Great Bear Rabbitry

01/08/2026

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01/07/2026

Good Lord! 😍 🥳
Sneak Peak: Almost 6 week old doe!

Mini Rex
ARS Jazz Dancer (Tort) x
Great Bear's Prodigy

01/07/2026

My handsome snugglebug! 🥰

12/31/2025

We have HUGE (but tiny) things on the horizon for 2026! Wishing you all the best both on and off the show table this year 🩷

12/25/2025

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from our home to yours! 🌲🩵☃️❄️🎁

12/18/2025

LOVE these black otter babies! So beautiful 😍 There's also a tiny broken black foster in with them!

Mini rex: ARS Jazz Dancer x Great Bear Prodigy

12/18/2025

This! And babies dont count..... right?!.... RIGHT?! 😳😂

12/17/2025

Drooling over this litter from my good friend Elizabeth! If you are into Rex and dont follow her page you should be! 😍🔥

12/17/2025

Ending a life is never something we take lightly but sometimes it is a necessary kindness due to injury, illness, failure to thrive, and for non-viable dwarf kits such as peanuts. Being prepared with the knowledge about an age appropriate dispatch methods/tools is an important part of ethically breeding or raising rabbits/livestock.

Yesterday we caught a lot of backlash from people who don’t have experience with livestock or practical farm management thoughts. I understand that these situations can be hard to see or think about if you’ve never had to make these calls yourself. Farming isn’t always pretty, and not every decision will make sense from the outside-but that doesn’t make those decisions wrong.

I’ll be clear on this: for most farms, waiting to schedule and pay for veterinary euthanasia for a neonatal failure-to-thrive animal is not practical and can actually prolong suffering.

Responsible on-farm culling, when done by an experienced handler using an accepted method for livestock, is a standard part of animal stewardship. The priority is always minimizing stress and ending suffering quickly / not delaying care or risking others.

Methods are age- and size-dependent, and that matters.

For neonatal kits, humane on-farm options may include hand-based cervical dislocation or other support-assisted neonatal approaches (often referred to as hand, cup, or bowl methods). These are used only at this life stage and only by someone experienced.

For older animals, different tools are required due to size and anatomy-including mechanical cervical dislocation devices such as hopper poppers, broomstick methods, or other purpose-designed tools. What’s appropriate for an adult is not appropriate for a neonate, and vice versa.

One of the most important parts of running a farm is knowing when and how to cull, and when and how to medicate, as needed. There is zero need to phone a vet every single time a problem occurs-timely, knowledgeable on-farm decisions are part of responsible animal care.

This is not the fun part of farming.
It never is.
But it is the necessary part.

Being a steward means making hard calls, sometimes quickly, to prevent suffering and protect the rest of the animals in your care. Pretending these realities don’t exist doesn’t improve welfare- responsible action does.

12/14/2025

12/09/2025

Almost lost the new guy Galileo blending in with my blanket 😂 Our newbies have all gotten through quarantine with flying colors and can now join the other lucky minis enjoying the warm house this winter! Not spoiled at all 🙈

I'll have to do a post introducing our very exciting new additions! Can't wait to see the impact of them on our program soon!