The End of Havanas?

Will this be the end of a long and illustrious breeding program?

Havanas came to our farm and family in the fall of 2002 (I think). They were the main, and only, breed of my second daughter. Over the years I've gone to a lot of trouble and some expense helping her achieve all the goals she set for herself and her rabbits. She has a (very large) BIS trophy and a couple RIS trophies because of them. She was one of the first breeders in the region to have brokens. Her original broken came from the Boyce's, who were responsible for getting the variety recognized by the ARBA.

Overall I found it to be a rather unremarkable breed. Their main attraction being their pelt. A very lustrous coat with deep, penetrating color and luxurious feel. It's no wonder, seeing as this is the breed most commonly used to make rabbit fur coats for people. Their biggest limitation being the low number of available varieties, being recognized only in black, blue, chocolate, and brokens of those three. Surprisingly Lilac is not and has never been recognized, nor does anyone, to my knowledge, hold a CoD or have plans to attempt to make it recognized in the near future. Lilac being a very common result of crossing blue to chocolate it makes little sense to not have it recognized. And it would account for the almost anal way most Havana breeders keep the chocolate variety completely separated from the other varieties (excepting for broken chocolate, of course).

At any rate, earlier today I had a discussion with DD2 about her extreme reactions to my requests for her assistance in feeding. Since the girls have rabbits they own in the barn, I expect them to rotate helping to feed and occasionally to feed without my assistance. DD2 apparently feels the 30 minutes she is required to spend in the barn helping with the rabbits is 30 minutes wasted when she could be doing other things. Our discussion circled around reasons and consequences. If she doesn't wish to take responsibility for her rabbits, then her rabbits will not be available to her for anything else. The real catch is she would still be required to occasionally help in the barn, chores still rotate among the family, after all. She would also not be permitted to show at shows, though she would still have to attend with the rest of the family. Essentially she would lose all the benefits of having rabbits without actually relieving herself of any of the responsibility.

Where I hesitate is in actually selling the rabbits she has. Those are literally 100% her lines. They go all the way back to her very first rabbit. While I would hate to let that go, only to discover that she wants to get back in later, I also don't know if I can have rabbits sitting in the barn, staring at one another, completely useless. I have no desire to show them.

I gave her some time to think it over. She can have that for now.