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As in with other bunnies, I know that bonding doesn't always work out, but what breed of rabbit are easiest to bond/friendliest ?
I have read a couple of times that the bigger rabbits are more friendly and that netherland dwarfs are a bit timid and highly strung. We have nethie dwarves and one runs off and hates being touched, whilst the other is curious and adventurous and lets you stroke him - so I guess personality does come into it as we bought both together and they have been treated the same.
There is nothing wrong with nethies... mine is not highly strung at all.... I dont agree with this generalising to the breed, my Winter, a polish dwarf, is meant to be aggressive, according to people who think they are so clever and I will inform you she is not.
I am fed up of people judging a breed on its 'charactoristics' ... its as bad as judging breeds of dogs that are bound to be aggressive.
There is no such thing as a breed of rabbit that is more human friendly.
What a stupid idea.
Wow, I do love it when people call me stupid for trying to help. :roll:
I didn't mention any breeds that are not human friendly, I just pointed out that just about every one on here would say giants are very friendly towards people.
Jeanna, I know how much you love your little buns so I can totally understand where you're coming from but I don't think anyone has said anything bad about nethies or polish buns. Tintin mearly said they had two nethies - a friendly one and a not so friendly one. I didn't see anything degrogatory to little buns written anywhere unless I just missed it.
There isn't a 'personalty standard' for any particular breed of bunny, I agree completely, but there are a few breeds that I think it's fair to label as people friendly. For example, the giants. I don't think I've seen a single thread on RU about a unfriendly giant bun.
It was me who wrote the 'friendliest to people' bit and you called that a stupid idea so I kind of think that was directed at me. I didn't mean any offence with it, I was just trying to help the OP with her question.
I'm sorry if the way I worded it upset you.
I think it is all dependant on how the bunny has been handled from birth by people, how it has been interacted with and whether it has learnt to trust people or fear them. All bunnies want to be friendly in my view and the fact some aren't is usually testimony to abuse or neglect or both. Fear manifests in aggression in most species of animals and some humans too. Best thing to do is spend time with a bunny you like and that seems to respond well, ask for it to come out of its enclosure and you sit on the floor or lay down and let it come to you. Inside even the most aggressive rabbit somewhere I think is a cuddle bun, it just needs time and patience and understanding and above all love to make it unlearn the behaviour that probably helped it survive whatever it endured to make it aggressive and keep people away.