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A little bit about us...Tomalene and Vanessa, both raised in the beautiful Willamette Valley, are a mother daughter team. We both have a passion for animals, children, and 4-H. Besides raising Mini Lops, we also raise Florida Whites. Our past experiences include raising Angus cattle and Wethersire sheep. We have moved on from the larger animals but still have a multiple Grand Champion Meat Goat that is a retired pet wether named Junior. Of course we have the faithful barn cats, plus our dogs Colby and Boo. As you can see we like to keep our selves busy! |
The Club Lambs... We loved the sheep while we had them. But moving on is good too..... |
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| "George"George was our pet Romney wether, we had for about 12 short years. |
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Junior the multi Grand Champion meat goat...That never turned into dinner! |
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The Barn Cats... Smokey |
 Casper |
 Wendy |
The dogs... Coal |
 Colby |
Mom's Baby... "Boo" |
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How we got started... We started our rabbitry by rescuing 27 rabbits in 2002. They consisted of Rex's, Mini Rex's,and one Mini Lop (Giselle). Our friend, and fellow 4-H leader Nancy Van Etten and daughter Molly encouraged us to keep some after placing what we could with some of our 4-H members. All were pedigreed and most had previously been shown with great results. We got them in show shape and took many to the Spring Fling in Canby Oregon. Our very first rabbit show! What an experience! We had a wonderful time and learned a great deal. We showed the rabbits at all the local shows in 2003. We then decided that our Mini Lop, Giselle, was our favorite and even though she had been disqualified at our first show with a bobbed tail, we preferred the mini lops over the other breeds. So the others were placed in great homes. We then purchased a gorgeous buck (Casanova) from Creekside Critters to be a mate for Giselle. Such beautiful and sweet tempered rabbits! Unfortunately Giselle couldn't have babies, and was soon retired to Queen of the barn. We started buying other rabbits from all over. We wanted great blood lines and color. We got rabbits from as far as Maine, and colors from Chocolates to Tri's. We have worked really hard over the last few years to make great colored Mini Lops. When we started with the colored ones, we were told we would never win with them. We have now shot that out of the water! |
VT's Giselle Giselle was our very first rabbit. She passed away from old age 4/21/08. She will be forever missed. |
CC's Casanova Casanova was our very first Buck, Purchased as a boyfriend for Giselle. He suffered from a stroke in the fall of 2007, came out of it. Then had another one 9/10/08 and passed away. He was the sweetest buck we have ever had, and he will be greatly missed. |
"Not Just A Pretty Face"