Cat Personality - Maine Coon Cat Breeds

Kitten Maine Coons - Cat Breeds fight

Kitten Cat Breeds Maine Coon

 Cat Personality - Maine Coon Cat

No race has a monopoly on love and affection, but there is a reason that the Maine Coon has its downfall in vicinity scene of the second-most valuable race of America (CFA Registration Totals resumed). Maine Coon breeders say that the popularity due to varieties of size, intelligence, lush fur, its rustic character and devotion to their human family.

While Cat Maine Coons are devoted, playful and loving to their chosen people be reserved with people with whom you are unfamiliar. Point, but also the conservative to adapt. As a former sailor, Maine Coons are fascinated by water, perhaps because their thick coats are not waterproof and would be quickly unpleasant mixture in a thin layer.

Cat Breed Traits Maine Coon Cat

One of the largest domestic breeds, male Maine Coons weigh in at 12 to 18 pounds, while the females fall into a 'petite' 10 to 14 pound range. Slow to mature, the Maine Coon takes three to four years to fully develop. Although brown tabby is the most common color and pattern, Cat Maine Coons come in a wide variety of colors.

The heavy all-weather coat, shorter on the shoulders and longer on the stomach and britches, makes the cat appear larger than he really is. The texture is smooth and silky rather than cottony, so the coat doesn't mat as easily as the coats of some long haired breeds. Breeders usually recommend a twice-weekly combing with a good steel comb.

History Cat Breeds - Maine Coon Cat

Ancestors came with the cats probably the first British settlers and long-haired cats, Scandinavian or Russian ships in the harbors of Maine. The black and white Marines Captain Jenks was the first horse of Maine, known risks in 1861. Despite the loss of support for the Persians in the early 1900s, the Maine Coon has survived as farmers recognized for its excellent hunting abilities. Interest was revived in 1950 and is still one of the most popular cat breeds available.

Cat Maine Coons, like American Shorthair, regarded as the natives in America, because they are on this continent since the colonial era, and perhaps more. How did they come first, and where their ancestors came, however, is to guess who he is, because none of the local settlers who came with their video cameras at the reception to zur.

There are many fanciful stories about the origins of the race (a little more credible than others), but evidence is elusive as a cat in the tub. One story says that the variety is a hybrid animal coon cat , thus the name Maine Coon. Although raccoons and Maine Coons lush, long tails and a tendency to destroy their food in the water, this association is biologically impossible.

Another story, however improbable, at least possible that the Maine Coon was produced by Bobcat / domestic cat agreed that to explain the tip of the ear and Tufts and the impressive size of the breed.

An imaginative story claims that Maine Coons are descendants of longhaired cats to Marie Antoinette. Queens cats and other personal items were the resource persons who are illegally in America by a captain named Clough, who is preparing to rescue the queen was of his appointment with the guillotine. Unfortunately, the queen lost her head and closed with cats Clough Maine.

Last but not least is the story of sea-captain named Coon created in 1700, long-haired cat with him on his travels around the cost of America? "North-south.

This story has at least one ring of truth. Maritime cats for rodent populations in their sailing ships would probably have long hair Buccaneers took her to the New World. Some of the cats went ashore. They reached the north-eastern coast and settled on farms and barns of the early settlers. Given severity of the climate in Maine, the first of these years are difficult for cats and humans. Only the strongest species survive and flexible. Through natural selection, the Maine Coon developed into a large robust cat with a dense, impermeable and strong constitution.

Regardless of where the race result, the Maine Coon is one of the first people to recognize the end of fantasy painting of the nineteenth century and became a musician early on. Mr. FR Pierce, the Maine Coons in 1861 instead of in the book of a tabby Maine Coon cat named Leo has been mentioned as the best Cat Show in New York was awarded in 1895 and became a consistent winner in Boston in 1897, 1898 and 1899.

However, in early 1900, when new and exotic varieties introduced in the country people, cat lovers of the time for the Maine Coon Persian, Angora, and other contributions. In 1950, the breed disappeared.

Fortunately, sat a small group of farmers in undercat. Maine Coon Cat Breeders shows just held, and in 1968 founded the Association of Breeders of Maine Coon breeders and lovers. The associations had avoided Maine Coon agreed to take the championship race again and now the Maine Coon back its former popularity.

Copyright © 1998 by Barron's Educational Series, Inc. based on
ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CAT BREEDS by J. Anne Helgren.