A post I made earlier in another thread has had me thinking.
As a kid we acquired a cat from the pound in the early '50s.
He was a big cat by normal cat standards.
He was what I now would call a brindle color, mixed browns, long haired with tabby like markings on his face.
A very good looking cat.
We assumed he was just a Persian-Tabby cross.
After having had him for several years, a vet remarked that he was a very nice looking Maine Coon Cat.
Our reaction was - What?
What's a Maine Coon Cat?
Never heard of 'em.
A bit of checking around confirmed that there was such a thing.
We had that cat for over 18 years.
Well, the family had him.
I had left home before he died.
In all the years since acquiring him, I've never heard anyone mention the breed, other than that vet, until coming to this site with my cat question.
I had always considered them to be an obscure, possibly made up pseudo breed.
Now I see the breed mentioned almost every where.
I'm dumbfound.
Have I been locked in a closet all these years?
My assumption is that the breed has had a recent resurgence and has become popular [or fashionable].
What's going on with them?
As a kid we acquired a cat from the pound in the early '50s.
He was a big cat by normal cat standards.
He was what I now would call a brindle color, mixed browns, long haired with tabby like markings on his face.
A very good looking cat.
We assumed he was just a Persian-Tabby cross.
After having had him for several years, a vet remarked that he was a very nice looking Maine Coon Cat.
Our reaction was - What?
What's a Maine Coon Cat?
Never heard of 'em.
A bit of checking around confirmed that there was such a thing.
We had that cat for over 18 years.
Well, the family had him.
I had left home before he died.
In all the years since acquiring him, I've never heard anyone mention the breed, other than that vet, until coming to this site with my cat question.
I had always considered them to be an obscure, possibly made up pseudo breed.
Now I see the breed mentioned almost every where.
I'm dumbfound.
Have I been locked in a closet all these years?
My assumption is that the breed has had a recent resurgence and has become popular [or fashionable].
What's going on with them?
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