Thank to all who donated to and/or attended the first Buckles and Banners Ball hosted by the FABC. We truly appreciate your support and look forward to your help Santa's Sneak Peek.

This video gives great detail about how you should be able to handle your rabbit. It is showmanship, but everyone should have good showmanship. Showmanship is all about you and your knowledge of your rabbit, the breed, and overall rabbit husbandry. Watch this video and listen as she gives information on how you should pick up your rabbit, how you should set them up, and what the purpose of each check of your rabbit is for.

Please watch the following videos I have posted in this newsletter and then Google it up! Research and learn more. The more you learn, the better you will be at showmanship. I have also included a PowerPoint and great resource from the ARBA.

Dec 07 Santa's Sneak Peek Please volunteer to work this event for the FABC

Dec 15 North Texas Winter Showdown Leftrick will be attending this show

Dec 21 Fur, Feather, and Friends Show Dodson will be attending this show

Jan 04 CCJLA Rabbit Show Show day details to come

Feb 06-Feb 08 Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo Youth Breeding Rabbit Show If you have not mailed in your entries, you are about to miss the boat (read the rules and entry instructions)

Huge thank you to those students and parents that have already volunteered. There is still time to sign up, or just appear on Saturday and we will put you to work with great appreciation. Parents and students are more than welcome to volunteer, the more the merrier. The more hands to help, the better the show will run! Please sign up to work at the 2024 Santa's Sneak Peek Stock Show.

Location: North Texas Fairgrounds in Denton Texas located at 2217 N Carroll Blvd, Denton, TX 76201

Everyone must fill out the form linked below. Thank you in advance. Please let us know if you have any questions.

You will be required to work a concession stand shift and/or either a set up or a clean up shift for your home FFA chapter. Your campus advisor will let you know available shifts and/or cleanup/setup times for your chapter. The cleanup shift is Tuesday, January 7 after the show or Saturday, January 11 after the Sale.

TIME TO ENTER IS RUNNING OUT. You, the student must mail in their own entry to the FWSSR Livestock Office. Follow the instructions on the entry form and email Dodson if you have questions. If you miss the entry deadline, then you don't get to attend this show; zero exceptions. You cannot enter the day of the show like you can a jackpot. If your entry is not in by the 15th, FWSSR will tell you too bad, maybe next year. Additionally, when you look on the entry form, you will see a "fur" class. This is optional, but fun to do especially since you are already there. Your rabbit will be judged solely on their fur.

Entry Deadline: DECEMBER 15, 2024 Please read Special Rules and Show Classifications in the Premium List

2025 RABBIT DEPARTMENT ENTRY APPLICATION SOUTHWESTERN EXPOSITION AND LIVESTOCK SHOW PO Box 150 • Fort Worth, Texas 76101-0150 • 817-877-2400 • fwssr.com

December

• 12/17 and 12/18 before school from 7:30 to 8:30 AM The students can come through the cafeteria doors. I will also have a sign on the door.

• Friday 12/27 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

• Monday 12/30 from 8:30 AM to 10:30 AM

These are the dates and times to have your rabbit checked and weighed with Mrs. Leftrick at Emerson High School 6300 Collin McKinney Pkwy, McKinney, TX 75070. Additional dates, times, and location will be emailed soon.

Reminder that the species sponsors do not haul rabbits nor students to shows and parents are responsible for getting their student and rabbit(s) to the stock shows as well as securing hotel if needed for you and your student. Livestock showing is a family event, parents do need to stay with their students at the shows. The very last bit of this notice does not apply to rabbits as rabbits are not housed at the FISD Project Center (Ag Barn). Your rabbits stay with you at your homes and your show season is as long as you feel like showing your rabbit.

Everyone needs to complete the rabbit information form. This is the information about your rabbit. If you have more then one rabbit, you will need to fill out a form for each rabbit.

FISD Breeding Rabbit Information Form 2024-2025

If you have a new rabbit that has not been shown by you for an FISD chapter, you will need to scan a copy of your pedigree papers and email them to me dodsono@friscoisd.org

If you showed a rabbit last year and are showing the same rabbit, you do not need to resend the pedigree paper.

Everyone needs to complete and email back the attached alt travel and permission form. This is for ALL of rabbit show season for the 2024-2025 school year.

Here are some possible vet clinics to check with if you ever need to take your rabbit in.

Twin Lakes Pet & Bird Clinic

972-347-9799 | 26810 US-380 | Aubrey, TX 76227

Family Friends Veterinary Hospital

469-225-5885 | 3245 W. Main St. Ste 265 | Frisco, TX 75034

Dr. Rogers works with rabbits.

Cedar Creek Animal Hospital

972-548-9946 | 1434 N Central Expy Ste 123 | McKinney, TX 75070

North Tollway Pet Hospital

972-733-3340 | 4727 Frankford Rd #365 | Dallas, TX 75287

DR. MAXWELL sees exotics Thursdays and Fridays

Custer McDermott Animal Hospital

214-644-5555 | 9109 Custer Road | Plano, TX 75025

Remind 101 FISD Rabbit Team @fisdrab

Olivia Dodson dodsono@friscoisd.org

Courtney Leftrick leftrickc@friscoisd.org