However, if you live in the country and
it's safe for a cat to roam around in the great outdoors, Birmans do love exploring their environment so
they can mark their territory.
Later on, Birmans, Himalayans and a Himalayan/Siamese cross(all colourpointed varieties of cat)
were added to the breeding programme, and the first provisional Standard of Points for this new breed was written by Mindy Schultz(as the first recognised American Bobtail breeder) in the early 1970s.