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October 24, 2009
   Okay, so I suck at this... I am not a regular blogger. Mind you, I haven't been able to do updated very often either!
Well, I've posted a bunch of rabbits for sale. They are throughout the whole site so look through all pages! I am missing a bunch of pictures, but if there is anybunny you are interested in without pics, I will try get them done for you. I really need to cut down, as I have been having health issues for some time now and all the rabbits, puppys, dogs and kids are playing me out :S Perhaps if I can clean the barn out a bit, I won't be so overwhelmed and start to get a little more excited about it all :P
   The nursery is rocking. LOTS of Holland babes... many otters both blue and black! Tris and oranges too :) Frenchies are tris, oranges and the rest all dilutes with one rew! Who would have ever thought that out of three Frenchie litters that I'd have such cool colors. Sweet!
  We did really well at the last show bringing in nine legs... I thought there were 11 coming, so I'll have to check over my notes. Pretty good though... a double Reserve in Show with Heart Breaker :D My Tri Frenchies got great comments and the otter Hollands showed excellent too. GO COLOR!!!

August 13, 2009
   OMG! My last blog was in April?!? Sheesh... wonder if anybody is even going to check to read this! LOL!
Well, where would I start? Ummm, first things first.... WE FINALLY HAD PUPPIES :D Yes, a little, or more like EXTREMELY excited to announce the arrival of EIGHT American Cocker pups!!! Sydney and Cooper made some beautiful babies. They are all doing well and oh so adorable. (A little biased ;) They are all black/white parti & black/tan tri. I looked through some and saw some tris. Didn't bother checking the exact coloring as of yet. I was with Syd they whole time and it was a long time, but we have anticipated their arrival so much that it was worth the wait. We had four names picked before they were even born : Rosebud & Marley, Spike & Bam Bam. So far there is a Rosebud, Spike and Bam Bam, but I have changed my girl to Maylie instead of Marlie. Maylie was the eighth one born and was left with the sac over her. When I discovered her, she was basically dead, but for some reason I kept doing chest compressions (well, whatever you would call it for puppy revival ;) and after about 40 seconds she gasped! Amazed to see that as I was convinced she was gone, but to upset to relent, I kept doing the chest thing and she would gasp about every 10ish seconds. Figuring that wasn't the best respiratory rate, I gave her mouth to mouth in between each sparse breath (over her mouth and nose like for an infant) I held her upside down to try and empty her lungs and wiped the fluid off of her nose with each breath she took. Eventually our little Maylie started breathing better and is as good as the rest! Maylie was a name I always wanted to name a cocker, and I figure how more precious a pup to name? I have a cocker site in the making, so will post the link when I get it done. I'd like for you to check it out when it's up... our Cockers are also a big part of our lives :)
  Bunnyland is doing well. Have some nice tri Frenchies growing up as do we have some promising Holland otters too. All rabbits are listed on the site, but all do not have pics posted yet. I haven't had much time to get out there to do pics, but they are also in that crappy developing state that I won't bother wasting my time taking pics when I will just want to redo them when they turn "nice"! (I'm sure you other rabbits breeders will understand :) I've acquired a couple new animals to add some new genetics to our tri Frenchie program and also some Hollands from Carrie Campo in Washington. Excited to add some new stuff to the barn :)
   I'll be heading to the Winniped show the first weekend in September. Of course it's not a hard decision to try and make that show since I will get to see Nicole and all her buns :) Long trip, but will be great!
   Back in June I went to Florida to a Nail Tech Show. My mom and her three sisters and my four cousins all made a trip of it. It was great! Picture eight women shopping like mad in Florida... man, is there ever good shopping there!!! They want to make it an annual thing ;)
  Summer has been not to fantastic. A lot of cool weather and rain. Don't even mention the weather to my farmer hubby :S We've been using our new camper and that beats crashing with somebody else. We have a 38ish foot tag with a big slide and quad bunks... heaven! Now THAT's what I call camping! LOL! (See, I can shovel rabbit goods, but I'm still a bit of a priss :P) The last lake we went to it was so cool that the furnace ran all night!
  Well, not much more to say other than I gotta get working on my web sites. I've been trying to "clean" barn and have several youngsters in both Frenchies and Hollands that I need to decide on. Needing a bit more time, but will be making the decisions of who stays and who goes as soon as I can. Check checking the for sale pages to see what else gets posted :) Of course, been taking a ton of pics of the new Cocker pups, so will be spending a lot of time working on that too...
Later!

