Another picture of Her Cuddliness- and my untidy living room. Whoops!
Because Indigo is a solid variant, she isn't eligible to be shown- only tonkinese (mink, intermediate) coat patterns can be shown. Personally I think this rule is daft- Tonkinese cats come in three colourpoint patterns (solid, tonkinese and pointed) and because of the genetics none can actually be bred out. (Yes, we'll look at colourpoint at a later date!) Furthermore solid and pointed cats are eligible for breeding- so why not the show bench? Seems daft to me, but anyway...
Showing is one of the ways one can get recognition of the quality of one's cats, winning awards (rosettes) is a good indicator that one's cat is a good example of the breed. Of course that hasn't stopped me either going to shows to see other Tonks for myself, or taking along Indigo's photo for others to comment on, so I've been able to get SOME feedback from other Tonk owners and breeders.
And really, they've been very nice, with some lovely comments about her head (shape and proportions and so on) and also her pedigree is very good, I'm told- yes, i've taken that along too! Of course *I* think she's beautiful, but it's nice to hear others think so too. You know new-ish mothers, who bore you to death about their offspring? I'm worse.... much much worse. What can I say, I love my cats and I like to talk about them :)
The only fault, as far as I've gathered, is that Indigo only has a very slight nose break. If you look at the picture above you can see there is only a very slight dip between her forehead and nose. I mean, she does HAVE a nose break, her profile isn't siamese-straight, but ideally it would be a little stronger.
But all in all, it seems she is a good example of the breed, and ought to produce good quality kittens. To see the Tonkinese breed standard, please click HERE
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