Japanese bobtail saved personal debt in the form of a shaggy ball, a pompom. These funny cats have been running through the streets of the Land of the Rising Sun for centuries. Not all Japanese cats have short debts, but on the Japanese engravings of XII century it is possible to see the cat's behind-bones, beautifully decorated with a shaggy tassel no longer than at the bunny, absolutely irresistible.
In France, Japanese bobtails belong to the level of funny rarities. 1 out of 2 cats of this breed, living in France, arrived directly from the streets of Bangkok, where she was fed by monks of the Buddhist temple: and the 2nd, as a Hollywood star, came from the elite South American cattery, from the hillocks of Los Angeles.
Just Americans 1st fell in love with the breed of Japanese bobtail, and began to breed them, it was a true situation of love between 2 South American women, on the one hand, and Japanese bobtails with tails in the guise of chrysanthemum, with another.
The 1st of the ladies, Mrs. Judy Crawford of Pennsylvania, arrived in Japan after the Second Universal War. In the direction of the twenty-year presence there, she bought a giant knowledge of cats "Mike" and their breeding. Coloring "Mike" (in the USA it is called "Alik") faces only cats: light red, dark red and dark spots, quite occasionally scattered on a perfect white coat.
Upon returning to the States, Judy Crawford was fond of breed breeding Japanese bobtail, especially since 1968, and including founded a secondary school for amateur breeders. Just at this time, the 2nd American, Elizabeth Freret, met her own first bobtail. It was a reddish striped cat, taken by her from the cattery. A year later, she met Judy Crawford and married her own redheaded Richard to a delightful "Mike" named Madame Butterfly. Five kittens appeared, all with pompoms' tails.
Japanese bobtail wedding - bobtail each time completely leads to the birth of bobtails. The ponytail is passed down from generation to generation, more or less perfectly shaped, but each time it is short.
The South American Felinological connection officially accepted the bobtail in 1976, but its stereotype is noticed since 1971. Since then, almost all serious and hot breeders have been breeding this breed.
Bobtail is now recognized by all giant South American and Canadian associations. The European international felinological connection has kept it in 1990. And yet it is rarely noticed at European exhibitions, Europe imports it in the direction of several years.
As far as the United States is concerned, there is a large import of authentic cats from the Land of the Rising Sun and a large scale of domestic breeding allowed to renew the gene pool and get more enduring kittens. The selection started with specimens closer to the standard, crossbreeding with other breeds was not allowed.
Bobtail tails do not look exactly the same, but the debt wrapped in the guise of a chrysanthemum is impeccable. Its length and the straightened shape makes out from 5 to 12 sm, but to straighten it for measurement in any case is impossible.
Bobtail does not own a narrow silhouette of a true Siamese cat. It is refined and quite elegant, with long muscles of the sportsman and proportionally the highest legs, and the hind legs are longer than the front legs. These slightly bent hind legs stand out with a special, slightly developed gait. Bobtail jumps like a kangaroo: the hind legs touch the ground before the front legs. It is likely that this compensates for the inaccessibility of the tail.
The short hair of the bobtail does not weigh the silhouette. Adjacent to the body, warm and silky, it practically does not molt, it does not need to be scrubbed.
In addition to the colors of "calico", "mike" or completely turtle (cats), there is a great variety of tones and patterns. Cats that are slightly larger than cats are monotonous or two-tone, tiger or marble.
The face, a little Asian in similarity, contains the form of a short triangle, a pretty beak - the average length. Eyeballs are almond-shaped and quite expressive. The same expressive and expressive ears: quite giant, wary, quite mobile. The eye colour blends harmoniously with the colour of the wool, and the eyes have all chances to be unpaired: once azure, 2 golden. The look at the same time is gentle and actual. Lively temperament - the individuality of the bobtail, it moves continuously, jumps, dances, plays. They are quite fast cats. Kittens need to be constantly looked after, because they are all lured, impressive, working as a pretext for jumping.
The voice of bobtails is not as husky as that of Siamese cats. Lower than European cats, somewhat hoarse, not penetrating. A cat's roaring is not expressed by the sound of assertive shouting, but by riots and scandals.
The behaviour of the bobtail can be compared to the karate, another Asian cat, for example, it happens to be tied up