Official Rabbit Adoption Story Contest (rules ect. included on this page).

Hello Folks!

Welcome to our biggest contest yet! Being near the season where impulsive rabbit purchases take place due to the Easter holiday and then within a short time becoming a throwaway either through dropping the bunnies off outdoors or dropping them off at an animal shelter (often getting killed due to shelters being overloaded or killed trying to survive after being dumped outdoors), we want to make people aware of the benefits of adoption, the commitment it takes, but also against the impulsive purchases.

We are looking for your successful rabbit adoption stories! Tell us the true story of a rabbit that was adopted from a rescue or shelter, is now living a happier life and is enriching the lives of the people the adopted bunny lives with.

Who can enter:
1) An individual who owns an adopted bunny (or more).

2) A rabbit/rescue shelter who adopts out rabbits.

3) An individual who knows someone who has adopted a rescue rabbit and shares that person's story.

What the story itself must contain:
1) The story must be about a rescued rabbit, bonded pair or small group that was adopted by an individual person or household/family unit from a legitimate rabbit rescue or shelter.

2) The story should contain as many elements as possible of the rabbit's history such as age, circumstances of how it ended up at shelter (i.e., dumped at park, Easter dump, abuse, etc.) if that info is available.

3) The story should tell how the adoption has benefitted the rabbit (i.e., did it save it's life, shy to outgoing, became playful, etc.) and how the rabbit benefitted the human it was adopted by.  Tell the story of the rabbit in the shelter's life and afterward. The purpose in telling this is to show other people how wonderful it is to adopt a rabbit.

4) Submit photos if you can with your entry.

5) Give the rabbit's name, the name of the rescue the rabbit is from.

How to enter:
1) E-mail the true story of a rescued rabbit adopted from a shelter with photos (if possible) of the rabbit to Rabbit Slippers at: rabbitslippersblog@gmail.com by Sunday, March 11th, 2012 .

2) The stories will be posted on the blog by March 17th, 2012.

3) A participant can enter as many stories as they want up to different five stories (of different rabbits or bonded rabbits).

4) The story must be submitted accompanied snail mail address where a prize can be sent to if the story wins.  Rabbit Slippers will only use that information for sending the prize if your story wins, and for no other purpose.

5) The story submitted must be submitted with a Rabbit Rescue/Shelter mentioned, with contact info, e-mail address and a snail mail address to send the donation to. The rescue/shelter cannot be an individual.  It must be a legitimate shelter/rescue that can prove it is a rescue/shelter as judged by Rabbit Slippers blog. The information will only be used for the purpose of donating to the rescue. In some cases, shelters/rescues do not provide addresses to prevent drop-offs.  Rabbit rescues or shelters must provide an alternative or legitimate way for Rabbit Slippers to donate directly to them. A donation will not be given directly to an individual to give to the rescue, but will only be given by Rabbit Slippers Blog to the designated rabbit shelter/rescue directly.

6) The rescue must also be one that adopts out rescued rabbits.

How contest is judged:
1) Readers of the blog will vote on the best stories by leaving a comment on the story at the bottom in the comments section stating "This is my vote for this story".

2) A reader can vote for more than one story, but can only vote once on each story.

3) Voters can vote from Saturday, March 17th, 2012 until Monday, March 27th (which is the last day to vote).

3) The story with the most legitimate votes/comments will be the winner.

4) Anyone can vote, can vote on more than one story, but can vote only once on each story. You can encourage your friends to vote on a story by commenting on it at the end of the story in the comments section.

5) If there is a tie in the amount of votes in more than one story with the winning stories, the writer of Rabbit Slippers Blog will decide the winner by a drawing of names of the tied score stories.

Prizes:
1) $25.00 (in US dollars) will be donated to the rabbit rescue or shelter of the winner's choice by Rabbit Slippers Blog in your name.

2) A piece of rabbit jewelry will be given to the participant who submitted the winning story. A photo and description will be added soon to this part of the description (2/16/2012).

*Rabbit Slippers Blog reserves the right to judge submissions of entries, votes, and right to judge if a rabbit rescue or shelter is "legitimate" on an individual basis.  Rabbit Slippers Blog reserves the right to substitute an individual prize if necessary (such as if a piece of jewelry breaks) with a similar prize of equal value and style.

**Rabbit Slippers Blog reserves the right to make adjustments to the rules of the contest in order to clarify an already existing rule, only if necessary.

*** Questions & clarifications can also be sent to and addressed by writing to Rabbit Slippers Blog at: rabbitslippersblog@gmail.com

Looking foward to reading and sharing your stories. 

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Thank You!
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Have A Rabbit Adoption Story to Tell? (Contest)

Do you have a successful rabbit adoption story to tell? Rabbit Slippers Blog would love to hear it and share it too!

Rabbit Slippers is interested in helping inform people of the beauty and benefits of adopting rabbits from shelters and rescues. We want to show how it saves lives and improves them. Tell us how you or someone you know has rescued a bunny (and/or more!) and how your new pal(s) have enhanced your life. Tell how you have improved their lives (especially if you know any background on the bunny- such was the bunny abused or neglected).

If you are a rescuer, please give us your stories too!  This is a contest. More details will be coming soon.  There will be a prize of a donation of $25.00 (in U.S. dollars) to the shelter/rescue of your choice and a piece of rabbit jewelry for the teller of the best story as judged in the contest.

The stories will be judged by the readers of Rabbit Slippers. The details of how this will be done will be announced very soon also.

This post will be updated and future posts will be posted soon. We just really want you to start thinking right now!  You can come up with more than one story too! If you have photos that will help tell your story those can be used also.

