We have great difficulty getting a photograph that does Pantha justice. It is not easy photographing a black cat! He has the most classic Burmese type. Apart from his lovely balanced wedge, his profile shows an excellent strong nose break, straight nose and deep level chin. He was our first “real” Bombay and we couldn’t have done better. He was shown in the early days gaining seven Merit Certificates, all from different judges. When the breed progressed he gained one Intermediate Certificate, with Best of Breed, but then we had to stop showing him as he cooked his stomach on his heated bed and a leather stomach is not in the Standard of Points! Looking through his write-ups, what shows up consistently is “short fine coat, dense black, sound to the roots”. This is something that he is passing on to his off-spring, apart from his lovely type and temperament. He is now ten years old, but as enthusiastic as ever about his work and still producing kittens that win on the show bench, showing that there is life in the old dog yet and that you can’t beat quality!

(Sire: Typha Phanttom Oarsman - Dam: Typha Black Ambergris)