{"id":5754,"date":"2022-10-26T04:31:17","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5754"},"modified":"2022-10-26T04:31:17","modified_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:31:17","slug":"paws-up-for-wednesday-uncatlike-cats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5754","title":{"rendered":"Paws Up for Wednesday \u2013 Uncatlike Cats"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2730\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwhitepersiantxcatshow-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwhitepersiantxcatshow-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwhitepersiantxcatshow-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/catwhitepersiantxcatshow.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>Have you noticed that some of the cats that are supposed to be well-bred\u2014those that win the highest awards in cat shows&#8211;tend to look very uncatlike. They\u2019re so fluffy and furry that they look like a pillow rather than a cat or they\u2019re so long and lean and angular that they barely resemble a cat\u2014a Gumby cat, maybe. Here\u2019s a site with pictures of recent cat show winners. See what you think: <a href=\"https:\/\/cfa.org\/top-cats-2022-regions-1-9\/\">https:\/\/cfa.org\/top-cats-2022-regions-1-9\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do you remember drawing cats as a child\u2014or watching your own children or grandchildren draw cats? They might change the shape of a cat, use colors and patterns not typical to a cat. Well, breeders seem to be following this lead and creating cats in all colors, patterns, shapes, and fur types. Why? How can you improve on a cat? What\u2019s wrong with the cat as it is? What\u2019s the point of creating an animal that people have to look at twice or three times to determine for sure it\u2019s a cat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you noticed that some of the cats that are supposed to be well-bred\u2014those that win the highest awards in cat shows&#8211;tend to look very uncatlike. They\u2019re so fluffy and furry that they look like a pillow rather than a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=5754\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5754"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5755,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5754\/revisions\/5755"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}