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John Mock Family Rabbitry

Producing quality Dutch and Netherland Dwarfs
specializing in Dilute & Agouti Varieties

10/07/2025

Another year, and another post-Grand Finals post. Grand Finals, or as I affectionately call it, NYSRBA, is always a starred date on the show calendar for us. Simply put, we love Grand Finals. Four shows over two days with great competition, awards, and judging. A new building at the NY State Fairgrounds in Syracuse did not dampen spirits. We were very fortunate to win some stacked classes, varieties, and even BOB/BOS over the weekend. Highlights and pics below. Thanks to everyone who made the show a great success!

Show A
Gray Junior Buck JP's Caper 1st of 6
Lilac Junior Doe JP's Miss Canada 1st of 6

Show B
Blue Sr Buck JP's Theodore BOV

Show C
Black Jr Doe JP's Partridge 1st of 5, BOSV
Blue Sr Doe JP's Zinnia BOSV, BOSB
Blue Jr Buck JP's Stevens BOV, BOB
Chocolate Jr Buck JP's Omicron BOV
Gray Jr Buck JP's Kane 1st of 6, BOV
Lilac Jr Doe JP's Miss Canada 1st of 6

Dutch Specialty
Blue Sr Doe JP's Charlotte BOV, BOB
Gray Jr Doe JP's Rosita 1st of 6, BOV

Congrats go out to Adam and Tanya Parker (BOB Blue Jr Doe in Show A), Karen Coombe (BOS Gray Sr Buck in Show A), Jean and Harold Smith and Katelyn Smith-Conklin (BOB Black Sr Buck in Show B), Sue Marks (BOS Tort Jr Doe in Show B), and Emily Ralph (BOS Blue Sr Buck in Dutch Specialty). We'd be nowhere without these great people who push us to be better rabbit breeders every day.

09/04/2025

Is anyone from East PA headed to Westmoreland for the show this Saturday and able/willing to transport a single Dutch Sr Doe?

07/20/2025

The 2025 Lebanon Area Fair rabbit show is in the books - and Dutch had a great showing with 8 of the 9 varieties being represented!
Congratulations to Aaron Martin on winning Best of Breed AND Best In Show with a stunning blue doe in Open yesterday.
Today in youth, the kids were honored to win Best of Breed and Best Opposite with a Golden Yellow Jr Buck and Chocolate Jr Doe respectively. Additionally, Augustus Gloop (GY Jr Buck) was chosen for Best In Show!
Congratulations to all the winners from both shows - all truly beautiful animals!!!
A HUGE thank you to our esteemed judges, Mary Ellen Stamets and Ally Rudy - as well as the entire rabbit committee - John Graybeal, Amber Wagner & Tyler Wagner, Vanessa Stickler, Nathan Graybeal (I apologize if I missed anyone) for truly making this a fantastic fair experience for both open and youth exhibitors alike.
We took the opportunity to snap a multi-generational photo - something I will cherish forever❤️
You Can't Beat the Dutch!!!

07/03/2025

John Mock Family Rabbitry has the following cage units available (all three stacks):

18" x 24" (multiple units available)
24' x 24" (multiple units available)
30" x 30" (one unit available)

All units (again, all three-stackers) include trays and have been in use in our barn within the past month, but all need work. Some need more work than others. For this reason we are willing to make folks a pretty good deal.

DM if interested. Must pick up in Lebanon County, PA. No exceptions...we cannot deliver. Pics are representative and not of specific units individually.

06/03/2025

Came into the barn this am to find two first-time dwarf does had killed 5 newborn kits (didn't even have a chance to foster), so made myself feel better by playing with previous spring litters. It was sort of succesful. No word yet on if trying to pose 5-10 week NDs will become a trial Olympic event.

Have a great Tuesday everyone.

05/21/2025

In Augusta NJ last weekend RGC JP's Tinkerbell (Lilac Sr Doe) finished her show career in style, winning BOV lilac in the Dutch specialty show Saturday morning to earn her 12th show leg and being named Best of Breed on Sunday morning under judge Daniel Barrett to earn her 13th and final show leg.

Lots of "records" were set here. First of all, this was our first ever breed win in the relative new lilac variety, and we couldn't be more proud. Second...Tinkerbell...this doe has been such a joy...in her 13 months of life she has accumulated 13 show legs, the most in our rabbitry's history for a Dutch of any variety. But never had she won breed. BOV, BOSV, BOSB, top five as both a junior (convention) and a senior (National Dutch Show) at the National level. But never a BOB. With a flair for the dramatic, Tinkerbell waited until the last show she was entered in to get it done.

As a reward, she'll become a brood doe for us. We may fill Tinkerbell's spot on show team, but we'll never replace her.

