CFA’s Earliest Persian Distinguished Merit Award
This is the story of how a silver chinchilla Persian named Tina Marie of Cashmere was awarded the Distinguished Merit title almost 50 years after her passing.
This is the story of how a silver chinchilla Persian named Tina Marie of Cashmere was awarded the Distinguished Merit title almost 50 years after her passing.
The Inhibitor gene "inhibits" color from the root of the hair. This means the root of the hair is white while the tip is colored. It is the Inhibitor gene that produces smoke, shaded, and shell cats. For this reason, the Inhibitor gene is often referred to as a Smoke or Shaded gene.
Of all the colors or divisions of Persians, the genetics of the Silver and Golden Persians is probably the least understood by those who do not work with these colors. These beautiful colors are a combination of genes working together to produce an overall effect.
The ethereal beauty of a Silver Persian is matched by the stunning warmth of their Golden division-mates. This article features photos & description of each color of Silver & Golden Persians & Exotics.
PandEcats has researched all the winningest Silver & Golden Persians in CFA and consolidated the information for easy reference in a series of articles.
A gorgeous silver male Persian named GC, BWR, NW Castlegate’s Toy Soldier of AOL is CFA 19th Best Cat In Championship 2016-2017. Owned by Barbara Bosco & Olivier Grin, bred by Barbara Bosco and Linda Rogge, Toy was shown by Barbara through two successful campaigns. This is their story…
The inhibitor gene (I) is responsible for the Silvers, Shaded, Smokes and the Silver Tabbies of the cat world. This article provides a general overview of how the gene produces these lovely colors.
Pamela Martin of Castle Paws Silvers shares her tips and techniques for show grooming her award-winning Persians.
This well researched listing of Silver & Golden Persian breed winners in CFA includes all the cats who are entitled to add the BW in front of their names.
This article looks at the Silvers & Goldens who have earned the breeding title of Distinguished Merit in CFA.