I am trying to show, in this
picture of Pendlemist Tatanka who went to Italy, the shape that
Siamese/Oriental ears should be for correct balance the head.
Ears with a large ‘bottom flap’ are not correct . The
Standard of Points asks for ears which are wide at the base.
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Here, at the age of about
8 months, was the profile of Pendlemist The Shogun. Breeders
should still aim for this shape,even though it has been voiced
by some as being incorrect. This shape signifies the type of
head which will lengthen with maturity.
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Rossastro, Cream Oriental
son of Kiri, now an adult in his lovely home near Fishguard,
Pembs. He, like many of the Pendlemist cats, was maturing slowly
but with good balance and a lovely temperament. A show career
is not everything.
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A teatime walk with Zeta on
a clear December day prompted me to take this sunset photo. Stresses
are wiped away when you spend half an hour on our lovely beach
which is a well kept local secret but enjoyed by so many surprised
visitors. A stormy seascape is also quite majestic.
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An old photo of Batty (Pendelfin)
taken whilst he was in quarantine after his stay in Denmark.
The cattery girls soon made him one of their favourites and his
heavy waistline shows just how generous they were with his food.
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Here is a picture of Batty’s
Bluepoint son Ch Pendlemist Gallant Knight who is the sire of
my lovely Bluepoint stud cat Pendlemist Shinto who lives and
entertains queens in his very comfortable quarters with Mike
and Sandra Thompson and the Sandtum cats in Caldicott, S.Wales.
Kittens from Shinto’s daughter are sometimes available.
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future of the breeds combined? The bi-colour Orientals are making
their presence felt in European shows and have outstanding type
in the main. This picture is of a Sealpoint with white as developed
in America in the early 1990’s. There is already controversy
here in the UK as to what influence these new colour varieties
will have on our traditional Siamese. The breed is declining
in numbers every year and established breeders need to give newcomers
a chance. UK shows are filled with typy Neuters with only one
or two adults in classes for Entires and very small numbers of
kittens.
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This picture will no doubt
raise either a love or hate reaction. This ticked tabby and white
Oriental was bred in France and shows the extreme in type compared
with the American type to the left. The quest to improve has
to have its boundaries and no doubt this kitten looked much different
on maturity raising the latest buzz words of - ------stunning
---- to die for !!! The standard of points are still there for
guidance but lets hope our ears stay wide at the base and we
keep our broad skulls.
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My Bluepoint female Pendlemist
Jorja Foxx nursing her first litter of kittens in 2006, sired
by the Metexa import from Sweden - Blue Iams Houdini (Fife CH).
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