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Cat Personality

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Himmes, as fans call it, is the perfect companion interior paint. They are gentle, quiet, meek and mild, but they have a playful side. Like the Siamese, Himalayan love to play, and a piece of crumpled paper or a cat toy will entertain them for hours.

Devoto and rely on their Himalayan nation for the company and protection. He spoiled the affection and love to cared for and that is fortunate, because every family to do the Himalayas just to spend every day.

Like their Iranian brothers, they are docile and no matter, no need the way certain races. The louder and more active than Persians, but they are much quieter than the Siamese.

Cat Breed Traits

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The current trend is showing an extreme facial type. This difficulty some fans to feel the face, very damaging for the race. The problems reported are respiratory problems, malocclusion and difficulties with childbirth.

For those who like a less extreme recognizes the Traditional Cat Association (TCA) and promotes the original Himalayas, also known "Doll Face Himalayan." This cat has a less extreme form of the face.

History Himalayan Cat Breed?

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Approves first cross between a Siamese and a Persian in 1924 by a Swedish geneticist, but it was not until 1935 that the first model of the long hair was born. In early 1930 two Harvard Medical personnel crossed a Siamese female with a black male Persian is not a new variety, but to name some inherited properties, this money. ING, which has produced a series of black, short-haired kittens. Then a black woman with a male Persian Siamese cross. The result was the same. This is not surprising, because long hair and are subject to the color point, the two models by recessive genes. Both parents have the gene so that expression of traits in the offspring.

Crossing a female in the nest with a second man produced the first rookie, who had a kind of body paint and the color model and long hair Siamese Persian. Debutante Balinese today that looked more like the Himalayas today. At this time, employees of Harvard University after he learned what they wanted to know about genetics, the experiment finished.

In the same year the British fans have created an association farmers to produce in the hope of a race from the Persian hair type and conformation. American breeders have shown interest for the same purpose.

World War II interfered with the breeding program, both in Europe and the United States. Finally, in 1950, the American breeder Marguerita Goforth high as in the preparation the color point Persian expected success. The CFA and the ACFA recognized the breed in 1957 named by the name of the Himalayas, according to the color in other animals, such as the Himalayan rabbit. In 1961 all the major organizations of the United States recognized the Himalayan cat.

All this is happening in the U.S., UK farmers were information are also working to create the race. In 1955, the Board of Directors recognized the Himalayan cat named Fancy Himalayan Longhair, a name that continues to this day.

In 1984 joined the CFA Himalayan Persian breeds, the body was kind of argument for both races. Improve beyond the Himalayas crossing the species Persian keep up no problems with the registration process or status occur for hybrid Himalayan/Persian, if this was a source of varieties of the same breed. This policy continues today. Himalayas are part of the Persian breed and are call the Persians developed model. Leading the Persians called the gene Colorpoint.

The decision was controversial, not all farmers welcomed the new policy. Persian breeders were concerned, have worked the sources for introduction of hybrids into their Persian blood lines, while the Himalayan breeders were at the loss of the resource persons of the race concerned, long and hard to perfect. A group of enthusiasts and breeders, and divided by the CFA cat lovers formed the National Association (CNLS), because they disagree so strongly with the new policy.

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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAT BREEDS by J. Anne Helgren.