Cats
The "sweet,
open-expression" was lost as fanciers pursued the extreme head type (ultra-type). These were
dubbed "pigs" or as having a "piggy expression." The nose became narrow and ultra-high; the
breaks above the eyes were moving upwards into the foreheads; the eyes were tiny and the
jaws often maloccluded to produce a frowning mouth. It is suggested that Peke-Face reds
Persians were bred to other colour Persians to produce the piggy look and the teardrop-
shaped eye of modern ultras is attriubted to the Peke-face cats. The new look was deemed an
exciting development and open-ended standards favoured these cats on the showbench.
During the 1990s, both open-face and Persian pigs were advertised, but the trend is now back
to the healthier open-face cats.
True Peke-face Persians (solid red and red tabby) generally conformed to the red Persian
standard, but only 98 had been registered with the CFA beteen 1958 and 1993 (the 3
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