Welcome to the American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club (AFLRC) website.
We are "The Head Of the Fancy"! This site is dedicated to the promotion, development, and improvement of the American Fuzzy Lop rabbit.
GENERAL BREED INFORMATION
Fuzzy Lop Statistics
Maximum body weight:
Senior 4 pounds
Junior 3 1/2 pounds
Juniors may not be shown in a senior class until the age of six months. The ideal mature Fuzzy Lop weight is 3 1/2 pounds. Fuzzies are judged in either the solid or broken class. 'Broken' means any acceptable color in combination with white.
Purchasing Your First Fuzzy:
The first thing to consider is type. There are 75 points on type in the ARBA Standard of Perfection. The body should be compact and cobby, with width equal to height at the shoulders, loin and hips. The spinal column is not to be prominent nor should the hip/pin bones stand out. The body must feel very smooth and well-muscled. As you slide your hands from the shoulders they should not catch on the hips. As you slide your hands down the hips to the feet they should not angle in.
The head is to present the appearance of a round ball with a flat face. It is massive in appearance and set at mid-height and close to the shoulders. The Fuzzy should not appear to have a neck. Ears are to hang straight down, carried close to the cheeks and extending 1/2 to 1 inch below the jaw. They are covered in regular fur.
The adult wool should be very dense, but not felting or 'angora' type wool. Guard hairs must be well distributed throughout, making it a very easy care coat for a wooled rabbit. The wool is to feel full of life without being excessively soft or silky. There is a minimum length of 1-1/2 inches, with a 2 inch length being preferred. The junior coat differs from the mature senior coat as it will have fewer guard hairs, making it softer and more angora-like. This softness may cause easy matting and will require more grooming to remain tangle free. By the age of six months this softer wool should be molted out and the senior texture should be displayed. A senior animal with a junior-type coat may be disqualified from competition.
There are presently nineteen accepted colors in the American Fuzzy Lop, although many other shades can be found in the rabbitry. If you want to purchase a show-quality animal, make sure it is an accepted color. These include: blue, chestnut, chinchilla, lynx, opal, squirrel, pointed white, blue-eyed white, chocolate, lilac, ruby-eyed white, sable point, siamese sable, siamese smoke pearl, tortoise shell (black & blue), fawn, black and orange.
Club Information
The objectives of this club are to encourage, promote and improve the breeding of American Fuzzy Lop rabbits by maintaining standards, encouraging exhibitions and offering services to its members. The American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club currently has nearly 250 members from all over the United States. In addition to the national organization, there are also a number of regional specialty clubs. See the Specialty Club page for details.
AFLRC has our own official group on FaceBook for members. Join the club and be up-to-date on all the conversations with the American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club news and activities - see what we have going on!
The American Fuzzy Lop Rabbit Club does not promote or endorse the intentional interbreeding of the Fuzzy Lop and the Holland Lop breeds. The quality of Fuzzy Lop now available nationwide is such that no advantage can be gained by this practice. However, it must be recognized that any animal meeting the breed requirements listed in the ARBA Standard of Perfection is allowable on the show table. A purebred pedigree is not required for exhibition in the ARBA show. Therefore, an animal produced from the interbreeding of Holland Lops and American Fuzzy Lops or a Fuzzy Lop produced by two Holland Lops is permitted to compete in any ARBA sanctioned show, local or national. Any variation of in breed background of the animal must be noted on its pedigree and any breeder selling such animals must not misrepresent them to a prospective buyer as being purebred American Fuzzy Lop.
Current club officers are: Carol Green (CA) President; Shari Albrecht (CO) Vice-President; Paula Grady (CO) Secretary; Nate Burbidge (UT) Treasurer. Directors include: District 1 - Andrea McNutt (WY); District 2 - Kendall Green (CA); District 3 - Lindsay Brinson (NE); District 4 - Rob Grady (CO); District 5 - Andre'a Pate (IL); District 6 - Amber Haslam (AL); District 7 - Ann Miller (NY); District 8 - Helene Achgill (IN); District 9 - Kris Schellhamer (PA)
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