Cat Breeds British Blue Shorthair
Take your time to understand this breed s personality and care requirements before committing to a new furry family member.
Cat breeds british blue shorthair. Not every blue cat is a british shorthair. Virtually every british shorthair today can track its ancestry back to this cat due to his use at stud and to the selling of his progeny. The breed has also been developed in a wide range of other colours and patterns including tabby and colorpoint. Probably the oldest english breed of cat the british shorthair can trace its ancestry back to the domestic cats of rome.
Rayanshel are british shorthair cat breeders based in berkshire and now mainly specialise in red white and blue colours rayanshel is registered with the governing council of the cat fancy gccf and is the prefix of sandie holloway. Maine coon ragdoll british silver spotted. This breed was first prized for its physical strength and hunting ability. Pets4homes found 711 british shorthair cats and kittens for sale in the uk which meet your criteria read our british shorthair buying advice page for information on this cat breed.
However it s not the right choice for everyone especially if you want a lap cat who is always looking for affection. The british shorthair is a popular cat breed for its easy personality and independent nature. The british shorthair has a broad chest muscular neck strong jaws and a well developed muzzle. All others were simply described by coat type or color.
Heavily muscled with heavy boning they have rounded thick appearance. As a powerful cat all components of this breed should be well developed. County recent active breeders. With the rise of cat shows during the victorian era cat fanciers began to breed the cats to a particular standard and keep pedigrees for them.
Of kittens uebele oxfordshire. It is still considered one of the minority breeds in cfa. Surname county breed no. The british shorthair is the pedigreed version of the traditional british domestic cat with a distinctively stocky body dense coat and broad face the most familiar color variant is the british blue a solid grey blue coat orange eyes and a medium sized tail.
The british shorthair is native to england. At the earliest cat shows british shorthairs were the only pedigreed cats exhibited. It was a british shorthair a blue male named brynbuboo little monarch that was the first adult of any breed to gain the gccf title grand champion.