Peterbald — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

Peterbald — breed standard (TICA: size, coat, temperament, type)

Claims

• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The first Peterbalds were born in Russia in January 1994, when an Oriental Shorthair named RADMA VOM JAGERHOF was bred to a light-boned Oriental-type Donskoy called AFINOGUEN MYTH; that litter showed the breed's hair-losing trait is dominant, unlike the recessive gene of the Canadian Sphynx.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The head is a long inverted triangle: skull to muzzle forms a wedge, with a flat forehead and flat high cheekbones; the straight nose and flat forehead make two distinct planes meeting over the eyes at a convex angle.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Ears are extremely large and pointed, broad where they meet the head and turned slightly outward; eyes are medium, near-almond, set obliquely and flush with the skull, spaced no less than one eye-width apart, and their colour is not tied to coat colour.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The body is medium, long and graceful with shoulders and hips of equal width; the long legs are medium-fine boned with straight forelegs and hind legs a little longer than the front, oval feet bearing long prominent toes, and a long strong whippy tail.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The coat is the breed's defining feature. A cat may be born fully bald or carry fine velvet-like residual hair on the ears, muzzle, feet, lower legs and tail. Basic types include naked (elastic skin, sticky to silky), chamois (dry peach-fuzz), flock (soft velour without guard hair), brush (sparse wiry, sometimes showing skin) and straight (normal hair that never sheds, since these cats lack the loss gene and cannot be shown).
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Because the dominant loss gene acts over time, a coated kitten may shed hair from the head or nape down toward the tail and look transitional while being shown, possibly regaining coat and changing several times before settling into a final coat by age three; lockets are allowed and no coat type is preferred. Long-haired or normal-coated cats are withheld all awards.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* Categories are Traditional and pointed; Divisions and Colours are All. Permissible outcrosses are the whole Siamese Breed Group (Siamese, Balinese, Oriental Shorthair, Oriental Longhair) and the Donskoy.
• *[Paraphrased derived summary — non-Open-Access source.]* The ideal is an elegant, intelligent cat of sturdy long lean build moving gracefully. Temperament must be unchallenging; a definite challenge disqualifies. Disqualifications include a protruding sternum, a visible tail fault, crossed eyes, and any artificial hair removal.