The legs are short, robust, strong and well right. The thorax must be well muscled without any sign of obesity. The body is cobby and massive, with rounded shoulders and hips with the same width. The neck is thick, massive and short, the head seems to be built in the shoulders. The Persian’s interior of the ears is well bushy. The ears are almost round, not too open at the base, small and well spaced one from the other, placed in way to respect the round of the head. The colour, which is very intense, must be in accordance with that of the mantle. The eyes are rounded, big and well spaced between them the eyes have a sweet look. The muzzle must be round, wide and full, evidence of a perfect occlusion of the mandibles. The stop, well marked and deep, must be placed between the eyes, ideally in the middle, never higher than the upper line of the eyes and never lower than the inferior line. The nose is wide and very short, with sufficiently open nostrils so that the breathing is not disturbed. From the side, the nose and the chin are aligned on a same vertical plane.
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The cheeks are wide and powerful, with prominent and full cheek-bones.
The face is round with a sweet expression and a well rounded bone framework. Round and massive, the head shows a wide skull forming a dome. Part of its character is connected to its colour. Its short hair fur requires much less grooming. The Exotic Shorthair has inherited the character from the Persian. The highest places of the podiumrepresent several hours of preparation work. When we wander over the corridors of an exposition it is not rare to see the breeder turning his Persian in all the directions for getting its hair puffed. Such a result can be obtained only with a very regular grooming and an intensive preparation just before the exposition (shampooing, drying up, dressing, etc.). When we see a Persian being exposed, it’s a real ball of fluffy hair framing a round face. This regular grooming and its rounded face render this cat an ideal companion for compensate the lacks of affection. The fur of the Persian requires a regular grooming for evidencing its beauty and for avoiding that the hair entangle. However, between the siesta times, it shows also the character of an authentic feline, explorer, of a very good hunter and a good tree-climber, capable to defend its own territory from the intruders. The Persian and the Exotic Shorthair are calm cats, easy to handle, home-loving. The outcome was the short hair version of the Persian. At the beginning, it was just matter to ameliorate the American Shorthair giving it the rounded face of the Persian. The Exotic Shorthair came to life in USA during the fifties. Since then, the work of the breeders has permitted to create the various colours which now are admitted.
The Americans went further ahead, rounding more the Persian and pushing to the extreme its flat-faced appearance. The popularity of the breed quickly conquered the USA which went on in the work of selection the English had started.
The Persian became soon very familiar, so much to get the Turkish Angora forgotten for long decennia. It was presented close to the British on occasion of the first feline exposition at Crystal Palace on 1871. It is in this way that the Persian came to life, a new breed with a name reminding the middle-eastern origins. It is in this same epoch that the cat began to assume its place as pleasure animal, abandoning the courtyards for the halls of the villas.ĭuring the nineteenth century, the English crossed the Turkish Angora with the British, which had a very attractive rounded face. During the sixteenth century, the European aristocracy has become fond of the Turkish Angora, new cat come from Middle East, whose fur and character had conquered the hearts.
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