Yes for a Dutch rabbit, if introductions stay unhurried
A Dutch rabbit can live happily in a home with other kinds of pets, and this breed's confident, people-oriented nature helps it adapt. A Dutch is a small-to-medium rabbit, noticeably lighter than a Californian, so its confidence should not be mistaken for sturdiness: it still needs a protected home base and supervised meetings. The pattern that works is gradual familiarity, with the Dutch rabbit observing the household's dog or cat from inside a secure pen over days before any shared floor time is considered. A rabbit that chooses to graze and wash its face near the pen bars is showing you the pace it can handle.
Reading the dog and cat, not just the rabbit
In a home with a Dutch rabbit, the other pets' behaviour decides how far mixing ever goes. A dog that can lie down and look away from the pen on cue, and a cat that strolls past with loose indifference, are promising housemates. A dog that fixates, whines, and scrambles at the barrier is showing prey drive that training may soften but management must always backstop, and some dogs simply never share floor space with the rabbit safely. Cats deserve equal honesty: many live peaceably alongside a Dutch rabbit for years, yet the rabbit should still never be left alone with one, because a startled dash can trigger a grab before either animal has thought.
A bonded rabbit friend suits a Dutch best of all
The companion a Dutch rabbit is most likely to flourish with is another rabbit. A neutered partner, matched carefully and bonded through side-by-side living and short neutral-ground meetings, gives a Dutch the grooming, resting contact, and shared grazing its social wiring expects. Dutch rabbits are often kept as single house rabbits with heavy human company, which can work, but a bonded pair usually shows a settled confidence that also makes the wider multi-pet household easier: the rabbits reassure each other when the dog barks or the cat prowls past. If you add a companion, quarantine and a vet check for the newcomer protect the Dutch you already have.
Territory rules that keep a Dutch rabbit feeling safe
A Dutch rabbit in a mixed home needs territory that is unambiguously its own: a pen or rabbit-proofed room that dogs cannot shoulder into and cats cannot drop into from furniture. Hay, water, litter tray, and a hide with two exits belong inside that zone, and the rabbit should be able to reach it at all times during any shared session. Feed the Dutch separately, since a dog stealing pellets or a cat batting at the hay rack turns meals into ambushes. Out-of-pen exercise is safest in a room the other pets have left, at least until months of calm behaviour have been banked, and even then supervision never retires.
When the arrangement is not working for the Dutch
A Dutch rabbit that stops coming out of its hide when other pets are near, thumps through the night, eats less, or starts lunging at animals through the bars is not settling, and its housing should change rather than its complaints being waited out. A rabbit off its hay needs a vet promptly, and the stressor needs removing the same day. Sometimes the fix is simply permanent separation within the home, which a Dutch can live with perfectly happily given enough human and rabbit company. KinsLe's Family Sharing keeps your Dutch rabbit's introduction stage, pen rules, and feeding arrangements on one profile every family member sees, so nobody accidentally fast-forwards the plan.