Grumpy Cat Was Not One
Despite being the spitting image of a Snowshoe cat, Grumpy Cat was actually a mixed breed. The famous feline's parents were a calico and a tabby, though it is possible that there was snowshoe somewhere in her line, as the snowshoe's signature traits are recessive.
What breeds make a Snowshoe cat?
The snowshoe breed beautifully combines traits from both the Siamese and American shorthair.
Are snowshoe Siamese lap cats?
A Snowshoe cat is Siamese …
Though not a Siamese per se, the Snowshoe's origins are based upon the talkative breed. In the early 1960s, Dorothy Hinds Daugherty, a breeder based in Philadelphia, found three kittens in a litter of Siamese, each with four white feet.
