What breed is my bunny?

[evakami]

He's an approximately 6 year old (nearly) solid black (with very dark brown patches noticeable breaking in the fur patterns) ~5.5-6.5lb bunny with a single white paw on his front left arm, named Thomas.

My ex-gf got him from a breeder in North Carolina 6 years ago, and was told that it was a "dwarf". Having owned dwarves before and after seeing how large Thomas was, as well as the size of his ears, etc, as well as his demeanor, I'm starting to highly doubt he is a dwarf.

I did not meet Thomas until he was approximately 1 1/2 years old, so I'm uncertain what he looked like as a baby, etc.

To give an idea of his personality to help in determining his breed:
He was raised incredibly well by my ex, and has a VERY outgoing personality. He's incredibly well liter trained, even making a pit stop in his cage before you let him out of it. He comes when called (most of the time...), jumps on laps, loves cuddle time. The only negative quality he possesses is that he can't be unattended for anymore than a minute or 2 at a time, because he will make a meal out of any existing, well-hidden electrical cord in my house. (I blame this on him not being neutered, personally.) Outside of that, he has free roam all the time as long as we are present with no issues.

Unfortunately he is no longer in my possession, and I'd like to pinpoint the breed to look for another. I'm under the impression he's a Polish*. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Sorry for so many pictures, but I'd like as much help as possible. If you need more info or pictures from other angles, etc, just let me know!

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[OakRidgeRabbits]

Polish American is not a recognized breed. However, there is a breed called Polish. They're not usually as large as Thomas, but based on what you said, I think Polish or a Polish mix is a possibility. Blue-eyed-whites are fairly popular in that breed and that gene can cause isolated white spots in the coat as you described. They're also a very laid back, friendly breed on the whole.

 

[evakami]

Oh, I don't know why I added American after that, haha.
He had really deep, dark brown eyes (as you may have noticed in the pictures, of course.)

Awesome @ the quick response time, and your comments are greatly appreciated, OakRidge! If anyone else has any ideas as well, keep 'em comin'!
Thank you.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Looks a lot like our boy Hutch--he's part Dutch and who knows what else.

 

[PaGal]

More than likely he would chew cords neutered or not although some buns chew more than others. A bunny needs to chew to help keep the teeth from growing too much. I have heard the theory that cords remind buns of roots that they would chew growing in there warren in the wild. Cords can be bunny proofed to protect both the wires and the buns. You can cover them with tubing such as used for aquariums. I have also read that split poly loom works well. You can purchase it at automotive stores such as NAPA.

 

[evakami]

Oh, PaGal, I realize that. I only mentioned it because our other neutered bun doesn't touch cords at all. Just comes down to the individual bun I suppose. And the house is quite bunny proof, but there are those rare occasions when if you aren't watching Thomas for more than 5 minutes, he might be figuring out how to get to some cords to chew, haha.

@ Nancy: I've heard ppl say he resembles a Dutch as well. Polish-Dutch mix, hm?

If anyone knows any breeders in the northern IL area (outside of the basic searches I've done on google) lemme know ^_^

 

[OakRidgeRabbits]

Oh, I don't know why I added American after that, haha.
He had really deep, dark brown eyes (as you may have noticed in the pictures, of course.)

The vienna gene, which causes blue-eyed-white (BEW) rabbits, works differently than "normal" coat colors. When you breed a BEW to a rabbit of another color, all of the babies will be vienna marked. This usually means a Dutch-like coat pattern with blue or marbled eyes. But they can vary. Some are almost solid-colored with smaller, isolated white spots. Some may be mostly white with smaller colored spots. They may have blue, marbled or brown eyes.

It's possible he could be a Dutch mix too.

Really, anything is possible! It's very difficult to pick out the lineage of a rabbit by looks only because most breeds don't have particularly distinctive characteristics. So when you mix many of them, you just get "a rabbit."