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

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

Source: first-hand TICA (The International Cat Association) text, saved to source_file; every claim below is a C1 byte-substring of it.

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• === TICA STANDARD: Nebelung ===
• Nebelung www.tica.org
• Evoking visions of creatures rising from the mists, the Nebelung is a longhaired cat with a foreign body, wide-set
• green eyes and a silky blue coat frosted with silver draping the body. The name Nebelung is derived from the
• German word for mist or fog, Nebel, and a medieval Germanic saga the Nibelungenlied and is intended to
• represent the cat's distinctive silky blue coat. This relatively new and rare breed is intended to resemble an ideal
• vision of early nineteenth century longhairs that may have had their origins in Russia.
• Cora Cobb (Nebelheim) developed the Nebelung breed and attained its recognition in TICA. The first registered Nebelungs were Siegfried, born
• in 1984, and named for the murdered dragon slayer in the epic Germanic poem, and Brunhilde, born in 1985, and named for the Icelandic queen
• in the same poem. Siegfried's mother was a black domestic shorthair named Elsa belonging to Cora's son, Karl, and Siegfried's father was a
• longhair resembling a black Angora. Siegfried was the only blue longhair kitten-a beautiful, large kitten with long legs, long tail and a medium
• length coat. Five months later a second litter was born with another longhaired blue but this time it was a female that Cora named Brunhilde. Her
• coat was longer and lighter than Siegfried's. These two cats were the foundation of the new breed. Siegfried and Bruhilde had their first litter in
• 1986 and shortly afterwards, in 1987, with the help of Dr. Solveig Pflueger, Cora applied to TICA for New Breed status (NBC). The Russian Blue was
• designated as an outcross for the new breed and it continued to allow the addition of foundation cats as an important way of developing the gene
• pool. The new breed needed a unique standard and one was developed based on an interpretation of early 19th century cats imported to England.
• The late 1980s saw the beginnings of the cat fancy in Eastern Europe and a redevelopment of the Russian Blue created an influx of foundation cats
• to that breed. Some of these new foundation Russian Blues carried the longhair gene and provided a valuable new source of bloodlines to help
• develop the Nebelung breed. TICA recognized the Nebelung for championship competition in 1997.
• Devoted to their owners and family members, the highly intelligent Nebelungs can be shy with
• strangers and young children. Kittens need time to adjust to their new home and should be
• allowed to make their own advances to their new family. As the new family member settles in,
• the playful Nebelung will becoming a loving companion cuddling into a lap for petting and
• often following its owners from room to room to remain in their company. They are active,
• affectionate, good-natured cats that prefer the company of their own family to that of visiting
• A medium-sized cat, the Nebelung is a sturdy, well-muscled cat with a long body draped with a silky medium-length blue coat shimmering with
• silver at the tips. Nebelungs resemble the type of longhaired cats imported from Russia in the late nineteenth and early 20th centuries. The tail is
• long with a full thick plume gracefully balancing the long body. The ears are large in proportion to the head and continue the elegant lines of the
• head. They have wide-set eyes that impart a look of intelligence to the face and range in color from yellowish green to green. The coat is medium in
• length but dense so regular combing is a must to prevent tangles and mats. The silver tips to the ends of the hair give the cat's silky-soft coat a
• luminous, misty aura that adds to its allure and the mystery associated with a mythical creature rising from the mists.
• TICA - The International Cat Association