European shorthair cat ,the origin of this breed are rather contradictory. According to some data, it takes its origin from the time of distribution in Europe of Roman conquerors, on the other – from ancient times to the secluded courtyards located peasant, on the third – with a selection of the XIX century was conducted in England, Germany and France, and the first half of XX century – in Sweden . The first standard of the European short-haired cat (EKSH) was registered in 1925. The standard of the modern type of European short-haired cat was initially identical to the British Shorthair, and only in 1981, FIFe officially identified as a separate breed EKSH. England is still not recognized this breed, although the Europeans are common, virtually worldwide.

european shorthair kittens
Our native cats deserve no less attention than other, more popular breeds. EKSH is one of the most popular cats in Russia. Their population is very numerous. Paradoxically, many fans of clubs and cat lovers in our country various federations, including and FIFe (according to the standard which we continue to work), scorn for Europeans, apart from their ordinary and not worthwhile breed. Most clubs do not wish to breed pedigree EKSH, considering it a thankless task, because This breed is not popular, not a commercial complex and in breeding.

european shorthair cat
Due to the small number of enthusiasts in St Petersburg and Moscow, we can see these wonderful animals at cat shows, albeit in very small quantities. Although the Europeans also take part in the main exhibition show Best in Show along with other breeds and even win it. Most people who have homes of animals, the sale of which was called EKSH often contain simple domestic cats, which do not comply with the European Shorthair. After all, short hair cats and the usual form is not European. And every breed has a standard that must comply with the cat.

black and white european shorthair cat
European shorthair cat is one of the natural in origin rocks. Europeans have evolved without any human intervention. Ideal as EKSH free from genetic fusion with other breeds. When breeding these cats is the selection of the best producers and sent a lot of effort to get healthy, sustainable and consistency of animal populations. Writing is no universal description of the Europeans is very difficult. It’s healthy and beautiful, statuesque and harmoniously composed of a cat. Is a pronounced and unique identity. It is affectionate, good, but unobtrusive, requires little maintenance. EKSH – sanguine by nature, ie balanced and at the same time almost playful into old age. It is easy to adapt to the rhythm of life of their masters, but they do not fully comply. Beautiful myshelovy and the Pied Piper. All this creates an image of the only real cat.
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York Chocolate cat – a new breed of cats, bred from domestic cats of unknown origin. The breed was named in honor of the New York State in the U.S., where it was bred. In the 80 years of XX century was Janet Chifari very beautiful dark brown female kittens from his father with black hair and black and white mothers. Hair long. Perhaps the gene was obtained by chocolate color of Siamese cats animals. The breed is rare and little known outside the United States.
york chocolate kitten
Cats of this breed are active, energetic, lively. Love the company of people. Get along well with children.

nice york chocolate cat
York Chocolate cat breeds – animals that, in appearance very similar to the Siamese cats of the old type. Weight cat can reach 7-8 kg. Body long, well muscled, but not massive. Skeleton thin. The limbs are thin, but muscular. The feet are small and rounded. Between the fingers grow long tufts of hair. Tail straight, slender, long, tapering towards the tip. Covered with long hair.

beautiful york chocolate cat
The head has a circular shape with a rounded skull. Frons slightly convex. Muzzle of medium size. Nose with a smooth transition to his forehead. Chin to the nose is almost on the same line. The ears are large, set wide apart. The tips of the ears, slightly rounded. Eyes large, oval, set well apart. Eye color gold with green. The neck is thin and long. Semi long coat, soft, silky, fine. Can be expressed by the collar. Color even chocolate, lilac, or even with a mix of both colors. There may be a pattern and tabby tipin-ha to 18 months of age, who should then disappear. Kittens seem lighter adult animals. White big spot, shall be admitted to the neck, may go down to his chest. There are white socks on the feet.
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Color-point cat (also long-haired color-point, in the U.S. and other countries known as the Himalayan-Persian), a breed long-haired cats. Bred in the 1950s in the United States by crossing Siamese with Persian cats. The first experiments on crossing Siamese and Persians were held back in the 1920s in Britain. From the 1930s to the experiments began, American genetics.

grey color point kitten
Exterior is the same as that of the Persians: a massive body, legs short, head large, round, small ears, set very wide and covered with thick hair, face and nose are short, cheeks well developed, the eyes large, round, bright blue. Long, soft and thick wool forms a lush collar around his neck. The tail is not long, but is proportional to the body; fluffy.

