The Peterbald is to be medium-sized, long, and gracefulShoulders and hips equal in widthLong legs, medium-fine boning. Straightvertical forelegs. Hind legs slightly longer than front legs Musculature should be firm and well-developedLong, strong, whippy tail Medium sized, oval feet withagile prominent toes and non-prominent foot pads.
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The Peterbald coat is the single most important feature of the breed. A Peterbald may have a single coat type or it may have a combination of coat types. Generally, if there is more than one coat type, the body has one type and the extremities or points have another. A Peterbald is most often born with one coat type and changes to a different type over time. The experienced breeder can generally determine the adult coat by the time a kitten is three months old. Peterbald coats can be divided into 2 categories: the bald coats and the hair coats.
PETERBALD HEAD:
Shape: Long, inverted triangle, measuring from ear tip to ear tip to blunted muzzle, forming a wedge. Flat forehead and flat high cheekbones. Ears: Extra large, pointed, and broad at the base, slightly flared. Set to extend just below the line of the wedge. Eyes: Medium in size, almost almond in shape. Obliquely set, flush with the skull, neither protruding nor recessed. Distance between eyes not less than width of one eye. Eye color independent of coat color. Profile: Straight nose and flat forehead forming two distinct flat planes meeting midway over the eyes in a convex angle. Two planed. Muzzle: Strong, slightly blunt and not narrow. Smooth wedge with no whisker pinch, although whisker pads will be evident. Whiskers, if present, should be crinkly and kinky and may be or
appear to be broken. Chin: Strong, straight line from tip of nose to tip of chin. Not protruding.
Neck: Long and slender.
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PATERBALD BODY:
Torso: Medium-sized, long and graceful. Shoulders and hips equal in width. Legs: Long, medium-fine boned. Firm muscles. Straight vertical forelegs. Hind legs slightly longer than front legs. Feet: Oval, medium in size with long, agile prominent toes and non-prominent foot pads. Tail: Long, strong and whippy. Musculature: Firm and welldeveloped. Boning: Medium-fine.
Peterbald COAT:
The Peterbald coat is the single most important feature of the breed. A Peterbald may have a single coat type or it may have a combination of coat types. Generally, if there is more than one coat
type, the body has one type and the extremities or points have another. A Peterbald may be born with one coat type which changes to a different type over time. Peterbalds may be born with or without coat. Those born bald may be 100% hairless or may have barely discernible fine residual hair at the base of the ears, on the muzzle, feet, lower legs and tail that feels like velvet.
Except in those Peterbalds that are born completely hairless with no whiskers or eyebrows, the Peterbald coat changes or evolves with age. For those born with coat, that become hairless, loss of coat begins at the top of the head or nape of the neck and continues down the body to the tail. Short fine down may be retained on the extremities. There are two basic Peterbald coat textures: hairless and brush.
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The hairless Peterbald has soft, warm, elastic skin that may range from ”sticky” to having a texture akin to suede or peach skin or feeling like silk. The hairlessness can range from being 100% hairless to having almost imperceptible fine hairs, to having short fine, down which appears truly hairless when viewed from a distance.
When inspected closely there are clearly visible hairs. Coat that is retained on the extremities is short, close-lying and downy. Brush coat ranges from a sparse wiry coat of irregular texture in which the
skin is seen through the coat, to a dense, wiry, short, wavy or kinky brush coat. Brush coat ranges from 5mm or longer in length and should in no way feel or look like a normal coat when closely
inspected. A cat with heavy dense brush coat will not lose its coat.
