Posing
Each breed has a certain pose the judge puts them in while showing, to offset his good and bad points. In Holland Lops, the rabbit is to be posed high, with the front feet directly under the eyes, the eyes in line with the back/topline, and the back feet in line with the hips. As you can see from the picture below, Rosie's back foot is in line with her hip, her eye is in line with her topline, and her front foot is in line with her eye.
When breeding, it's important to select for naturally posing Holland Lops. They are overall easier to handle while posing, and stay in the position longer because it is comfortable and normal to them. Holland Lops that aren't structurally built correctly don't naturally pose.
Blue Storm's Sir Lancelot, below, is a very natural poser. Even in between breedings, he was just posing, showing off his stuff!
Blue Storm's Sir Lancelot, below, is a very natural poser. Even in between breedings, he was just posing, showing off his stuff!
Along with the correct Holland pose, there are over posing and under posing. In my opinion, under posing is better the over posing because it could hide strengths and maximize the look of faults, whereas over posing can hide faults and make the rabbit look better then he or she is.
Visit this page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzOgDB_bNU4 to watch a video of how I pose my Holland Lops and make a better explanation of this.
The rabbit below, Holly's Ronald, is over posed, making him look shorter than he really is. His back feet are touching his front feet and aren't in line with his hip.
Visit this page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzOgDB_bNU4 to watch a video of how I pose my Holland Lops and make a better explanation of this.
The rabbit below, Holly's Ronald, is over posed, making him look shorter than he really is. His back feet are touching his front feet and aren't in line with his hip.
I LOVE this article by Laura Freeman, it perfectly describes the different kinds of poses and what they change in the rabbit.