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Updated show catalog…. on September 12, 2016 13th Annual Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association Show Saturday, September 24, 2016 Double All-Breed Open & Youth Rabbit & Cavy Shows

Plus Multiple Specialty Shows

Talbot Agriculture & Education Center 10659 Hiners Lane Easton, MD 21601 Open Secretary/ ALL Cavy Secretary: Melissa Deitrich (302) 670-9912 [email protected]

Youth Secretary: Tresa Hutchison (410) 924-2259 [email protected]

Rabbit Judges: Bill Bramble (NJ), Tom Schweikart (PA) , Jacinta Taulbee (OH) , Stacey EastonMartin (OH) , Steven Buell (NY) , Bonnie Burdick (TN), Jodi Hartman (NY) , Nita Butler (OH), Johnny Haussener (PA), Robert Frizzel (MD), Carrol Hooks (NC), Donna Grimm (NY). Cavy Judges: Frank Westley (TN) and Travis Finkle (MD) Sanctioned Breeds: If you do not see your breed sanctioned there is still time. Contact Tresa Hutchison (youth secretary NOW). Breed sanctions are for National Club Sweepstakes Points. If you would like to sponsor a breed sanction, contact Brandy Burroughs Dunn or myself. For current, up-to-date national club information and cost of sanctioning your chosen breed please go to www.arba.net/nati_specialty.htm Open: American Chinchilla, English Lop, French Lop, Flemish Giant, Himalayan, Holland Lop, American Fuzzy Lop, Jersey Wooly, Mini Rex, Netherland Dwarf, Palomino, Polish, Rex, Tan, Angoras, Lion Heads, Silvers,

Dutch and Californians Mini Lops will NOT be sanctioned through the AMLRC, the reports will go to the MLRCA. Youth: Angoras, Polish, Himalayan, Holland Lop, Jersey Wooly, Mini Rex, Netherland Dwarfs. You may leave animals overnight at the show site, but PLEASE understand this is AT YOUR OWN RISK. The Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association club members, families and friends, as well as the Talbot Agriculture & Education Center WILL NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE for Loss, Damage, etc. IF YOU CHOOSE TO LEAVE YOUR ANIMALS AND Supplies OVERNIGHT at the show location!!!! This is an OFFICAL ARBA Sanctioned Show Eric Stewart, Executive Director, www.arba.net P.O. Box 5667, Bloomington, IL 61702 The 93rd ARBA Convention for 2016 is being held in San Diego, CA Oct. 8-12, 2016. Registrar will be Joey Martin Awards for Both Rabbit & Cavy: BIS, RIS, BOB, BOSB Hampton Inn 8058 Ocean Gateway Easton, MD 410822-2200

Econo Lodge 8175 Ocean Gtwy. Easton, MD 21601 410-820-5555 $85/night + $5 pet fee, call before 8/23 as this is the host hotel

Holiday Inn Express 8561 Ocean Gateway Easton, MD 410-819-6500

Days Inn 7018 Ocean Gateway Easton, MD 410-8224600

Comfort Inn 8523 Ocean Gateway Easton, MD 410-8208333

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VENDORS ARE WELCOME! Please contact Tresa Hutchison for more information (410) 924-2259 [email protected] Pointer Hill Pet Products Food: A cut Above Foods is the vendor. They were here www.pointerhillcagesandpetsupplies.com 888.331.2243 last year for breakfast and lunch. We are currently [email protected] waiting on a menu so exhibitors can plan accordingly. The Decal Gal, LLC can create custom vinyl decals for you. http://thedecalgalllc.weebly.com/ (856) 534-2286

RAFFLE TABLE: Raffle donations are appreciated. Table items must be placed by 10 AM. Any rabbits donated must have pedigrees and no disqualifications! Rabbits are to be left with the Show Secretary in the exhibitor’s carriers for selection. Any rabbits not selected and carriers of those selected will be available for pick up after 1pm. Raffle winners will be drawn at 1 PM.

