District 9 Report

I hope that this finds everyone enjoying the Winter and Early Spring shows. It has been an unusually warm February for us here in PA. We are loving this weather and continuing to breed for Convention. Crossing my fingers that all of your nestboxes are full of beautiful show prospects.

This year's Jersey Wooly Nationals is at the Hall of Fame Show in Canton, OH which is an amazing venue. The host club has been hard at work getting ready for all of us to join them in celebrating our awesome breed. I encourage all of you to come to Nationals as it is a wonderful time to see old friends as well as make new ones. After all, Jersey Wooly Breeders are super friendly and extremely helpful! It is also a great time to gain knowledge from talking to other breeders and also get some new bloodlines from around the country.

As we are getting closer to Nationals, I encourage everyone to up their care of their rabbits even more than normal. Keep those cages super clean, coats properly groomed, nails trimmed and stains removed. Keep an extra careful eye on eating, water intake, proper poop and body condition. Prep, disinfect and label your carriers and show equipment ahead of time so that you are ready when it is time to head out. If you have space and feel comfortable with it, offer to take and show a Jersey Wooly or 2 for a local Youth breeder who might not be able to attend Nationals. We want to encourage our youth as much as possible. Drive safe everyone and see you in Canton!

Michelle Landis District 9 director roughnecksm@verizon.net

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MICHELLE LANDIS roughnecksm@verizon.net

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