So I bring Oscar to the Minnesota State Fair tomorrow and I'm super excited! But the weather is supposed to be really hot:(( I love fairs, especially the State Fair but I don't like the heat... I'm also super excited because I will be looking for a Doe Dwarf Hotot. Eeeeeppppp!!!! So excited! Anyway gotta get the supplies ready!
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Fairs over :( But I am so happy with the results!!! First With Oliver. I used Oliver for showmanship and we did really good! But I messed up the question he asked me about his fur. He asked me if his fur was rollback or flyback. In my head I was like Rollback! But do you ever have it when you think one thing but you say another and you don't realize it until it's too late! Well that's what happened to me. And I didn't notice it until it was too late! When the judge was done he looked like he was dissapointed or upset with everyone because we all had to retry to flip our rabbits. Oliver was good I only had to retry once but the others had to try a couple of times. I felt so bad for this one little girl who I think it was her first year in Intermediate Showmanship, she just couldn't get a good hold on her mini rex and it kept flipping back over. The judge was kind of rude though because she kept trying and he's like.... you should know this... I shouldn't have to keep telling you how to do this... I just felt so bad for her. I wish I could have helped her :( And at the end he's just like you guys should know the parts of your rabbits and how to do a proper health check. And in my head I was like you never asked me any questions on the parts of my rabbit? You asked everyone else! I knew the answers to everyone else's questions! I know where the loin and saddle are! But you didn't ask me!!!! So he gave the girl next to me the callback but I don't care it's just showmanship! But just a tip to all you rabbit people doing showmanship... Learn the Parts of the Rabbit!!! I will help!!!! When I brought Oliver up for Other small breeds The judge takes him says he has a nice small head but his coat is broken which is temporary and says I'll give him 2nd place blue literally like throws him at me and says you can leave know. I would've been fine with if but he didn't even look at the rest of him and how nice he is! And the fact that he like..lets say... tossed me baby at me! I would've been okay with the rudeness but I dislike when judges throw rabbits! I know it probably won't hurt the rabbit but you never know! And it's not like it helps the rabbits. I mean their already scared, throwing them around isn't gonna help anything! I don't want to sound like a brat or anything because I'm complaining but I don't like it when the judge just throws my babies. It's not just for my rabbit! It's for other ones to! okay I'm done. Now to Oscar! My New baby! He had the really nice judge Suzie! She was so nice! Like some of the Hollands ears where folded and not very round at the tip. She nicely told them and explained how they should be! And she didn't throw rabbits! She gently took the rabbits and then gently put them back! So I took Oscar up and she took him and said he was gorgeous! Which made me happy! There wasn't very many Hollands this year so they had them all up there and I listened to her talk about the seniors and she said they were a little long and one of their ears were folded. So when she was looking at him she said he was nice and short at the shoulder but he was a little rough by his butt. All I have to do is get some more fat on his back. She also said he had really nice ears, and since he's a junior it's hard to tell how they will do in the future but she said he looks good and gave him Champion of the junior Bucks!! You should have seen my face! I was all wide eyed mouth open and like THANK YOU!!!!!! So Oscar went up against 2 seniors and another holland that a little boy was holding on a bench. He didn't bring it up before I think he might not have heard the call for Hollands but he had a nice rabbit! I'm pretty sure it was older than Oscar and it had a more matured face. So the 2 seniors got Grand Champion and the other Holland got the state fair line up call back. I was okay with it I didn't even expect Oscar to do better than a blue so that was awesome! But then on Saturday I came into the barn and theres the barn leader and the people who run like the livestock like fair projects and stuff saying have you checked the list in the cafe? (It's a list of people who place the highest and are elidgeble for state fair trips) And I said I haven't looked at it and they said your on it! I was like what? And they were like you have a state fair trip if you want it with your Holland! So long story short my new baby Holland is going to The Minnesota State Fair!!!! I'm soooo excited!!!
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