Isrennas

Welcome to
(N) Isrenna's
Breed of Norwegian Forest Cat
(Homepage started 01.02.02)

FIFe standard NFO:

The New Standard adopted by the FIFe GA 29/05/99, valid from 01/02/00,
and picked up from the home site of "Pax Norwegian Forest Cats"

General .	Size .	Large .
Head	Shape	Triangular, where all sides are equally long;
		with good hight when seen in profile; forehead slightly rounded; long, straight profile without break in line(no stop).
	Chin .	Firm .
Ears	Shape	Large, with good width at the base; pointed tips;
		with lynx-like tufts and long hair out of the ears.
	Placement	High and open, so that the outer lines of the ears
		follow the line of the head down to the chin. .
Eyes	Shape	Large and oval, well opened, set slightly oblique.
	Expression	Alert expression
	Colour .	All colours permitted, regardless of coat colour. .
Body .	Structure .	Long, strongly built; solid bone structure. .
Legs		Strong, High on legs, hind legs higher than the front legs.
	Paws .	Large, round, in proportion to the legs. .
Tail		Long and bushy,
		should reach at least to the shoulderblades, but preferably to the neck .
Coat	Structure	Semi long.
		The woolly undercoat is covered by a water repellant uppercoat which consists of long, coarse and glossy hair covering the back and the sides. A fully coated cat has a shirtfront, a full frill and knickerbackers. .
	Colour	All colours are permitted,
		including all colours with white; except pointed patterns and chocolate and lilac, cinnamon and fawn. Any amount of white is allowed, i.e. white blaze, white locket, white chest, white on the belly, white on the paws, etc. . Faults .
	General	Too small and finely built cats.
	Head	Round or square head; profile with a break.
	Ears	Small ears. Set too widely apart. Set too close together.
	Legs	Short legs. Thin legs.
	Tail	Short tail.
	Coat	Dry coat; knotted with lumps. Too silky.
		.. . Scale of points,
	Total		100 points
	Head	General shape, nose, profile, jaw and teeth, chin	20 points
	Ears	Shape, size and placement.	10 points
	Eyes	Shape, expression	5 points
	Boddy	Shape, size, bone structure, legs, shape of paws.	25 points
	Tail	Length and shape.	10 points
	Coat	Quality and texture, length.	25 points
	Condition		5 points
	. .
	Remarks	Coat is evaluated only on texture and guality.
		Very slow maturing of this breed should be taken into account. Mature males may have broader heads than females. Length of coat and density of undercoat vary with the seasons. Kittens can take up to six months of age to develop guardhairs.

Contacts:
Ada Johnsen: ada_johnsen@yahoo.no
Unn-Guldis Johnsen (Gulla): unn-jo@online.no
Birgit Johnsen: birgit_johnsen@yahoo.no
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