Heart Breed

I do think I might have finally identified my true heart breed. I've had Mini-rex since the beginning. Sometimes I think the only reason I still have them is because I've had them for so long. I don't really excel with them, they just ARE. I have no desire to sell out of them, I do love and enjoy them, they're just... there and probably always will be. Hollands I sold out, then got back into them. Again, I've had them a very long time, but I honestly enjoy them, especially when they cooperate. I did well with them at one time, they are simply as much of a struggle to keep and raise as they were back then. Still, nothing beats an adorable Holland baby, so they will stay.

The girls have gotten into AFL and JW, not really my thing, but if they enjoy them, then they are alotted a certain number of holes to use. Our Havanas and Mini-lops are in the process of being sold off. I keep English Spots for fun... and they sell to the pet market very well. However, a new breed to my barn was not a new idea to my mind. I've fallen truly and irrevocably in love with the Belgian Hare breed. I've always admired them, I even was close to owning a pair many years ago. I wish in retrospect that I had gone ahead and purchased them. I currently have just a single Hare buck, Paparazzi, or Papi, in my herd and I find that just cannot help myself when I open his hutch to feed him. I simply have to caress him from shoulder to tail. Pull him out for a quick cuddle or pose him up briefly on the carpet. And this in spite of the horrific cold temperatures.

Because of Papi, I have found the joy of rabbits again. Hares are my true heart breed, I simply denied myself their elegance and luxury for too long because I felt I did not have the proper equipment to provide for their unique care. You see, hares are large, fine boned, and sparsely haired. Their feet would be terribly mangled if they were expected to live on wire floored cages. It was not until I had opportunity to speak to a Hare breeder that I realized that wire cages could be adapted for Hare use with either inexpensive linoleum flooring or some thin wood paneling. I opted for the paneling, and it works fabulously!