Delivered to South Dakota
Netherland Dwarf Rabbits for Sale in South Dakota
Netherland Dwarfs, 1.5 to 2.5 lb full grown, the smallest rabbit we raise, raised indoors in Bakersfield, California and delivered to South Dakota by USDA certified ground pet transport. $250 for bucks and does alike.
A Netherland Dwarf Rabbit from our house to your door in South Dakota. That is the short version. The longer one: we are Arlen Rabbitry in Bakersfield, California, the ground run is done by a USDA certified pet transport service in a climate-controlled vehicle, and nothing we send is ever flown or shipped as cargo. Collection from Bakersfield is welcome any day you can get here. $250 for bucks and does alike.
What happens between here and South Dakota
It starts with a message: which bunny, and where in South Dakota. We price that run for your address and come back with a date, and the date is chosen by the weather on the route rather than by what is convenient.
Then a USDA certified pet transport service takes over the ground leg. They do this for a living, in a climate-controlled vehicle, with regular stops for water and a look at the animal. There is no flight involved at any point and your bunny never travels as cargo.
They hand your bunny to you at your door, in person, and you will have heard from us while it was on the road rather than only at the end.
South Dakota: the timings
Two days is the floor for anywhere, and South Dakota sits at 3 days because it is 1,500 to 1,800 miles of road from Bakersfield. That figure already includes the stops and the overnight breaks; it is not a straight-line estimate. Straightforward outside deep winter, when a storm can move a date by a day.
Driving out instead? It is about 26 to 31 hours at the wheel, two to three days each way with overnight stops. Worth it for a lot of people, because you get to handle the whole litter before you decide and your bunny travels home with you rather than with anybody else. There is no charge for collecting.
Getting a Netherland Dwarf to South Dakota
South Dakota is 1,500 to 1,800 miles from us, 3 days on the road. The run is handled by a USDA certified pet transport service, in a climate-controlled vehicle with regular stops for water and a check. Your bunny goes by road the whole way: never flown, and never 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.
South Dakota weather, and this breed
Straightforward outside deep winter, when a storm can move a date by a day.
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 ready for South Dakota now
Raised indoors and handled daily. If one of these has gone by the time you write, ask and we will tell you honestly what is coming rather than take a deposit against a maybe.
Keeping a Netherland Dwarf in the Great Plains
The smallest of our four and the one most affected by a plains draught. Wind chill through a poorly sited pen will reach a 2lb rabbit long before it troubles a French Lop. Site it against an interior wall and the problem disappears entirely.
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.
The other three breeds, also delivered to South Dakota
Same journey, same price, different rabbit. Worth comparing before the distance matters.
- Holland Lops for sale in South Dakota, about 2 to 4 lb full grown
- Mini Lops for sale in South Dakota, 4.5 to 6.5 lb full grown
- French Lops for sale in South Dakota, 10 lb and up full grown
What a Netherland Dwarf actually costs in the first year
The rabbit is the cheapest part. Housing, a spay or neuter, hay by the bale, pellets and an annual vet visit run well past the purchase price, and South Dakota buyers should add the delivery on top of that.
The full first-year figure, published because almost nobody quotes it.
Nearby states we deliver to
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in North Dakota, 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Minnesota, 2 to 3 days
- Netherland Dwarfs for sale in Iowa, 2 to 3 days
The rest of the Great Plains
- Netherland Dwarfs in Kansas
- Netherland Dwarfs in Nebraska
- Netherland Dwarfs in Oklahoma
- Netherland Dwarfs in North Dakota
Before you decide
- Netherland Dwarfs by state, all 48
- Buck or doe, which matters more than colour
- What the first year costs
- What comes home with your rabbit
- Sales policy and deposits
- What families have said
Ask about a Netherland Dwarf for South Dakota
Tell us whereabouts in South Dakota you are and whether you want a buck or a doe, and we will give you the price, the transit time and an honest view of when it could travel.