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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 325075" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Oooh! He's an old-fashioned "applehead"? I just love those guys! In fact, My Jake is a blue-point "DSH"...actually he was a feral who was caught in a live trap up here in the dead of winter.</p><p></p><p>The breed standards thing annoys me incredibly, especially with CFA and TICA. For quite a while a Maine Coon that blew away TICA shows couldn't even get a breed ribbon at a CFA show.</p><p></p><p>TICA went for a very "feral" look in their Maine Coons which not only made the cat look "mean" in my opinion, but also introduced some lines into the breed that had health and temperament problems.</p><p></p><p>The worst of all of them happened with the Persians. I can remember when the "peke face" was only allowed in red Persians where it first showed up as a mutation.</p><p></p><p>Now ALL Persians have that pushed in face with tiny nostris. They went from being a very healthy breed to having a myriad of health problems. I actually got into showing cats in my very early twenties with a pair of Persian show alters.</p><p></p><p>Both were very healthy cats with the only problems being grooming issues--my blue-cream girl had so much coat that I used to stick a "bib" (sort of a pull over that covers the neck) on her when she ate because otherwise she dragged her ruff through her food.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 325075, member: 1963"] Oooh! He's an old-fashioned "applehead"? I just love those guys! In fact, My Jake is a blue-point "DSH"...actually he was a feral who was caught in a live trap up here in the dead of winter. The breed standards thing annoys me incredibly, especially with CFA and TICA. For quite a while a Maine Coon that blew away TICA shows couldn't even get a breed ribbon at a CFA show. TICA went for a very "feral" look in their Maine Coons which not only made the cat look "mean" in my opinion, but also introduced some lines into the breed that had health and temperament problems. The worst of all of them happened with the Persians. I can remember when the "peke face" was only allowed in red Persians where it first showed up as a mutation. Now ALL Persians have that pushed in face with tiny nostris. They went from being a very healthy breed to having a myriad of health problems. I actually got into showing cats in my very early twenties with a pair of Persian show alters. Both were very healthy cats with the only problems being grooming issues--my blue-cream girl had so much coat that I used to stick a "bib" (sort of a pull over that covers the neck) on her when she ate because otherwise she dragged her ruff through her food. [/QUOTE]
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