Best Cat Breed

RUSSIAN BLUE GUYS

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Ragdoll, obbviously!

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No moggy, no cred.

I point you all towards this thread - KITTEN!!!!!!!! - for evidence.

I love me a british shorthair. They're so stern :D

THough the Turkish Van is up there for being the cat wot likes to swim.

Russian blue and ragdoll tie for first place. Just completely totally awesome.

I used to work with a guy who looked like Russian blues.

moggy

my gf's cat is a russian blue. lovely, but i prefer my kitties with a less standoffish personality

Domestic Shorthair.

Ragdoll's are the friendliest, most affectionate things ever.

STOP. TEASING. ME.

Saying that, at 2am today I had to put his head under the tap to make him understand that he had to STOP ATTACKING THE STEREO IN THE BEDROOM RIGH FUCKING NOW

Manx, for personality.

You carried him to the sink and ran a tap on his head?

I did, aye.

He just kind of shook his head a bit and then came to bed with us and purred a lot.

dudes, what breed of cat do i have? because this is the best:
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That would be called a Domestic Longhair in the UK, I think.

thank you. vote CAST.

i would stroke all these cats.

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Siamese cats are the bestest. So friendly!

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they get a bad rap in Lady & The Tramp

Famous American Curls

* Ray Smuckles from the webcomic Achewood

I realized in the course of looking up breeds on wikipedia because of this thread that my 2 awesome cats (which were from a stray's litter so we never really knew the breed) are definitely at least part Maine Coon, so that's what I voted for.

i've never had a cat whose breed i could identify.

um, which one is the tabby?

THE BEST KITTY IS RESCUED FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER

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^^^^ this

Siamese cats are the stupidest of all cats, apparently, although how this is tested I don't know. And border collies are the stupidest dogs.

what elmo said. ALL KITTIES BEAUTIFUL. but maine coons are awesome because they often have extra toes. and ocicats are so cool.

that looks like one of my cats.

my mom was trying to get me to adopt this cat that she found the other night, i had to be all "no mom, it is not appropriate for a single dude to have three cats, there is no way."

American Polydactyl

^i didn't notice this was an option. YAY POLYDACTYLS

border collies are fucking smart as hell, it's the afghans that are dumb

bucky ^^^ has thumbs!

siamese cats are so not the stupidest!

Seconding Elmo -- border collies are working dogs, they're freakin' geniuses!

Jordan, don't do it: I went on a date once with someone with three cats and I have to say it was distinctly off-putting. Also there was cat hair EVERYWHERE in his apt gross gross gross.

there is already cat hair everywhere in my apartment

my vote goes to maine coon though

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(this kitten also named bob! according to url)

Including ground into the upholstered furniture? He was like, "Oh, that's the cats' chair" and I was like "OBVIOUSLY".

I mean, they can keep it.

uh, yeah, basically. i mean i will lint roll the couch before company comes over but it's pretty much impossible to get everything.

one of my cats is an infinite shedder.

I guess calicos aren't a breed, but they win anyway

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i only recently learned that almost all calicos are female.

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One of my siamese kitties is pretty dumb, at least compared to the other cats I have had (mostly American shorthair). She's very needy too, in the sense that she requires human companionship and touch 80% of the time we are home. Siamese cats also have comparatively poor vision and hearing, and they used to be crosseyed often; one of my siamese is crosseyed (the snowshoe, not the applehead). Their markings are poor camouflage, so the combination of these factors -- supposedly all caused by the gene that makes their fur darker on cooler body-areas -- makes 'em poor hunters. There's a theory that the breed developed its attachment to humans as an evolutionary response to the fact that they can't hunt. I like the theory, but it's ultimately unprovable.

CAT BREED! IT'S ALL I EVER HEARD.

Where is the option for moggy? Blends are the best

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best cat bread
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My manx actually goes on walks with me and my dogs...just kinda runs ahead, waits, then runs ahead again. I vote manx.

This manx, also a serious hunter...left on my front doorstep, to date:
about two dozen lizards
a couple roaches
four mice
two rats

and the cherry on top was when he walked past me with a live pigeon by the neck in his mouth last week.

