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Okay so whats a holland lop?

XMissySJx

XMissySJx

Wise Old Thumper
Right im VERY confused... i always thought Peanut was a Holland Lop, but when i registered him @ his new vet there was only French Lop, and Netherland Dwarf lop, and i know netherlands=holland etc etc but he isnt a dwarf? But i heard french lops were very big? So what do you think he is?

p.s he is a year old so im assuming his full grown

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looking a bit windswept lol

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deciding to scent mark my poundland little fence lol!!


this is the day i got him:
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It doesnt really matter whether hes a french or a holland lop lol im just getting frustrated cus i keep hearing different things
 
It is my understanding that a Holland Lop is the American term for a Mini Lop. And in America a Mini Lop is what we call a Dwarf Lop :? But I'd wait for some more input before you go with that theory!! :D

Having said that I still couldn't tell you what he is! :lol: But he's an absolute stunner! :love:
 
My book says a holland lop IS a netherland dwarf lop. They're not dwarf size buns (I have 2!) but I think compared to french lops they may look like dwarfs :? :D
 
I've got a dwarf lop (she's not small), i got told that they are called dwarf because they are a dwarf of the french lop.
Don't know if this helps!
 
I would discount French Lop as mine weigh about a stone!

He looks the same sort of size/build/head shape as my Dwarf Lop, Squishy!:D
 
he does look like squishy (i love that name!!) just without the black. i had a netherland dwarf when i was a child n she was TINY so i thought a dwarf lop would be like that just with flop ears!
 
He looks like a dwarf lop (which is similar to the American Mini Lop), also the American holland lop is similar to our mini lop.;) It gets very confusing!:lol:
 
The problem comes in when people look at American Sites - similar breeds different names just to confuse everyone. And as for vets knowing what breed rabbits are? HA thats likely! Most vets can't tell which end of a rabbit is which :roll:

Your rabbit is a Dwarf Lop - NOTHING in common with a Netherland Dwarf, Dwarf Lops weigh a max of 5lb 4oz.

Holland Lop is the American term for our Mini Lop.

What americans call a Mini Lop is infact our German Lop :roll:

If you want to look up rabbit breeds PLEASE only use UK sites - the American ones are completely different and will confuse you no end!

This is the official site for the British Rabbit Council breed standards - these are the ONLY standarised breeds in the UK so this site is your best port of call.

http://www.thebrc.org/breeds.htm
 
I have a Mini Lop, Raffles, he is my siggie at bottom and he weighs 2.6kg he has such a lovely fat bum!!:lol: so nothing mini about him really!! I also have a baby Dwarf lop and had a Cashmere Dwarf lop who was big also... I think the Dwarf bit means they just smaller than French and English lops...
 
WalnutEarth626 said:
The problem comes in when people look at American Sites - similar breeds different names just to confuse everyone. And as for vets knowing what breed rabbits are? HA thats likely! Most vets can't tell which end of a rabbit is which :roll:

Your rabbit is a Dwarf Lop - NOTHING in common with a Netherland Dwarf, Dwarf Lops weigh a max of 5lb 4oz.

Holland Lop is the American term for our Mini Lop.

What americans call a Mini Lop is infact our German Lop :roll:

If you want to look up rabbit breeds PLEASE only use UK sites - the American ones are completely different and will confuse you no end!

This is the official site for the British Rabbit Council breed standards - these are the ONLY standarised breeds in the UK so this site is your best port of call.

http://www.thebrc.org/breeds.htm
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Oh good, glad someone else is along the same track as my original theory! :D I'm sticking by my original post then :p
 
:lol: :lol:

I would if there were any nearby!!! I dearly want a Lionhead too.....so my ideal would be to find a Mini Lop and Lionhead bonded together as a pair!!!!!:lol:
 
I took my supposedly Mini Lop to the vets today (ear mites) and she said oh he so lovely, you dont get many of those!!:shock: :shock: News to me... thought there were plenty of Dwarf lops about?:roll: :?
 
rabbit breeds do get very confusing i remember taking in Crystals babies into my college to be sexed by the animal care teacher (as i thought she knew her stuff) i told herthe babies were dwarf lops and she said their abit big for dwarf lops if they were dwarf lops they would be the same size as a Netherland dwarf which confused me until i started researching rabbits and actually found oput that Dwarf lops are actually medium sized rabbits so i was right about Crystals breed all along lol my vet put Crystals breed down as a Dutch lop :shock: lol i think that showed how intelligent my vet was :p :roll:

i thought Dwarf lops and mini lops were 2 separate breeds in teh uk the Dwarf being a medium sized rabbits and the mini lop being a small sized rabbit :?
 
My Raffles is meant to be a Mini Lop.. and he was certainly smaller than his late Cashmere Lop girlfriend.. but he was weighed today and he is 2.6kg... so now I'm confused!!!:? :lol: :lol:
 
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