How to make people happy as a show breeder: Go to every show you can but DO NOT WIN!  Only be happy when other people win...but tone it way down if the rabbit is one you bred. If you should win, express how bad you feel for winning, scratch that rabbit from the remaining shows so you cannot win the next ones, and then immediately sell your winning rabbit to someone else. Okay, that is over-the-top crazy. But, is it?  Because I have heard other breeders over the years say to people directly or in a conversation about them: When are you going to retire "Winning Rabbit"? Rabbits should be retired after they become Grand Champions. "Winning Rabbit" should be at home making babies, not at shows. It seems unfair that you brought "Winning Rabbit." Hasn't "Winning Rabbit" won enough already?  How many more legs does "Winning Rabbit" need after all? Here is how each sounds on the flip side—especially if you were to ask a judge: Stop showing