Exotic and American
Short Hair Cats

The most ancient American recognized breed, the American of short hair, it's very similar to the European of short hair the same as popular in his natal land. According to some sources, the first domestic cats came to North America at the beginning of the 17th century, by ship together with the European colonists and, from those, developed the Americans of short hair. In fact, cats of short hairwithout pedigrí have taken a lot of time protecting from rodents to the population of norteamérica before no cat with pedigree was coming; but during the 19th century, when the exhibitions of cats started proliferating, the judges and breeding Americans preferred the showy local cats of long hair, the Maine Raccoon. Until 1965 there was no American cat of short hair that was gaining the principal championship of his own country.

From the current cat to the pedigree
The pedigree line of the American of short hair began at the beginning of the XXth century with a Britisher of short imported hair. Local cats formed a pair with other imported cats of short hair to develop a new breed. Called inicially "shorhair"" and later "domestics of short hair ", the name was changed for Americans of short hair after be proclaiming " cat of the year " to a silver Roman of short hair, in 1965. Initially, any cat of short hair that be with the standard of breed it was possible to register as cat of pedigree, helping to create this way a great generic fund; but now there is no office of record that allows this. The American of short hair has developed in different lines from those of his cousins British and Europeans. His complexion is less robust, with a more oblong head, the longest nose, the biggest ears and the longest legs. His body, simultaneously thinner and stronger, indicates that his forbears evolved in agreement with the pioneering way of life of the first generations of their owners. Now are breeding Americans of short hair of pedigree for consolidate these qualities, but without exaggerating them: a very frequent mistake in the breeds that were becoming popular before, when was unknown the genetic science.

The hair of the American of short hair is thick, strong and thick, doing that this cat is endowed so well as the Maine Raccoon to support hard winters. The cap is given in more than 30 colors and drawings, but the most known is tabby or Roman: the classic dun mottled or the showy Roman of silver brands. The calico (tortoise and white) and the two-color also are popular and the breeders continue developing more new colors.

The American of short hair is a merciless hunter, but his hardiness and his calm character do an ideal pet for a house with children. Though he isn't demanding neither break things, he is not very liked enclosed inside house.

The Exotic Short Hair Cat
This breed developed to half of the year 1960, for the crossing of Persian cats with Americans and other cats of short hair. The result is a cat of short hair with a softer and spongy cap and a more round and more short head, with the face of the Persian. In consequence, the exotic of short hair can have " as Persian, trend to the obstruction of the lacrimal and dental problems. In change, he has the sweet nature of the Persian cat.

The cap is given in all all the colors that they find in the American of short hair and in the Persian one. The cats of pedigree can have only the lineage of the exotic of short hair, the Persian or the American of short hair. The standard for exhibition is identical to that of the Persian, except in the hair.