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ps Toby does ALL of this !!!
Unique Personality Traits

Here are 3 classic Maine Coon characteristics:

· Dog like behavior: Common behavior is they will follow you around, they will sit at your feet, will come to greet you (whenever you’ve been out), they will fetch and retrieve if trained, they will also carry favorite objects such as a toy stick in the mouth and drop it at your feet. Like a dog, it is usual for the Maine Coon to stretch up on its back legs resting its front paws above the waist to demand a stroke from the owners.

· Protective of his home: Can be rather suspicious and extremely curious, a little bit like a police “sniffer” dog checking bags for illegal substances. Although, this is an obvious exaggeration, we have found that non-cat loving visitors are not completely at ease with persistent investigations into their personal belongings.

· “Supervisor” role: This is what we call the constant shadowing behavior of the Maine Coon, when something is happening in the house, such as computer work, housework, assembling furniture, or just about anything where people are moving about. The only way to discourage him/her from joining in is to finish the task when he goes off for a sleep!

In summary, if your cat looks like a Maine Coon and acts like a Maine Coon, you definitely have a part or even full Maine Coon.

I don't know if your cat is a Maine Coon or not, I haven't seen the pics yet, but from a behavioural point of view all these dog-like traits could just as easily apply to most oriental cats, although the shape and size of orientals and Maines is very different so it would be the combination of looks and behaviour.

Agreed. The bottom line is that Maine Coons do the things described, but not all cats who do these things are Maine Coons! In the UK particularly, the Maine Coon is still quite rare, and the chances of a pure-bred Maine Coon mating with a moggie (or indeed anything else except another Maine Coon) are pretty slim.