The Chelsea Standard
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Clinic will help presenters prepare for Chelsea Fair
By Tina Ponder, Special Writer
PUBLISHED: May 22, 2008
Are your children interested in animals? Do you intend on going to the Chelsea Fair? Are you looking for a new pet?
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If your answer was yes to any of these questions, this Saturday at the Chelsea Fairgrounds is the perfect place to be.
Cathie Mason, head of the 4H Club in Chelsea, has coordinated a rabbit, pigeon and cavy clinic along with the Ann Arbor Rabbit Breeders Association to educate children.
"We want to provide ongoing education about the animals for the children," Mason said.
The clinic will have a variety of stations like showmanship, breed identification, disease identification, pigeon care, angora bunnies as well as rabbit tattooing and ear tagging for guinea pigs.
"We have a judge coming to work one of the stations to help kids with rabbit showmanship and a gentleman who specializes in showmanship for pigeons too," said Mason.
According to Mason, showmanship is one of the main stations at the clinic because it is the most important event at the fair, judging 28 steps of wellness for rabbits alone.
For those showing their animals at the Chelsea Fair, Mason said, "Knowing your rabbit, learning showmanship and being able to handle your rabbit is one of the main reasons people should come to the clinic."
With a bake sale, yard sale and silent raffle to benefit the 4H Club, the clinic is not only for children.
"There is something for everyone," Mason said, "While the children are at the stations the parents can go look around at the silent raffle or the yard sale."
The silent raffle will have items donated from local businesses and also animals donated from breeders for those interested in a new pet.
"People come to the Chelsea Fair every year, see the rabbits and say that they want to do this, which is another reason why we run the clinic," said Mason.
Stop by the clinic to see what the rabbit, pigeon and cavy shows are all about before they take place at the Chelsea Fair.
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