April 26, 2009
   Holy cow, where have I been?!? Long time no post...
   Well, we have been busy with calving out approx. 300 head of cattle... all I need to say! LOL! We sold a hundred and thirty, so that at least cut the numbers down a fair bit :) Doing very well percentage wise, but we are feeding one baby boy. He is red and a cutie... and finally sucking well!
   The big news around here is that we purchased a tri colored male cocker to add to our family. He comes all the way from Mississippi and he is GORGEOUS!!!! Really, no exaggeration... this dog is phenomenal!!! His name is Cooper and is a real ham! LOL! A little socially "challenged" as my family jokes (he runs full throttle  from any parked vehicle... it doesn't even have to be moving ;) but he fancy, good looks makes up for it! He has at least figured out that he can "maneuver" throughout the yard to follow me and still avoid being within 200 meters of anything with a motor :P My mom would say jokingly, "Cute but dumb." We got him as a 6 month old, so we are working on house training (don't want to even talk about that :s) and he knows his name well and pees outside on demand :) Very energetic and fun loving, this boy is a great dog and I am honored to have him :D I will post the dog pics soon, but still working on getting the rabbits all up. Need up get stuff updated before the show next weekend, in case anybody is looking for some buns!
  Well, as you would have noticed already, I have put up a new web set. Another fine set from Cosmis Handmade :) Needed a change, and this one is perfect! I still am missing some pics, but will be working on it as time goes on. Since I can actually take "outdoor" pics, I have redone a pile of pictures... whether the buns were molting a bit or not! LOL! The photo shoot must go on :P Very excited about this upcoming show in Chestermere as my bestest bud Nicole from Riverside Rabbitry is coming all the way from Manitoba!!! We will get to spend a whole day together and with bunnies no less :D She's even got her hubby chauffeuring her so kudos to Carey for being so supportive... I knew he'd come around ;) I will also get to see Kathy Mannweiler coming from BC :) My first bunny mentor! As for what I will be taking to show... I dont' really check too much 'til the day of the deadline. Really, if the fur is good then, then there is a good candidate! LOL! As for Hollands, unfortunately I don't have too much to show. My breeding for this show ended up in some unrecognized colors and the litters a little after those are all just weaned. Have a nice otter doe out of Olivia that makes weight though and I know Fairy Dust earned her first 2/10 legs at 8 weeks old... so will keep our fingers crossed.
   All 19 of the tri/harli Frenchies are doing great! Sooooo cool to see these guys. I'm really liking the tris in the Hollands and Frenchies right now. A neat color change! I never dreamed I would have 19 to choose from, so I'm really excited to see these guys jumping out of the nest box.... can't wait 'til I can pose all the little guys!!!
   I have several upcoming Hollands that I'm excited about too. I have a nice blue martin buck out of Fairy Dust and three gorgeous otters out of Olivia. I also have a promising black, chocolate carrier buck out of Fancy that is nice so far. Several other otters and blacks to look through out of my two younger otter does. Riverside's Luvlee (harli) bred to Creator's Little Foot (tri)  pulled a really neat genetics trick... she had a magpie that is spotted like a tri!!! It's a little buck and it is the coolest thing. With the genetics prowess of Nicole ;) that's the conclusion she has come to. We just really don't know what to call it! A broken magpie? That's my name for him. I will have to update his pics. I bet you think I'm bonkers :P Luvlee also is fostering two of our pretty Seascape's buns... Dillion babes! One broken tort doe and a charlie broken orange buck... Just what the bunny doctor ordered for all of our "tri" girls! Fancy lil' buns with big, square, blocky heads, so very excited about these cuties. All is well in my bunny world!
   Since the show is near Calgary, I will be taking all three kids and my mom and dad to stay and visit my bro and his family. The kids will miss a couple days of school but after I spend all day Saturday at the show, I would like to take in the zoo for sure before we return back home. We'll make a trip of it since it is about 8 hours away from home.
  Well, I better go and feed the buns. I have four Hollands nesting right now, so hopefully we will have good luck!
Later!




                                                   
 


A little about me:

I have three children that keep us very busy. With school, hockey, dance & now fastball on top of my husband's and my own work schedules...
sometimes we can't seem to keep up!

My rabbits are my "happy place" apart from all of the other responsibilities I have. Spending some time in the barn cuddling the buns, "refreshes" me and makes me relax after trying to keep up with our busy paced life. (Although doing chores again at the end of those long days does seem daunting at times, but oh so worth it! ;)

Some day I plan to get to convention so I can marvel at the thousands of rabbits... and do some SHOPPING!!! (The first place we are going however is back to Disney World with the children.)

I am absolutely pathetic when it comes to rabbit genetics, and although I would desire to know everything in this department, I still find myself calling up my faithful "genetics" friends to see who to breed to who if I feel like doing a color breeding. (Although I do like all colors,  no stressing here. Just pick the best buck best suited to the best doe! VOILA! ;)