sitting color point cat
Lush silky hair is colored like a Siamese. On the basic coat color and coat color markings on the face, ears, paws and the tail, the color-points are distinguished 20 color variations. Chief among them: seal point, blue point, chocolate point, lilac-point, red-point, tortie-point.

laying color point cat
Color-points are playful, affectionate, affectionate, haughty, but restrained. Have their unique individual character. Friendly and trusting.
Grooming is not different from the care of Persian cats.
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Kuril Bobtail breeders-we can say that today Kuril Bobtail – one of the youngest rocks, but despite this popularity rating in Russia Bobtail is large enough. Today, virtually does not pass any of the international exhibition of cats, which would not have been submitted Kuriles. On the short tail bobtail can talk for hours. Where to start? Let’s start with the concept of “bobtail.” Many novice breeders interpret this term as “the tail in the form of bean”, ie short tail, shaped like a ball or drop. In fact, the more correct interpretation would be “kutsy tail”, ie shortened, lopped, twisted, folded or wrap itself around you. Two identical tails Kuril Bobtail impossible to find! Bobtail tails like fingerprints in humans. They are so individual as possible. Moreover, the same type of tailings shall not be put as a goal of breeding, and probably a variety of tails gives even more charm to the Kuril Islands.

kuril bobtail kitten
During the examination of bobtail felinologist judge must specify the visible length of the tail, the number of vertebrae, this tail component, the number of breaks, and sometimes even the angle of fracture and the mobility or immobility of the compound vertebrae. Under the current standard tail is described as: “… short, the apparent length of 5-13 cm, in the form of” bean “,” pompon, “” spiral “, well furred. The tail is from 2 to 10 vertebrae, numerous twisted in any direction. Any degree of mobility. ”
big kuril bobtail cat
Description of the tail “like a bean” or “how bob” – a description of external shape of the tail. In fact, the tail is completely different structure. As practice shows, the most common types of tails are:

beautiful kuril bobtail cat
stump- This tail is most often composed of 02.08 vertebrae, extremely shortened, as it were planted on each other, connect the vertebrae are usually fixed, fractures are fairly obtuse angle, and sometimes felt as lumps. The apparent length of the tail 2-5 cm spiral-The tail consists of a spiral-3-15 vertebrae, numerous broken, often under fairly sharp corners, connected by movable joints or polupodvizhnymi. Visible tail length of 5-10 cm whisk-Tail-panicle 5-10 vertebrae with fractures at an obtuse angle, the vertebrae are joined polupodvizhno. Visible tail length of 5-15 cm Delayed bobtail-This tail starts as usual cat’s tail for 5-7 vertebrae, and at the end of the tail to form a “hook” made up another 4.7 vertebral fractures each with 3-4 degrees of freedom under any possible angle.
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Nibelung cat breed – a long haired Russian Blue breed variation, derived in the late 80-ies of XX century in America and recognized by the major feline associations in the 90s. TICA registered Nibelungs as a new breed in 1987. Long-haired Russian blue were known in Europe since the beginning of the century, but did not divorce.
Outwardly similar to the Nibelungen Russian Blue, but seem to be heavier because of the thick long hair. In the Nibelungs long flexible and graceful body, long tail in the form of a plume, wedge-shaped head with a straight nose, almond-shaped wide-set eyes bright green color, thick and soft silky coat with dense undercoat and a silver tipping, no shades and white hair.

cute nibelung kitten
Shy and quiet, very attached to his master. It is easy to tolerate life in an apartment. Pleasant disposition, quiet, sociable. Very quiet voice.

grey nibelung cat
Body- Medium size, slightly stretched, muscular, strong body structure, the general impression graceful. Delicate, slender neck, long legs, oval paws. The tail is long, with a slightly rounded tip. Head-Wedge, of medium length. In profile, a flat forehead and straight nose form a convex angle at the frontal bone. Whisker pads strongly emphasized, strong chin.

