The Pixie-Bob - when a house cat is seemingly alien

When it comes to legends and mysteries go, keep the Pixie-Bob probably break the record among all breeds. There are still reports of the mysterious origin of this breed reported, allegedly from a mixture of Bobcat and domestic cats should be created.

The Pixie-bob is a unique breed with Bobcat-descent. On the North American continent in all regions where the Bobcat occurs each spring in the barn cats babies salvaged, from the wild and domesticated Verpaarungen come. This is the legendary lineage of the Pixie-Bob. (Source: Catsinfo)

Origin of this legend are reports of the breeder Carol Ann Brewer, the Pixie-Bob has discovered. In the spring of 1985 bought a kitten from a pair that is in the vicinity of Mount Baker lived. This hangover was polydaktyl (increased number of toes), had a polka coat and a short tail luxartigen. The owners told that the animal from a combination of their house cat with a small Luchsart, the Coastal Red Bobca t (picture) descent. They had one of those lynx, about the size of a house cat stämmigen have with their cat fight to see. Since the kittens purely externally as a mixture of domestic cat, lynx and appeared and reports on alleged pairing of lynxes with house cats at the time were widely used, this wildly romantic legend to the emergence of the Pixie-bob up and has for some lovers of the breed until now kept. Because of unclear origin named Carol Ann Brewer this cat as their own "Legend-Cat" and says:

It was as if it was providence that I was given this race. (Carol Ann Brewer, Source: pixiebob.org.uk)

Nearly a year later, in January 1986, Carol Ann Brewer took another hangover "legendary" Origin, which by its specific size off. Although half-starved, he weighed just 8 kg and the breeder to have enough knee. This hangover caused even in April the same year for junior with Maggie, which came from the neighborhood. Carol Ann kept from throwing a female kitten that because of their appearance terrestrial Pixie (Fee) said. The two brothers were considered by Pixie lovers animals

Although Carol Ann still looking for similar cats, she could no more animals find luchsartiger appearance. It was clear that they are a breeding program had if they wanted to have cats, which they compared Pixie.

Within a short time became clear to me that I loved it so much, in Pixies face look that I did worry about how their beauty, I always keep in my life could be. I knew that if everything in my life is going well, Pixie this earth would leave before me and that I have something very valuable for ever lose if I do not do something to make sure that I still have this face when she is gone . (Carol Ann Brewer, Source: Pixie-bob.org)

Until 1989, she had prepared a standard in which the characteristic of the race was arrested. After the first kitten that of their "Legend-Cats" descended, the Pixie-Bob breed called. The race is based heavily on the female line from Pixie and Pixie-Bobs have Pixie as a foundation in her pedigree. Even today, cats, directly to the "Legend-Cats" and Pixie go back in the so-called "Blue List" and registered breeders can join the FTLOP-Breeding Program ( "For The Love Of Pixie") connect

1989 and 1990 were three more animals fed the breeding program. Furthermore, as Outcorss only the so-called "Legend Cats TM" admitted. When this term is a registered trademark of the Pixie-Bob Founding boards, with the cats be designated in a particular region of the North West of the USA (Washington State, British Columbia, Oregon, northern California to central - The area where the Coastal Red Bobcat alive) and the typical luchsartige appearance of the Pixie-Bob Foundations have. What is special about these cats is that offspring from them and a Pixie-bob luchsänhliche even more features than are parents themselves Up to a Manx cat, all of the over 30 Foundations of the Pixie-Bob from the original breeding program on such "Legendenumwobene" farm cats back. The Outcross with the Manx cat-Jamaica was not brought the hoped for success, because Pixies kittens in the case is not the desired characteristics.

1993 turned Carol Ann Brewer at the TICA (The International Cat Association), one of the major breeding associations in the United States to the recognition of the race ahead. TICA the following year resulted in some investigations and came to the conclusion that the Pixie-Bob is a separate race acted. In 1994, the race to exhibitions accepted. 1995 made it an association of breeders, the Pixie-Bob through a petition for the exhibition next year in the "New Breed Color" class to choose. The full champion status, the Pixie-Bob but only awarded in 1998.

Until that time was the legend that is the Pixie-Bob rankt, but basically have destroyed. In 1995 and 1996 were approved by the Stormant laboratories and the National Cancer Institute genetic tests, in which the DNA of the Pixie-Bob with a Bobcat was compared. These genetic tests have shown that there is no relationship between these animals are. Even comparisons with the DNA of cat and the pipe Bengalkatze or leopard cat were negative. Thus, the Pixie-Bob genetically pure domestic cat and shows no traces of feral cats on DNA.

Obviously the disappointment was great - it was just the mystery of the wild-romantic origin is a crucial feature of the Pixie-Bob.

It is true that all the years I have with all my heart believed that, Lynx blood in my cats [...] must go alone because of their appearance and the circumstances, as I get them and that this DNA Tests would be proved. Anyway, DNA tests have everything I had believed, wiederlegt. Now everything is what I have read the "Legend", which over the years in books and articles were written down "(Carol Ann Brewer, Source: PIXI-bob.org)

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