Woolie Creations Angora Rabbits

Hi Everyone,
I know it has been awhile since I posted anything to my blog here. Nothing has been going on much this summer besides the horrible heat! All the bunnies were uncomfortable along with me too!

I have been busy with school and doing web sites. We are done for this quarter in school and I am getting my grades back slowly. I have an A in Design Methodology so far! YEHHH! Hopefully I make the deans list again! I am half way to my dual Associates Degrees and then on to a Bachelors Degree!

I have been doing web design for 10+ years now so learning more is a big plus! So if anyone needs a great web site done, just shoot me an email!

The Blue Eyed White Satins are coming along nicely. I hope to have some ready to show this Spring at the big Dalton, Ga. show. Keep your fingers crossed. I put some new pictures up on my web site of them so if you get a chance go take a look.
Till next time
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Kim Gay - WoolieCreations.net
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Specializing in Blue Eyed White French and Satin Angoras, German Angoras
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Due to threats from the University Of Georgia I am rewriting my article on neutering your bunny without a vet. The University of Georgia made threats that if I didn't take my article down that they were going to report me for animal cruelty. I guess we live in Russia now and they think they have the right to MAKE THREATS now! I thought they were in the business of teaching not governing. You can find instructions on making a bomb on the internet but DON'T help people save money and take it out of the pockets of Vets!

I take great pride in my rabbits and give them tender loving care. I would NEVER do anything that would put the at risk ever! My animals usually eat before I do. If it came right down to it, I would go hungry before they ever did! I treat them like my children.

Meanwhile if you would like a copy please email me.

There are many ways to neuter your bunny without a vet and I will be presenting them all.

Well we are all back from Dalton, Ga. Show and I had a great time. I think everyone got at least 1 leg on their bunny so all the prizes were passed around. :) That's always fun when that happens so no one is left out. Sue Duncan brought an absolutely gorgeous copper satin angora doe!

We had 36 French, English, and Satin Angoras shown on Saturday and 31 shown on Sunday. That is a big turn out for us!

Above is a couple pictures of 2 French Angora doe's I showed. I will post more pictures as I get them taken. I am snapping pictures and clipping them back. All the coats are way past ready to come off. I think I lost half of the wool blowing! These 2 girls gave me 5 oz. when I clipped them off. :)

Well my big show for the year is upon us. March 7 & 8 at Dalton, Georgia. Here is the link if you would like to come. http://www.nwgcrc.com/16052.html   It is a triple show on Saturday with a double angora specialty on Sunday. Well worth the trip!

Ok above are 3 photos of a few bunnies I have available. The first are juniors from a BEW to BEW breeding. There are now 5 available. The second is a nice black doe that is a vienna carrier (BEW). The third is a litter of REW satins. They are all bucks and very nice! If you are interested just let me know. I will also have a few more for sale at the show.

There is still snow on the ground here in Georgia today after our big snow storm! LOL It is fastly melting and will be gone shortly. :)

For those of you who do not know about Georgia we do not get snow here often. It was 70 degrees yesterday and today it is 35 right now. There is a couple of inches of snow on the ground! WOW this is a bid deal here because it has been about 5 years since our last snow.

Sorry I haven't posted here for awhile. I have been busy with school. I have several bunnies available now. Our BIG show for the year is just about here so if anyone wants to pick up bunnies they will be available. I will post pictures here later today. I am having to much fun with the snow right now! LOL

This is a post Jacque Dumas sent to the NARBC list that was not let go through to the members. Jacque was a LONG time Treasurer of NARBC (national angora rabbit breeders club) who did a great job and was a very honest person that donated her time to the club. She is no longer Treasurer because of the same pettyness only way worse, than I received!


Gee, Kim,

I am really sorry to see you go as WebMistress, but, I can relate to your feelings of frustration. Maybe one of these days, NARBC
Board Members and active Members will stop the "internal" back stabbing and politics and do what is best for the Club - keeping
everyone informed of what is going on.  Since the newsletter is not out, and we do not have privy to the minutes of the Board Meeting and the Membership Meeting, we are out of the loop of what has happened - or what decisions have been made that resulted in your resignation. Personally, the fact that the results from the ARBA Convention have not been posted on the website, due to the lack of you receiving the results, should have spelled out internal operations going on. I also think that the minutes should be posted on the website as soon as the Convention is over - therefore there would be no relapse of time for the membership to know what is going on. After all, the meetings were in October, the minutes could have been posted by the middle of November to the website, and we are still waiting on the newsletter. (Sorry, Amanda, I know it is not all your fault.)

There is definitely a lack of communication between the VOLUNTEERS and the ACTIVE BOARD MEMBERS/DIRECTORS.
I was told a long time ago that a "few" members run this Club, but, I failed to believe it was true. But, after having been on "their" side, and then being just a "member", I have to agree. I have resigned from the politics and I am loving every minute of it. I congratulate any member that can be a active volunteer and keep above the politics that go on - they must have a very tough skin. I know that from personal experience.

