I just got back from the Minnesota State Fair and Soooooo happy with my results! First we had to take a rabbit interview test which was 20 really hard questions about different things about different rabbits. But it's separated into different age groups. My score was 10/20!!!! Which I guess was really good! The call back one was 11/20 so I was so close! Then at the Show when I brought Oscar up to the table and the judge said he was a very good rabbit but he's going through a fase where they don't look that great and then once they mature he should look really good and have great bone! That's normal for Holland Lops. Then when I went to the showmanship table I looked at the judge and frose because he looked just like the judge at Northeast Livestock Show last year. So I looked at his shoes because the judge had these really cool colorful shoes and he had the same ones! It was him! I did so terrible last year and I asked him if he had tips since it was my first show and he told me to be confident in my answers even if there wrong and to be very clear when you speak. Also to keep good eye contact with the judge at all times. So I went up to the table put Oscar on the table and kept watching the judge. I was very clear when I spoke and did my best to remember everything for the health check that I have learned. And it worked! I got a call back! Then I had to stand in the back of the building for 4 more hours(in the heat). By the time it was time for me to go back for the second round I was so tired, hot, and out of it so I just wanted to leave. He asked me what color he was and I said broken Orange then he asked me what made him that color and I didn't know. So after he judged everyone else he came back and told me he was actually a broken Tort because he has brown lacing around his ears and eyes and if he was orange he would have white lacing. So I thanked him and then we had to leave the table. Oscar made a new friend too! There was a little Holland Lop Doe behind him. They would sit at the corners of there cages next to each other even though there was like a inch of space between their two cages. They would also try to push there muzzles together! They would even lay down next to each other the same way and it was so cute!!!! The doe even had a little carrot chew block thing and the moved over by his cage and they shared it through the cages!!! People would probably say oh he's just a buck he doesn't care he'd go after any doe. But once the doe left the cage and a different doe was put in he sniffed around trying to see if his little Juliet was there. When he noticed she wasn't he turned around and didn't even pay attention to the other one. To his surprise when he got home she was there in the cage next to him! They greeted each other through the cages and then laid next to each other like they did at fair! It's the cutest thing ever! I know I said I was going to get a Doe Dwarf Hotot but there was only one there and she wasn't in that nice of shape and I don't even think she had a pedigree. But Juliet did and she's gorgeous!!! She got a purple ribbon and shes almost 2 months younger than him! I wish Oliver had gotten a state fair trip... He was so much nicer than all the other Hotot's there. His bands are nicer and thicker than others and some had spots. But maybe next year! It's so hot here! My bunnies have fresh bottles, I'm changing them as much as I can. Its almost 100 degrees here! I'm going to upload a couple pictures now! Enjoy the rest of summer!
I just noticed this didn't upload. Sorry for the late results...
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