sweet grey nibelung cat
Ears- Large, slightly pointed. Set well apart, somewhat slanted forward. The inner side of the ear slightly pubescent, so that the ears seem to be thin and almost transparent. Eyes-Large, oval, set well apart. Eye color – rich green. Coat-Medium length, soft, silky texture. Thanks to the dense undercoat, but the collar and “pants” is not very pronounced. Color-Clear blue uniform with a distinct silvery sheen (the hair ends have silver tipping.) Preferred medium tone blue.
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Ocicat cat breed,name of the new breed was due to the similarity of this breed of cats with his distant cousin – Ocelot. Ocicat really looks like a wild cat Ocelot in miniature. In 1964, Virginia Dale of the U.S. state of Michigan, engaged in breeding Siamese cats, in order to obtain animals with color tabby Siamese cats crossed with Abyssinians, Siamese mestizo. In this way a kitten was obtained with cream fur with golden spots whose color resembled the color of the character of a wild cat Ocelot. Togo kitten named Tonga. It was a cat, which was later castrated and sold, but, nevertheless, he became the first of a new breed. With the help of geneticists breeder has developed a program for the elimination of breeding Ocicat. Crosses were performed that used Abyssinian, Siamese, American Shorthair and some other breeds of spotted cats. In 1987 the breed was officially registered in the U.S.. Then, some breeders continued to breed these cats Abyssinian, in order to reduce the breeding of closely related and better type. Currently, the breed is considered “established” and crossing with other breeds are not allowed.

sweet ocicat kitten
Character-This is a fun playful cat who is very loyal and affectionate, with a soft, wax, character. About her often said that this “cat-dog!” Indeed, it often behaves like a dog: brings the ball, turns to his name and comes to caress, like a true friend – dog. This cat never hides when visitors come to relatives or friends, on the contrary, she is very sociable. It is resistant to moving and easily adapts to a new place. Of Siamese cats kept Ocicat need to “talk”, but to a lesser degree. Meow, he expressed any request or attract attention to himself. Ocicat easy to raise and teach her the rules of conduct, adopted in your home.

laying ocicat cat
The content and advice.
Ocicat – hardy and healthy cat is not easy to care. During molting, it must be periodically cleaned with a brush. To coat glistened, her rubbed suede. This cat is very playful, so you need to make sure that it was not boring, for example, put a special tree. Very well, if you can go out into the garden (it should be noted that the Ocicat from home does not go away). My cats live with dogs, parrots and turtles, and all understand each other. Ocicat – a large muscular cat sturdy (the cat is slightly smaller than males). On the paws in a cat rings, and neck – an incomplete collar. The spots are located throughout the body and tail, they are elongated, are framed by the five rings, the tone on the edges of the stain more intense. As with all tabbies, on the forehead of these cats “M” and clearly marked scarab. The head is more rounded, but close to the triangle. The muzzle is almost square, not pointed, his chin strong. Almond-shaped eyes, far apart, the color may be a golden yellow, orange, green and blue, depending on the color patches. The ears are fairly large, situated on the sides of the head, sometimes on the tips of brushes are like a lynx. Coat is thin and glossy, with a sable-colored hairs.

playing ocicat cat
Colors-In Ocicat very wide range of colors. The most common color of chocolate (chocolate spots on a light background, almost orange), brown (black or brown spots on the background of intense heat), cinnamon (light brown spots on the background color of ivory agouti), cyan (blue spots on a pale blue background), purple (red spots on a pale blue background agouti), yellow-red (red spots on an ivory background.) All colors are also available in silver version (the background is very light, almost white, gray to black and silver). Spotted coat color-point, which they say is very rare, is also present in the whole range of colors listed above. Spot color Pointed cats are expressed very weakly, as the shadow on the trunk, as well as on the feet and tail, eyes with blue, like Siamese cats, with blue eyes are only allowed in Ocicat color-points.
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Sokoke cats breed history In the forests of Kenya has long been inhabited by wild Sokoke Cats – hadzonzo. Most of the time they spent in the trees where they feed on insects. In 1970, an Englishwoman Jenny Slater, who lived in Kenya, has a cat with kittens, and who was destined to become the founders of the breed. Gloria Moldrap, Canadian-born girlfriend Slater, brought to Denmark first two kittens, and then in 1980 began to bring them back regularly. All these cats were born in the kennel Janey Slater. Gloria Moldrap with several other collectors began to implement a special program for the breeding of cats of Kenya. In 1983, the new breed was named – African Shorthair. First in 1992, it recognized Denmark, whose example was soon followed by other countries. The International Federation of the European cat lovers (FIFe) approved the breed in 1993. At the international level, it became known as sokoke. This is a very rare cat.

