CATXDOG

The LaPerm is a recognized breed of cat. A LaPerm's fur is curly (hence the name " perm "), with the tightest curls being on the belly, throat and base of the ears. La Perms come in many colors and patterns. They have an elegant and athletic build which gives a clue to the fact that they are no couch potatoes, but active, outgoing cats who like to join in with whatever their humans are doing. The head is a modified wedge with gently rounded contours and a muzzle which slightly broad of the wedge. LaPerms also have rather broad noses. Their flared ears are placed to follow the line of the face, while their almond shaped eyes are medium large and expressive. LaPerms generally have a very affectionate personality. They always seek human contact and will purr as soon as they see you. They also like to touch peoples faces with their paws or noses.

ORIGIN: LaPerm was created from strong, healthy, domestic "barn-cat" stock. These cats are genetically unique and not related to any other rex breeds, having a dominant gene causing their curly coats. Story of the breed starts in 1982, on a farm in The Dalles , Oregon . Linda and Richard Koehl lived there and they had a mouse problem. So they bought Speedy, plain but hard-working brown tabby shorthair. She had kittens and one of them was strange looking, rather bald, long skinny kitten a bit like the pink panther with a blueprint of a tabby pattern on her skin. Linda Koehl thought it was something wrong, baut later, this cat developed lovely soft curly coat which everyone liked to touch. They named it curly, after her coat. She was also hardworking cat like her mother. One day Curly, and the whole LaPerm breed, were almost wiped out when she climbed into the warm engine of a pick up truck and was sliced by the fan when it was started up. But she survived with severe injuries. In spite of permanent injuries, she had five kittens, all of them male and curly coated. Very soon they had their own with other females, and the farm was full of curly cats. Linda Koehl realized she had some sort of rex. She took some cats to a show to ask for feedback and was told by exhibitors, breeders and judges that she had something very special. The gene responsible for such coat was dominant, so that makes those cats genetically unique and not related to any other rex breeds. Several key people in the USA cat fancies gave her their support and the breed has grown and grown and is now a well established championship breed in the States with breeding programs in many other countries around the world. She named the new breed LaPerm.

HEAD (40)
Size and Shape .......................... 10
Muzzle and Chin ......................... 10
Profile ................................. 4
Ears .................................... 8
Eyes .................................... 8
BODY (25)
Torso ................................... 13
Neck .................................... 2
Legs & Feet ............................. 4
Tail .................................... 6
COLOR AND PATTERN ............................... 5
COAT (30)
Texture and Length ...................... 15
Curl or Waviness ........................ 15

ACCEPTED COLOR: any genetically possible color or combination of colors is allowed