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rivendellroseMy aunt, who worked for a long time at a local veterinarian's office and now has a private business doing dog-walking and pet-sitting, had a very interesting reaction when she first saw a picture of Theoden - she immediately told my mom that he looked like a Norwegian Forest Cat. I'd never heard of the breed, but I've been doing research... and I suspect he may very well have at least one ancestor who was a Norsk Skokatt, as the breed is called in Norway.
Pie in the sky, I know. I sound like a nutball saying this of a shelter-cat... but bear with me.
Take a look at these pictures. That's a purebred Norwegian forest cat... and he looks a heck of a lot like Theoden. He fits the breed descriptions very well - big, heavily-built, thick and muscular legs and big, heavily-furred feet, thick coat that doesn't require much brushing at all, and very laid-back and friendly. The major differences are that his eyes are maybe a bit rounder than the forest cats usually have, and he's much more vocal than most of the sites describe them as being.
And when they say 'big'... they mean up to 20 lbs for a male. They supposedly aren't done growing until they're four years old. o.O I'm glad they tend to be good-natured, or I'd start getting a bit worried at that size.............
And what irony - I hadn't even heard of this breed (supposedly the type of cat the Vikings brought on their boats to keep them free of rats) when I named him. Westu Theoden hal, indeed.
Pie in the sky, I know. I sound like a nutball saying this of a shelter-cat... but bear with me.
Take a look at these pictures. That's a purebred Norwegian forest cat... and he looks a heck of a lot like Theoden. He fits the breed descriptions very well - big, heavily-built, thick and muscular legs and big, heavily-furred feet, thick coat that doesn't require much brushing at all, and very laid-back and friendly. The major differences are that his eyes are maybe a bit rounder than the forest cats usually have, and he's much more vocal than most of the sites describe them as being.
And when they say 'big'... they mean up to 20 lbs for a male. They supposedly aren't done growing until they're four years old. o.O I'm glad they tend to be good-natured, or I'd start getting a bit worried at that size.............
And what irony - I hadn't even heard of this breed (supposedly the type of cat the Vikings brought on their boats to keep them free of rats) when I named him. Westu Theoden hal, indeed.
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