![]() Would even be a really good idea to go to a few rabbit shows before ever buying a rabbit, so you get to know better what you want, what to look for, and who has a good reputation. ![]() ![]() If you ever plan on showing/breeding yourself, do your research and find a good breeder with a good reputation, and know what the breed standards are so you know the characteristics that are important in the breed you pick. Anyone can be a member, can charge a high price, and it's not necessarily a sign of the quality of the rabbit or the kind of care it receives. And the idea of a super friendly rabbit is appealing but Aki, the super nervous unfriendly ready to bite grumpy wild Nethie will probably be my rabbit-soulmate and favorite forever - I don't think she loves me all that much (or like, anyone) but after almost 9 years of living together we've got a true partnership and I feel honored for her trust everytime she comes and let me touch her ears ^^.īeing a member of ARBA or having more expensive rabbits, isn't really a sign of much of anything. In the end, you never know what you'll get. She wouldn't touch someone she doesn't know with a 10 foot pole.īut I think it can be attributed to the circumstances of their birth more than their breed - my nethie was born in a real burrow in a half-wild colony of rabbits, the lop x was from an oops litter and the rabbit family was kept in an outside hutch so they lacked human presence even if the owners of the doe looked nice enough, while my current lop is from a breeder who had only a dozen of rabbits and bred only holland lops who interacted a lot with her children and herself. The lop x was a lot more scared of things and less friendly outside of the people he knew really well. To the point where he doesn't care about hierarchy (which kind of a problem with Aki, my super nervous super hierarchy oriented Nethie), doesn't care about washing himself well (he's a pig, really) and doesn't care about danger at all (he will go sniff at a unknown guy fixing the heater with a hammer, a dog or a cat. My current holland lop (the one with the 'Thumper' coloring' ^^) is very veeeeeryyyy laidback. That said, the lops I've had where all pretty laid-back, including the lopx. Selecting rabbits for their personality was seldom done, so there isn't really any breed personality traits like for dogs. And then for size and colors and loppy ears. As you know, rabbits have been bred for their fur about always.
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