Thanks to Mackenzie Kratzsch and her amazing team for a great weekend and congrats to the other BOB/BOSB Dutch breeders (Sheila Wiltshire's Black Sr Doe, Blue Sr Buck, and Blue Sr Doe...the woman has so many hot rabbits right now it's tough to keep track; Jeff and Julie Brown's Black Sr Buck; Karen Coombe's Black Sr Buck, and Jean Smith and Family's Tort Sr Buck)

10/07/2024

Had a great time this past weekend at Grand Finals in Syracuse, NY. The state rabbit group in NY was very welcoming, and we were thrilled to make it back to Grand Finals again. Grand Finals (or as we affectionately call it, NYSRBA), is a big deal, with lots of great breeders and exceptional looking rabbits. As such, we were honored that JP's Tinkerbell (Lilac Jr Doe) was selected BOSB in show A and the Dutch Specialty show and that JP's Tempest (Blue Jr Doe) was selected BOSB in Show C. Pictures are below. We were especially thrilled to win our first BOB or BOSB in the relatively new lilac variety.

Congrats go to Karen and Becky Coombe (BOB in Show B with a gorgeous Lilac Sr Doe) and Jean and Harold Smith and Kate Smith-Conklin who earned BOB with a Black Buck in Show A (he's a handsome devil) and BOSB in Show B and BOB in Show C and the Dutch Specialty Show with two different tort bucks that are just incredible animals in every way.

One thing to note in the pictures below are the AWESOME awards Grand Finals and the people at NYSRBA invest in for BOSB honorees. Trophies and plaques...beautiful handmade decorations...my gracious. For all of our District 9 friends, we cannot recommend enough that you really make every effort to attend Grand Finals. We doubt you will regret it. Great people, great rabbits, great competition, great friends, great awards, and great judging. Thanks again to all who made it possible.

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July, fellow rabbit breeders! In celebration, pictured below are the first EVER Chinchilla Dutch born at John Mock Family Rabbitry. These rabbits are out of a doe we obtained from Cassie and Ashlyn Manger and a buck from Carol Vasko, so we must thank them first and foremost. Also, none of this would be possible without the hard work of Renee Snider. Hopefully one of these cuties is nice enough to see a show table in the Fall. Happy Independence Day!

05/25/2024

We are honored and thrilled that JP's Tangerine, Golden Yellow Jr Doe, was awarded BOV in her very first show today! Can't wait to watch this doe develop🙂

02/04/2024

When you get the variety win over your dad...
..and he's got his own opinions about it🤣🤣

JP's Brie (Golden Yellow Sr Doe) and Jill's Wild Golden Ticket (Golden Yellow Sr Buck)

01/15/2024

We had a great time in NJ this weekend. Thanks to NJSRCBA and MARCS for putting on a very nice show. We were extremely honored for JP's Magpie (RGC pending) to get a shout out for BIS on Saturday!

Saturday Show A:
BOB - RGC JP's Teak (gray Sr buck)

Saturday Show B:
BOB - JP's Magpie (steel Sr doe)
BOSB - JP's R***r (steel Sr buck)

Sunday Show C:
BOB - JP's Pigeon (steel Jr doe)
BOSB - RGC JP's Teak (gray Sr buck)

Sunday Dutch Specialty:
BOB - JP's Cashmere (blue Sr doe)
BOSB - RGC JP's Teak (gray Sr buck)

Also, a HUGE congratulations to Mackenzie Kratsch for BOSB Sat Show A with her Tort Jr doe - AND for her first place finish in 2023 NJ Sweeps! You rock, Mackenzie!!❤

Additionally, our Netherland Dwarfs made a showing this weekend and we were thrilled for JP's Bertram (black otter Sr buck) who took his very first BOV against some AWESOME competition!

01/12/2024

We lost a great one yesterday at John Mock Family Rabbitry. JP's Royal passed away after complications from having a litter (her 17th! The three babies are all doing well on foster mom's, mercifully). Royal, who was coming up on her fifth birthday, wasn't the most beautiful show rabbit in the world. I'm not sure she saw many show tables at all. For this reason, the attached might be the only picture ever taken of her. Her stops were a bit long and she was one of those does who could take or leave human contact, so we made her a brood doe. Here, she excelled.

And I mean, EXCELLED. She was protective of each and every one of her kits, to the point where she let us know she was watching when we fed her while she was on a litter. I'm willing to wager everyone has a brood doe like that in their barn, and if you're like us, while you're not thrilled about the behavior, if the doe raises her babies, you're happy to let it go.

Speaking of raising babies...in four years as a brood doe, Royal raised 16 litters (4 litters a year). NInety-two rabbits were kindled in these litters (nearly 6 rabbits a litter). Eighty of them were raised to the age of weaning (87% survival rate). Yes, this proves that I keep stats on my brood does like a REAL rabbit nerd. But it also proves the quality of this doe as a brood animal.

It's alway sad to lose a rabbit, but I look around the barn at our blue brood does and am heartened. JP's Whitney is durrently on a litter. She's a Royal daughter. JP's Zara is on a litter. She's a Royal grand-daughter. So is JP's Madison, currently bred. Royal may be gone but her legacy and what she brought to our blue program will live on ...

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