angora back to the judging coop.  She is taken out a couple more times for final consideration.

The BOB English Angora.

English Angora back to the judging coop.  She is also taken out a few more times during the final consideration.

The Best In Show goes to Deb's Holland Lop.

The Reserve In Show goes to Casey's Satin Angora.