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American Shorthair Cat
Introduction
This cat has, therefore, lived a life, in North America, in parallel with her human companion. This begs the question whether Native Americans of which there were about 10 million when the Europeans arrived, kept cats. They certainly kept dogs as they were useful in hunting. As to domestic cats I have my doubts. In which case the cats on the Mayflower were amongst the first domestic cats in North America.
It was during the 20th century that this cat was transformed from a common domestic cat to become a registered cat breed through the efforts of cat breeders and cat fanciers, in order to preserve the original cat. This cat breed reminds me of the British Shorthair, a solid reliable and thoroughly well balanced cat of rude health. This is not surprising as this breed has identical origins to the British Shorthair. Any differences evident now are due to natural evolution while in America and later selective breeding by cat breeders.
On landing with the Brits (who were to become Americans) she earned her keep in difficult times. History
To people who aren't cat fanciers or cat lovers the American Shorthair Cat has the kind of appearance that they expect a cat to have. Everything is in balance. There are no extremes. If you were describing a domestic cat to a Martian you'd describe the American Shorthair Cat. They are then medium, largish sized cats As they were working cats (mousers), they are robust, stocky and powerful. Of course pretty all domestic cats are impressively muscular. The silver classic tabby (see photographs of Utah and Gazer {marbled pattern}) is the most common coat color and pattern. Although a very wide range is allowed by the associations (81 different colors and patterns). Sarah Hartwell, says that the American Shorthair is less cobby than the British Shorthair. "Cobby" means stocky, compact, well muscled, heavy boned, short and wide. Some cats are heavier than you would have thought, this is one of them. The male weighs 11-15 lbs and the female 8-12lbs (compare the Maine Coon 13-20 lbs for the male). She is a sedate cat and can it seems put on weight if it is not monitored. Try and give over some time to play time and there are articles about cat food on this site (see Cat Facts)
American Shorthair Cat BreedersThese as usual are selected from a Google search. I only list websites published by catteries (and not cat breeder registeries). They are listed in the order in which they appear as listed by Google (from the first 3 pages).Blakkatz An interesting cattery based on raising the American Shorthair cat naturally (raw food). I am not sure exactly where they are located. They're in the USA. Fenton Farm Located Blue Ridge Mountains, Virginia, USA (Flint Hill, VA 22627). Old established cattery. This website has been on the internet for some time, a good sign. Bayou Ash Cattery Located, Olla, LA 71465 100 miles north of ALexandria, Louisiana, USA. Note: This site currently has over 2,000 page views daily and it's getting busier. If cat breeders would like to advertise on this site please contact me. I am able to produce dedicated pages for each cattery.
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