Canadian Rabbit Hopping Club

[Korr_and_Sophie]

The Canadian Rabbit Hopping Club is a rabbit agility club based in Calgary AB. It was started as a 4-H project and has expanded so just about anyone who want to can join.

I will be posting stuff like practises, events, demos and other related happenings. I will post pics if I can.

Practises take place the first Friday evening from about 6:30 - 9ish (it can end earlier or go later deepening on the day) at the Chestemere Rec Centre. If you want to come, bring your bunny, a carrier, some food/hay, water and a harness and leash for your rabbit (H harnesses are preferred).
In order to be able to participate in demos, you need to attend at least 3 practises.

A topic about Korr and Penny as agility rabbits. There are pics too.
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=49412&forum_id=1
Sean the agility rabbit
http://www.rabbitsonline.net/view_topic.php?id=46420&forum_id=1

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

There will be a competition on Sept 19th at the Chestemere Rec Centre form 9-4. It is open to everyone, even if you haven't been to a practise. I think we are starting races and such at about 10:30 am.
I should be getting more info closer to the date, and will post when I get it.

If you plan on coming, I would bring something for your rabbit to hang out in during the day. An X-pen or NIC pen will work. There are also some cheap pet tents at Jysk for about $12. Don't forget to bring food, water, and a harness.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Pics from the competition on Sept 19. We were there from about 9am till 4pm. 3 events were held: time trial, high jump and side by side races.
Babbitty won the time trial and races. Penelope won high jump.
The course

Babbitty

Willow

Popcorn (I think)

Mr. Bella

Korr

Tarquinn

Ty

Teddy

Kokomo

Wallaby

Penelope

Sweets

Babbitty butt

Korr

Moony

Awards

More pics
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/kara17173/Chestemere%20competition%20Sept%2019%202009/?start=all

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Pics from the October 2 2009 practise at the Chestemere Rec Center.
We had a few new people who are joining 4-H. 1 was for Guinea pigs and I think was mostly getting a bit of a head start on some stuff. Not sure if he will come to rabbit hopping again, but he will be attending the 4-H meetings (which I do not do). The other person is also going to be involved in 4-H, but with the rabbits. She has recued a bunch and brought 5 babies.

Guinea Pig kid and Tammy

One of the baby bunnies.

One of the boys who is joining rabbit project. BEW baby bunny

Amanda and Wallaby

Ty

Penelope

Nichole and Samantha

Tarquinn

Sweets

Popcorn

Bunch of bunnies

Korr

L'il Will

Amanda and Babbitty

More pictures:
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/kara17173/Oct%202%202009%20practise/?start=all

 

[Pet_Bunny]

Wow Sweets has made progress.

Looks like Sweets is all tuckered out.

 

[BlueCamasRabbitry]

Great thread! Can't believe I'm just finding it now! lol. I'm definitely going to have to watch this one!

Great pictures! And that little baby orange dutch is cute!

How old is the BEW baby bunny in that picture with the kid in the red shirt?

I'm just curious because training for agility/hopping isn't supposed to begin until the rabbit is 3 to 4 months of age (could be a few months low on this...) due to the fact that they are still growing. Of course, harness training can begin as soon as 6 to 8 weeks, but no jumps...ground bars are probably ok for them to walk over and probably 1-inch to 2-inch "jumps"(until they reach 3/4 months, then you can beginactual training.)

I know babies will hop over things in there way and such, but just thought I'd let you know so you can pass it on if needed, etc.

Emily

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

I am not sure on the exact age of the BEW, but I think s/he was about 8ish weeks.

We don't seem to have a lot of very young bunnies (most are 1-3 years old). These people are new and it was their first time. I think they have some older bunnies that will be doing more of the agility. The bunnies they did bring were mostly there as a test to see how they do without their mom (The lady who brought them has rescued a bunch and some females were pregnant). They weren't really doing high jumps, maybe 1-2 bars, mostly they would run away form the kids and hide.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Pics from the Nov 6 practise.

Penelope debating on weather or not to jump

Korr

Failed attempt at them jumping together

Lillian

Buttercup and the long jump

L'il Wil and the weave poles

Kokomo

Tarquin

Wallaby with L'il Wil in the back

Wallaby and L'il Wil jumping together

Star

Ophelia

Oliver

Korr on the long jump

Sunggle bunnies

Rest of the album
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/kara17173/Nov%206%20practise/?start=all

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

How is my little cutie doing?


Korr_and_Sophie wrote:

Penelope debating on weather or not to jump

 

[Demismith]

Aww, lovely buns
I do rabbit jumping too, www.rabbitjumpinguk.moonfruit.com

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Due to horrible weather, practise was cancelled today . So no pics of jumping bunnies. Instead, I give you Babbity Rabbity.

[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/AlBtkX0z-BQ&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

 

[Luvr of Wabbits and Polar Bears]

that Bunny is amazing. Is that a bunny from the Calgary hopping club?

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Yep. He wins just about every race and is a ham. He doesn't like to be caught and will run around again and again for as long as he can.
Amanda is his handler and slave. She is one of the founders of the club.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

More videos.

Wallaby
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/Nu_kiHUvJ1Q&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

Willow
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/wS-PinUIWvk&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

Popcorn
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/VFT0KxSoqvI&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

 

[mistyjr]

How do you make them jump?

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Basically, you set the jump low and get the rabbit to go over it. Once they get the idea of what you want, you can raise the jump.
For the other obstacles, you sort of push them along until they understand how to do it.
Once the rabbit understands what they are doing, they start to go faster, jump higher and have fun. Some rabbits can start not knowing anything about agility, and by the end of the night be able to do it off leash. Our meetings are at least 2 hours, so they do get many chances to learn over 1 night.

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Star
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/RQujxbVN2OI&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

Kokomo
[flash=425,344]http://www.youtube.com/v/nbL4jFt08Do&hl=en&fs=1[/flash]

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Today we preformed in Okotoks at some sort of New Years thingy. We mostly did side by side races, but did do 1 round of time trials to determine who races against who. Due to the first Friday of January being the 1st, we will not have having practise, so these are all the pics for a bit as we don't have any other events scheduled for January.

Star

Lillian

Oliver

Ty

Popcorn

Penelope(and yes, that is me)

Kokomo

L'il Wil

Wallaby

Willow

Babbitty Rabbitty

Samantha

Teddy

Tarquinn

Mr. Bella

Korr

Jack

Lillian and Sam

Korr, Tarquinn, and Ophelia

Korr and Penelope

Sam, Lillian, Tarquinn and Penelope

Album with more photos
http://s21.photobucket.com/albums/b297/kara17173/Dec%2031%202009%20Okotoks/?start=all

 

[Pet_Bunny]

Did you get a new camera?

 

[Korr_and_Sophie]

Pet_Bunny wrote:

Did you get a new camera?

Oddly enough yes (or at least my mom did). Rosemarie also got a new one and it is the exact same as my moms. I am still fiddlying with the settings.