Jasons Hollands

(This page updated 7/23/2010)

Welcome to Jason's Hollands

Award winning Holland lops with type & personality

We are a small rabbitry located in Griswold, CT. We breed, raise, show & sell Holland lop bunnies! We take great care of our rabbits and we are constantly striving to improve the Holland Lop breeds' Standard of Perfection. Our bunnies are our pets first and from birth on............they are handled often which makes them the best pets possible as they grow. We have raised bunnies our entire lives but began our Holland breeding adventure in January of 2007.

In May and June of 2008 we began to see our hard work and dedication to the holland lop breed pay off when we won our first awards. Thanks to all of our friends, family members and fellow breeders for always supporting us. We cannot thank you enough!

We are also members of ARBA (American Rabbit Breeders Association) & HLRSC (Holland Lop Rabbit Specialty Club).

We update this page quite frequently.....and when we post updates....we post the date and the changes that were made. We also try to update pics of the buns often to show how they are maturing. We enjoy taking random pics of our herd.....as they are so full of personality.

Enjoy looking around!

5/30/2010- Please note that we will not have any buns available now until late August except for those people on my present waiting list. We are expecting more litters born in June.

Thanks, Jason

7/23/10 - added baby pics....walked into the rabbitry to find the below :o)

Jason's Hollands Channing

Sable point buck - DOB 4/30/2010

Sire- L & R Leo (Broken black tort)
Dam- Jason's Hollands Marissa (Sable point)

Channing is going to need some time to mature as he is a combination of L & R, THF Saynora & Woodland Acres. I really like his type though and he is a nice clean sable point color. The pics do not show him well at all...but he is short, compact and solid. I am going to have him sit back for a while and marinate a bit. :o)

Jason's Hollands Esmarelda

Black tort doe - DOB 1/30/2010

Sire- WA's Kobe (Black tort)
Dam- L & R Olivia (Broken black tort)

When she isn't pulling her ears back, Esmy is my newest hopeful show doe. She takes after her mom when it comes to posing nicely, sitting upright and having a nice deep and full hind quarter.

New litter information:

June litters:

Sienna x Leo kindled 2 live kits 6/4/2010

Olivia x Leo kindled 2 live kits 6/27/2010 (being fostered to Willa)

Willa x Leo kindled 2 live kits 6/27/2010

Hopeful July litters:

Selena x Leo kindled 2 live kits 7/2/2010

Jackie x Leo kindled 2 live kits 7/7/2010

Kassie x Leo kindled 2 live kits 7/16/2010

Hattie Girl x Kobe

Hopeful August litters:

Olivia x Leo

Kayla x Leo

Hello friends,

(update 2/13/2010)

Exciting news! We would like to welcome a new herd/ show buck to the Jason's Hollands herd.....all the way from Portland, Oregon.....from L&R Rabbitry......L&R Leo. Jill & Emma Morton, Linda Ferraro & I teamed up and went in on an L&R shipment of rabbits again. The buns flew all day 2/12/2010 from Portland, OR to SLC, UT to Boston, MA. We needed a nice buck to go with all these L&R does we have now so Linda F and I are co owners of Leo. :o) We are really looking forward to Leo's contributions to all of our herds. Linda & Ron Jinings are absolutely fantastic to work with and Leo is gorgeous! Delta Airlines were also fantastic to deal with. Thank you Linda F, Jill & Emma and Linda & Ron J! I know I went a little crazy posting pics of Leo but he was such a ham in front of the camera....I could not resist :o)

L & R Leo

Broken black tort- DOB 7/9/09

Sire- L & R Brinkley (Broken black tort)
Dam- L & R Fern (Black tort)

Leo is a very typey buck. He has a beautiful head, ear, crown....very close to perfect I think. His ears lay right against his head and his crown is a true horseshoe crown. Leo's overall balance is amazing which includes a short, deep body and a full, deep & massive hindquarter. Add to that his very curious, social and outgoing personality and you have the entire holland package.

