04/21/2026
NASS Results
Biggest lesson learned? The year your breeds’ national show is in your home state may very well be the same year your rabbits choose not to produce anything. Go anyways!
Rustin -
1st Runner Up King in Royalty.
For this contest he had to judge 2 classes of rabbits, take a written exam and compete in at least one other contest of his choice. He chose to give a speech over the Siamese variety and enter the photography contest. In the show he got to see the work he’s put into his varieties pay off!
HTJOHNSONGRASS 1/10 Siamese sr doe
HTEHUD 3/6 Siamese sr buck
HTOWEN 3/10 broken sr buck
Honestly, the biggest win is that the Siamese were entered into an older age class based on weight. Since he started he’s been fighting to get them to grow larger, and a buck he was given at last NASS seemed to be the golden ticket to get there!
Adalyn -
Was entered in royalty but was not feeling it. She took the written exam, did “share your rabbit” which is similar to showmanship, and entered the craft and photography contests. She didn’t place, but we’re proud of her efforts! She’s also had a very dry year of breeding. Not for lack of trying, but the only Mini Satins she had to take were over a year old and did not compete well. Thankfully nest boxes are starting to fill up again, so maybe this next year of showing will go better!
Reba -
HT Tar “Tarragon”, was 4/14. Yep, he’s the same chin I’ve been talking about for over a year. Same story as Adalyn, I’m just thankful to finally have some in the nestbox!
And finally, WELCOME TO TEAM SHEEN, Alysen!
We almost always do family memberships to breed clubs, so it was news to Alysen that she’s technically been a member for 4 years already. We noticed her attitude towards NASS was different this year. “Can I show one of the Minis that’s going?” “Can I do the youth contests?” And we thought it was just because she was going to be there anyways. As we wandered the aisles after checking in she finally let out a huge sigh and said “If I could have brokens I’d want my own Minis, too!” It just so happened that when you enter youth contests you get raffle tickets for a pair of rabbits that have been donated by another breeder and the Minis were, you guessed it, brokens! Then, as luck would have it, her ticket was drawn! She is absolutely smitten with them (no, her Dutch are not going anywhere!) She also managed to pull off Runner Up Lady in the youth royalty contest and was such a big help on our clean up crew.
Kayleigh is still not interested in showing sheeny things again, she loves her luster, but she enjoyed seeing all the beautiful rabbits and some people she loves who show them. She entered the crafts and photography contests, didn’t win but had fun!