Has anyone ever hung out with a Maine Coon? It's like having a BABY MOUNTAIN LION but a kitty. They are BIG. BIG I say.

maine coons are definitely not indoor cats.

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WANT

good cats

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haha i tried to introduce my cat to a lobster this summer and she was definitely not that chill!

tho she was more than happy to eat pieces of cooked lobster

(those are jesse's pets/foods)

That pic always reminds me of my beloved Fatsy, who was so flopped out and chill with all the peaceable kingdom. Here she is waith-a my guinea pig:

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THE BEST KITTY IS RESCUED FROM AN ANIMAL SHELTER

-- elmo argonaut, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 03:47 (3 hours ago) Bookmark Link

^^^^^^^^ x billions

Latest kitty we got from a purebred cat rescue organization. It's not quite a shelter: They foster animals until a home is found.

Said kitty we got at 1 year 3 months and she'd already had kittens (all of whom died!) and we were her second adoptive parents.

my aunt had a cat with 37 toes.

she also had his portrait painted. i hope i inherit it someday.

Has anyone ever hung out with a Maine Coon? It's like having a BABY MOUNTAIN LION but a kitty. They are BIG. BIG I say.

-- Abbott, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:27 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

maine coons are definitely not indoor cats.

-- bell_labs, Tuesday, January 15, 2008 2:27 PM (55 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

my 2 Maine Coons (which again, I didn't even realize were Maine Coons until today but am now sure of it) are both indoor and seem to be more or less OK with it. there's also a big size gap in the gender -- I have a brother and sister from the same litter and the boy is practically 1.5 the size of the girl. big hilarious weird puppy-ish cats that make funny "brrrRRRIP!" sounds. i'm the kind of person who watches Animal Planet specials about baby tigers going "OMG WANT" so they're pretty much perfect pets for me.

We've got a cat with some Maine Coon in her. She used to take showers with me.

people tell me my cat biff is a maine coon (he is a big boy), but i'm pretty sure he's just a street cat from buffalo (i got him at the animal shelter, and he is now my little man). maybe he is! i don't know. he's incredibly friendly and vocal and follows me everywhere.

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aawww. <3 biff

He is adorable. I love the big big kitties.

My friend's Maine coon will let you hold it belly-up and his crazy arctic hare feel are all in the air. Is so cute.

Buffy (calico above) gets upset if you hold her any way but belly up, like a baby.

when i first picked biff up from out of his cage at the shelter, he fell into my arms like a baby, belly up, and put his paw on my face. that sealed the deal.

my cat noam (rip awesomest cat) was def almost all maine coon and pretty hueg - mostly indoor cat the last several years but did go outside for a while there and was cool with it. totally made those brrrip brrrip noises! i have been missing him a lot today b/c of this thread. but that's okay.

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(chair cushion was at least 2 feet wide)

they breed cats?

Sphynx all the way

Is Biff declawed? He's got those little fluffy paw protrusions that declawed kitties have.

biff looks like a bro

Onion editorial I Think I'm Going About This Cat-Breeding Thing All Wrong.

As far as I can tell, I'm doing everything right. I wait until they're well in heat, rubbing up against me and yowling to be serviced. At that point, I bring them out back to the shed, where I've prepared a special breeding area.

cats that have been declawed make me think so, so poorly of their owners who put them through that. fucking awful.

<3 rrrobyn. Losing pets is the worst.

I've got a declawed cat (responsibility goes to his previous owner.) Even though I'd never do it, it is kinda fun to play high-five with him.

He also is very grabby and can open doors and carry bottle caps with his paws.

nope, biff isn't declawed (i have the scars to prove it - he plays rough). he just has fluffy white little man feet. actually, he has freakishly long hair on the bottom of his paws which peeks out between the pads.

xpost = noam! giant fluffy adorableness! he looks like he was a totally aweseom dude!

I adopted a declawed cat and she was all Nancy-Drewed-out, what with the doorknob-turning and the door opening and the sneak craziness. But they BUNNY KICK like bonkers and you can't much let them outside.

