American Shorthair , ASH (abbreviation)

The kittens were pretty to look at but did not meet the true American Shorthair type.

The American Shorthair comes in more than eighty different colors and patterns.

Jerry - an American Shorthair black and white neutered male.

The American Shorthair also became part of the matrix.

The breed can be distinguished from the American Shorthair by its sleek and elegant appearance.

Although it is not an extremely athletic cat, the American Shorthair has a large, powerfully-built body.

The American Shorthair is a breed of cat.

Breeders then put the American Shorthair into the lines in order to create a cat with good bone and substance.

Before, there had not been a lot of mixed breeds that had the American Shorthair background.

The American Shorthair cat now has standards set by cat fanciers of the breed.

Example breeds would be the American Shorthair and British Shorthair.

The Wirehair has an even, balanced temperament which is essentially identical to that of its American Shorthair relative.

Nikki had the idea of crossing a Burmese with a Black American Shorthair:

Strong resemblance to British Shorthair and American Shorthair.

She was discovered by Amesho, an old American Shorthair and leader of the Free Collars, in a bookstore.

Instead of allowing the allowable out-cross to Abyssinians, the outcross incorrectly was written as American Shorthair.

The body shape of the Ocicat is partway between the svelte Oriental and the sturdy American Shorthair.

The American Shorthair has now been discontinued as an outcross, except in The International Cat Association.

It is hereditary in the Maine Coon and American Shorthair, and likely the Persian.

Starting in 1979, Grillo carried out a series of matings between Siamese and Bicolour American Shorthair.

Nonetheless, Exotics retain some of the energetic spark of their American Shorthair forebears and they are often capable mouse hunters.

The manga shows Michael, an orange American Shorthair tabby cat, his feline friends, and other domesticated pets in a series of humorous episodes.

The Persian was used as an outcross by some American Shorthair (ASH) breeders in the late 1950s to "improve" their breed.

American Shorthair Cats were later used to introduce the silver gene to the initial tawny (black), chocolate, cinnamon and dilute colours blue, lilac and fawn.

According to the breed standard of the Cat Fanciers' Association, the American Shorthair is a true breed of working cat.