Holland Lop Type - Ideal VS. Not Ideal
All photos below are credit of Jenni Clark, Amanda Robinson and Stephanie Valentine. Thank you ladies for letting me borrow them! I've loved looking through and seeing all the amazing bunnies :)
Below are helpful photos of good Holland Lop type vs. bad Holland Lop type, according to the ARBA Standard of Perfection.
First for the Holland Lop pose....Proper pose (left) VS Overposed (right).
Below are helpful photos of good Holland Lop type vs. bad Holland Lop type, according to the ARBA Standard of Perfection.
First for the Holland Lop pose....Proper pose (left) VS Overposed (right).
I'll break the rest down into parts. Beginning with my favorite, the Holland Lop head!
Head
Low head mount (left) VS. proper head mount (right)
Bad crown definition (left) VS. Proper crown definition (right) (NOTE: both rabbits have "slipped crowns")
Slipped crown (left) VS. Ideal crown placement (right)
Narrow front to back crown (left) VS. Wide front to back crown width (right). (Note how the narrow crown leaves the ear tubular at the top and it will also cause a fold in the ear if it's bad enough.)
Plain head lacking curvature (left) VS. Good curvature of the skull (right)
Head lacking width between the eyes (left) VS. Wide, full head.
BODY
Holland Lop topline - the broken (left) is extremely short with strong shoulders, but slopes off too quickly right behind the shoulders, lacking depth over the hips. The solid (right) carries the topline back from the shoulders and transitions to a full, round turn over the hips.
Sloping topline (left) VS. Topline with proper turn towards the table (right)
Long midsection (right) VS. Ideal length of midsection (left)
Long shoulder (left) VS Ideal shoulder length.
Ideal depth - as thick as she/he is wide
BONE
Short bone (left) VS. Long bone (right)
MORE TO COME! STAY TUNED!