I always wish to honor my Lord, Who blesses me with my rabbits, and I want Him to continue to bless me with rabbits. With that in mind, there is one rule that I have tried to keep in my rabbit dealings and that is to treat my sellers and buyers as I would like to be treated as a seller or buyer. I try to be sure to honor them. As with everyone starting out, all the rabbits I first acquired came from other breeders. Some people do not show rabbits that they bought from another breeder but I did because I hoped that my buyers would show rabbits bought from me, assuming that one day I would have some worth selling. In my first year showing, I only had my purchased rabbits to show and some earned Grand Champion certificates! Whenever I posted about their wins or anything else about a rabbit I owned but was bred by another, I made sure that the full name of the rabbit was used at least once in the post or article to give credit to the breeder and I often thanked the seller by name also....

Yesterday was a day for which I had long awaited and it was such a win that I smiled all the way home. Did my rabbit win Best in Show? No. Reserve in Show? No. Best of Breed? No. Best Opposite Sex of Breed? Yes, in one of the two shows, she won BOSB under a judge I look forward to showing under because I highly respect his picks. However, I was quite happy before that win. I had a kindle develop bloat a year ago in the spring. While treating them, I was praying and I heard God tell me, "I saved one for you." The next day, I noticed I had a doe that did not seem as ill as her siblings that I was later unable to save. Yet, I was concerned about the doe because she was not eating well and it could stunt her growth. But, standing on God's promise to me, I named her Shaya, Hebrew for "worthy," because I believe God found her worthy of being saved, so I expected that there was something special about her. As she developed, I saw that she looked exactly like her mother...