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Breeders Profile ........................................ By Ellyn Eddy
Brendan and Janice Moore
HPRC members greatly value our charter members from South Bend, IN,
Brendan and Janice Moore. Here from the start, Brendan served
as one of our first directors and Janice has always been our capable
VP. In fact, it was at their home show in South Bend that talk
of an "Indiana Polish club" began. What a great idea
that became!! Janice also embroiders our awesome patch!!! see
it at www.heartlandpolish.com if you haven't already!
Brendan was born, raised, and has lived his whole life in South
Bend. As a boy he was involved in Boy Scouts and was a
newspaper carrier. The highlight of his childhood came when he
was 16. As a carrier for the South Bend Tribune, he entered a
nationwide contest sponsored by the Parade Magazine. Brendan
won. Since at that time he had no rabbits to keep him at home,
he was able to spend two of the best weeks of his childhood with 200
other carriers in Germany and Romania.
In the late 70's Brendan became involved in Civil War
reenacting. This hobby once brought him to Green Bay, WI, where
"I asked a certain woman to dance and ended up with a
wife". Brendan and Janice had a Civil War wedding and were
actively involved in Civil War reenacting for ten years. They
even started a business that sold Civil War gear and merchandise to
fellow resonators and the public. The best of it was in July of
'88, when Brendan and Janice and 50,000 others took part in the
Gettysburg 125th anniversary reenactment. Brendan was one of
the 20,000 soldiers on the battlefield and, in his words "It was
Fantastic!" I personally would have loved to see it!
(but sorry i forgot to ask if he got "killed"!) ;-)
The Moore's most important hobby (you know what that is), had its
start when Brendan and Janice's daughter, Sarah, was just shy of ten
years old. Brendan was mowing his aunt's yard when he saw a
little lost domestic rabbit running loose. He brought the bunny
home. That rabbit musta had mights or something...anyway the
whole family came down with a bug, got bit by a bug, the rabbit
bug! Soon after that first rabbit had a run-in with the dog,
the Moores acquired four wannabe New Zealands ("New Zealands,
yeah right" said Brendan) from a pet owner who "Couldn't
keep my two rabbits apart and i didn't know my girl rabbit was
pregnant until she had babies". Later Sarah was
given their first purebred, a Champagne D' Argent. The
Champagne was rather large for her to handle, so they decided to get
a smaller breed. In a rabbit book Brendan saw a Polish, and
decided to get one, thinking it'd be neat since some of his ancestors
were from Poland. At a 4H swap meet the met Mike Barns with
some "Little Aristocrats" for sale, and the Moores brought
home a chocolate senior buck. The Moores had not yet ever been
to a show, never bred they're rabbits, "we had very little
idea what we were doing at this time", but one day, driving down
the road, they saw a sign...the dreaded sign...RABBITS FOR SALE.
They had to stop...it was their fate...
The people happened to be selling, among other breeds, Polish and
Champagne d'Argents! The Moores left with a Champagne buck and
a Polish Black Junior Doe. Thus, the rabbitry known as Moore
Rabbits had its beginnings. The Moores met Anita
Hostetler of Niles, MI, whom they appreciate selling them many
rabbits over the years. Anita invited them to a rabbits
showmanship contest. They came, watched, learned, and Sarah
joined 4H. She did very well in Showmanship for her first year,
winning Princess at the county fair then going on to state fair,
where she took 15 of (aprox) 40! Wow!
Now Moore Rabbits raises black, chocolate, broken, and BEW Polish,
and Champagne d'Argents. Sarah also has a Holland Lop and a
Standard Chinchilla. Janice at one time raised Jersey Wooleys
but had to give them up due to allergies. Sarah is now in
college after participating in 4H and rabbits for 10 years. Her
brother Nate has completed 8 years of rabbits/4H. Brendan and
Janice are members of the ARBA, River Valley Rabbit Club, and, of
course, our Heartland Polish club. Brendan and Janice show in
open when they can. They have been to several Polish national
shows and an ARBA convention in Peoria, IL. They, with the rest
of us, are looking forward to the 2005 ARBA convention in Indy this October!
Thank you, Brendan and Janice, for your service to the HPRC!!
Ellyn
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