bobtail in A Sentence

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    The early history of the American Bobtail is consistently recorded.

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    The American Bobtail is not known to have any breed-specific health problems and many live to around the age of 15 years.

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    The American Bobtail is a relatively new breed originating in the USA in the 1960s, though not receiving much publicity until relatively recently.

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    Bobtail(or Old English Shepherd)- the mostHeavy and large of this group- up to 54 cm at the withers and up to 45 kg.

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    The American Bobtail will eat most good quality proprietary brands of cat food, but will also enjoy treats of cooked chicken, ham and grated cheese.

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    However, in 2008 the FCI added a"naturally stumpy tail" as a disqualifying fault in their breed standard, meaning those Boxers born with a Bobtail can no longer be shown in FCI member countries.

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    After several generations of controlled breeding, these dogs were accepted in the Kennel Club(UK) registry in 1998, and today representatives of the Bobtail line can be found in many countries around the world.

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    However, the early days of the American Bobtail resulted in a great deal of inbreeding and the subsequent problems that it can bring, and so in the 1980s a group of breeders devised a new breeding programme.

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    However, in 2008, the FCI added a"naturally stumpy tail" as a disqualifying fault in their breed standard, meaning those Boxers born with a Bobtail are no longer able to be shown(or, in some cases, bred) in FCI member countries.

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    The American Bobtail comes in many recognised colours and patterns, and although out-crossing to other recognised breeds is no longer permitted they are mated with domestic non-pedigree shorthairs to increase the gene pool, but not to bobcats or other feral cats.

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    As the length of tail is not a programmable gene and cannot be bred specifically to order, it is said that no two tails are ever the same, and unlike other cats, the American Bobtail will often wag its tail to show pleasure.

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    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.

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    A line of naturally short-tailed(Bobtail) Boxers was developed in the United Kingdom in anticipation of a tail docking ban there; after several generations of controlled breeding, these dogs were accepted in the Kennel Club(UK) registry in 1998, and today representatives of the Bobtail line can be found in many countries around the world.

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