2004-2005 Rabbit Show Schedule and Highlights

Below are the ARBA shows in and around Wisconsin that we attended during the 2004-2005 show season

Weyauwega, WI

Dennis Roloff

E1198 Haase Rd

Waupaca, WI 54981

email rexrbest@hotmail.com

Petal (YRA H072) won BOB!  This was a fantastic start to our year but our greatest accomplishment was with Kelly's group of French Lops -  Her 3 SJBs placed 1-2-3 in their large class, her 2 BJDs placed 1/11 and 3/11 in their class, and her new 6/8 broken doe, Sugar (BB03), won her class, earning her third ARBA leg, she is now a grand champion (pending)!   Kelly was awarded the Best Breed Display for her youth French Lops! 

Fox Valley Rabbit Club

Weyauwega, WI

Tanya Zimmerman

W10124 Deer Creed Rd

Bear Creek, WI 54922

Kelly's French Lop, Max, SJB won his second leg!  Kelly earned youth Best Breed Display again!  Hollands did well but no class wins.

Misty Hills RBA

Dodgeville, WI

Theresa Christen

6189 Barman Road

Waunakee, WI 53597

email

tachrist@wisc.edu

No legs at this show, but high placings so we were happy!  We did not bring Max along to show because he was still a junior and he needed a sr. leg towards his GC. Misty Hills did a wonderful job with their first show - nice large facilities, very organized!

Jefferson, WI

Melissa Carlson

W660 Rome Oak Hill Rd

Palmyra, WI 53156

email

artbun@yahoo.com

This show marked our 1 year anniversary showing rabbits!  LaReau's Max, won BOS and his third GC leg! An unforgettable day!

Elkhorn, WI

Cindy Stelloh

W274 S8425 Beaver Tr.

Mukwonago, WI 53149

ARBA600@aol.com

Our first show in 2005!  We did not show Hollands - all our does are either bred or with litters and our juniors are too little yet!  Kelly brought her French Lop juniors and 6/8s.  Thunder, who is only 6 months old was bumped into Sr class because of his weight and placed 4/14!!!  That was cool!  Blizzard (Ivan) placed 2nd in his large class, Lightening won his smaller class (and was also sold at the show) and her other juniors did well - good day!  It was good to see rabbit folks again!

Dewitt, IA

A spur-of-the-moment decision to go to this show!  Quite a drive for us, but we sure had fun!  Kelly had to show her French Lops in open as youth was not sanctioned - and she did well- no legs, but a few higher placings and we got excellent opinions on our juniors from judge Lynn Eden!  Jody still did not have any juniors old enough to show so we quickly grabbed Petal, Doubles and Eric's buck to show - Both the bucks took 2nd and Petal placed 3d (oooo we've let her get a little too chunky this winter!)  Forgot my camera so no pictures. Good day, good experience! Beautiful weather- warm and sunny!

Jefferson, WI

Susan Dietzman

15416 W Butts Corners Rd

Evansville, WI 53536

email

brabbitman@jvlnet.com

Well we made it through the BIG ONE! A good day for both kids- Kelly's broken sr. buck Ivan took BOS, LaReau's Max won his huge class (1/17) then went on to win BOSV, and LaReau's Thunder placed right behind Max (2/17)!  During the last year we've seen a tremendous jump in the number of French Lops shown in youth - we now have a lot of keen competition at each show! 

Jody did well for the few Hollands he showed.  Petal won her large sr. doe class - which amazed me because she is really too chunky still, Doubles placed 12 out of 27, Dexter placed 3d out of 15 (we never usually show Dexter and probably won't again- he's such a sweet older guy who came out of retirement for one show!)  What a super weekend- lot of fun at this show!  Read more about it in our Rabbitry Journal too!

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Jefferson, WI

Melissa Carlson

W660 Rome Oak Hill Rd

Palmyra, WI 53156

email

artbun@yahoo.com

Tri-County was very exciting for LaReau Lops!  On Saturday, Kelly's French Lop buck, Thunder, won his large sr. buck class then went on to win BOS!  Thunder is a very young senior, just turning 8 months old last week!  LaReau's Comet, Thunder's brother, also won his large senior broken buck class, again, a very young senior!  Her other French Lops did very well, but these two wins are definitely the highlight of our weekend!  Showing the French Lops on Sunday wasn't as successful but we had some nice placings again!  We did not show Max or Sunny because they are sold and waiting to go to their new home in Minnesota!  Jody, again, only brought a couple Hollands to show - on Saturday, Petal won her large senior doe class then went on to win BOSV, then she did the same thing on Sunday!  YRA Doubles, placed second in his huge class on Sunday - poor Doubles....he is either the first off the table or he places 2nd - if he could earn legs for 2nd, he'd have been a grand champion several times!  Beautiful weather and a nice show!

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Marshfield, WI

Show secretary:

not sure!

What an ordeal - first, we wake at 2:30 am (to get to this show on time) to find that our two dogs had ripped up a large bag a trash we forgot to take out the night before - trash, coffee grounds and wrappers all over the kitchen and livingroom!  Hmmmm that should have been a clue to just go back to bed.  This was also the most expensive show I have been to - I thought the speed limit on Hwy 13 was 65, and so of course at 5 a.m. I am traveling at about 70-72.  I was mistaken - the speed limit is 55 so I earned a nice $160 ticket on the way to the show (grrrr)

Union Grove, WI

Show secretary:

Lisa Woelbing

2686 Waukesha Rd

Franksville, WI 53126

What a  nice surprise it was when we arrived at this show - last year it was held in a much smaller building in the same fairground - but this year it was in the 'cattle barn' which was huge!  Kelly's French Lops did great - Thunder took 2nd in his huge senior buck class and her opal doe, Raven, won Best Opposite Sex under Judge Bob Koch!  Raven, out of Kelly's first 'colored' litter, just turned 6 months old last week.  Kelly sold all the dilutes from that litter except for her and her brother Roy - each of these rabbits has a nice solid body and a lot of promise!

Jody brought 2 very young juniors who placed mid-class. 

Rochester Area

Rabbit Club Show

Kasson, MN

Show Secretary:

Madelyn Beckstrom

307-6th Ave NW

Kasson, MN 55944

507-634-7588

mbeck2001@msn.com

This was a long drive for us- weather was absolutely nasty - cold, windy, raining.  Kelly finally got to show her cavies, which did well - Victor took reserve.  We had a very interesting conversation with Leroy Prahman, the judge - and learned a lot!  Petal won BOS - but our win was overshadowed by Petal dying a day after we arrived home from this show.

Fox Valley RC

Weyauwega, WI

Show Secretary:

Dennis Roloff

E1198 Haase Rd.

Waupaca, WI  54981

Our Holland Lop jr. buck, Domino, won his class and first leg.  Not much else to report - we are still really bummed out from losing Petal.........

All in all, we had a great show year, especially Kelly with her French Lops - she is up there in the national points with her home-bred French Lops!  We didn't get to all the shows we had wanted to go to - Jody and his older brother Tony, are on competitive soccer teams and they both had many tournaments this year - so we had to miss several show dates! 

We hope this next show season will bring us some better memories....