Maura Says Hi

 

Maura's mama Betty has not gone to a show for a while, Maura is getting antsy.  

Maura is still holding on to her coat, she asks when will she be visiting her bunny friends again.   

Maura says that she will be a good girl if mama would take her to a show soon.

French Angora at WCC

 

French Angora is the only breed of Angora shown at WCC this year.   Judge Alysia Call is examining a colored French Angora.   Kendra from Oregon watches, Pattee walks by.

Kendra's pointed white French Angora doe.

Kendra blow-grooming her French Angora. 

Pattee shows her colored French Angora on Saturday.

Pattee's French Angora 3-monthe-old colored junior doe.  

  

This is Carol's chocolate senior doe that shared BOB with another doe during the WCC weekend.   Carol spent most time with her American Fuzzy Lops that won big, did not have the chance of taking photos of her French Angora being judged and won.

WCC Showroom Scenes

Showroom set up is different from previous years.  In the previous years the judging tables were in the middle while this year the judging tables are next to the walls.

The area next to the gate used to be the most favorite spot for the wool breeds but this year this spot is kinda sparse.  There were a good number of French Angora but not many other breeds of Angora. 

Father and son Nate and Parker Burbidge enjoy a pleasant and successful weekend together. 

Parker cuddles an American Fuzzy Lop who just had a hair cut.

 

Judges Josh Humphries and Eric Stewart judging Best In Show. 

Carol Receives Lifetime ARBA Membership

ARBA executive director Eric Stewart presents the life membership card in the envelope to Carol at WCC.

Yea, Carol is now a life member of ARBA!  
The requirements to be a life member are listed in the bylaws.  One has to have continuous membership for at least 25 years and meets the age requirement.  Carol has been a continuous member since 1998, has met all the requirements.     Betty and Casey are also life members, Betty met the requirements over 10 years ago and Casey 2 years ago.

Another happy moment for Carol, Burb-Green Psychic wins the Best In Show at the all wool show "War of Wools" that is nicknamed WOW.  It's a WOW moment.

 

American Fuzzy Lop Wins Best of the Best at WCC

At WCC event, all the Best In Show winners from the open all breed shows, youth all breed shows, war of wool show, Lopalooza show, meat rabbit show, market rabbit show, cavy shows, all specialty shows, .... compete for the Best of the Best honor.   All the judges examine each Best In Show winner and cast their votes.  Carol and Nate's American Fuzzy Lop gets the top vote, is crowned as the "Best of the Best" animal of this event.

This is a close up of the rabbit Green-Burb "Somebody's Problem" and the two happy owners.

 

The breeds and the names of the owners are  engroved on the plates of this perpectual trophy.  The 2023 winner will be added to the 15th plate of this trophy.  The wool breeds have been quite successful in receiving this honor. Out of the 15 WCC events, wool animals won 5 Best of the Best: An English Angora was the first wool animal to have won this honor in 2011, a French Angora in 2013, an American Fuzzy Lop in 2015, a French Angora in 2018 and in 2023 an American Fuzzy Lop.      
 

The same American Fuzzy Lop "Green-Burb Somebody's Problem" also won the Best In Show in the all Lop show "Lopalooza". 

Another of Carol and Nate's American Fuzzy Lop "Green-Burb Psychic" won the Best In Show in the all wool show "War of the Wools".  

This is an extremely exciting weekend for the Green-Burb team.

 

American Fuzzy Lop Triple Open Best In Show at WCC

The 2023 West Coast Classic event has been held at Reno-Sparks Convention Center during the April 14-16 weekend.  

 

There are three open all breed shows during the weekend.  Show A is held on Saturday April 15 and show B and C are held on Sunday April 16.   In open show A.  the Best In Show goes to the American Fuzzy Lop shown by Carol and Nate.  In the photo from left to right are: judge David Moll of MI, Parker Burbidge, Nate Burbidge, Carol Green, judge Zachary Newman of NJ.   

The same American Fuzy Lop Green-Burb Somebody's Problem wins the Best In Show again in open show B under judges Eric Stewart and Josh Humphries.

In open show C, judges Jim Rowland and Briony Smith also award the Best In Show to American Fuzzy Lop Green-Burb Somebody's Problem.

It's an amazing weekend for the Green-Burb team, but that's not the end yet.    There are more winnings to come, stay tuned.

 

Bao Bao and Bei Bei Celebrate First Birthday

One year old!!!

Teresa posted this picture on her Facebook on May 12, 2022.  These two kittens were found by a grounds keeper at the Merced County Fairgounds that day.   Teresa is the CEO of Merced County Fairgrounds, she took in the boys to find them a home.  

The two boys came home with me on May 13, 2022.   I named them Bao Bao and Bei Bei, Precious Treasures.  

Bao Bao weighed 16.1 ounces and Bei Bei weighed 15.9 ounces.  I could easily lift them up!

They were two tiny little guys.

They had kitten blue eyes.  All kittens are born with blue eyes until they turn 8-10 weeks old to get their adult eye color.   Their weight and eye color indicated that Bao Bao and Bei Bei were about 4 weeks on May 13, 2022.

Bao Bao and Bei Bei now have golden eyes.

Each weighs 14 pounds.

Bao Bao and Bei Bei celebrate their birthday in mid April, one year old in 2023.   With a combined weight of 28 pounds, I no longer can lift them up, I am not even able to pose them well for a photo.  If you notice, I am wearing the same sweatshirt as 11 month ago, sitting at the same chair (see the claw marks!).  You can get a comparasion of what a difference 11 months made.

Bao Bao sniffs the cake, does he like it?