She was a huggy lovey cat named MEPHISTOPHOLES and she looked like a solemn grey wizard. But she would sleep next to me head and PUT HER ARM AROUND MY NECK. Serious. And I sleep on my belly so I had my arm around her and it was TRUE LOVE.

my friend took in a cat that showed up on his front porch. poor thing was declawed and super skinny. he named her "crabby lulu" b/c she was a total mess and not nice at all, but i really can't blame her. fighting for food during a buffalo winter w/o claws must be awful.

omg abbott. yes. kitty cuddling is the best thing EVER.

I can confirm that Biff is indeed a bro.

He has also been furious ever since Molly went out of town. He is usually reasonably cool, but the last four days have seen him anger-puking, skulking, screaming, and refusing to be petted.

The anger puke was the worst. He threw up IN MY SHOE.

Man, kitties always throw up in shoes! It's kind of clever.

But they BUNNY KICK like bonkers and you can't much let them outside.

Mine bunny kicks like a kangaroo. A fun activity is to put my arm through a leg of some denim jeans, and then attack his belly. Good times.

My manx actually goes on walks with me and my dogs...just kinda runs ahead, waits, then runs ahead again. I vote manx.

My last Manx did that too. Abyssinians are perhaps the most beautiful of cats, but I'm now addicted to Manx cats for their distinct and oddly lovable personalities.

Pike, if a cat threw up in my shoe, by the time Molly got home there'd be one less resident of the apartment.

siamese go on walks and fetch and do all sorts of dog things. my friend had one that was friends w/a fox!

ban laurel

maine coons are big and friendly and sweet and awesome. Some strays came around my mom's house so she fed them and now takes care of them, takes them to the vet, surgery when needed, etc. Sam is the big male, and Rosie is the smaller female, and play together and curl up together on the deck. Sam comes inside all the time and hangs with the humans but Rosie won't usually let them get close. Sam is pretty much the coolest cat I've ever met.

the only thing abt siamese: so noisy. gah shut up cat jeez.

You sure those ain't actual raccoons, dan?

raccoons, in my experience, aren't nearly as friendly.

They are when you're holding a loaf of bread and some Red #40 hot dogs.

SNOWSHOE

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Onion cat breeding story - TOO FAR

oh kitty in box

my other cat is totally part siamese and pretty smart in some ways but also pretty dumb in other ways. he knows when i'm coming up the apartment building stairs and his meows are loud enough to be heard from bottom of long staircase (or maybe he just meows for everyone? ohgod.) it's really a bit more like screaming than meowing.

maine coons are the coolest laid-back dudes of the cat dudes for sure. i have a friend who cannot deal with cats at all and he could deal with noam.

Tombot that kitty is GORGEOUS but he seems embarrassed that you drink Fiji water.

Siberian! because they are hypo-allergenic, and not ugly!
Oh, I am allergic to most animal hair.

I only get fiji for the sturdy bottles that I can refill lots before the plastic gets all wonky. dr ben is the best animal that ever lived. those are his three best tricks. the bottom one is his I'm Too Sexy trick, because he will roll one way and make his blue steel face and say "rao" then the opposite way, make a different face, say "rao," then roll flat on his back, do a third face at you, and say "rao" again. repeat until you rub his gut.

SNOWSHOE

SNOWSHOE

-- El Tomboto, Wednesday, 16 January 2008 16:28 (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Link

Is that today's secret word?

I have considered many times that I should get dr ben an agent.

no, autumn, that is the correct answer in this poll.

There's a breed of cat for snowshoes?! WILL THIS MADNESS NEVER END

you can use a cat for a snowshoe, but you have to stomp on it first

strap two maine coons to your feet and they can carry you

that would be a rad old timey style linocut

strap two maine coons to your feet and they can carry you

...in different directions.

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hey dr ben!

i made u fat

note his hardback collected editions of tintin in the background

the normal kind that comes over

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THEY ARE ALL WINNERS TO ME!!!