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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | November 13, 2010 · 12:09 am

I can see clearly now…

First and foremost, this is week 4 for the DiGi Buddyz contest, we have came a long way especially now that everyone has reach home from Convention, last night we were at #28 and tonight thanks to all your votes, we’re at #19 right now. Dear friends near and far please vote for us! Click here, allow, like (in the little box), VOTE and tell all your friends !!!!

Get Tru-Luv Rabbitry to ARBA Convention 2011!

On the other hand, it is so hard to capture photos of black rabbits and today, I set out to the objective to get a good photo of Tru-Luv McNite Noir and his sibling Tru-Luv Symphony. Let’s see how I managed.

Two of the cutest thing ever!

Finally a decent shot of McNite Noir. Can you see his eye now?

Cute eh?

This is the cutest thing ever born here.

A surprise since the beginning, I hope she'll grow up well...

Just feel like squeezing....

Proud Of My Dad!

Every year at the ARBA Convention, HLRSC will give out an award to someone who has been in the hobby for a number of years and meet certain criteria through nominations. It is the Hall A Fame award. This year the 2010 HLRSC Hall A Fame award goes to Mr. Barry Hustins. And the award is in the form of a painting by my dad!

Congratulations Mr. Barry Hustins! Photo courtesy of Randy Blackburn

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | November 11, 2010 · 4:43 pm

Morphing

Change is the only constant in life (I think I got that right). How much the kits have changed within a short period of time. Here’s a little photo update.

Tru-Luv Truli

Tru-Luv Trulo

Tru-Luv Trudi

Tru-Luv Trudle

Tru-Luv Symphony & Noir

Symphony has shorty ears. Hope they stay that way...

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | November 10, 2010 · 12:11 pm

ARBA 2010 Open Best In Show goes to…

LATEST NEWS from Minneapolis, Minnesota!!!

If you remember, around this time last year, I posted something similar. Holland Lop of crowned Best In Show for the Youth category in 2009.

This year 2010, the Holland Lop won Best In Show in the Open Category . I share the joy with the breeders of a magnificent Broken Tort Doe named L&R McMolly. She is bred and owned by a wonderful couple that goes by the name of Linda & Ron Jinings. Congratulations once again to Linda & Ron! Over 14,000 rabbits shown, it is quite an amazing feat for a little bunny to pull off to be at the top.

The Perfect Holland Lop. Photo courtesy of Colleen

I believe that all Holland Lop breeders should be very proud because dubbed as the hardest breed to work with, we have all collectively come this far. A Best In Show!

I would also like to congratulate all winners and those who placed well. It is not easy given the fact that Holland Lops are the 2nd largest breed shown at the ARBA convention.

Always remember….Fellowship, Friendship, Fun!

GooOOoooooOOoo Hollands!

Mental Block

I can’t remember when was the last that I have written something good and perhaps pictures speak thousand words. I believe the less I write, the happier some of the visitors of this blog would be – LOL! I have finally decided to go about enjoying my hobby and be more self centered because in the past, I have tried sharing crucial information to help my readers along and most often than not, it back fires.

Some of course are fast learners and they are now doing very well on their own. I am very happy for them. As it stands right now, I must say that Malaysia has some awesome rabbits. I do not mean mine as there is still a lot of work to be done here as far as I know. We have new bloodlines in our shore and some are not to be reckon with. I am really glad and excited at the same time.

All four of Wilma’s kits turned out to be boys. I plan on only keeping 1 or 2 out of those so for those who are interested in getting a buck as pet, do email me at truluvrabbitry@gmail.com. I cannot promise anything for now but I will place you on the waiting list and get in touch with you. I really need to strike a balance in the numbers that I keep. I definitely need more does right now. I am suppose to tattoo the boys today but somehow I am procrastinating. Also, they seemed too small for me to tattoo them right now. Hopefully next week, I’ll get down to doing it.

Holly Hope’s litter turned out to be a boy and a girl. The girl is growing up looking exactly like her at this age. They are really cute but I just hope that they look more of Balian than Holly Hope herself.

