The 2008 Silver Marten Nationals are in Sunny California this May! Click HERE to find out more information!

Welcome to the Silver Marten Rabbit Club webpage. My name is Scott Rudolph, and I am going on my second year as president of the club.  We were established in 1927.  This is the 80th year of the ARBA  recognition and acceptance of the Silver Marten breed. The distinctive markings of our breed in prime condition make it number one on the show table.

To those of you who are new to Silver Martens and/or are not yet members of the Silver Marten Rabbit Club, I would like to invite you to join us. And for all current members, I want to challenge you to recruit as many new members as possible.  When you sell an animal, try to recommend them joining. It is a small fee for this new breeder.  I encourage all current members to take on an active roll in this club. You will find that the officers and members are more than willing to offer you help with any problems you may encounter, and ultimately, you will find that the friendly nature of other Marten breeders can bring as much joy as our special animals themselves.
In recent years past, our numbers at our national shows for our two not so popular varities (chocolate and sable) have decreased and I would love to see more support of those two.  If you are interested in these varieties, e-mail me or any of the board members and I am sure we would be glad to set you up with someone who raises them in your areas.
Currently on yahoo, there is an on-line club members only, email digest, the Yahoo list for Silver Martens which you can join (membership verified) and enjoy, whether it be for bragging rights on a huge win, or a nest full of potential winners!  As you'll soon find out, the new friendships encountered are not only at shows but also on the net.  There will be lots of people in this organization that you will hear about, but may never put a face to it.  We will try with this website to help everyone get acquainted as easy as possible.
In closing, we all hope that the web page is useful to you as a Silver Marten breeder, whether an old hand at it, or a newcomer. If there is anything that you would like to see done differently, or changes made to make the search for our breed any easier, please feel free to e-mail me with suggestions.  I look forward to meeting all of you sometime.
Don’t forget to bookmark this web page as the upcoming shows and current sweepstakes awards are updated frequently.

Scott Rudoph
President, SMRC