NapoleonCats/Kittens are shown in the Championship Section with the Catz Inc Organisation, New Zealand.

Napoleon Cats Originated from the USA in 2002 and were developed by Joe Smith.

The breed was introduced in New Zealand by the wonderful work of Helen McCaig (Helenca Cattery) the Catz Inc Breeder of the year 2007 and 2008, Helen consistently breeds cats of exceptional quality and temperament.

Left is Helenca Anna Nicole who won the title of CATZ Inc National Best of Breed Napoleon Long Hair for 2007.

What is a Napoleon Cat you ask? This is a Munchkin crossed with a Persian or a Himalayan or an Exotic Shorthair. The Napoleon Cat will basically look like a baby doll faced Persian/Himalayan/Exotic with the shortened legs of a Munchkin. The Persian breed has evolved over the years into an extremely flat faced cat and many people are still infatuated with the old traditional look of the Persian of Yester-year

Napoleon Cats are not a shorter version of a Persian Cat, they have their own breed standards on how round the face should be, how stocky of a frame and cobby of a body, what size and shape ears, etc

While the Standard for a Napoleon Cat is Short Legs you can also have Long Legged cats (these are called non-standard). Napoleon Cats come as they come and even if you breed short legged to short legged cat there are still no guarantees you will receive short legged kittens. However when you do they are a real treasure.

Temperament

These cats have a very good temperament, they love to run and jump and play like Munchkins but they have a quiet calm loving side too, they love to cuddle up in your lap between games and watch the world go by, and purr to their hearts content. 

Although one might think they would just sit and not do much because of their short legs this is far from the truth, They don't know they have short legs in fact some of our cats don't know they shouldn't be able to get on the bench but they do. They think about how they are going to get to where they want to go.  We have seen one of our kittens get to the top of a 5 foot high bird cage by first jumping on the scratching post then onto the TV across the top of the TV and making a huge leap across to the Bird Cage, only to be removed very promptly  

Another cat who wanted to get to the benchtop couldn't quite jump high enough and he couldn't get to the barstool, so a few days later when I put a box next to the barstool, he checked this out but still couldn't quite make it.  So a couple of weeks later when he noticed I had put a second box on the first, that was high enough to get from the floor to the bar stool and ultimately onto the bench.

They are funny to watch when they walk as they can have a little waddle when they walk due to their shorter than normal legs.  They are quite heavy footed when they run, you can certainly hear them coming full speed from one room to another.

Here is a quick video of the kittens age 6 weeks old

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VjhKwfnsNU

They are so much fun to have around there is never a dull moment.

Updated 12 September 2009