American Shorthair

Description

The Yankee Shorthair, our native shorthair breed, is one of all the foremost pliant breeds for any kind of household; for one person living alone, the Yankee is a superb companion for a senior citizen; the Yankees could be a calm, devoted pet; for a family with kids, the nice natured, kittenish Yankee, notable to be glorious with kids, fits right in; for a busy social unit, the non-demanding Yankee keeps itself please, prepared for the time they need for relaxation. flat living suits them also as a house. one in all the natural breeds, the yankeeShorthair could be a medium size cat, muscular with a firm, well-balanced body. they need simple care short, lustrous coat in an exceedingly vary of colors and patterns.

History

 When settlers sailed from Europe to North America, they carried cats on board (ships' cats) to shield the stores from mice—for instance, the cats that came visiting on the Mayflower with the Pilgrims to hunt rats on the ship and within the colony.several of those cats landed in the New World, interbred, and developed special characteristics to assist them to deal with their new life and climate. Early in the twentieth century, a selective breeding program was established to develop the most effective qualities of those cats.

The yank Shorthair could be a pureblood cat breed, with a strict conformation normal, as set by admirer|animal fancier}s of the breed and also the North yank cat fancier associations like The International Cat Association and also the Cat Fanciers' Association. The breed is accepted by all North yank cat registries. Originally referred to as the Domestic Shorthair, the breed was renamed in 1966 to the "American Shorthair" to raised represent its "all-American" origins and to differentiate it from alternative shorthaired breeds. The name "American Shorthair" conjointly reinforces the actual fact that the breed could be a pureblood breed distinct from the random-bred non-pedigreed domestic hirsute cats in North America, which can nonetheless tally the ASH. each the yank Shorthair breed and also the random-bred cats from that the breed comes area unit typically known as operating cats as a result of they were used for dominant eutherian mammal populations, on ships and farms