Hare Of The Rabbit Podcast

On this Episode I talk about the Palomino Rabbit.     The Palomino is a golden colored, like the famous Palomino horse.   Much like the beautiful Palomino horse that the Palomino rabbit resembles in color, the breed features a golden, wheat-colored coat. The color is very distinctive and comes in two shade varieties, the golden and the lynx. The Palomino breed is affectionately termed 'Pals'. The Palomino has a heartwarming history.   The breed was developed by Mark Youngs of Coulee Dam of the Lone Pine Rabbitry in Washington State.  Mr Youngs, who had been involved in the rabbit hobby since 1910, had an intense desire to create a "new" breed of rabbit.  He had been raising and breeding rabbits for 30 years but began to dream of creating his own breed. He coined the term "Color Blend Breeding" when describing his process in development of the breed. For many years Mr. Youngs purchased meat rabbits from the youngsters of the area.  During the course of time while developing the Palomino, Mr Youngs would save f