Author Archives: Tru-Luv Rabbitry

by | February 19, 2011 · 5:11 pm

We need to sing the same song

I do not know what inspired me with this blog title but it came to my mind this morning while I was driving. Right now I can’t really recall what I want to write about it but as I go along typing perhaps I will remember.

I believe it was about this entire rabbit thingy again (what else could it be?). I am losing my memory power pretty quick these days so for those who might be interested in dealing with me, please forgive me if I have forgotten anything at all or will be forgetting.

Yesterday while I was doing my usual rabbit blog hopping, I read a very interesting article about REPUTABLE BREEDERS. I think right now with all the Show Rabbit Breeders “mushrooming” in Malaysia, it is very relevant for us. I wish that everyone will start off on the right footing. Please visit one of my favorite blogs of all time (and also a blog by a family I hold close to my heart) – Three Little Ladies Rabbitry Blog post entitled WHAT IS A REPUTABLE RABBIT BREEDER?.

As you can see, I am still very far off from being a Reputable Breeder considering that I do adhere to most of the “protocols” of running a little rabbitry. I guess not many people know how much work is put into it except for those who have deal with me personally before. As the article suggests, a reputable breeder is one that never praises himself but rather have someone else recommending him/her as a reputable breeder. In short, a reputable breeder is a title given by others.

So here’s my request for my buyers/adopters/customers. I hope you can spend some time commenting on this blog post about your experience dealing with me and if you feel that I have been a reputable breeder. In short, do I meet or exceed your expectations? Do I impart good knowledge? Please write anything that you feel is proper and relevant.

And coming back to the title of this post today, indeed we really need to Sing the same song in this rabbit hobby. We must sing the same song called “REPUTABLE BREEDER”.

I hope with the upcoming MROC ARBA Sanctioned Rabbit Shows this coming June 4th 2011, everyone will get an idea what rabbit shows should be. Please also bear in mind that this is our first time organizing such a show at this capacity and we ask for forgiveness for all the shortcomings and glitches that will happen.  Please know that we are all doing our best so that all rabbit owners will have fun on this day. Win or lose, we must be proud of ourselves as Malaysians for having some of the nicest rabbits and taking the first step in joining the ranks of those in other parts of the world to hold ARBA Sanctioned Rabbit Shows. Please give us your fullest support and be kind to the same people who is spending their precious time making this event a success. It is not the effort of a single individual but a collective effort by a group of people who love to share. Let’s have fun!

Before I end my long winded post today, I would like to share a few photos of Tru-Luv Balian. Balian is back in Meadow Haven for a while and I am really proud of this little buck. Also not forgetting his wonderful/amazing family especially little Meg (she’s 3 years old this year if I remember correctly). I really want to thank them for taking such good care of Balian. I cannot stop seeing Clark in Balian.

Look who's back?

And he's always in a molt when he comes back - LOL!

Not perfect but good enough for me...

Happy Weekend everyone! Please drop me a little testimonial if you have any. Thank you in advanced!

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by | February 18, 2011 · 9:48 am

Cutest Pets Contest

Hi Everyone, our friends over at Pet Epicure is running a contest on facebook. Click here for more information!

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by | February 15, 2011 · 3:25 pm

Bon Voyage Toble!

I bid farewell to Toble with a happy heart knowing that he is going to a home that will love him. I am extremely sure about this because his owners, a nice family of 4 came all the way up from the state of Malacca just to bring him home. It does not get any better than that, does it? I always enjoy seeing the smiles on faces of new rabbit owners – just priceless!

I had a lengthy explanation session with his new owner and I hope that I did not “upload” too much information or else there will be an “overload”.

Baby Toble. What a little cutie

Turned out, Toble is meant to be a birthday gift for a young lady who was also born in the year of the RABBIT! Isn’t that amazing? It was her dad who contacted me and I believe it was a special inquiry from the start. Being a father myself, I can truly understand how much he wanted to make his daughter happy and I am glad to be of help. Come to think about it, in this hectic world, I seldom see such act of love anymore. True Love they say?

8 weeks old Toble. Still cute isn't he?

Happy Birthday to Ms. YYL! May you have a wonderful birthday!

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by | February 15, 2011 · 1:56 am

Sin Chew Daily On Valentine’s Day

A huge thank you goes out to Ms. Venice and her team mates at Sin Chew Daily for this wonderful article. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to share my passion with all your readers.

