B+W Shorthair

"'The keen, agile Pouncer breed attacks anything that moves.'""'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.'""'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.'""'Black and White Shorthair Catz are excellent hunters of the mice.'"B+W Shorthairs or Black and White Shorthairs (also called BWs, B&Ws or 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 gives you a B+W Shorthair.

The default Adoption Center name for B+W Shorthairs in Petz II and beyond is Pouncer.

Tail
B+W Shorthairs' feet mutate independently of their other white points, unlike Catz with Siamese markings. Their white muzzles and tail-tips do not mutate.

Behavior
B+W Shorthairs are aggressive Catz who usually look and act angry. They are prone to getting in fights with other Petz and glaring at the player, even if they're treated very well. True to their in-game description, they are drawn to stalking and pouncing on the Mice. They have a low, raspy voice.

Purebred B+W Shorthairs cannot be natural tricksters.

Improved Files

 * Cargo: Bicolor B+W Shorthairs 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 release of Catz II.
 * The Catz  file for the breed calls them.