General Appearance
Size
alert apperance, medium
Body:
Structure neither short like a Manx nor long like a Siamese, muscular, supple, powerful but not heavily built; heavier in weight than appearance suggests. Back curved.
Legs:
Paws
oval.
Paw pads:
dark
blue-grey to lavender with a pink tinge.
Tail:
medium
long, heavier at the base tapering to a rounded tip.
Head
/ Nose:
Jowls/Muzzle/Chin
Viewed from the front the head is heart-shaped with breadth between and
across the eyes.
The
eyebrow ridges form the upper curves of the heart and the sides of the
face curve gently down to the chin to complete the heart shape.
Length
in proportion to the face with a slight stop in profile. There is a slight
downward curve at the tip of the nose leather (Lion-like)
Jowls
and chin firm and well developed, forming a good balance for the profile
and for the completion of the heart shape. Muzzle neither sharply pointed
nor square.
Chin
neither weak nor receding which gives a pointed shape to the head.
Nose
leather / Lips:
dark
blue-grey or lavender
Ears
Shape:
Placement
large, broad at the base, slightly rounded at the tips. Inside of ears
silghtly covered and outside well covered with extremely short and close
hair. Set high on head to give an alert expression.
Eyes
Shape:
Colour
large, round and well opened, rather oversized for the face, liminous and
expressive. Brilliant green colour ist preferred, but amber is permissible.
Coat
Structure:
Colour
short to medium in length, lying close to the body, single coat.
Glossy
and fine. Iclined to break over the spine as the cat moves.
Silver-blugrey all over, hair tipped with silver, the more silver the better. At the extremeties where the is shorter, the silver shine is intensified.
Fauls
Coat:... white hairs
or patches
... any other colour than silver and blue
... shaddy or tabby markings.
Remarks:
Coat females are silghtly finer built and smaller than males.
... Too norrow head without enough width between eyes is undesirable.
... a jaw pinch is undesriable.
... a nose too long or too short in proportion to the shape of the undesirable.
... small and lustreless eyes are undesirable
... until the cats is 2 years old the eye colour can be amber or greenishamber, the distinctive colour does not become true until after 2 years of age.
... Coat with silver tipping only on the head, legs and feet are undesirable.
Body shape, size, bone structure, heigt
shape of paws, shape and length of tail |
25 |
Coat colour
quality and texture, length |
20
10 |
Head general shape, nose checks and muzzle,
jaws and teeth, forehead, chin placement
and shape of ears |
20 |
| Eyes size, shape and placement |
15 |
| Eyes - colour |
5 |
| Condition |
5 |
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