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Happy Hoppers started when a bunny (Otto) hopped into our garden. We advertised that we had found him all over Longford but sadly he was never claimed. We looked after him and were amazed at how friendly he was and what a wonderful pet he was making for both us and our children. We started to search online to find out information about rabbits and found that rabbits can be litter trained so they are not to hard to keep clean, they can also be trained to do other things all they need is TLC. We put this into practice and luckily for us it worked. We fell in love with Otto but thought it unfair for him to live alone, so we set about trying to find him a friend. Our first step was to find out which breed he was, we took him to the local pet shop who told me he was either a dwarf lop or mini lop, I did some research and decided it more likely he was a mini lop, due to his size. The pet shop had also told us that he had been neutered so we looked for a doe mini lop. This is when we brought Tilly from a breeder in Cwmbran, this was also when I found out Otto was not a mini lop at all but some sort of mix. Whilst I was looking for another rabbit I spoke to a lot of breeders and really got interested in breeding and showing. My nan had bred Guinea-pigs while I was young and I had loved that too. We carried on with our research and ended up getting Trixie and buck from Sunnybank Stud, Amanda and Dave from Sunnybank stud were fantastic and ended up teaching us a lot. They made sure we had rabbits that would be good for showing but also breeding, a service I would like to pass on. Our rabbits are kept in our shed, where James has built the hutches. We have built the biggest hutches that would fit to enable our rabbits to live happily. Our rabbits get regular exercise and cuddles by both myself and my children. They have also made friends with our cats! They are fantastic pets and I would highly recommend them. Otto can not be used for breeding as he has been neutered and also because we do not know his background or correct breed but he is kept purely as a pet and now has company which he is very happy with. We have since joined the British Rabbit Council and will breed only in accordance to their guidelines. |
