Livre Officiel des Origines Félines

Breed's standard
Donskoy

Head = 20 points

Shape = 5

Eyes = 5

Ears = 5

Chin = 5

Body = 20 points

Legs, feet and tail = 10 points

Nudity = 40 points

Condition = 10 points

Permissible colours

Categories: traditional, point
Divisions: solid, tabby, silver/smoke, solid and white, tabby and white, silver/smoke and white
Colours: all

Permissible crosses

Donskoy X Donskoy

Cats of the “brush” variety are considered as breeding auxiliaries and are not eligible for championship.


Introduction

The Donskoy is a naked cat discovered in 1987, when Elena Kovalena found Varvana, a small hairless girl, in the streets of Rostov, Russia, over the Don river. The gene responsible for the Donskoy’s hairlessness being dominant, it was easy to settle the breed by crossing Varvana’s kittens with European and Siberian cats.
The curly whiskers are distinctive features in Don Sphynx newborns which can be hairy at birth. The “brach” variety has curly, and often coarse, hair all over the body, with possible naked areas. These cats can be used for breeding but can’t be shown in cat exhibitions.

Head:

wedge shaped with high cheek bones, the head has wrinkles on the forehead, a little less above the eyes. The profile is almost straight, with a medium long nose.

Muzzle:

short and rounded, the muzzle is slightly pinched. The curly whiskers may be absent. Jaws and chin are shallow.

Eyes:

slightly almond shaped, the eyes are slanted. The eye colour should be related to coat colour.

Ears:

large, set high on the head, the ears are slightly tilting forward. The end of the ear is rounded, continuing the vertical line of the sides of the head.

Body:

semi-foreign in type, the body is sturdy, well built, muscled yet elegant. The chest is broad and the abdomen rounded with extra skin at groin. Broad croup.

Legs:

long and muscled, the legs are well-proportioned to the body.

Feet:

oval, the feet have well defined toes.

Tail:

long and whippy.

Skin:

the skin is elastic, with wrinkles on the head and neck, underside, groin and belly.
There can be short sparse fur on the muzzle, ears, feet, tip of tail and genitals.

Colour:

all colours are admitted.
Tabby cats, whether they are mackerel, spotted or blotched, are judged together since the pattern is not always visible on the skin.

Allowances

Short fur on tail.
Slight short fur on the body in winter.
Fur on the body in kittens.

Penalize

Short or narrow head.
Small ears or ears set too low.
Round eyes.
Heavy or light body.
Hair on the body in adults.

Withhold all awards

Head similar to the Sphynx’s.
General show penalties and withholdings.