TinysMom
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Fancy77 wrote:
When I was in Ct. and made it to the show in Storrs (where I got to meet Cathy who is basically my mentor for the flemish giants)....I also got to meet Juan and see his rabbits.
Alicia can tell you - I was practically DROOLING over his rabbits. He had a set of greys that I would have almost stolen in a heartbeat if I believed in stealing. I kept looking at them and looking at them.
Juan and I talked for a bit - and Cathy introduced me as a good friend of hers and we are talking about my getting some flemish from him. He has a breeding that is due this month if I remember right - that I am very interested in - plus he will be breeding the doe I drooled over this coming spring. We're talking about the possibility of my buying from the November litter (and I may even convince Cathy to sell me one if I provide her with enough Xanax to deal with the stress of the trip). Of course I won't be adding them until at least January or February.
So why Juan? Well - first of all - his flemish were AWESOME - I'll share his website at the end of the link.
But secondly - I liked his character - as a breeder - and as a person. Alicia can tell you how impressed we were with how he dealt with his son who was with him (and such a young gentleman too)...and how he dealt with his competitors, etc.
Roger from RAL rabbitry said it best - Juan is a gentleman.
One thing I learned from my experiences with the lionheads is that someone can be a breeder and have awesome rabbits- but very little character.
I am tired of dealing with breeders and people like that. Sure - they may win on the showtables or appear to have lots of friends - but that isn't the type of person I want to have a relationship with.
So I'm bringing in Juan's rabbits because from what Cathy has said -I'll have rabbits from probably the top two light grey breeders in the nation (according to her opinion - which I trust).
Juan has asked me to let him know how his rabbits do down here -and if they started beating Jack's rabbits - he REALLY wants to know - like IMMEDIATELY.
But I feel like I'm taking some of the best - from the best breeders - to put them together and create my own lines.
Here is Juan's website:
http://iberiaflemishgiants.tripod.com/index.html
and here is the light grey page - I'm in tears as he just lost a rabbit in the last few days...
http://iberiaflemishgiants.tripod.com/id12.html
When I first contacted Cathy (Blue Giants) about getting started with flemish giants - particularly the light greys - she recommended two breeders. One was Jack Langley who is here in Texas. The other one was Juan - a flemish giant breeder from Mass.
When I was in Ct. and made it to the show in Storrs (where I got to meet Cathy who is basically my mentor for the flemish giants)....I also got to meet Juan and see his rabbits.
Alicia can tell you - I was practically DROOLING over his rabbits. He had a set of greys that I would have almost stolen in a heartbeat if I believed in stealing. I kept looking at them and looking at them.
Juan and I talked for a bit - and Cathy introduced me as a good friend of hers and we are talking about my getting some flemish from him. He has a breeding that is due this month if I remember right - that I am very interested in - plus he will be breeding the doe I drooled over this coming spring. We're talking about the possibility of my buying from the November litter (and I may even convince Cathy to sell me one if I provide her with enough Xanax to deal with the stress of the trip). Of course I won't be adding them until at least January or February.
So why Juan? Well - first of all - his flemish were AWESOME - I'll share his website at the end of the link.
But secondly - I liked his character - as a breeder - and as a person. Alicia can tell you how impressed we were with how he dealt with his son who was with him (and such a young gentleman too)...and how he dealt with his competitors, etc.
Roger from RAL rabbitry said it best - Juan is a gentleman.
One thing I learned from my experiences with the lionheads is that someone can be a breeder and have awesome rabbits- but very little character.
I am tired of dealing with breeders and people like that. Sure - they may win on the showtables or appear to have lots of friends - but that isn't the type of person I want to have a relationship with.
So I'm bringing in Juan's rabbits because from what Cathy has said -I'll have rabbits from probably the top two light grey breeders in the nation (according to her opinion - which I trust).
Juan has asked me to let him know how his rabbits do down here -and if they started beating Jack's rabbits - he REALLY wants to know - like IMMEDIATELY.
But I feel like I'm taking some of the best - from the best breeders - to put them together and create my own lines.
Here is Juan's website:
http://iberiaflemishgiants.tripod.com/index.html
and here is the light grey page - I'm in tears as he just lost a rabbit in the last few days...
http://iberiaflemishgiants.tripod.com/id12.html
oh well
