I have been holding back a secret that I am now ready to tell.
At our very first show, the judges commented much on the type of our Silver Foxes presented. One thing that I heard more than a few times was that many of our rabbits had long shoulders. So, I made a decision to try to find a doe with short, deep shoulders so that we could get better shoulders into the Georgia Silver Fox lines. The first breeder that came to mind was the same breeder of GC Miss Maggie's Leon.
To my surprise, she had a junior doe entered into the 2018 ARBA Convention that she believed would be what I wanted and after talking about her back and forth for a short time, I was sold. I contacted my transporter to be sure she had space, which she did. Then I sent the breeder the full payment for Avery on October 9th, about 3 weeks before the convention, as well as paid my transporter.
Imagine my surprise and excitement when the breeder contacted me to say that Avery had won Best of Breed at the convention! The breeder had not gone to the convention herself because she was in the middle of moving her farm paying a transporter to take and show Avery, but she decided to drop everything to go to the convention at that point to be available for pictures and to receive the accolades for her win.
My transporter had some very difficult hardships during the convention, some personal and some related to her service, but she picked up Avery as was the plan. After I picked up Avery her 30-day quarantine began.
Avery was close to minimum weight for a senior, and by the time she was six months old, she was at senior weight, and a couple of weeks later, she had gained another pound and was out of quarantine! In examining her, she appeared ready to be bred.
Between then and now, after Avery has weaned her kits, I hope to be showing my very special tail in hopes of her winning legs and being granded. Avery is a very special addition to my tale of tails!
