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The King of the Fancy

These rabbits are just wonderful animals! They are like no other breed I know. They love to get out to run and play. Pop there heads and ears out of their cage at feeding time for a loving pet on the head. They also like to look all over for things to get into when allowed. Checking on other rabbits and animals in the barn. They are quiet and love to be held. There amazing show rabbits and great pets. There are not a lot of breeders around making them quite rare. They are the best and oldest known domestic rabbit breed, going back to the 16th century Egypt.

I started raising these wonderful rabbits in 1998. I got my first English Lop, a broken blue doe, from Danielle Stenli of Lots A Lops. She helped out a lot when it came to me getting into English Lops and showing them. I know lots of people don't like the idea of having a big rabbit because of their size and handling them. Or they are worried about there ears in the cold weather. I keep my English in a room during the winter where the temp rarely goes below 50`. I only do this because I breed year round. I have had no problem's with the ear's in the winter, as long as they do not get wet and then cold. I move the water crock's up 6" to 8" when it is cold out. There personality sells them. They are so sweet. They will sit for ever letting you just rub their head.
Very docile loving creatures. 

~ Relaxing little kit's ~

Standard of Type

Ears: They are to have at least 21" of length from tip to tip of there ears to show. Most of my adults average 24". The width of the ear is to be 1/4 the total length. That's about 5" - 6". The ears are to be in proportion to the body. When set back along the spine the ears should reach to the top of the rise on there back. Ears are to be carried low and loose on the head so that there is no crown. The ears should fall down and flow in front of the animal when posed. The ears should be well rounded and not pointed in any way. 

Head: They are to have a big full head with wide set eyes. Cheeks are to be full. They are to have a short neck. Posed with there chin flat on the table. Often have a very large roman nose.

Body: The shoulders should be full, wide, and well developed with a slight slope up to where the rise starts. This is where the spine slowly sweeps up to a high rise over full long loin and hips. This "Mandolin Type" is another rare trait the English Lops have. There tail is usually very long, and should be checked for any breaks, or bumps.

Feet: There feet are to be medium in length and with medium heavy bone. All feet should set parallel to each other and to the hips. Legs are to be wide set. Plenty of fur and thickness to the pads helps keep these big rabbits strong.

Fur: The fur is to "Fly back" into placed when brushed in the opposite direction as the hair grows. To be medium in length. Fine and shiny, almost silky to the touch. Should not be harsh or wooly in any way. 

Size: English Lops are a 6 class show rabbit. There are: Junior, 6/8 (or intermediate) , and Senior classes for both buck and doe, broken and solid. They must be at least 4 pounds before they can be shown in a Junior class.  Junior's can be up to 9 pounds. The 6/8 animal is to be under 8 months of age and over 6 months of age. Not over 11 pounds for doe, and under 10 pounds for a buck before they must be shown as senior. The senior rabbits must be over 8 months of age or  9 pounds for a buck and over 10 pounds for a doe. Kind of tricky but over time this has become second nature.

Color & Varsities : While shown in only a Solid & Broken classes, they come in quite a wide verity of colors. I am working on bring back the Tri Colored English Lop with quite a heard of fawn and creams. Also the Gold and Silver Ticked Steels, that I breed to Agouti mostly. I would love to have one of every color but that would (and does) take up a lot of room. Tort-Black and Tort-Blue are of the oldest and also most common colors of the English Lop.

Housing: I keep my Doe's in 36" x 30"  & 30" x 30" cages, my bucks and young ones  in 30" x 24". They seem to get along best when not living with another rabbit for to long so I try to get them their own cage as soon as I can.  Often times I put a mother with babies in a 48" by 30" cage. This size seems to come in handy when you have a good sized litter and want them to stay with mom for 2 months. The cages fill up fast!

Blood Line
I started to get back into raising English Lops in the year (2004). I acquired a few doe's from a few different well known top breeders. My line's come from Russ & Janet Scott, Tony & Crystal Parker, Mary Crawford, Danielle Stenli, and Ryan Harris (youth). Behind them you will find The Nipper's, Schnider's, Rhode's, Butler's , CB's, LLL's, and Ingham's. I do try to keep different blood lines working in my heard that help teach me how they all develop. I line bread for only sound strong rabbits, that fit a strict type and standard.

Hopalop's FM4 Rachel White

Wonderful REW Doe HopaLop's  Rachel not looking so prime in the last picture of her here. I got her from the Scott's back in 2000. That doe will for ever be blessing be with big beautiful rabbits, and cursing me with White rabbits for life I'm sure. Thanks for That wonderful doe Russ & Jannet Scott, She was something special. 

BB's Teeco ~ Broken Blue Buck

Twoteeco (one of my best heard bucks) is a result of breeding Rachel  (picture above) back to her grandson Teeco, a broken blue buck, (picture to left). Teeco never was shown due to a tear in his ear a a young age. He was a beautiful big 12# rabbit. I can trace his pedigree back to every English Lop I ever owned up till 2003. 

BB's 58 Twoteeco ~ White Buck

Twoteeco was one of my main heard bucks when I got back into Breeding English Lops.

This guy grew fast and grew huge, 11#. great width.
The biggest head I have seen on a English Lop. As were all the bucks and
some of the doe's back down his pedigree. Very friendly. Very strong bloodline!

Rascon's T2 Russ ~ Black

Russ was my other main heard buck after college. Raised by the Rascon's of WI.  He is out of BB's Tanya Lee, Tort-Black, a beauty that racked up 16 grand champion legs and a BIS show win. BB's Tanya Lee is from my very first litter of English Lop's. Russ is a result of taking BB's Tanya Lee to Hopalop's Groucho, Bkn Black, a big handsome buck. Jannet tells me he is #13 now! I am just loving the kid's out of Russ. He has great type, ears, and personality. He always had shiny coat of fur. Another great rabbit with a bad ear. Russ was shown once as a Jr. before the tear in his ear and he got a leg. I have shown him a few times and he gets marked down big time for that tear. However everyone seems to love him.

I hope to attract a few more people to the Beautiful, Rare, & Unique English Lop!

They are the King of the fancy!