Who We Are

Hello - you may be wondering who we are. I'm Sarah, the owner of Blakeslee's Place Rabbitry. Rabbits have always held a special place in my heart after my very first rabbit - a Florida White named Reba - that was a gift from my grandparents. Blakeslee's Place is co-owned by my amazing boy friend, Christian! If it wasn't for him supporting me, I don't think any of this would be possible.

Deciding to start a rabbitry didn't happen overnight, and has been a dream of mine since 2014 when I got my first breeding pair of New Zealands - Buddy and Thumper - and a lovely English Lop doe named Bubbles. I never had much success breeding my New Zealands, however, the dream of wanting to work with and show English Lops started with Bubbles.

Unfortunately, Bubbles passed away in 2019 before I ever got into the hobby despite looking for more English Lops to begin my own herd. I continued to look, but never found any close enough to us that I could get at the time. And in 2020 I had to stop looking due to family issues that resulted in us moving and unable to get any more rabbits - I was luckily able to bring with us the three rabbits I had at the time.

In 2023 I started looking into showing again! I hadn't quite decided what I wanted to work with yet, and it was a toss up between New Zealands and Dutch for a while. However, in 2024 I found Freedom Wing's Bumblebee on Facebook and knew that it was a sign to get into English Lops, and truly start the dream I've wanted since 2014.