As is often said about snowflakes, there are no two Snowshoe cats that are exactly alike. It is a hybrid breed, originating as a variant from Siamese parents. In 1960, Dorothea Hinds Daugherty of the Kensing Cattery of Philadelphia, PA, found three kittens in a litter of Siamese, each with four white feet. She single-handedly developed the first “Snowshoe” line by crossing her Siamese with a bicolor American shorthair. Although the variant did not re-occur at first, eventually this cross breeding resulted in the popular “V” face that has become the trademark of this breed. Between 1960 and 1977, interest … Continue reading →