To date, Tru-Luv Rabbitry has appeared on the following medias:

  1. Feminine Magazine
  2. The Star Newspaper
  3. Malay Mail
  4. The Sun
  5. Sin Chew Daily
  6. Nanyang Siang Pau
  7. Guang Ming Daily
  8. RTM1

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by | February 13, 2011 · 11:56 pm

My Birthday Wish

How Appropriate...

I was thinking and I mean a lot of thinking about what I would like to write on my birthday. I am totally blown away by how accurately the journalist wrote about my dad and I on Sin Chew Daily today. Tomorrow will be Part II. I just can’t wait to see all the beautiful photos (I can’t read Chinese) and getting my dad to translate the wonderful article.

So what was I thinking. The words – PILLAR OF STRENGTH came to my mind this afternoon as I thought about little Carmel’s role in the rabbitry. She is indeed the eldest among all the rabbits. And when I think about Carmel, I cannot help but to think about my grandmother – The Pillar Of Strength of my family. Grandma in her many experiences in life is one of the reasons why I am so inspired in my life.  Grandma preaches nothing but LOVE. Her love unites everyone in the family together. Back in the olden days, not many people have the opportunity for good education but grandma did the best she could knowing little to none about life.

Looking at myself in the newspapers lately made me felt so unworthy when those who are suppose to be in the limelight is someone like grandma. She never expects anything in all that she does. She needs no publicity but yet her role in this world is so great.

In the rabbitry, Carmel is indeed the pillar of strength. She holds the entire rabbitry together for me. She is the symbol of Tru-Luv Rabbitry. It was the love for another human being in the likes of me that this #1 Top Lop came to stay in my rabbitry. I have written about the unsung heroes of rabbitries – the broods but for me, Carmel is truly the inspiration in my herd.

So my wish for rabbits on my birthday is that all senior “Rabbitry”-zens be blessed with good health. May they grow old gracefully…

P.S.: Grab a copy of Sin Chew Daily on Valentine’s Day!

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by | February 10, 2011 · 10:29 pm

Adventures of Un-4-tunate: Valentine’s Special

This is the Valentine’s Day message that I would like to share with fellow readers. This should be the 2nd serving of this comic series revolving around a Holland Lop I named Un-4-tunate. For the 1st helping, click here.

Also a long overdue tribute to Conkers (his comics here), the handsome little ND owned by one of the greatest artist I have the honor to know – Lauren Nicholas of LILBun Designs.  If you remember, I once used Lauren’s illustration as my blog header/banner. I really love her art very much.

Hope everyone enjoy my original free hand sketches:

Moral of the story: No matter what happens, please keep your Valentine’s bunny. Thank you…

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by | February 8, 2011 · 10:16 pm

It Really Is A Labor Of LOVE

I know the blog has been pretty boring these days. Nothing but publicity and advertising. I just can’t help it. Here’s another advertisement to bore you before I write my heart out.

I am really gonna write my heart out tonight because I have never done that in a long long time. There is so much that I want to write tonight that I find it hard to pour everything out all at the same time. It is getting late and my mind is about to shut down.

Admiration

I want to start with thanking all who have taken the time to write to me and letting me know that they appreciate my effort and how they like what I do for rabbits in general. At times, I know that I may appear to be a boastful and may cross one’s mind as a person who love to brag, arrogant and proud. If I really had to, I will choose not to be.

I sometimes get “I take my hats off you for being able to take good care of your rabbits amidst from having a day job, a family and etc, etc” and frankly, I truly appreciate all these compliments very much. And I thank all those who have used such generous words from the bottom of my heart. And I salute you because you have captured the essence of my effort and the cause I fight so hard for.

If you have really taken a step backward, you will notice I never once praise myself for anything at all BUT INSTEAD, praises are normally showered unto my rabbits. My love for them is so great because they, aside from my beautiful family are the ones that keep my heart happy. For simply being themselves.

Affirmation

If you have the time, just take a look at Tru-Luv In The Media page. This is truly an affirmation that I must be doing at least something right to be given the honor to appear on public media. Aren’t we all in this world seeking for affirmation? We yearn for respect, love and praise. It has been 4 hard and long years raising these rabbits. I sometimes ask myself, what am I really asking for? Why am I spending so much time blogging just that everyone will come to know about every little thing that I go through raising these rabbits? Why am I the generous fool attracting all the attention and recommending all the good stuff that I have tried (helping others boost their business indirectly)? Why? Why? And Why? What do I get out of it? What do I really get out of all these? Payment for Advertisements? NONE! WordPress does not allow any sort of funky HTML advertisement. So yes, I get nothing out of writing so much on this blog.

