Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in New York

Getting a Netherland Dwarf to New York

New York is 2,700 to 2,900 miles from us, 4 days on the road. We drive it ourselves in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops. No depot, no holding facility, no handover between carriers, and never flown or shipped as cargo.

What this breed's size means for the journey. A Netherland Dwarf is the easiest of the four to move. It travels in a small carrier, it eats little on the road, and it copes with a long journey better than the heavier breeds because there is simply less animal to keep cool.

New York weather, and this breed

New York is the longest run we do, four days door to door, and upstate winters bring lake-effect snow off Erie and Ontario. We plan winter deliveries around the forecast rather than through it.

Being small, a Netherland Dwarf sheds heat more efficiently than a Mini Lop, which makes summer travel less fraught. The short face is the offsetting factor though, so we still run the southern legs at night.

Netherland Dwarfs in New York, specifically

A Netherland Dwarf is the most realistic of our four breeds for a genuinely small New York apartment, and that is the main reason people here choose it.

At under two and a half pounds it needs less floor than a Mini Lop and much less than a French Lop, it is quiet, and it litter-trains reliably. In a one-bedroom in Brooklyn or Queens it is a workable pet in a way a large rabbit honestly is not.

What it is not is a low-attention pet, and this is where New York buyers go wrong. The Netherland Dwarf is the brightest and most reactive of our four. It notices everything, it becomes bored faster, and it does not tolerate being confined to a small cage with twenty minutes out a day. A bored Dwarf chews, digs and rattles the pen door at four in the morning.

Plan on the pen door being open for several hours daily and rabbit-proof the cables first. Check the building's pet policy in writing before you commit: many New York leases mention cats and dogs and say nothing about rabbits.

Keeping a Netherland Dwarf in the Mid-Atlantic

A good fit for the Mid-Atlantic and, being the smallest we raise, the most realistic of the four for a genuinely small apartment in Philadelphia, Baltimore or northern Virginia. It still needs daily floor time out of the pen, which is the part small-space owners most often skip.

Size. 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise. Care. The short face means dental alignment is worth watching properly: check the front teeth monthly and get any misalignment seen early. Otherwise low maintenance, with a short coat that needs almost nothing.

What it gets mistaken for. Confused with a young Holland Lop, because a Holland at eight weeks is about the adult size of a Netherland Dwarf. The ears settle it: Dwarfs stand upright, Hollands lop. Everything about the Netherland Dwarf.

Buck or doe, for a New York household

A more consequential decision than colour and one most buyers leave to chance. Bucks tend to be steadier and more affectionate once neutered; does are often more independent and can be territorial about their space before spaying.

The full comparison, and tell us which way your household leans and we will point you at the right rabbit rather than the next one available.