GC SLR's Tritan 9th Top Lop for 2010

A big congratulations goes out to Grand Champion SLR's Tritan a homebred buck that has placed 9th Top Lop in the world for the 2010 show season! He'll be featured in the next issue of the Hollander through the Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club (http://www.hlrsc.com/). Here's some photos of our little boy.

An Update at SLR

We have said good bye to the black/ orange harlequin SR doe and the broken chestnut SR doe to a wonderful pet home up north here. We haven't posted a eight month old tri colored doe, an eight month old broken chestnut doe, a black/orange tri two month old doe or her brother a two month old black/orange tri buck yet. Hopefully we will have some photos of them up on here before Friday but we'll see how the week goes! It's silage time here on the farm and we're hoping to be done in the next two weeks, until then things are a little crazy!

For the mean time feel free to browse the previous blog posts as there is quite a few photos of our animals and educational posts! We hope everyone is doing well and catching some good summer sun!

For Sale Black Buck and Chestnut Doe

Well as promised here are photos of the two little cuties! They are just coming out of the ugly stage and are looking pretty nice.

Black Buck, three months old.

Chestnut doe, full sibling to black buck above

Anyways those are the newest two that have become available, soak up some sun until next time,
Shannon

A couple helpful tips when e-mailing a breeder!

Oh what a lovely holiday today! We managed to get the bunnies that are up north settled in a little more and took a few photos of the black buck and his three month old sister the chestnut doe - what a pair of cuties! On a more serious note I wanted to go over some tips to use when e-mailing a breeder about what stock s/he has available.

First off use complete sentences and proper punctuation! If this is not present there's a few things that go through my mind, one is that it is a child e-mailing with/without parental consent or two the person that sent the e-mail just doesn't care. If you are really interested in a bunny you can take the time to use complete sentences and punctuation. Also with spell check so readily available there's no excuse to have common words spelt wrong.

List what you are interested in! List the age, gender, color, whether it's for show, brood or pet and what traits you may be desiring and which ones are already an issue for you so you want to steer clear of. This helps greatly to give the breeder an idea of what you want and they can get back to you with animals that fit your description.

If applicable say where you live. If you live far away from them and are planning on shipping it's a good thing to get that out in the open ASAP. Some breeders do not ship and others have a minimum shipping order. If you have other ideas on how to get the rabbits talk about that too, ie meeting somewhere or bringing to a show or driving to their house.

Say your budget. This can narrow down and make the process simpler by avoiding getting attached to bunnies that are out of your budget. If you can't afford any of their animals they can probably point you to another breeder that can help you out.

Those are just some things that are on the top of my head. It's so nice to get e-mails that are complete and outline exactly what they are looking for, after all there's no point wasting either of your time!

We'll post the two cuties tomorrow but until then enjoy the rest of the long weekend!
Shannon

For Sale: Broken Chestnut doe and Black/Orange Harlequin doe

Here's another two photos of ome of the current sale animals.

Broken Chestnut doe

Black & Orange Harlequin Doe

More photos to follow tomorrow ince I'm off work for the weekend!
- Shannon

Chestnut SR doe and Torted Tri SR doe

Well as promised here are photos of two of the ten animals that are currently for sale.

Chestnut SR doe - proven brood doe

Here's a few photos of the torted tri SR doe - also a proven brood doe

If one of these gals strike your fancy feel free to e-mail me for more info on either one.
Until Thursday, Shannon.

An update at SLR

We hope that the show in Red Deer this weekend went really well and that all exhibitors and animals arrived home safetly.

Robin and I made a trip down to Calgary this last weekend and picked up ten pet/brood quality animals to sell near the Grande Prairie area. Here's what is available:

One tri color doe, one tri color buck both are pet quality DOB June 6 2011
One chestnut doe three years old, proven brood doe
Two broken chestnut does, both eight months old brood & pet quality
One torted tri doe, two years old, proven brood doe
One harli doe, one and a half years old, pet quality
One black doe, one Chestnut doe, siblings three months old brood & pet quality
One tri doe, five months old, brood/pet quality.

We'll have some photos posted last today so if there's anyone who strikes your fancy then feel free to e-mail me! Until then take care.