Background Holland lop is known for its sweet temperament and non aggressive behavior . A gorgeous breed marked its beginnings when a man by the name of De Cock sought to combine the best qualities from two rabbit breeds, the French Lop (known for being large and having floppy ears) and the Netherlands Dwarf rabbits, into a new breed. His scheme was to breed a petite French lop with the body features of a Netherlands dwarf, thus creating quite a challenge.
In the winter of 1949-50, De Cock decided to breed a White Netherlands Dwarf Doe to a French Lop Buck and obtained undesired dwarf lop rabbits. Unsatisfied, he decided to switch the genders in the breeds, he bred a French Lop Doe and a Netherlands Dwarf Buck, and got six miniature lops. In addition, De Cock bred an English Lop Buck and a Netherlands Dwarf and obtained five lopped rabbits, two rabbits with upright ears, and the remaining ones were with half-lopped ears. He later thought that if he could make the lopped-ear rabbits reproduce, he would get the Holland lop, but got disappointed and unwanted looking rabbits were born. Finally, he inseminated a half-lopped doe rabbit to a buck from one of the initial breeding of six rabbits, producing what we know today as the Holland Lop.

Physical Attributes: Holland Lop is the smallest breed of the lop family. It is characterized for having a bulky, stocky and a muscular body; its ideal weight is 3 lb to 4 pounds some may reach 5 lbs The Holland Lop is to be compact and well balanced in length, width, and depth. The shoulders and chest should be broad and well filled, same as the hindquarters. The head being massive in appearance setting high on the shoulders and close to the shoulders showing no neck. With the depth almost equal at the top of the shoulder as over the hindquarters. The legs are to be short, thick, straight, and heavily boned for the size of the animal. Ears are to be bell-shaped and short, no longer than 1 inch below the chin.