newbie with mini lop doe

[gulien]

Hi
I've been lurking for a while now, and just registered. Would you please help me evaluate my bun's conformation?

She was free to a good home, originally from a pet store, so I'm not expecting her to be show quality. I would like to develop my eye, as I'd like breed a few for meat, and maybe show a bit in the future. Thanks!

 

[TheLittleBunny10]

she seems a little long,
and why are you bending her ears?
this is how you pose a Mini lop

oh and :hi: to RabbitTalk!

 

[gulien]

After looking at the pics, she isn't quite the right profile for a mini lop. Hadn't noticed before, but then she's always on the move, lol. Her ears are bent due to a mis-communication between me and my lovely assistant, Tim. I didn't have enough hands to try and pose a squiggly bunny and take a pic.

Would her shape be considered mandolin?

 

[TheLittleBunny10]

i'm not sure, but this is a REALLY good mini lop posing guide
http://www.hoppinherdofhares.com/miniloptype.html

 

[Kyle@theWintertime]

I don't think she's mandolin shaped, I think she just isn't "squished" enough. I have to moosh my Mini Rex like furry little accordions to get them into a ball, lol!

 

[Peach]

She seems to have a very long shoulder and her hindquarters look pinched. If you look at the photo her hind Vs in instead of filling out the table. I spent a few hours with a a judge visit and give me pointers with my herd (she raises mini lops and I purchased a good amount of stock from her) and we discussed something very interesting.

Skirts can be very good BUT they can masked the fault of pinches hindquarters! We pulled out different rabbits and I learned to get a "feel" for it. A great tool it to hand a mirror on the wall so that you may see the other side of your rabbit to help evaluate.

This is a young herd sirebuck I recently aquired but see how he just fills the table? Very full hindquarter and he's very pleasing to the eye. When you run you hand down his hindquarter, they don't dip in, but rather, they remained filled in. I feel that he has just smudge of extra length to that shoulder but the pros outweigh the cons. He's really got some strong,wide shoulders when you pass your hand over him. He's also has a lot width to him. He's a bit out of condition and underweight since our feed hasn't been very good here (switching on my day off on friday. going straight to the feed store to get pen pals!)

I love his head. The ears are relaxed and have a lot of substance and thickness to them.

This is a jr buck Georgia Peach's Maximus

Zelda

With Mini Lops, I like to think "rabbit bull dogs". Depending where you live, there are different "styles" of mini lops. Every one of your rabbits will have a fault, but you want to make sure that you have more pros than cons. You want an animal that is balanced. Mini Lops aren't cheap for good stock,but it's really worth it. I had to restart my herd, and now I feel it can compete nationally in no time. Before, that just would not of happened. When you decide to get good stock, try to stick to only 2-3 bloodlines. Your results will be more "predictable" rather than getting a outliers of traits sprouting up.

 

[mwtrees]

Nice looking mini lops Peach.

Your doe up top is not a show quality rabbit, nor should she probably be bred. She serves the purpose you got her for quite well..a loved mischievious pet!

 

[Marinea]

Welcome Gulien!

I don't show rabbits, so I can't help there, but she looks loved and happy.

 

[gulien]

She's clearly not a purebred anything, mini lop is just the closest approximation, lol. I'm going to see if there's any local interest in a Rabbit Jumping Club, that might be fun for us. Anybody in the South Georgian Bay area of Ontario, who might be interested?

I would like to raise some meat rabbits as well, so I need to learn to evaluate conformation. Showing is a posibility later on.

 

[Devon's Mom Lauren]

Hey!! Howdy neighbour!! do you belong to the Dominion Club?
I live in Southern Georgian Bay too, just across the water from you...

 

[gulien]

Devon's Mom Lauren: sorry, I haven't been online much lately. I've ben busy constructing a nice, big insulated hutch, and found 2 NZx bunnies to put in it. Now I need to build another hutch... :lol:

I don't belong to any rabbit clubs yet, but I plan to visit the Meaford show on May 11, to see what I can learn.

I originally thought my mini lop just had a very slight build, but she has gained an obvious amount of weight. I guess the original owner wasn't kidding about not being able to afford to feed her She's chunkier now, and has a gorgeous dewlap!

She is also trying to disassemble my desk, as I type ... :shock:

 

[SatinsRule]

Welcome to the rabbit world, Gulien.

Be careful with how much you're spoiling that rabbit! LOL!!!