The Russian Blue Portrait
The
Russian Blue is harmonious, elegant, distinguished.
Her body is long, slim, average sized (some males are big sized). Sexual
dimorphism is present, the male being longer and more muscled than the female,
which is rather more delicate. The cat has an athletic aspect, given by the
fine bones, long limbs and firm muscles.
The
neck is long and gracious. The ears are big, wide at the base and quite
distanced (on a wide head), highly positioned, giving the cat an aristocratic
look. They are covered by short, thin hairs, which make them seem transparent.
The corners of the mouth are slightly lifted, giving its face a misterious
smile, specific for the breed.
The eyes are average-sized, migdal-shaped, distanced, of a vivid green
colour. They are remarcably expressive. It has been said that this green “comes
from the inside”…
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The Russian Blue Behaviour
Without
considering myself as the absolute truth owner, I can tell you that:
they are very intelligent cats, sometimes of an amazing discretion,
sometimes very insistent. The suggestively express their wishes, thus
they can be easily understood. They attentively watch you, and they
even have an inquiring tone when they don’t understand something.
Generally, they have a pleasant voice quality, some of them sound like
a melody when
they call you. Their eyes make their beautiful face even more expressive.
They feel that you love them and they fully reward you for this; they
follow you everywhere, like a shadow (they are also called “the
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The Russian Blue Personality and Temperament
The
Russian Blue temperament is medium active. She is alert and cautios, intelligent
and inventive in her playing. The tom cats, being more athletic than females,
open doors (which, of course, are unlocked). They play with simple or sophisticated
toys, without getting bored of them. When they go to eat or drink water,
they often take their toys with them, and when they get sleepy, they hide
them (if there are other pets in the house) before going to sleep.
She is very agile, her hunter instinct is almost intact. Even if she does
not get the chance to hunt anything else except flies, she does it with
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Russian Blue Breed's History
For
those of you who are interested in this wonderful cat, Russian Blue, I’ll
post here a brief history of this breed, containing: origins, breeders, official
breed recognition, breed salvage after World War II.
Out of consideration for the work of lots of breeders to maintain, salvage
and ameliorate the Blue Russian breed, I’ll remind a few milestones in
its history:
The Russian Blue breed appeared naturally, the most probable variant being
the one which considers the White Sea shore, in Occidental Russia, as the craddle
of the “blue shadow”.
Russian Blue’s birth city is considered to be the Russian harbour Arhangelsk,
at 247km distance from the Arctic Circle (explaining also another name of Russian
Blue cats: “The Archangel Cat”).
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Russian Blue, The Blue Wonder...
If
you know the
breed's history, then you must have followed
also the episodes describing the breed’s salvage after the second
world war, in British and Scandinavian catteries, as well as the ones
related to the official acknowledgement of the breed, and the standard’s
setting. It also means that you know the general aspect and the final
standard which
was adopted (thus you know why they are called “the
Blue Wonder”).
The Cats Organizations Standards
The Russian Blue breed standards of various cats organizations are more or less different. Thus, it is about FIFe, CFA, TICA GCCF standards... I will briefly mention the FIFe score, without so many details as in Russian Blue breed's presentation, and without details of this score or of the judging sheet.
Head
25 points
Eyes 10 points
Body 30 points
Coat 30 points
General condition 5 points
TOTAL
100 points
