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Originally Posted by BLowry I have a 12 yr old 22 lb Mainecoon....His name is McKenzi...i paid $500.00 for him when he was 10 weeks old...I didn't have a choice...he was brought out to me from the breeder...He also had a limited registration...He is a brown tabby and very very grumpy...He has attacked ME! McKenzi has been around alot longer than the girls...he will play...very little...from time to time but most of the time he sleeps...he is not an outside cat...He has his claws and has snagged the girls a couple of times...I hear of more people owning MaineCoons now than ever before...Of course alot of people feel just because the shelter told them it's mainecoon or it is big, or it looks like a racoon,that it is a pedigree mainecoon...this isn't always the case... |
You are absolutely right. A Maine Coone is bred for size height color and especially personality. Just because a cat is large doesn't make it maine coone or part Maine Coone. If a domestic cat has thick long hair it might have a bit from a long time ago in the breeding. But if it doesn't have the nature and height it is not Maine Coone because they are bred for their gently nature and their beautiful color and height. I do all the pet show circuts in Toronto. Any pet show that comes I go. Not for the dogs but for the cats. I adore my two Coones. But when I go to the shows I see cats that would blow your socks off. We have some of the best Maine Coone breeders around in Ontario. The Maine Coones up here are 17lbs to 25lbs and they are as slim as they come.
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