Survey Submitted by Joe Ramey

Joe Ramey from Paragon, IN
How may years have you raised Dutch?	Over 15 years
What recognized varieties do you raise?	Black, Blue, Chocolate
What non-recognized varieties do you own?
When using other breeds of rabbits in the development of these new colors, it will take many years to get animals that consistently show a good Dutch type. What about the colors we could have just crossing the varieties we already have? Lilac Dutch for example were very popular back in the days of the AOV class.	If Lilac were to be recognized the blue and chocolate varieties would suffer.
If we start adding new colors of Dutch to the Standard will we get carried away with the entire thing? for example, the Netherland Dwarfs and Mini-Rex. Will this benefit our club or the Dutch breed?	I do like the chin Dutch, but we haven't raised the perfect Dutch of any color. I would like to not change until we can compete for best in show more often
Will the Chinchilla Dutch complement the Gray and/or Steel varieties? This would still need to be proven.
Would the Red Dutch complement any other colors?
Instead of adding more classes of Dutch to be judged, would it be better to have an agouti class in place of the Gray?
At many shows the number of Steels shown is not very good. Will more colors hurt the Steel numbers even more? Plus will it add to having more varieties with poor showings?
Having more colors of Dutch may just add interest from people who haven't raised Dutch before.