Mystique

Magique - has a cute folded right ear

Cute little guy...

As for Sibylla’s litter, I really like how cute they are right now. I hope both of them are does as they look like keepers right now. It will be very nice to have a typey broken choc here.

Tru-Luv Noir

I must say, the coat is so black that it shines!

Tru-Luv Symphony

Another cute little one...

Sleepy head...

BTW, I was told that my blog is extremely “poisonous” and most will buy any lop ear rabbit on impulse. Please do try refraining yourself as Tru-Luv Rabbitry do not support impulse buying. That is all that I wanted to write for today. Nothing interesting to share right now – LOL!

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | November 6, 2010 · 3:14 am

R.O.F.L.

A couple of months back I wrote about the usage of toilet roll, particularly to hold loose hay together. Here was one of the photos that I have used.

I have found this phenomenon that I am about to share with you pretty strange and it is definitely not an isolated case. It has happened a couple of times already. Just take a look.

This just cracks me up big time!

On a serious note, it is indeed a health hazard to the little bunnies. It is amazing how this one get into the toilet roll. As for Sibylla’s chocolate kit, it is grow up really pretty. I like the markings on her.

Love the chocolaty taste!

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | November 4, 2010 · 12:18 am

Truli, Trulo, Trudi, Trudle, Magique & Mystique

Tru-Luv Truli

Tru-Luv Trulo

Tru-Luv Trudi*

Tru-Luv Trudle*

Tru-Luv Magique

Tru-Luv Mystique*

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | October 31, 2010 · 3:25 pm

Family Portrait Day

I miss Clark terribly today while spending time in the rabbitry. I really wonder when I will be able to get another just like him. I miss his crown mostly. He has the best crown definition in my opinion. To distract myself from the sadness, I decided to take some photographs.

Have a nice Sunday everybun!

This Fred boy can pose nicely if he wants to. He doesn't do it often but when he did, it was a sight to behold!

Got kinda bored with single bunny photos. I paired them up. From left to right: Kit #2 & Kit #1

From left to right: Kit #3 and #4

The Tort Family

The cute family...

Seem like I am not the only person having photo shoot with my furkids, the Chestnuts had a session with theirs too. Check these out:

Mishu: "What's up?"

Lovebuns

Truffles: "Huh?"

Lovey Dovey...

Thanks for the photos lovebirds!

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | October 30, 2010 · 6:16 pm

What A Pleasant Surprise!

Holland Lops are really nothing but surprises. The recent litters has been nothing but surprises and I am really excited about each and every kit in the nest boxes right now. The latest litter produced by Fred and Sibylla is such a huge surprise for me. I have expected some torts or blacks. One was black so my prediction was right. At first I thought the broken colored kit was a broken tort perhaps a darker tone. As days gone by, it seemed to look like a broken chocolate.

Why is it surprising? That brings us to the “B” gene of color genetics. Again, I turn to my favorite blog by Laurie Stroupe to get a better understanding of this gene http://www.thenaturetrail.com/BGene.htm.

Now let’s look into the history of both Fred and Sibylla.

Sibylla is the offspring of Clark and Holly Hope. Holly Hope is a lilac and Clark is a black tort which does not have any chocolate family member up 4 generations. But by breeding him to a lilac, the offspring are chocolate carrier. Sibylla is a chocolate carrier having the “Bb” gene.

Fred is the offspring of Thunder and Java. There is only a squirrel and a black otter up 4 generations. I am guessing that higher up the family tree, there could have been a “b” introduced. But it really surprises me that Fred is a chocolate carrier.

Thus, I have successfully obtain rabbits in the Chocolate Family through using rabbits from the Black Family. The probability is just too high but I am so lucky to get a little chocolate kit!

A pleasant surprise!

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by Tru-Luv Rabbitry | October 29, 2010 · 10:53 pm

Insanely Cute!

These are all the kits that Balian sired. They are so different in many ways. The torts are total out cross while the lilac/blue are produced through line breeding.