Angel Cats Do Watch Over Us: A Miraculous Kitty Event
“I believe cats to be spirits come to earth. A cat, I am sure, could walk on a cloud without coming through.” ~ Jules Verne Many passionate cat lovers are certain that their beloved angel kitties do...
View ArticleAttending a Cat Show can be a Fun and Educational Experience
Last weekend my husband Marty and I were so excited about attending the first ever cat show held in Ormand Beach, Florida. I really love the Cat Fanciers’ Association’s (CFA) shows and one of the main...
View ArticleThree Amazing Oriental Shorthair Siblings
These are amazing looking cats. You can read about the Oriental Shorthair by clicking on this link. These cats have superlative coats and I have never seen such an amazing cat moustache before. The...
View ArticleOutstanding Looking Oriental Shorthair Cat
If you like looking at interesting domestic cats this fella might interest you. He has to be an Oriental Shorthair although the photographer, Helmi Flick, does not describe the cat on her FB webpage....
View ArticleYoung Oriental Shorthair with huge bat ears
Well, what can you say? The ears are weird. I know that the breed standard for the Oriental Shorthair insists on large ears but this looks odd but admittedly the cat is young so the ears may look...
View ArticlePicture of a tiny, dark chocolate Oriental Shorthair kitten with huge ears...
The Oriental SH is known for slenderness and long legs and, yes, large ears but this strange looking individual has really odd ears. The breeders have altered the anatomy of this cat to the point where...
View ArticlePicture of wise Oriental Shorthair
He has the distinct appearance of a wise man in his late fifties or sixties. I am stereotyping and I apoloogise. He has probably taken early retirement having been the managing director or chairman of...
View ArticleOriental cat satisfies CFA breed standard for leg length
Cats of the Oriental breed (shorthair and longhair) are good photographic subjects because they have interesting bodies. That’s not a good reason to breed them with exceptional long legs, huge ears and...
View ArticleLithe, svelte and impressive red coated Oriental Shorthair
This is an excellent cat picture because it shows off the Oriental Shorthair’s lithe and svelte body conformation which the breeders so prize and which is embedded in the CFA breed standard. His coat...
View ArticleWhy do Oriental Shorthairs honk?
Oriental Shorthairs honk because it is a slight strange version of the feline meow. Let's call it a meow-honk. All cats have their own version of this classic cat sound.
View ArticleWhy do Oriental Shorthairs have big ears?
Why do Oriental Shorthairs have big ears? Because the breed standard says that they have to have big ears if they are to win competitions at cat shows.
View ArticleBlack tortoiseshell-and-white Oriental Shorthair being photographed
I’ve decided that this cat is a black tortoiseshell-and-white because there’s a very small amount of white in the coat. Perhaps we could just say that this interesting looking Oriental Shorthair is a...
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