Hello friends,

(update 2/8/2010)

Jill Morton, Linda Ferraro & I are back from the PA National Convention in Lebanon, PA where the town rec'd a record 28 inches of snow during the weekend.....beginning the night we arrived in town for the show. Never the less, we had an outstanding time. Jason's Hollands Lakota II placed 5th in his class in each show and Trio's Liam topped off the weekend by placing 4th in his class in each show. I could not be more proud of my 2 boys. They were calm and very well behaved on the show tables. Our judges were Stacy Easton, Wade Burkhalter & Jeremy Watmuff.....all judges who have never judged my hollands before so I could not be more thrilled with their consistent placements in each showing. I also cannot go all the way to PA without coming home with a new herd member :o) so I would like to welcome L&R Hattie Girl to our herd. Thank you Dawn from Critter Ranch for being so generous to us! I would also like to mention that L&R Leo will be making his way to our herd later this week.....(more to come on that later) :o)

I will take pics of my new arrivals once everyone gets settled in. Thank you to those of you who have been calling and emailing to find out how we did at the show and to confirm that we were safe in the snow storm. I appreciate your thoughtfulness more than you know. Watch for more updates later this week as I have some new litters expected this weekend as well. Thanks friends! A huge shout out to Jill & Linda for being such great friends and travel companions!

Fondly,

Jason

L & R Hattie Girl

Black tort- DOB 6/26/08

Sire- L & R Cruz (Broken black tort)
Dam- L & R Hattie (Black tort)

Hattie is a very pretty, small and compact little doe. She has a very sweet and curious personality as well. You really cannot tell by these pics but she is very well balanced and has decent bone for a doe her size.

Below are our latest juniors!

Jason's Hollands Malina

Black tort doe - DOB 4/21/2010

Sire- L & R Leo (Broken black tort)
Dam- L & R Selena (Black tort)

Jason's Hollands Reflection

(because she is a reflection of her dad Leo)

Broken black tort doe - DOB 4/21/2010

Sire- L & R Leo (Broken black tort)
Dam- L & R Selena (Black tort)

Jason's Hollands Aurora

Broken black tort doe - DOB 3/18/2010

Sire- L & R Leo (Broken black tort)
Dam- L & R Hattie Girl (Black tort)

Jason's Hollands Lourdes

Black tort doe - DOB 1/30/2010

Sire- WA's Kobe (Black tort)
Dam- L & R Olivia (Broken black tort)

(Jason's Hollands Esmarelda, Lourdes & Jasper II- another Olivia/ Kobe litter of show prospects :o)

Jason's Hollands Jasper II

Black tort buck - DOB 1/30/2010

Sire- WA's Kobe (Black tort)
Dam- L & R Olivia (Broken black tort)

Jason's Hollands Kayla

Opal doe - DOB 11/9/09

Sire- Trio's Liam (Blue)
Dam- Trio's Kaya (Opal)

Jason's Hollands Jackie

Black tort doe - DOB 10/19/09

Sire- Jason's Hollands Lakota II (Broken blue tort)
Dam- Hudson Holland's Jacqueline (Black tort)

Jason's Hollands Kassie

2010 shows: 4th, 5th in Taunton, MA at 3 months old

Blue tort doe - DOB 11/20/09

Sire- WA's Kobe (Black tort)
Dam- L & R Olivia (Broken black tort)

Jason's Hollands Kayle

Black tort doe - DOB 11/20/09

Sire- WA's Kobe (Black tort)
Dam- L & R Olivia (Broken black tort)

Jason's Hollands Marissa

Sable point doe - DOB 9/15/09

Sire- THF Saynora's Jezeppi (Broken sable point)
Dam- WA's Marlene (Sable point)

Jason can be reached on his cell phone at 860-319-7529 or email him at lakota2002@sbcglobal.net

If you are interested in a bunny or if you have any questions...please email or call me. We also have an ongoing waiting list that you can be added to.

Thanks for hoppin by!

