About Critter Co*Op

Chris

Chris was awarded the ARBA Lifetime Judge Award in 2016 at the ARBA Convention, and the ARBA Distinguished Service Award at the 2010 ARBA Convention.  She served for two terms as ARBA District Director and is a current member of the ARBA Standards Committee.  She has severed through three standards. 

Chris has presented at fiveARBA Judge’s Conferences and was also a featured speaker at RABBITCON, held during the ARBA Convention, in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2019, 2022 and 2024..

Chris has been an ARBA licensed rabbit judge since 1992, and has judged every ARBA Convention, except two since then.  She was voted to judge two BEST IN SHOWS and three BEST OF GROUPS at five ARBA Conventions. She has judged throughout the U.S., as well as in Canada, Japan, Indonesia and Malaysia.

Chris was inducted into the HLRSC Hall of Fame in 1994.  She has served as Vice-President, Secretary-Treasurer and Director of the HLRSC. She was also Chairman of the Holland Lop Standards Committee for 18 years. She was editor of the 4th, 5th 6th and 7th editions of the HLRSC Guidebook and edited the HOLLANDER for 12 years and the DWARF DIGEST for three years.

Matt

Matt is a retired high school Agriculture teacher and is the backbone, barn-builder and co-herdsman of Critter Co*Op Hollands. 

Together, Chris and Matt, have raised Holland Lops for over 44 years. In addition to Hollands, they have raised French Lops, Netherland Dwarfs, Mini Rex, Dwarf Hotots, English Lops , Flemish Giants and Florida Whites.

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Contact Chris & Matt at rabjudge@sbcglobal.net

Best of Breed 1989 HLRSC National Show