"What breed is Smoothie the Cat?" is the number 1-question we receive via all her social platforms. In this video I'll explain a bit more about her breed and also why it is unknown and often unwanted. Can you imagine?

Smoothie & Milkshake are both British Longhair cats. Respectively golden shaded & silver shaded. The British Longhair is a development from the British Shorthair breed. In the mid-20th century these cats were interbred with Persian cats. That's why a lot of British catteries received semi-longhair kittens, not something that they wanted. They saw it as a mistake.

Nowadays a lot has changed - in The Netherlands there are even catteries that are specialised in British Longhair cats. But there are still a lot of countries where the breed isn't officially recognised.

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Follow Milkshake on Instagram: @milkshake.thecat