West Coast Flemish Giants

        The Giants of the West

 

 

 

Welcome to the WCFG Website, a regional club dedicated to the Flemish Giant rabbit breeders of western North America.  The club has grown rapidly in the past year and now has over 40 members   Check the links to the left for more information on this great organization.

 

 

Please check this link for NEW 2007
Membership Information

 

Please select buttons below for
Show Catalog and information for the 2009 Annual
Oakdale Cowboy Capital Classic
Flemish Giant Specialty Show

2009 Oakdale Specialty Catalog

 

 

 

 

Click on the "Upcoming Shows" link to
see the shows planned for the Fall '07 and Spring '08.
Mark your calendars and plan on joining us!

Click on this "Newsletter" link for
our recent Newsletter (9/25/07).

 

A letter from the WCFG President:

November 2008

Presidents note:

     Hello to all Flemish Giant breeders and enthusiast.  I hope your nest boxes are full and you have great success in the shows you attend this season.  With great regret and sorrow this will be the Herrings last year of competition (for now). We started breeding the breed as a way to enter our daughter Pauline into 4H. We had no idea when we started how involved we would become.  The Herring family would like to express our thanks to everyone that has helped us in our venture for the last seven years.  I do not want to mention names at this time because I may forget one and I do not want to leave anyone out.  But if you know us or have met us at a show, THANK YOU.  Pauline’s last show will be the 2009 convention in Del Mar, CA.  Pauline’s new goal in life is to spend 6 to 8 weeks in Japan as a foreign exchange student. For the last 4 years of breeding and showing rabbits our cost per year to operate and show has been 5,000.00 to 7,000.00 dollars a year.  I myself could keep breeding and showing rabbits, although it would not be fair to Pauline.  I believe the monies spent on the rabbits would be far better to go towards Pauline’s new goals at this time.                                                                                                             

       This will be my last year involved with the West Coast Flemish Giants. I would like to thank the club members and those who may not be with the club now who helped start the club. The W.C.F.G. was started for the youth breeders to have a chance to compete against other youth along with the opportunity to show against adults in a combo open and youth show. It has been very successful. Over the past couple of years the club has seen a drop in competition both in open and in youth. This is probably due to economic reasons. I have spoken to the board of the club and directors to see if there was someone who would take over as President of the club. The conclusion of those meetings was decided to end the club. Although if there is someone on the West Coast that would like to take over as President and keep the club running, please contact me.                                                                                                                                                  

     The W.C.F.G. show in March 2009will be the 15th and 16th. We are pulling out all the strings per say. We will have some of the best awards the club has ever seen from gas cards and gift certificates to carrying cage and grooming table. Did I mention chairs and cutting boards and much, much, more.  We have two really great judges in Ray Stacy on Saturday to judge the youth show and the open show. We will have Dr. Scott Williamson on Sunday to judge the combo show. We are very thankful to the Smith family to open there doors and show there hospitality and to provide us with good food.  We will be having a banquet Saturday night to discuss the clubs plans and have a nice time. Hope to see you at that show and others for the remainder of the year. Before I close I would like to give a special thanks to a few people and if I leave any ones name out that I Know or who knows me or I miss spelled your name, give me a call. My wife Mary Herring, Pauline Herring, John and Shere Machado, Alan and Tammy Bush, Bill and Marianne Mairs, Jeff and Anne Mullinax, Dr. Dan Hall, Jack and Hazel Langley,                   Frank and Judie Welch, Bob and Lynn Bolyard, the Clouse’s, Will and Christi Sutton, Tara lee, Randy Cunningham, Jason Fuller, Laura Lachelt, Les Finfrock, the Fabela’s, Barbi and Tom Brown, Kathy Rynard, Joann Walker, the Smith family, Dwayne Shaw, the Hunts, Mandy Collar, for there are many people that we have met on this wonderful venture and again our family would like to thank all of you and all those we did not mention.

Bart Herring                          President W.C.F.G. herringshouse@mtpalomar.net

 

 

November 2008

Treasures note:    

Hello everyone!!!! Seems like forever since I have been to a show, but the rabbits are recovering well from this year’s heat. Show season is upon us again and I hope to see everyone out there promoting this wonderful breed. All is well here at the Buck and Heel Ranch. In process of a room addition to the house for Chase (the 2 legged little one). Work and taking care of the animals takes up a big majority of our time, but the thought of little babies in nest boxes keeps our spirits up. Looking forward to the Cowboy Capitol Classic Show in March, where we all can get together and share stories and have a great time. Hope to see you all there.      Tara Lee

 

 

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Herringhouse@yahoo.com

    

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