"Why do you keep showing your Grand Champions?" Some breeders have been asked this question many times and here is why I continue to show every and any rabbit, especially my best rabbits, at any given show: First, the most obvious of reasons: It is not my top goal to get three legs to then retire my Grand Champions from showing. Some show breeders find satisfaction in this as a top goal, while others see "granding" their rabbits as a step on the ladder to their top goal. Second: My goal is to win Best in Show (and Sweeps but that is another conversation). There is no chance for a rabbit to win Best in Show if it is not shown. Why would any breeder who wants to win Best in Show keep their best rabbits out of a show?  Third: Even though a rabbit has been shown many times before, it could win Best in Show or Reserve in Show on any particular day with a particular judge because of several factors, like it is in near-perfect fur and condition or the other Best of Breed...

When my husband and I decided to enter the inaugural show of Southeastern Bunny and Cavy Shows (SEBACS) and donated the double sanctions, I was hoping there would be other Silver Fox breeders who would attend but it turned out we were the only ones—just one exhibitor with five rabbits: one buck in a significant molt (but less than the others I left at home), two intermediate sibling does, and two junior sibling does. In most cases, I might have passed up on the show. It was the wrong time of year to show a fur breed, but fur would be an issue with most of the breeds as we had been in the hottest part of the summer. There would be no available legs for Silver Foxes, not even for the assured title of Best of Breed since I was the only exhibitor, but I was not thinking about winning as much as supporting the new club, getting comments on the does, talking with friends, and just having fun.  It was a smaller show but the judges were some of the best and there were some top breeders als...