| First year showmanship: |
| It's been a while since my first showmanship class, about 5 or 6 years ago. I'm a little blurry on my facts right now, so, bear with me. Things the judge will ask you: What breed is your rabbit? This is VERY important. For me, I have Himalayan's, and my first year I had to argue with the judge that I really had a healthy, working rabbit, and not an underweight, unhealthy Californian. It is important that you know all you can possibly know about your breed. This involves knowing all varieties in your breed, senior eligability, junior eligability, how old they're supposed to be when they breed. These are all very important factors in getting the judges attention that you may be a first year shower, but you've done your homework. What sex is your rabbit? Show the sex. Also and important issue. How old is the rabbit? Important also. This time bracket either qualifies the rabbit as a junior or senior or intermediate. A junior is any rabbit under 6 months of age. Intermediate rabbits, applies to 6 class meat rabbits, any rabbit between 6-8 months. Senior rabbits, any rabbit above 6 months, 8 months for intermediate rabbits. Name a breed other than your own- Basically speaks for itself. Pick an average of probably 2-3 rabbit breeds and study them over time because the judge might ask you to describe those rabbits. What do you feed your rabbit and how often? Straight to the point answer basically. 1 cup, Showmanship formula once a day, etc. How often do you clean their cage? Once a day? Every 4 days. Name the body parts of the rabbit- How do you take the rabbit out of the cage? It is best to take you rabbit out by turning it around so that it's rump is facing you. Support your rabbit's bottom legs and hold a firm grasp above the shoulders, but don't let the weight hang from the shoulders, instead, let the rabbit's weight rest on their legs. Pull the rabbit out and tuck it's head, head first, in the crook of your arm. This shields their eyes, you have a your arm supporting their lower body, and you have a free hand. This always works with small breeds but, you may need that second hand to support larger breeds. Examine your rabbit- Follow the link |
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