But let us see what a British looks like with long hair: It is a great " loving nounours", with a semi-long coat, whose texture is very special, it is thick and soft like mohair, and, for those which hate long sequences of grooming, the coat is easy to dress, not like the full Persian coat . Just little flock at most, which one can cure by a small weekly brushing during the winter.
Standard (T.I.C.A. standard)
In England, the longhair can be used in breeding, is entitled to pedigree, and but is not accepted in championships. That was the only concession that was made to him by the Cat World. Regarding the hard life led by the British Shorthair, they are now being used to obtain new appearances with new breeds like the Scottish Fold and Selkirk Rex... which were worked starting from the BSH, with Scottish Fold babies with straight ears or the Selkirk Rex with the straight hair are being registered as BSH we can accept and understand why the breeders of the British have became so sensitive. Their fetish breed has become a vast dustbin. So today, do not come to speak to them about the long hair! But did these pussies, however resulting British parents, deserve such a fate?
2009 : Another great step !!!! British Longhair have their place in cat shows now ! Fully recognized by TICA and WCF (World Cat Federation e.V.) !
1999 : With the recognition by the TICA, in NBC, the longhairs have a great chance ! They have begun to be shown, with great succes from judges and visitors.
2000 : Another step reached by the longhairs : They are recognised in France ! They are called now British Longhair.
Some clubs in Belgium and the Netherlands have adopted them too, under the name of LOWLANDER !
About breeding...
It appears that Longhairs are helpful in improve the coat quality. And breeding BSH x BLH is highly recommended.
BLH x BLH may be good, but we noticed that it is good one time, and next time you must use a BSH, to keep this special coat quality of BLH... it seems more and more that the two versions of British breed need each other... Ever more than you could think....
I would like to thank so much all the breeders and owners who sent me all the beautiful pictures you will see all around your tour over the site. And feel free to contact us if you want to be present too !