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Out of the Forest and Into Your Heart and Home the Norwegian Forest Cats are a feast for the eyes and nourishment for the soul. They are a healthy natural breed that evolved through "survival of the fittest" in the forests of Norway and other Scandinavian countries. They are known by names such as "skogkatt" (forest cat), "huldrekat" ( wood nymph), "Vikingkatts", "wegies" for short, and sometimes referred to as the "dog-cat" due to their personalities and attachments to their owners being similar to dogs. Norwegian Forest Cats make wonderful companions. From a personality standpoint they are best known for their intelligence, merry dispositions, and loving devotion to their owners. They are generally very alert yet calm cats. Known as people oriented cats, it is common for them to greet their owners at the door in welcome sounding their charming sweet trill or chirp. In appearance, they are large-boned, sturdy, and muscular cats that have a regal air about them with their semi-long coat, thick bushy tails, straight profile, ear tufts, a ruff, bib and knickers of fur, darling tufts of fur between their toes and on the bottom of their feet, and frequently tips of fur on their ears known as "lynx tips". Despite the lovely semi-long coat, they require minimal grooming and usually shed very little other than a brief springtime shedding of their thicker winter coat. They make excellent indoor companions. In 1979, "Wegies" were imported to the United States and have been growing in popularity since that time. To know them is to love them! My cats are registered and are shown in CFA and TICA fancier organizations.