I seriously do not know why I am doing this but it brings joy to my heart. I went through a late night correspondence with one of the journalist while she was working on one of the articles and she asked me if I am up late doing bunny chores. I said YES and it was 3 a.m.

It all boils down to one word – PASSION.

I really do not ask for much for all that I do. All that I ask for are:

1. People treat their rabbits well

2. Putting a smile on someone else’ face when I hand a nice Holland Lop over to them

3. A sincere praise/compliment for my rabbits for being naturally beautiful

4. Knowing that someone has learned a lot about caring for their rabbits through this blog

5. Knowing that someone else is also breeding responsibly by not overpopulating the world with unhealthy animals

6. Knowing that the general public accepts and promote neutered pets

7. Knowing that good rabbit products are accepted and used by owners who love their rabbits

8. Knowing that someone saved his/her rabbit through experiences shared in this blog

9. Knowing that my recommendation has helped someone in distress

10. Knowing that a vet I recommended here did a good job treating rabbits sent to them

And the list goes on…

What do I really get? You really want to know?

A heart that smiles wide…

It is really a labor of LOVE…

BTW, grab a copy of Guang Ming Daily newspaper tomorrow (9th February 2011). Online version here.

P.S.: This is not a Valentine’s Day message…

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by | February 6, 2011 · 11:11 pm

Belgian Shepherd anyone?

Think Holland Lops, think Bulldogs. Indeed Bulldog is the closest term you can use to represent the ideal Holland Lop. They are bred to “look like” little bulldogs. In short, bulldog can be use as the synonym for Holland Lop.

A good example of how Holland Lop resembles a bulldog - Bulldog puppy pic taken from google images

Once in a while, at different stages of growth in a Holland Lop, you may find that a particular kit may resemble a different dog breed. For the past few weeks, I have been trying to figure out which dog breed Tru-Luv Trudle looks like. And I finally settled for the Belgian Shepherd – LOL!

Trudle my little Belgian Shepherd puppy - Belgian Shepherd puppy pic taken from http://www.beljekali.com

I just hope that no one is breeding Chihuahua Bunny out there. Or else…..

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by | February 6, 2011 · 1:51 pm

Year Of The Rabbit Hoppin’

We’re featured in Nanyang Siang Pau today! Also, American Pet Diner – the secret to healthy and happy bunnies revealed!

Get American Pet Diner Rabbit Products (NOT RABBITS) here:

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56-3 (Level 3)
Jalan PJU 5/20D
The Strand Kota Damansara
47810 Petaling Jaya
Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia
Tel : 012-568 8420 (Ms. Wishan)

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by | January 31, 2011 · 10:51 am

Tru-Luv Rabbits & Dad on The Star newspaper

Hi There,

If you are new to this website, a WARM WELCOME and thank you for your visit! I am sure you stumbled across this weblog through searching after reading The Star newspaper today. For my regular readers, thank you very much for making TruLuvRabbitry.com one of your favorite weblogs. This weblog has been around for more than 4 years now and it is where I share my knowledge hoping that every bunny in Malaysia if not the world will have a better life through having well informed and knowledgeable owners. I hope you take the time to go through what I have written (I know it is a lot of information here and it is hard to go through everything since 2006). I will try to create a page or link for important articles that I think everyone ought to read to be better rabbit owners.

Disclaimer: This is the official home to Tru-Luv rabbits. Watch out for counterfeits! Tru-Luv rabbits comes with tattoo on their left ear and a 3 generation pedigrees (official birthcert).

Sorry that I have to put that disclaimer before I start writing about my appearance on the daily because many unscrupulous breeders will start tagging along with the demand for these wonderful rabbits. Please be informed consumers and do not buy on impulse.

PLEASE KNOW THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET A Tru-Luv RABBIT IN THE PET STORES! I do not supply to PET STORES!

Please grab a copy of The Star newspaper or alternatively, you can read the articles here:

1. Tru-Luv rabbits – http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2011/1/31/lifeliving/7849539&sec=lifeliving

2. Dad’s space – http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2011/1/31/lifeliving/7849597&sec=lifeliving

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