One day I decided I wanted either a cat or a rabbit, because my sister had her own pet chickens. My Mom told me that rabbits are more snugly than cats, so my heart was set on a rabbit from then on. I saved up my Christmas and Birthday money, and worked for family members till I had enough money. My Mom also told me that I needed to do all the research and pricing on rabbits, so I could save up enough money, and how to properly take care of them. One of the things that the internet lied about, is that you HAVE to have two rabbits, because they live together in the wild so they will become lonely, which is faults. After about two months of work and saving I had enough money. At the time I believed the lie about two rabbits needing to be together, so we searched for two rabbits to adopt. Someone we new bred silver champagne d'argents, which are meat rabbits. Silver champagne d'argents grow to be about nine to twelve pounds, but I was so desperate to adopt a rabbit that I don't care. I adopted two of her rabbits and brought them home at eight weeks, so we couldn't tell very well it they were a Buck (male) or Doe (female). they ended up being two Bucks (males). I kept them in the same hutch, because I didn't know any better, which is a horrible idea, for when they became older they would have fought to the death. But they weren't friendly and they kicked and nipped when being held. About one or two weeks later they started to bite me when I was just sitting a pen with them. My friends came over and sat in the pen with them and the all announced that they had been nipped. I decided that I didn't want the rabbits any more because I didn't want to deal with a ten pound rabbit biting. Me and my Mom sent the rabbits back to the breeder. Our neighbor told us about a person that just had a litter of bunnies and was trying to give them away, so we jumped on that opening. 

On August 5th, 2024 we went to meet the baby bunnies. I fell in love at first sight. Finally on August 26th, 2024 we adopted one, when it was only one month old. Thinking it was a girl I named it Willow. Every book says that the first thing you do when you bring home your rabbit is let it stay in its hutch for a few days. But I was so excited. The first thing I did when I brought Willow home was set up a pen in the house and snuggle "her". 

Around one or two months later I was snuggling him and I don't remember why but I flipped "her" over and noticed two little things near his private parts. I brought Willow in and showed my Mom. After some thinking we realized that willow was a boy! Me, my Mom, and my sister were baffled. 

(To make the story shorter I will give you a quick summary of the rest) I joined 4-h and I went to a rabbit & cavy workshop. I met a women there who bred and sold therapy rabbits. I was able to hold one of her therapy rabbits and from that day on I wanted to breed and sell my own therapy rabbits. Since then I have been working on that goal, and here I am. I am going to breed Willow, who is a Holland lop, Standard Rex mix,  with a mini Satin named Blossom, who I picked up on July 28, 2025. 

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I am eleven years old, my name is Rachel Young, and I live in Southeast, Massachusetts. 

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