B+W Shorthair

"Black and White Shorthair Catz are excellent hunters of the mice." B+W Shorthairs are a breed of Cat. They were one of the original five breeds introduced in Catz, where they were known as Pouncer. Importing Pouncer into Petz II would give you a B+W Shorthair.

They are sometimes known as BWs, B&Ws or Shorthairs.

Catz
"The keen, agile Pouncer breed attacks anything that moves." - Catz

Catz II
"The Black and White Shorthair is the athletic, hunter Catz and can often found crouched by the mouse hole ready to pounce. With a voracious appetite, the Black and White Shorthair breed has been known to steel [sic] food right from underneath another Catz nose. The most territorial of the breedz of Catz, Black and White Shorthair Catz love to terrorize smaller Dogz and to fight with all Petz." - Petz.com "The Black and White Shorthair is very territorial and will terrorize smaller Dogz and fight with all Catz. This breed of Catz is an excellent mouse hunter, and can often be found hanging out near one of the mouse holes." - Catz 3 B+W Shorthairs are black-and-white Catz.

Purebred B+W Shorthairs cannot be natural tricksters.

Appearance
B+W Shorthairs only come in black, but they have a variety of markings.

A third of B+W Shorthairs have chest patches.

Breeding
Their feet mutate independently of the body. Unlike Siamese, their muzzles and tail tips do not mutate from white.

Personality
B+W Shorthairs almost constantly have an angry expression, similar to Alley Cats. They are also excellent hunters, stalking and catching the Mice with ease.

Improved Files

 * Cargo: Bicolor B+Ws with different tuxedo cat patterns that inherit in the same group as their other white markings.

Trivia

 * B+W Shorthairs are one of the breeds that had real-life stuffed toys created of them to coincide with the original Catz game.