| Do you feel that cats can't compete with
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| | have powerful muscles and are great
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| dogs? Think again. In 2003, Rachel Tucker
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| | leapers, with hind legs, when extended,
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| of Baker City, OR, entered her two
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| | slightly longer than the front ones.
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| hundred strong Siberian cat sled team in
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| | Their paws are large and powerful as
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| the Atta Boy 300 sled dog race as a
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| | well. But in spite of all this strength,
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| publicity stunt. Much to the amazement
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| | they are extremely agile, and have the
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| and embarrassment of the Husky
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| | sweetest facial expressions. They are
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| competitors, Tucker's cats ran the three
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| | very vocal and can be heard giving off a
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| hundred mile course in just over
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| | soft chirping sound. Siberian cats have
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| twenty-two hours, not only winning the
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| | quite a regal bearing.
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| race, but beating out the nearest dog
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| | But one of the most fascinating things
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| team by about an hour. No one thought she
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| | about Siberians is that people who are
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| had a prayer, except for Tucker of
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| | typically allergic to cats, who
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| course. "I told the puppy lovers to watch
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| | experience sneezing, wheezing, hives, and
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| out, that these cats were for real, but
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| | watery eyes as well as other symptoms,
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| they thought I was joking," said Tucker.
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| | have absolutely no allergic reaction to a
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| Centuries ago, Siberian cats were
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| | Siberian. For a shaggy cat, that is quite
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| initially bred as watch cats and used in
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| | an astounding fact. People who in the
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| Russian monasteries.
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| | past have even been hospitalized because
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| Siberians are beautiful breed large cats
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| | of an allergic reaction to cats can
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| that are a natural product of Russia,
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| | comfortably cuddle with a Siberian and
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| typically found in Leningrad and St.
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| | suffer not a single sniffle.
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| Petersburg. They did not have it easy,
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| | Siberians have wonderfully affectionate
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| either. Not only did they have to endure
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| | natures and are quick to give a kitty
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| the harsh Russian climate, but for a
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| | massage or bath to their owner when
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| number of years it was against the law
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| | they're feeling sad or down. They also
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| for Russians to own and feed pets. These
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| | have been said to have dog-like
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| cats had to run the streets surviving
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| | qualities, especially when it comes to
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| 'underground' and eventually finding
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| | protective behavior. For all of their
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| refuge in the local monasteries. They
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| | power and protectiveness, Siberian cats
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| weren't introduced into the United States
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| | are absolutely wonderful around children.
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| until the 1990s.
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| | So if you happen to have children with
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| Siberians are semi-longhaired cats with
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| | allergies or asthma, but you would love
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| thick undercoats and come in all color
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| | to give them a pet, a Siberian Cat is
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| patterns, usually taking up to five years
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| | just the ticket.
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| to mature. As illustrated above, they
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