We hate to see you leave as WebMistress. It has been a long time since the website has been so user friendly and informative and up-to-date. I am glad you did not let go your District 6 Director Position. Maybe you will have a say in what does happen finally about the website.

I do hope the group moderators let the membership read this post. If not, I will post it on my blog anyway.

Thanks,
Jacque Dumas
http://www.geocities.com/angoraperccy2

I apologize to all the members for quitting on the web site. After thinking long and hard and finally finding out what was REALLY going on I made my decision. There is a lot going on behind the scenes of NARBC that the members never know about. This last little incident just did it for me. I realized after I sent out my resignation that the members probably didn't know what had happened so I will explain a little here.

I have done the NARBC web site for a long time and did the newsletter for a year and a half, sometimes both at the same time. My whole intention was to help NARBC and it's members as much as possible. It was a learning experience to say the least! Not many of you realize the time it takes to do one of those jobs let alone both at the same time! Many thanks to Amanda Politino for taking over the newsletter! Please give her all for your support. Please realize that the newsletter, when it is way late like now, is not her fault BUT the NARBC Presidents and the Secretary's! If anyone has any questions I am sure Amanda or I would be glad to answer them.

Anyway I just found out from the Board Meeting Minutes - that the board of NARBC does not like the web site or the way I have been doing it. No one bothered to give any suggestions or comments ever to how they would like to see the site done. I have asked untold times for comments on how everyone would like to see it done but none of them bothered to email me with any. They voted to have Judy look into getting an outside company to do the web site and pay them to do so. Ok I have a suggestion: If NARBC has money to do this why not pay the members who work so hard for the club and keep it in the club?? Just my opinion though. :)

I really appreciate all your heart felt emails I have received today after my announcement. I am sorry I did not do better for you members. Still If I can help anyone please don't hesitate to email me!
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Here is my official resignation:

Judy, Board, and NARBC Members,

First let me say it has been an experience serving NARBC for these MANY years. I have given countless hours to help who ever needed my assistance. I have done the web site for a long time as well as the NARBC newsletter, and rebuilt the web site from the ground up several times. I really appreciate those of you who took the time to at least say "Thank You for all your hard work!" You know who you are.

As of now I will no longer be doing the web site. It has come to my attention that many of you have complaints and are disgruntled with my work on the web site. All of a sudden you want to pay someone to do the web site? It makes sense to me to give $ to members rather than outsiders. I have yet to hear anyone make a suggestion as to what they wanted changed or added, even after pleading for suggestions. If there was a problem why not just let me know?? As for the members section – there is tons of stuff there that non members can't see. It is in the main menu and many members have looked at all the articles. I didn't realize that there was just one link showing in the member's menu until I changed the site the other day, but did anyone tell me or ask me why that was. I worked from within the site most of the time and just now found it when I logged in.

So with all that said, I bid you all a farewell. I will continue to be District 6 director.

Best Regards,

Kim Gay

Merry Christmas Everyone Happy New Year

I have just re-done Mid-South Angoras website with an all new template. I really like this one. Run by and take a look at it and let me know what you think. If you are not a member yet we would love to have you. If you would like to exchange links we would be glad to do that also. :)

If you do not have time to keep your web site up of do not know how to make one I am taking new clients. I am putting together some templates for you to choose from. Please email me for a quote on your needs. I am very flexible with very reasonable rates. I can do you a great site for $50.00 and even host it on my server for $4.50 a month. I can update it and maintain your site for as little as $10.00 a month and up. So if you are thinking of a new site or need help with an existing one I would be glad to help.

I have been finishing up finals the last week or so. I am happy to say I have completed 3 classes and made 3 - A's. Yippee. They were all great classes with great teachers. They were not easy classes at all. :)

Update on a couple litters - The 2 guys above are Satin / French hybrids. Notice the very unusually marked ear on the one bunny. This is the second litter from the same mom that has produced this trait. There are 2 doe's and 2 bucks in this litter.

I have a second generation hybrid litter that is just about 2 weeks old. There are 2 Blue Eyed Whites, 2 Ruby Eyed Whites and 3 agouti's of some sort. They all have a good bit of shine! I am very happy with mom as she is taking great care of them, especially for a first time mom!

Well it finally got cool enough here to fire up the wood stove! I dug out my cast iron tea kettle and cleaned it up. I love to have water ready for tea all winter when I want tea! I got industrious and decided to make breakfast the next morning on the wood stove. As you can see I put my frying pan on to heat up and got another pan out for the grits! I made quite a tasty meal with no electricity! The grits and the fresh eggs were ready just about the same time. :)

I know it has been awhile since I posted. There has been a lot going on. I have a litter of hybrid BEW satins that are soooooo cute! They are about 3 weeks old now jumping in and out of the nest. There are 3 chestnuts and 1 opal.

I am expecting a nice BEW french litter soon also. I have 2 BEW's still available for new homes a buck and doe. This is the buck on the left. He is a beauty! His mom took 2nd white Jr. doe at convention last year! I love big buckie heads and he has a wonderful head!