Exciting news! We would like to welcome 3 new additions to the Jason's Hollands herd.....all the way from Portland, Oregon.....from L&R Rabbitry......L&R Selena, L&R Lacey & L&R Olivia. The does flew all day 6/25/09 from Portland, OR to Atlanta, GA to Providence, RI. I have been thinking about ways to improve my herd and after I acquired Trio's Liam from Jessica in March and Liam being half Pitney/Sarah's/L&R.....I thought it might be cool to consider L&R does. Jill & Emma have some L&R stock and they are gorgeous hollands. So Jill & Emma were kind enough to introduce me to Linda and Ron Jinings from L&R in OR and the rest is history now. Linda & Ron were so kind and patient with me as they taught me about L&R and about shipping rabbits clear across the USA. I had a wonderful experience. The does are beautiful, Delta Airlines were fantastic to deal with and I am very pleased with everything.......it's all good :o)

Thank you to Jill and Emma once again for everything and to my new friends Linda & Ron Jinings for your beautiful hollands and for your patience and guidance throughout this entire process. I cannot wait to see the kits that the does and Liam produce for me and how well the does do on the show tables here on the East coast. I will post pics of my new additions once they settle in and finish their molts :o)

"Life is a gift, not a given!

"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away."

The Jason's Hollands Herd

THE BUCKS

Grand Champion Windswept's Heion (3 legs- 2- BOB, 1- 1st place)

Black tort- DOB 4/14/05

Sire- Windswept's Ducati (Sable point)
Dam- D & A's Sheri (Blue)

Heion started it all off for me in Hollands and I simply cannot say enough about him. Heion has turned out to be an amazing herd buck helping to produce some of my herd's finest offspring and he has babies all over the country helping to move other holland herds forward as well......but most of all Heion is a teddy bear and is always there at his cage door to greet me everyday. He is always willing to pose for pictures and for judges and he loves to be held. I place him on the floor and he follows me everywhere. Heion is the type of herd buck that will have a forever home here because not only has he contributed so much to Jason's Hollands...........but most of all Heion has added personality to our breeding program as well. I love this buck!

5/10/08

North Haven, CT

Windswept's Heion- BOV & BOB out of 40+ Hollands

Best of Breed

Grand Champion Trio's Liam (10 legs- 1- RIS, 6- BOB, 1- BOSB, 1- BOSV, 1- BOV and a class win.)

2010 shows: 4th twice in PA, 3rd, 4th in Taunton, MA

Blue buck- DOB 1/30/06

Sire- Rabbit Hill's Surfer Boy (Blue)
Dam- ELS's Saffron (Blue)

Liam is a full to the table buck with incredible mass. He is well balanced.......with a thick flat open ear, bold eye, beautiful curvature, deep chest, nice topline and a friendly personality. He goes back to GC Tommie's Rootbeer on his dam's side and he's almost entirely Pitney on his sire's side.

The day I purchased Liam from Jessica back on 3/1/09 he won back to back BOB's at the Taunton, MA rabbit show...but the most fun came when Jill and I traveled to VT together.....read on below

Jill Morton and I spent the Memorial Day weekend 2009 in Rutland, VT at the "Lop a looza" all day rabbit show which took place on May 24th where lop eared rabbit breeds were judged 3 times by 3 different judges. The event was held at the Vermont State Fairgrounds and we had an absolute blast.....the scenery on our drive from RI to VT was breath taking....the fields of green, the mountains, the farms.....simply gorgeous!

Just when I think it could not get any better............we quickly found out that it most certainly could get better.....

Trio's Liam won BOB under Roger Cota (NY) out of 50 hollands, BOSB under Brian Sawchuk (NY) out of 49 hollands and BOB under Josh Humphries (TN) out of 65 hollands AND then went on to win 1st Reserve in Show under Josh Humphries......

