The Sweet Bunny
Description: The Sweet Bunny can best be described as consistently kind and lovable. While it may be shy, sad, happy or protective at different times, it is at the core, sweet. It really can't help itself. It always prefers to be pet and loved. It will happily sit ON your lap and be cuddled - potentially for an indefinite amount of time. If you have a Sweet bunny, it probably has a place next to you on the couch where it "watches" tv with you. You can get all up in its personal space without worry of being scratched or nipped because it is pretty forgiving. The sweet bunny begs for positive attention and interaction and it is always happy to see you.
I remember our first Sweet bunny very clearly. He came with his sister, who was decidedly not as sweet. We named him Winston and he was our big Teddy Bear. You can see his picture all over our blog because he is a very unusual color - a sable frosty otter. Winston is big for a holland, with lush fur and the look of a stuffed animal.
It is impossible not to fall in love with Winston. He comes when called, even across the yard. He lets you hold him like a baby - which is very unlike a bunny. He gives kisses and noses away tears. He doesn't mind if you squeeze him and he is always excited to see you. He loves to play with everyone. If you are a person, he will toss or roll his ball to you. He will play with dogs and share his stuff with other bunnies. He seems to view the world as a wonderful place and almost all days are great days to be alive.
Winston is largely un-phased by things. He is rarely intimidated, worried or stressed. The one thing that he does need is company. While at our rabbitry, we never felt that Winston got an adequate amount of interaction. He seemed to have too much love to share. We knew he needed a home with plenty of people or animals that would yield him a virtually limitless amount of attention. I thought my heart would break when I took him to his new home, but deep down, I knew that he very much deserved everything they had to offer him. Indeed, he now has several dog friends and is much loved by a big family.
This lovely little doe was our next sweet bunny. Bear was born in our rabbitry, and while she fell outside our color goals, we couldn't sell her. She was the most beautiful black coffee brown, petite and perfectly proportioned. She had a stunning coat and a sweet disposition, so we made the decision to keep her. As Bear grew up, she went through stages of being fun, curious, and mischievous - all overshadowed by her openness and loving manner.
When we walked in the door of the rabbitry and called her name, Bear would run to the front of her cage and beg to be pet. If we got distracted, she would nose our hands to get us going again. Every treat, toy, and pillow was met with appreciation and affection. She was always more than content to sit on a lap, and would even burrow under an arm and fall asleep.
A Sweet doe is very evident when you breed. She instantly becomes a fantastic mother. She seems to love the role and never tires of the incessant antics of their kits. She dotes on them, cleans them, nurses them, and protects them. Never was this more evident than with Bella.
Bella's last kit with us was Goldie, the adorable little orange doe pictured here. They were quite the pair and showed no concept of personal space. We would often find them draped over each other, or smashed together in one corner of a box, happy as could be. Goldie was also a Sweet bunny. She always wanted attention and hugs, and was happy to just sit and be pet.
We give all our bunnies pillows. Bella always loved her pillow and spent a great deal of time sitting and sleeping on it. When she had kits though, Bella would share her pillow and sit EXTREMELY close to her kit. It's hard to describe this, and unfortunately, I don't have a picture, but no matter how big a cage and pillow you gave her, Bella could always be seen shadowing her kit. She was very attached to them and constantly attentive to their every need.
I will stop myself from saying that the Sweet bunny is perfect, but it is the very essence of the storybook bunny -soft, cuddly, sweet, gentle, kind. So few things are as good in real life as they are in concept. The Sweet bunny is one of those things.
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