I have had Holland's for 17+ years now.

Started with these cute small friendly rabbits as a 4-H project that grew into so much more

The Holland Lop is the smallest of the 4 Lop breeds, being 3 to 4 pound max for show. The first breed I ever owned. For sure the cutest thing you'll ever find in a nest box anywhere! Great personality, Great pets, Great Rabbits

Blood Line:
Bringing in color and keeping type strong has always been my mission with the Holland Lops. Camelot Rabbitry is one of the main blood lines that I have worked with from the get go. I can trace most of my lines to some great rabbits of Camelot's including Camelot's Coal, Capone, CJ, Oscar, Diva, to name a few. Other name's you may know from the Holland Lop world who's blood lines I have worked with include: Gibeault's, IVY's, CJ's, Scott's, LJ's, Campo, Tommies, and Muller, and reciently added a little LOV to my line!

Most of my current Holland's are from many year's of Bonne Bunny's breeding, can trace my lines back 17 years to my first pair.

Otter has Easily Become my favorite color. I have to have been one of the first Holland Breeders with Otters, having them well before they were passed by ARBA. I started with a Silver Marten Dwarf, and a Blue Holland doe. I developed and molded my line of otters from there.

Chinchilla, and Squirrel are also in my top color choice! Below are a few photo's of my stock.

 

Antonioni's Mogley Otter-Black Buck Proven
Antonioni's Chace Black Tort-Otter Buck Proven
Antonioni's Birtha Black Cow (Doe) Proven
Antonioni's Beauty Black Doe Proven
BB's Fergie Broken Otter-Black Doe Proven
BB's Kanzas Opal Doe Proven	Blue Hill's Epona Otter-Blue Doe Proven
SM's Cleopatra Chinchilla Doe Proven	BB's Grand Otter-Black Buck 1 BOB win Great Proven Heard Sire!
BB's Pipper Broken Chinchilla Doe Proven	BB's Prue Broken Chinchilla Doe
BB's Koi Otter-Black Doe cute as they come!

Type:
They are to be posed up, with their chest full, short thick front legs lightly on the table. Full solid shoulders holding up a large wide head, with flat nose. The crown is to sit high on the head. It should be full and wide in all directions, and have good substance to it. So wide that the ears fall down and hang close to the eye. Ears are to be short, spoon shaped, well furred, thick and lay flat to the cheeks.   The body is to start full and wide at the base of the head with no neck. Then quickly over the wide shoulders to hip curving down to the table. The body should be short, and massive. Back legs are to be parallel to each other. They should sit so the front of its back feet are under the front of the hip. The entire body is to look compact, full, and solid. Fur should be crisp and roll back into place. They mature to no more than 4 pounds. Some may be small as two and a half pounds. The size is important but not as important as the uniform look of the over all Holland. Head is to be 1/3 of the body. Should be as wide as they are deep.

After years of breeding the Holland lop, there is still a lot to be learned about them. It seems harder to get that perfect cut and paste Holland Lop than in other breeds. This breed can be tricky for some. Many different body shape's can appear in pairing the wrong parents, or even the right ones. Also more often than not they loose litters. They have double dwarf peanuts, which die. They in many ways are like a Dwarf in that they are usually more active and personable, but much less aggressive.  Then they have a softer side like in the larger lops. The kind that will sit up and show off their stuff on a show table when he has it going on. Or run to the front of the cage when he sees you for a pet on the head. I love them also because of the very wide variety of color they come in. I have had these small lops for most of my life (was 10 when it started). I hope to enjoy and share them for many years to come.