How I Became Interested In British Shorthairs

Cynthia Gardner and I have been friends for over twenty years, we first met when we went to ring craft classes in Banbury with our first Golden Retrievers, and have stayed friends ever since, we have been on holiday together, and shared many happy and sad times, with rarely a cross word between us.
Cynthia used to breed Goldens but in 1997 she purchased her first British Shorthaired kitten and from then on she has concentrated on breeding and showing British Shorthaired cats.

Over the years I have visited Cynthia when she has had litters and always said I would have one of her cats one day. We have always had moggies over the years since we moved from up North but with all our dogs we didn’t see how we could own and breed pedigree kittens.
Last year in March 2004 I visited Cynthia again to see her litter and fell in love with them and this time I couldn’t resist, although I was not really organised to add any more animals to our ever growing number. In the past when I have had kittens we have always had two together so they had someone to play with, we arranged to have two from this litter and in June 2004 our first two British Shorthaired kittens came to stay, Dusty (Nortonwood Moondust) a blue colour point and Misty (Nortonwood Highland Mist) a Lilac self.
Watch this space for news of our journey into the world of Cats.

Dusty as a kitten

Dusty at one year old

Misty is not has photogenic as Dusty and she also never stays in one place long enough to take her photo.

Misty (Nortonwood Highlandmist) our Lilac self girl

Meet Luis, he is going to come and live with us in February 2006, he is a cream self and his breeder Karen is going to show him in kitten classes before he comes to join our clan. This photo shows him to be a little darker than he actually is.

We also welcome Merlin (Dragoneyes Skysocorer)

This is Merlin our new chocolate colourpointed boy

We are proud to announce the arrival of our very first LOVIZZA kitten, born to Dusty (Nortonwood Moondust) and Merlin (Dragoneyes Skysorcorer)