Why even plan?

The past weekend was supposed to be a weekend of joy, spent at a cat show in Denmark where we had hopes for Nessie to get her last two CACS, ready to celebrate her Supreme Champion title with champagne. Instead of driving southwards Friday evening, we instead had to go to the vet because of signs of pyometra.

A big relief that her uterus were normal sized and the prognosis is very good so far. She is in good shape and we must have noticed in an early stage.

Change of plans, then. She will be mated as soon as she is healthy and ready.

Sounds like we will have a very busy autumn/winter...

Scandinavian Winner show 2009

At home again after a fun and exciting weekend spent at the Scandinavian Winner show in Nyköping, Sweden.

Although exhausted after two nights of bad sleep (who can sleep with the feeling of fluttering butterflies in the stomach in anticipation of the coming show day - and with two cuddly and/or playful cats to keep company), here comes a short report.

Nessie hoping for her ninth CACS had two competitors which was extraordinarily unusual in group 3 (and class 3)... The other girls were one year younger both of them, one from Finland and one from the Netherlands, both quite good looking. It made my day when Nessie turned out the winner! The BIV went correctly to one of the adult males, of which there were a handful of stunning ones.

Tristan had one competitor which he won over without further ado, even though he was a nice looking young boy. The BIV went to the 3-6 kitten.

Sunday started out with nominations and there were four adult females. A birman girl took it, which was totally fine as she was lovely. Tristan had one competitor, a young birman, but our purring boy left with the nomination prize. Joy!

The panel was of course a thriller on my part... On stage were several of the top cats 6-10 months at shows at the moment. The nine votes turned out 3-3-2-1 with one vote for our sweet teddybear. Not that bad! It made me happy to see him behaving so nicely at the stage with such a lively audience.

Thanks everyone for a great weekend!

End of summer

About time for an update, but without kittens in the house, there ain't that much to report... Well, of course we are awfully proud over the show results of our offspring lately!

Big Bad became Premier last weekend in Germany! Big congrats Daniela!

SeaMonkey got two CACIB:s in Norway, in shortest summer coat! Congrats Wenche!

Silverdagg got Ex1 NOM (Saturday) and Ex1 (Sunday) with wonderful judgements in Norway! Big congrats Vibekke!

At home, the cats slowly start to prepare for the colder weather. The ones usually in full coat from July to October are still not in full condition. I have no idea what makes them build coat later this year compared to earlier years, but anyhow, variations happen of course.

Having a lazy day at home and two of the cats kindly agreed to pose for a short while. Chai is finally getting in coat condition again. She will be stunning later this autumn! Autumn is definitely her time of the year colourwise as well. Quite looking forward to trying to capture the autumn with her in the center; her sparkling colours with the contrasting bright white and green eyes together with colourful leaves makes magic.Älva's son Tristan turns eight months of age today and for once I captured him on his 'month-day'. We are so in love with this guy, all two-legged at home. He is a teddybear with the sweetest and kindest temperament. Although he is in full coat condition at the moment, he constantly looks perfectly groomed (well, not under the chin since the coat stucks in his mouth sometimes...). He is our pride and joy!Tristan again.
More Tristan...
His mother Älva will hopefully have a date together with Kit Kat Jam anytime soon, for her most likely last litter. We hope for lots of silvertabbies!

Yawning Angel's younger sister Tigrinya is in lovely coat condition at the moment so perhaps we will bring her along somewhere, hoping for the last CAC and the Champion title. Hardly cannot wait for her next litter, although we have to wait until 2010 sometime... Really should try to get new pics of her as well...