In Loving Memory of Brakes

On the 4th my beautiful and oh-so-very-sweet Mini lop buck, Brakes passed away. :( It was a hard blow. I miss my sweet little guy that taught me that not all Mini lop bucks are mean! {Read the About my Rabbitry page on my website} Cottage Hill's Brakes was a little over 4 years old. The heat and stress combined wasn't good on him. It's a huge change, moving 8 hours away to a much hotter climate and totally different environment.

Brakes was a beautiful Mini lop, I got him at my first ARBA show and he had already won one leg. He won Grand Champion at a 4H show after I got him and got all purples at other 4H shows, but unfortunately I didn't get to show him at another ARBA show because he had a runny nose at the second one I went to. He would have been a real Grand Champion bunny with lots of legs had I got to show him more!

He is the father to Amanda, and to Julia and the grand sire of Alaina. His babies always turned out real nice! I had bred him to Fiona July 21st, but sadly Fiona didn't take. :( But he has had plenty of really beautiful babies and I'm glad that I have 2 daughters of his and granddaughter. Just checked and Brakes has sired 6 litters, all together 40 babies!

My sweet guy shortly after I first got him - isn't he cute???:



A little while later:



This is my favorite picture of him! What a sweetie!





Best out of all the bunnies at the show! :)



Remember this? Funny Brakes! :)

And didn't he make the most cutest babies EVER???

R.I.P. Brakes. 

April 21, 2008 - August 4, 2012