brown sokoke kitten
Appearance General-The Central complexion, slim, black – classic tabby.
Head-I think small compared to the torso. Wedge-shaped. The upper part of the skull is almost flat. Cheeks high and well defined. Nose of medium length with a smooth concave line. Chin strong and wide. Vibrissnye pillows clear form. There is no sharp boundary cheeks.

cute sokoke kittens
Country of origin-Kenya (Africa) Other names-hadzonzo, African Short hair

beautiful sokoke cat
Ears-Medium size, wide at base, tips slightly rounded. Located on the average distance from each other. Desirable lynx tufts. Eyes-Large, almond-shaped, situated at an average distance from each other and a little diagonally toward the nose. Color- amber to light green. Headbands of the same color as the dark pattern on the body. Body-Medium length, graceful, muscular. The skeleton is strong. Chest well developed. Legs-Long, graceful and muscular. The front is shorter than the rear. Feet are oval. Tail-Medium length, thick at the base, tapering to an end. Coat-Short, shiny, but not silky, lying close to the body. The undercoat is rare or absent.
Recognized color-classic tabby, dark brown or black drawing on a more or less dark background. The tip of the tail must be black. At each hair alternate light and dark rings.
Note-Valid crossing with other breeds: none.
Defects-Too Oriental head type. Excessively pronounced transition from forehead to muzzle. Pronounced cheek border. Firmly whipped egg, inelegant body.
Disqualification-White locket and all the white spots anywhere, apart from the nostrils, chin and upper chest. Character-some features Curious, active and independent cat. Is good at climbing trees and swimming. Well get along with cats and dogs. Tender and falls in love easily, an excellent comrade. She is able to adapt to life in an apartment, but because she needed space, it is desirable that the house was near the site. To care enough once a week combing should be as wool
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Tonkin cat (Tonkinez)
History-This hybrid breed has appeared in the 60s in North America by crossing burmy and Siamese. She inherited the best qualities of their ancestors, and has quickly gained popularity in the Americas. As an independent breed Tonkinez was recognized in the United States in 1975, but has not yet been included in the official list of breeds and colors FIFE.

brown tonkinez kitten
Origin-USA

sweet laying tonkinez kitten
Character and temperament: inheriting the best qualities of their ancestors Tonkin cat active and cheerful. She is friendly and affectionate, attached to the house, gets along well with children.

beautiful laying tonkinez cat
Color-brown, blue, purple, red, cream, and an appropriate color colors – tortoiseshell tabby (in the U.S. – Thorby).

colorful tonkinez cat
Type-Short hair
Grooming-simple
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Rex cornish cat breed
History-The breed name comes from the name of the area where the Cornish Rex first came to light as a result of natural mutation litter of British Short hair cats. This county Cornwall in the UK. Cornish Rex genetically (or cornreks) differs from Rex the Devonian, when they cross breed is short haired. When the pairing is between a cornresov born kittens with short wavy hair.

sweet rex cornish kitten
Origin- Great Britain.

white rex cornish cat
Character and temperament often report that their behavior is more similar to corn rex dog than a cat familiar to all – he gladly wears a collar and leash, pursues a man, but his satisfaction is, wagging his tail like a dog. They are hardy and undemanding and require little maintenance.

white rex cornish cat with black spots
Color-colors and pictures are allowed any hair. Of particular interest is the result of interbreeding with Siamese cats cornish so-called “sireks”, which appears color of Siamese type with wavy hair, which is characteristic for all rex. If there is in the color white spots on the body of an animal, they must be symmetrical. The only exception is the white color of tortoise-shell, in which the arrangement of white spots can be arbitrary.
Type-Short hair Grooming-simple
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History- I think that hairless cats have been known to the Aztecs of ancient Mexico were carried out on its territory until the late 19th century (or was known as “Mexican”), but later almost became extinct. In winter, these cats are very overgrown with a thin coat, precipitated by the summer.
white sphynx kitten
The Sphinx is not a native breed, he was placed in Canada in 60 years as a result of deliberate breeding. Beginning it was supposed appearance (as a result of natural mutation) in a litter of black and white American short hair cats hairless male kitten.

sphynx cat on stand
Sphynx kittens are born with a rare, fine, downy fur, drop-down as they mature. Individual hairs may remain only on the muzzle, paws, tail tip.

nice laying brown sphynx cat
Origin-Canada.
Character and temperament: calm and gentle differ-minded, affectionate, hardy. Mobile, friendly, mischievous and smilenie. Color- Any color and let the colors. Type-Short hair. Grooming- minimal.
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