SHOW RULES AND REGULATIONS 1. This show will conform to all ARBA Show rules. This is a rabbit and cavy show. There will be no other animals allowed in showroom. Parents are responsible for their children. Please keep an eye on them. Playing in or around buildings will not be allowed. No roller blades, skateboards, or scooters allowed. 2. The Show Committee reserves the right to add or substitute judges. The decision of the Show Committee as to the placing of the breeds on a judge’s table will be final. No changes will be made at the show tables. All changes must be made at the Secretary’s table before the start of judging for that breed. NO CHANGES WILL BE MADE AT THE SHOW TABLE PER ARBA RULES. Entry will be forfeited as according to ARBA rules. Exhibitors attempting to or actually interfering with, annoying, molesting, influencing a judge or acting in an unbecoming manner will be rejected and barred from the show. All entry fees will be forfeited. 3.. All animals must have a legible tattoo or ear tag. Animals not properly earmarked will be eliminated from the show and no entry fee refunded. Exhibitors attempting to or actually interfering with, annoying, molesting, influencing a judge or acting in an unbecoming manner will be rejected and barred from the show. All entry fees will be forfeited. All rabbits entered in Fur will be judged as Breed Fur, unless specified as Commercial Fur. 4. This is a carrying cage show. All carriers/cages must have solid bottoms or trays. You are responsible for cleaning up your area before leaving. THERE WILL BE NO DUMPING OF CARRIER PANS IN THE TRASH CANS!! VIOLATORS WILL BE FINED!! 5. Any animals showing signs of disease (including fleas, mites, worms, etc.) must be removed by exhibitor from the showroom upon request by the Show Committee and the entry fees will be forfeited. Rabbits exhibited in Maryland are to have a Self-Certification of Rabbit Health Form as required by MD Department of Agriculture. Forms can be found at the MDA website at http://www.mda.state.md.us/pdf/sc_rabbit.pdf. Submission of an entry will serve as certification. If you know, you have sick rabbits or have had sick rabbits in the last 30 days, please leave them home. No breeding allowed in the showroom. Absolutely no baby rabbits less than 12 weeks of age in the showroom for sale. 6. There will be no alcoholic beverages allowed in the showroom or on the show grounds. There will be NO SMOKING in the show area. All fire lanes must remain clear. This rule will be strictly enforced. Please park in designated areas.

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7. In the event a check is returned for non-sufficient funds, there will be a $50.00 bank charge. All checks must be made good or entries will be forfeited and left off all show reports. In the event you email your entries and do not show, you will still be held responsible for those entry fees and will receive a bill. If you do not pay the entry fees, you will not be able to show at future DRCBA shows until this matter is taken care of. 8. The Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association, members of the Talbot Agricultural Center and its Board members will not be responsible for fire, theft, injury, accident, or providential loss, but every precaution will be taken. 9. To keep the show running smoothly, please have your rabbits and or cavies up to the table when they are called the first time. The show committee and the judges have the right to utilize the “2 calls and you’re out” rule! After your breed has been called to the table there will be two (2) announcements made. After the second call for a class there will be a 2 minute allowance for rabbits to be brought to the judging table. When the time allowance expires the judging will begin. If your rabbit and or cavy is not at the table after the second announcement the judge will proceed and entry will be forfeited! Please let your fellow exhibitors know where your exhibits are so they can assist you with getting your rabbits & cavies to the show table in a timely fashion.

Specialty Shows Double United Angora Rabbit Club OPEN Specialties Melissa Deitrich (302) 670-9912 [email protected] Pre-entry no later than September 21, 2016 $5.00 per rabbit; wool is $1.00 Day of Show fee is $7.00 per rabbit; wool is $2.00

Double Open/Double Youth Mid-Atlantic Mini Lop Club Specialties Brandy Burroughs-Dunn (302) 381-7320 [email protected] Deadline: Wednesday, September 21 at 10pm MAMLC members: $3.50 pre-entry. If they enter all three MAMLC specialties for Saturday and Sunday, it is $10 per rabbit. $4 pre-entries, if entering all three MAMLC specialties, $11 per rabbit. Day of Show entries are $6 per rabbit. Paypal: [email protected] please pay by using the friends and family option. Thank you!

Double Open Mid-Atlantic Himalayan RC JoAnna Perez 30 Eaton Circle Clementon, NJ 08021 (201) 233-0998 [email protected] Non-members: $4.00 per rabbit Mail-in entries postmarked by 9/16/2016, Email entries due by 9/22/2016 , Day of Show entries $6.00, ear number change (same class, same age) due by 9/22/16 Members: $4.00 per rabbit, Mail-in entries postmarked by 9/16/2016, Email entries by 9/23/2016 11:59:59pm, Day of Show entries $5.00, 1 free ear number change (same class, same age).