(it was a proud moment for me but one that I wish I could have shared with Jessica Yingling from Trio Rabbitry....as she raised this absolutely gorgeous holland lop rabbit....Jessica...when you read this.....THANK YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN....:)

(above- Josh H posing Liam just before his Reserve in show win)

(above left- Jill, Jason, Roger C, Liam & Jill's Best opposite junior- above right- Jason & Josh H with Liam after his Reserve in show win)

(above- Liam at home with his awards....he had had it with posing.....so I took one pic and this was it...poor guy was wiped out and rightfully so)

Grand Champion Jason's Hollands Lakota II (5 legs- 1- BOV, 2- BOSG, Best Broken Holland in VT, 5- 1st places)

2010 shows: 5th twice in PA, 4th, 5th in Taunton, MA

Broken Blue tort- DOB 11/1/07

Sire- Windswept's Heion (Black tort)
Dam- THF Saynora's Sienna (Broken black tort)

Lakota II is all grown up.....and he is definitely coming into his own! His head is fuller and his hind qtr his fuller...it is true what they say that some bucks are worth waiting out........just love this Heion/Sienna combination.....guess I will be waiting out his offspring for a while as well!

We are pleased to have THF Saynora's Jezeppi join our herd. Thanks Jill Morton!

THF Saynora's Jezeppi

Broken sable point - DOB 7/13/08

Sire- THF Saynora's Jesse James (Broken black tort)
Dam- Schwandt's Ruby (Ruby-eyed white)

I acquired Woodland Acres Kobe from Laura Zele at Zele's Hollow Rabbitry (thanks Laura) to continue with my L&R breeding project. Kobe's pedigree is almost entirely L&R and was originally bred & raised by my good friends Jill & Emma at Woodland Acres Rabbitry. He has already sired some awesome litters for Laura and she has decided to downsize her rabbitry for Winter. I could not let the opportunity pass me by to own another L&R St. D off spring. Kobe is a nice little 3 pound package......who will compliment the girls in my herd very nicely.

Woodland Acres Kobe

Black tort buck- DOB 1/28/09

Sire- L & R ST. Diesel (Black tort)
Dam- Heath's Joy (Broken blue tort)

Hillbunny's Jake

Black- DOB 5/17/07

Sire- Lop n Mop's Puncek (Black tort)
Dam- Hillbunny's 3 Wishes II (Seal)

Jake has become our rabbitry mascot. He is a teddy bear in every sense of the word. He begs to be held everytime someone walks near his cage. He is in a larger cage now....down near the floor and whenever we open his cage door.....out he jumps and runs circles around our feet. He keeps us company running around the rabbitry while we are cleaning most days and makes us laugh all the time with his comical antics. We cannot say enough about Jake. He is a very special member of our herd.

(Look at Jake's beautiful face and those poofy little cheeks.........ha!)

Woodland Acres Tom

Broken black- DOB 7/4/08

Sire- Cowan's Manley (Broken black tort)
Dam- RR's Thumbellina (Black)

""We make a living by what we get
We make a life by what we give"
-Churchill

THE DOES

Woodland Acres Marlene

Sable point doe- DOB 4/10/08

Sire- A & M's Rocky Point (Sable point)
Dam- Woodland Acres Louise (Pointed white)

I just love this doe. She has everything to offer a breeding program....but most of all she has become part of our family.....I have never seen a holland lop play with toys the way Marlene plays with her toys. Thank you so much Jill and Emma....she truly is a gift that just keeps on giving :o)

Woodland Acres Willa

Black tort- DOB 6/17/08

Sire- L & R ST. Diesel (Black tort)
Dam- Woodland Acres Weeble (Broken tort)

Trio's Kaya

Opal doe- DOB 8/24/08

Sire- Trio's Landen (Black)
Dam- Trio's Jolie (Cream)

Kaya is a flashy looking little doe with a head that is boldly feminine. She's very short and smooth bodied with nicely balanced width and depth. Her chest is deep and broad and her bone balances her small size. She always appears to be in beautiful condition to top it off! I really like her. She goes back to GC Tommie's Rootbeer as her GGrandfather on her dam's side and he is double on her sire's side! She is a great mom as well.