Please stay tuned.
Here is a link to the rules and details of the contest:  Click Here! Rabbit Slippers Adoption Story Contest Rules/Details

Rabbit Slippers has a new e-mail address rabbitslippersblog@gmail.com if you want to e-mail any ideas, suggestions, comments, concerns or share anything. 

Please follow Rabbit Slippers Blog on Twitter, too, @RabbitSlipprs . 

Please "like" Rabbit Slippers Blog on Face Book to keep up with the latest postings & events.

You can also sign up by e-mail notices at the top right of the page. (Your privacy is important to Rabbit Slippers).

You can also follow through Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs, both located in the right side bar.
Thank You!
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Valentine Bunnies On Video

Happy Valentine's Day!  I have some of the best lovers on this good earth. Yes, some years in the past I was a Valentine's Scrooge...but not now.  Okay, I have a husband, but there are years we fought on or near Valentine's Day, but there are other lovers! That's right, I have other lovers. They are always there for me with ears to listen to my heart and chitter chatter, a hug, cuddle or a kiss, as well as the occasional love nip ( I would rather do without those though!).


I did some searching and found some great Valentine Bunnies on Video to share with you so you can enjoy the beauty of these sweet lovers on Valentine's Day!
Enjoy and Share!

Hope you enjoyed the videos as much as I did! Hope you enjoy Valentine's Day too! Give your bunny (ies) a hug, a cuddle or kiss and a little treat too! Give one from yourself and for me too!

Have a great one!

Mary Ellen

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Thank You!
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Furry Companions Can Be Extremely Helpful When Grieving

Editor's Note:  This post was actually written and posted in my other blog which I have been on hiatus from since October.  It is a support blog for those who are dealing with Grief and Bereavement.   I started it because it was something I always wanted to do and it was a way I thought to help others and myself.   I lost my father in May 2011. In October, it became too difficult to write it. I will get back to it. This post is one on how our animal companions can be extremely helpful during one of the most difficult parts of  life's path and thought this was a good one to share here. I have dealt with a lot of loss in my own life and have lots of education and professional experience with death and loss too. I hope some insights I've learned are helpful to you. Please share this post if you know someone who is dealing with the loss of  a loved one. I have added to this upon some things people said in regards to how their pets have helped them.. Thanks.


As the title suggests, furry companions can be extremely helpful during the grief process. There are different approaches and aspects to this. Some people may already have a furry companion such as a dog, a cat, a rabbit or something smaller like a gerbil or hamster.   Having a familiar companion can be really helpful. Many animals do seem to have a sense of knowing when helping out their human companions is necessary and they lovingly step up to the task!  When others may avoid the bereaved due to their own discomfort in not knowing how to act or saying something awkward, our furry friends are always there and know what to do.

They can also provide purpose in the life of a grieving human such as making sure the companion  animal is fed, watered, exercised, clean and whatever the animal needs. It can also help keep the bereaved person grounded with life and earthly things-providing some balance with the shock or withdrawal from everyday life.

Bringing a new life into the life of the grieving person can also be helpful. It is not meant, by any means, to replace the loved one who has passed on, but more to provide a two-way companionship and new relationship to build upon. It is a great way to share some of that great capacity for love that one has demonstrated in his/her loss of a loved one in a positive way with another life. Not only does it help fill, not replace, some of the empty void or space in the bereaved person's life, it can help the person grow through the growing bond between the two and also the hope it helps create in showing that one's life can go on.

Of course one can buy an animal somewhere, but actually going to a rescue or shelter can add another dimension to the whole hope that is offered! It helps empower the bereaved to give hope to another life. In some cases, it is saving a life from being destroyed.  Many shelter or rescue animals are socialized, sweet and loving already and looking for hope as much as the bereaved. They, too, have their loss of a previous home too.

Then, there's the universal benefits of pets (companion animals) of the unconditional love they share with us. They listen and don't complain.  They will provide reassurance when no one else will and in ways others don't or can't.

A painting I did of Grumbles, my first bunny.

My rabbits provided love and purpose for me through many different things, including deaths of family members and friends. My first rabbit, Grumbles, usually an aloof rascally, but affectionate rabbit, just seemed to know what to do by cuddling with me the whole day, licking me (or in a sense, perhaps my wound) while I laid in bed drained beyond belief from my mother's death. When my mother and grandmother passed on, I named new bunnies after them. When my father passed away, ten years later, I named one after him. It turned out to be a girl, so she is Jamie, instead of James. It makes people and myself laugh when I explain it. It doesn't dishonor my dad. He would think it was funny.  It gave me a way to show love and honor to him, but Jamie allowed me to look at a small part of my life without my dad in a new way. She gives me new purpose and shows me that I still have more to do here myself on this earth and life is not over. I feel my dad around me too complaining playfully about the rabbit named after him is a girl.

Jamie Bunny, named after my Dad.

I hope that this article is helpful in some way to you. Please share your thoughts and experiences in the comment boxes. If you have thoughts you would like to add to this, that would be really great also.  If you have suggestions for the blog or other people reading this, please share. I encourage it greatly.

I wish you peace in your journey today and always.

Rabbit Slippers has a new e-mail address rabbitslippersblog@gmail.com if you want to e-mail any ideas, suggestions, comments, concerns or share anything. 

Please follow Rabbit Slippers Blog on Twitter, too, @RabbitSlipprs . 

Please "like" Rabbit Slippers Blog on Face Book to keep up with the latest postings & events.

You can also sign up by e-mail notices at the top right of the page. (Your privacy is important to Rabbit Slippers).

You can also follow through Google Friend Connect or Networked Blogs, both located in the right side bar.
Thank You!
Please visit the Rabbit Hop Shop at the following link (Rabbit Hop Shoppe link) for rabbit themed items and gifts!  Please also "like" the Rabbit Hop Shoppe Facebook page. Thanks!