Last year around July I bought a Holland lop doe from a breeder; I had her spayed, and while she was sweet, she seemed lonely to me. I am a full time graduate student and she would often rattle her Xpen bars for attention while I was sitting next to her working on a paper. She seemed happy enough, but I thought it might be good for her to have a mate... and I wanted another bunny, too.
So, I decided to take her to the humane society and have her choose a mate. Previously, I scoped out the list of adoptable bunnies on petfinder.com. There were only a couple of neutered males available, and one was very cage protective, so I didn't think they'd get along--Olive has since learned to share, but she was very territorial in the beginning of the bonding process.
So, technically, Olive only went on one date at the bunny shelter. Her bunny date was a New Zealand White buck who was named "Junior" (I changed his name to Simon). The date was ok--they ignored each other, and there was a little chasing at first.
Brought him home, and they did initially fight, but after about two weeks of consistent, daily bonding sessions, they finally settled down and are now fully bonded.
One of the reasons I was glad to have picked Simon is that big white bunnies with "those pink eyes" get passed over a lot, especially in shelter situations with no one to give them full court press. He grew a little bit, but is actually kind of on the small side for a New Zealand (four lbs, and he appears to be done growing) so I think he must be a mix.
I hope these two little ones will be with me for a long time, but I'm pretty sure next time around I will adopt a pair from the humane society or a bunny rescue; it's a lot of work to bond bunnies!
