THERESA MUELLER
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Current Active COD- Successful 2nd Presentation 2012 ARBA Convention
Tortoise (Black, Blue, Chocolate, & Lilac), and REW
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PrideLands Rabbitry began as two friends sharing a passion for the rabbit hobby. They live in the beautiful state of Washington, near Seattle. Theresa lives with her husband and two daughters in Ravensdale, and good friend Cheryl Rafoth and her husband live on the peninsula in Port Townsend. Both had been raising rabbits for many years before they formed their co-op with our Hollands Lops in 2001. Shortly after forming their co-op with the Holland Lops (Forget-Me-Not Rabbitry), the Lionheads (PrideLands Rabbitry) followed. |
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| LEE A. NEVILLS |
2nd COD - Chocolate and Tortoise (Black, Blue, Chocolate, & Lilac) |
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In the beginning of my Lionhead herd, I was very lucky in that the quality of animals I started with was very good. Most of the bloodlines meshed well with each other, so I had positive results early on. I did not have to hybridize, although I have experimented a little with Netherland Dwarf and Holland Lop crosses just for my own information and observation. I breed aggressively for my specific goals, and am a firm believer in a strict culling regimen to weed out undesirable traits and to reinforce the desirable attributes I am striving for. I have a definite goal in mind with my breeding program, and do not keep or use any stock that is not in keeping with my vision. |
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| MARILYN STEVENS |
3rd COD - Blue, Blue Tort, and Sable Point |
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I don’t remember where I first saw my first Lionhead rabbit; but wherever it was, I was awe stuck by the tiny ears and the mane encircling the head……..that’s what I had to have. My daughter found 2 Lionheads in Baltimore, Md., at Bundles for Bunnies. This is the same rabbitry where Amy Whitmore got her first Lionheads and just about the same time in 2002. |
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JOE HORACEK &
NITA SHANNON |
4th COD - Seal, Siamese Sable, and REW |
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I acquired my first lionhead in the spring of 2003. My sons wanted a 'hare' to go with the Sulcata Tortoise we had and my online searches generated a 'really cool' kind of rabbit that the boys decided they had to have. We picked up Sake, from Diane Ricketson in the parking lot of JC Penny's. Her pedigree had names like Statler's Miss Kitty and Hellenic Stud #43. An F3, she was a product of some very early American Lionheads.
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We love the rabbit hobby! When we started this endeavor 6 years ago, I told the girls it would be only 7 rabbits and that’s all I would permit…Ha! That lasted maybe 2 months or until we had our first litter. As a family, we have thoroughly enjoyed the hobby of raising and showing Lionhead rabbits. We have met amazing people and consider so many of our breeder friends as family.
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| Melissa Kelly |
5th COD - Silver Marten (Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac) and Chestnut |
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I acquired a few other rabbits in the first months of my rabbitry, but it was not until I was having trouble breeding and decided to drive to CT that my rabbitry really took off. I met up with Jane Ramirez, of Lions Lair Rabbitry, and bought a doe, her litter, and the litter that the doe was fostering. The doe, Twilight, turned out to be an excellent producer, but in that fostered litter was my herd buck, Valens. Valens ended up taking first place out of the senior buck class at the 2007 Nationals! |
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| Lydia West |
6th COD - Blue-Eyed White (BEW) |
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BEWs were/are a challenge for sure. Their gene is so strong it seemed like all their worst traits would always come out in them (e.g. big ears, fluffiness, long, big you name it) but I loved the challenge. I have now gotten them to be able to compete with other colors especially the vienna carriers. Haven’s Nevaeh who I thought was nice and hoped she would do well at Nationals in 2010 never thought she would win BOSB. I was shocked for sure when Eric Stewart said, “BOSB goes to the Blue JR Doe”, “Wow”, wasn’t sure I heard him right. |
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| Koelyn Hooper |
7th COD - Sable Point (held with Lydia West, Joe Horacek & Nita Shannon) |
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I’ve been watching the development of Lionheads since 2000 and was particularly impressed with the body style of rabbits from Bunny Hutch and Mossy Possum rabbitries. Fortunately I was able to purchase a son of Johnny Blaze and a broken buck, Mickey, from Pridelands which are the basis for my Lionheads. I love Sable Points in any breed, but didn’t have them in my Lionhead herd until Joe Horacek decided to reduce the varieties in his rabbitry to focus on developing Siamese Sable, Seal and Red-eyed Whites. |
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Keniethea Roy & Chrissy Schell |
8th COD - Pointed White (Black, Blue, Chocolate, & Lilac) |
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I have been an ARBA member since 2001 and have spent time breeding and showing Netherland Dwarfs, Holland Lops, Flemish Giants and Mini Rex. In 2003, I saw a picture of a Lionhead in a magazine and just had to have a pair. I bought my first pair from a man in Georgia, a handful of others from a few local breeders and not long after, I shipped in 6 lionheads from Pridelands Rabbitry in Washington. I was hooked! I enjoyed breeding and showing Lionheads so much that I got out of all other breeds and have been raising Lionheads as my sole breed for almost 10 years.
Chrissy's Bio Coming Soon! |
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| Chance Floyd |
9th COD- REW, Siamese Sable, Smoke Pearl, Sable Point, Blue Point |
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Bio Coming Soon! |
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| Keniethea Roy |
10th COD - Black (held with Kitty Lynch - NALRC non-member) |
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I have been an ARBA member since 2001 and have spent time breeding and showing Netherland Dwarfs, Holland Lops, Flemish Giants and Mini Rex. In 2003, I saw a picture of a Lionhead in a magazine and just had to have a pair. I bought my first pair from a man in Georgia, a handful of others from a few local breeders and not long after, I shipped in 6 lionheads from Pridelands Rabbitry in Washington. I was hooked! I enjoyed breeding and showing Lionheads so much that I got out of all other breeds and have been raising Lionheads as my sole breed for almost 10 years. |
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