Is a Holland lop a mini lop? I thought mini lop is the British name for the Holland lop
I think you are right..
Vanessa
This is what I found online:
The
Mini Lop is a very popular
rabbit breed that is featured in numerous
rabbit shows throughout the
United States. In the USA, it is the third smallest
Lop overall, the Holland lop and American fuzzy lops are smaller, as well as the smallest
non-dwarfed lop. It is a different breed from the
Holland Lop, which is the smallest (and only dwarf lop) of lop breeds in the USA.
Its equivalent in the UK is the Dwarf Lop; however there is a breed called the Miniature Lop in that area, which is the equivalent of the Holland Lop in the United States.
Here's some breakdowns on the Lops for ya!
Holland Lop:
They are popular house pets, known for their sweet temperament and nonaggressive behavior, though they retain a certain doglike tenacity.The Holland Lop is classified as a small sized breed. The Holland Lops have a stocky build, with a short, thick-set body, rounded haunches and short, strong legs. The head is broad with a strongly curved profile, and broad, thick ears that hang down beside the head.The Holland Lops have a dense coat of soft, medium length hair. The senior bucks and does must be 6 months or older and weight not over 1.81 kg. The junior bucks and does are to be under 6 months of age and with a minimum weight 0.91 kg. During the competition, all color are to be shown as Solid and Broken pattern. Recognized colors within a group are not to be judged separately.
Mini Lop:
Like any animal, Mini Lops come in a variety of personalities but, most often than not, they are fairly friendly and extremely playful. They are also very intelligent in that they can be trained a variety of tricks and commands and can be litter boxed trained. They love to be with their family and will show their disapproval if neglected. The Mini Lop rabbit is classified as a medium sized rabbit.The Mini Lop fur is very thick and dense. It should be glossy and lustrous. It is medium in length with a good roll back. Long, thin, silky, harsh or extremely short fur. Mini Lops come in many beautiful colors.
French lop
Due to their relatively larger size in comparison to other breeds, the French Lop may require a large hutch/run to move around freely. They fare well in both outdoor and indoor cages but keep in mind they are still rabbits and not dogs; they will chew and they are hard to litter-box train. They are known to have a placid and relaxed temperament, and can tolerate other species. When socialized well at a young age they are a wonderful family pet, and are very gentle with children. However, French Lops are not for the first-time rabbit owner because they are very large and can be hard to handle. They have very strong back legs, and can cause injury without meaning to, so care should be taken.
The Holland Lop is a breed of
rabbit originating in the
Netherlands. The breed was recognized by the Netherlands' Governing Rabbit Council in 1964 and the
American Rabbit Breeders' Association in 1979. They are popular house
pets, and are very popular and competitive for show. They are also known for their sweet temperament and nonaggressive behavior, though they retain a certain doglike tenacity. (Yes they do..)
Aleck Brook's importation of stock from Holland and the ensuing acceptance of the Holland Lop by the American Rabbit Breeders Association is popular knowledge. But perhaps less known is the breed's history in Europe. A Dutch breed, and one developed by Adriann de Cock of Tilburg, Netherlands, the Holland Lop, or Dwarf Lop as it is known throughout Europe, was recognized by the Netherlands' Governing Rabbit Council in January 1964 whereupon a full standard of perfection was adopted.
A long time breeder of the Tan, De Cock was an admirer of both the Netherland Dwarf and French Lop, although of the opinion that the French Lop was handicapped by its large dimensions. During the winter of 1949-50 he obtained a French Lop buck bred to a white Netherland Dwarf doe, he being of the opinion that the resulting litter would be smaller than if the doe were a Lop. The venture failed and, in 1951, a French Lop doe was bred with a Dwarf buck (no easy achievement) and, resulting from the third mating a litter of six was born. All six possessed erect or normal ear carriage, the small closed ears of the Dwarf proving a dominant feature.
In 1952 a doe from this litter was bred to a Sooty Fawn colored English Lop buck, producing five young. Of these one doe had lopped ear carriage, two had normal carriage, and the other was half-lopped. Of aggressive nature, the fully lopped doe was never successfully bred. Instead, De Cock bred a doe with one lopped ear from the second litter to a buck from the first litter. The does from the first litter were likewise bred to bucks from the second. These breeding resulted in a percentage of lop-ears which were later interbred with an emphasis on the French Lop type, these traits having been momentarily lost with the infusion of English Lop blood. By 1955 De Cock had a Holland Lop of sorts weighing 2.5 to 3 kg. and in January 1964, he presented four specimens for acceptance each weighing less than 2 kg.
Demand in Holland immediately exceeded supply and soon "fast buck merchants" were requesting an increase in weight allowances to 2.5 kg. In 1970, De Cock and twelve supporters founded a Holland Lop Specialty Club with plans to breed the upper weight down to 1.5 kg. as it is now.
Dutch stock has since been distributed throughout Europe, especially Belgium, although in Germany and Denmark the Medium sized "Mini Lop" is more popular. Japanese stock came, I believe via Denmark, Italian via Switzerland and France.
The many varieties of Holland Lop are grouped into 8 groups. Here are those groups:
(1) Self:
Black, Blue, Chocolate, Lilac, REW and BEW (2) Shaded:
Sable Point, Siamese Sable, Seal, Smoke Pearl, Black Tort, Blue Tort, Chocolate Tort and Lilac Tort. (3) Agouti:
Chestnut Agouti, Chocolate Chestnut Agouti, Chinchilla, Chocolate Chinchilla, Lynx, Opal and Squirrel (4) Tan Pattern:
Black Otter, Blue Otter, Chocolate Otter and Lilac Otter. (5) Wide Band:
Cream, Fawn, Frosty, Orange, Red and Tri-colors. (6) Pointed White:
Black Pointed White, Blue Pointed White, Chocolate Pointed White and Lilac Pointed White. (7) Ticked: Gold Tipped Steel and Silver Tipped Steel in Black, Chocolate, Blue and Lilac. (8) Broken: Any color in conjunction with white.