Double Open Eastern States Polish Rabbit Club Rachel Walsh 76 Pennsylvania avenue apt. 304 Westminster MD 21157 [email protected] Due by 9/16 mail email by 9/22 entries fee $4 day of show $6

Mid Atlantic Lop Club OPEN ONLY Howard Dunn [email protected] 50 South Childs Road Kearneysville WV 25430 304-820-9901 Postmarked by 9-16 Email by 9-22 by 10pm. Entries $4 Day of Show $6

Chesapeake Holland Lop Club (Open & Youth) Donna Richards 743 Clearview Avenue Hampstead, MD 21074 443-789-1166 [email protected] Mail-In Entries $4.00 per entry postmarked by 9-17-16 Email entires $4.00 per entry by midnight 9-21-16 Day of Show is $5.00 per entry. Ear Number Changes Only $1.00. No phone entries will be accepted!

Eastern Harlequin Rabbit Club OPEN only Sarah Freund [email protected] 410-603-5697 $4.25 for non-members $4.00 for members $6.00 day of show

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Important Entry Information Show room will be open at 7:00 AM. Judging will begin promptly at 9:00 AM. *Entry fee must be PAID before the start of the show. *Comment cards will NOT be used, some will be available for your convince. Mail In Cavy/Rabbit: For a Single show the entry fee is $4.00; show your animal (2) times and the entry fee will be $7.00, Fur/Wool $2.00 per show. MUST BE POSTMARKED BY September 14, 2016. PLEASE contact the approprate show secretary for their address, if you would like to mail in your ent Email Rabbit/Cavy: For a Single show the entry fee is $4.00; show your animal (2) times and the entry fee will be $7.00, Fur/Wool $2.00 per show. No later than TUESDAY September 20, 2016 by 10pm! Day of Show Rabbit/Cavy: $10.00 per animal, Fur/Wool $5.00 per show. Before 8am sharp! NO EXCEPTIONS!!!! Please make checks payable to Delmarva Rabbit & Cavy Breeders Association, or plan to pay with cash PayPal: we would love for you to PayPal your entry free for this show. Please use the following email [email protected] please use the Friends and Family option. Please include the ALL exhibitor’s names, address, email and if they are an open or youth exhibitors. *You will receive an Exhibitor Check- In Sheet via email for entries that have been received via mail or email! This will be your only copy of your entry. We will not be printing Exhibitor Check-In Sheets for you to go over on the day of the show. If a correction needs to be made, once we email you the Exhibitor Check-In Sheet please let us know ASAP, via email so the corrections can be fixed. These changes will made for free up until 9/22/16! Once the corrections have been corrected in the show program, we will email you another Exhibitor Check-In Sheet. If the show secretaries do not hear from you by 9/22/16 (we will be printing early Friday morning) we ASSUME that your entry is correct and will accept it as correct, any corrections after that will be charged the day of show entry. In other words., Please Check YOUR Email, and if there is a correction that needs to be made, please contact us via email. No changes will be allowed at the show table, per ARBA Rules! Youth may show in both open and youth, but not with the same animal. There will be a $1.00 fee per animal for Day of Show substitutions. Changes will be allowed only in the same breed, sex, variety, and class. Day of Show entries and all changes must be made at the Show Secretary’s table. Exhibitors are solely responsible for getting their rabbits/cavies to the table when their breed/variety is called. Classes will be called a maximum of three (3) times after which judging will resume. If you are showing multiple breeds, please let others know where your animals are! All cavies will be judged by an ARBA licensed cavy judge. All ARBA judges are required to verify permanent ear numbers, so no tape will be used. The show committee reserves the right to amend or change these rules as necessary; having at all times the interest of the exhibitor and their animals in mind.

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Name Open ___ Youth ___ Address Email Phone *Please write legibly…all show reports and legs will be sent via EMAIL! * Ear Tag Tattoo

Breed Abbreviation

Variety

Sex

Age

Fur/Wool

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

Buck Doe Boar Sow

Pre-Jr Jr Int Sr

Colored White

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