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Showing posts with label cat breeds. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cat breeds. Show all posts
Monday, November 21, 2016

Cat Breeds: Ragamuffin

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The Ragamuffin is one of those newer breeds with a somewhat hazy past. We do know that this sensitive breed was developed in 1994 from th...
Monday, November 14, 2016

Cat Breeds: European Burmese

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The European Burmese and its cousin, the Burmese, are descended from the same source. A cat named Wong Mau was the first Burmese brought ...
Monday, November 7, 2016

Cat Breeds: Burmilla

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While the Burmilla is one of the newer breeds to be recognized by most associations, its origins actually go back over thirty years. And ...
Monday, October 31, 2016

Cat Breeds: Turkish Van

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As breeds go, the Turkish Van is one of the oldest. It's also one of the least well known, though almost every feline registry in the...
Monday, October 24, 2016

Cat Breeds: Turkish Angora

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Through Turkish Angora is one of the most recognizable cat breeds out there today, but it hasn't always been this way. The earliest r...
Monday, October 17, 2016

Cat Breeds: Toyger

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Some breeds come about simply as an experimental accident. Such is the case with the Toyger. In the late 1980s a tabby breeder named Judy...
Monday, October 10, 2016

Cat Breeds: Tonkinese

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The Tonkinese is the perfect example of a hybrid progressing through the ranks to become a truly recognized breed in its own right. The 1...
Monday, September 26, 2016

Cat Breeds: Sphynx

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In the early 1900s, a cat resembling today's modern Sphynx was shown, but this cat was described as a New Mexican Hairless Cat. It wa...
Monday, September 19, 2016

Cat Breeds: Somali

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Most breeds that are both ancient and have an exotic look about them have short hair. But sometimes, as breeds are strengthened using con...
Monday, September 5, 2016

Cat Breeds: Snowshoe

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It was the early 1960s when three kittens with snow white feet were born into an otherwise normal litter of Siamese . These kittens were ...
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Monday, August 29, 2016

Cat Breeds: Singapura

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Like the name suggests, the Singapura originates from Singapore. In that area, cats with ticked coats of a deep brown color have been com...
Monday, August 22, 2016

Cat Breeds: Siberian

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We don't really know where the majestic Siberian cat came from, but we do know there are references to these cats as early as 1000 CE...
Monday, August 8, 2016

Cat Breeds: Selkirk Rex

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The Selkirk Rex isn't an ancient breed. In fact, it can only trace it's origins to Montana in 1987. Persian breeder Jeri Newman t...
Monday, August 1, 2016

Cat Breeds: Scottish Fold

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Random mutation has given us many different cat breeds, including the unique Scottish Fold. Back in 1961, William Ross found a white barn...
Monday, July 18, 2016

Cat Breeds: Russian Blue

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Also known as Archangel cats, the Russian Blue originated near the Russian port of Arkangelsk on the White Sea, a mere 150 miles south of...
Monday, July 11, 2016

Cat Breeds: Ragdoll

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The Ragdoll, though not an ancient breed, has been with us since the 1960s. Early in that decade a woman by the name of Ann Baker, a nati...
Monday, July 4, 2016

Cat Breeds: Pixiebob

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Originating in the northwestern United States, the Pixiebob has only been with us since the late '80s. In 1985, a woman by the name o...
Monday, September 28, 2015

Cat Breeds: Peterbald

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If you cross a Donskoy with an Oriental Shorthair, as was done in 1993, you will get what is now know as a Peterbald. A brown tabby Don...
Monday, August 17, 2015

Cat Breeds: Persian

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The beautiful Persian has been around for centuries, which is probably why we know so little about its history. We may not know where e...