Sterrekatten & Forest Myths: November 2011

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Dark Dream at the FIFE show in Flensburg.

At the FIFe show in Flensburg we toke Dark Dream and Greta.
Greta got Exc. 1 and lost the BIV against Dark Dream.
Dark Dream got exc.1, BIV-Total and was even Nominated against some very good cats.
During the BIS he got 1 vote, and that was 1 vote short of competing for the BIS. But we are very proud of both youngsters, and got many nice compliments on both of them from breeders.

Diesel at his second show!

Diesel was at his second show in Canada and he did great! - 9th out of 45 cats, and this at his first show as an adult (8 months old).
We think he developed very well into a well typed , big and strong Norwegian Forest Cat. Thanks for taking so good care of him Kat and Dave !!!

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Sterrekatten's Gunnar

Sterrekatten's Gunnar moved to his new home about two or three weeks ago and just now we remembered to put some of the new pictures Jennifer and Michael sent us from him.
Gunnar is a very special kitten with some very nice features and a super sweet temper.

We know that he's in very good hands now and we sincerely hope that we'll bring lots of joy to his new owners and that he has lots of sucess in his breeding career.
Thank you Jennifer and Michael for taking good care of Gunnar and for being so sweet to him :-)

Results of the show in Rijswijk

This last weekend, November 13th, we went to a show in Rijswijk with Strato, Darkie and Greta.
Although we toke our camera with us, we forgot to take pictures... but hopefully someone did and soon we'll post them here :-)

Stratocaster did very good.
She got the Best in Variety, was nominated and won the Best in Show.
Greta Garbo got the exc.2 out of 5 and Dark Dream again didn't get his qualification, for the second time, because he wasn't in the right group. The judges just don't make up their minds about his colour :-/ but he did have a very nice report from the judge Alfred Wittich ;-)
Lets see next time :-)

Thursday, November 3, 2011

Grimnir's Nyssa in top condition

This is a picture of Nyssa taken today.
We think Nyssa is a big and strong female with a super expression and with a super coat.
Because she is still in a perfect condition and because she's the only cat of her pedigree that's still fertile and alive (we've been postponing her sterilization) we will mate her for the last time during 2012.
The male we chose for her was Karlik because of his size and boning. We hope this mating will give us beautiful, strong and well sized kittens with a super look/expression.

Wednesday, November 2, 2011

Sterrekatten's Giuseppe

Marion has sent us more pictures of Giuseppe this week :-)
This kitten is really something... with super nice features, very good size and boning and a super character, he's making the joy of Marion and her husband ♥

Born in July 11th of this year (now with 15 weeks), son of X-It's Andromeda and Sterrekatten's Bear Hug, he's weighting 3kg and developing very nicely.

Thank you so much Marion for the constant updating and pics of Giuseppe =)

Sterrenkatten's Bear Hug at the WS11 in Poznan

Sterrenkatten's Bear Hug.jpg, a photo by Kaze no Tanis on Flickr.

About us

From 2003 until 2010 Fred was the man behind Sterrekatten. Now Fred and Andrea from Forest Myths cattery joined forces into a renewed Sterrekatten & Forest Myths cattery.
We want to combine our best cats to make a new step in improving the quality of our breeding. We have selected our best cats from our former catteries , neutered the others and gave them new homes where they can live as pets. We will make our new start in 2011 with the selected breedingcats.
Our general goal is to breed big and strong cats with excellent qualities like wild expression, big ears with tufts and an excellent coat. We have selected our breeding cats according to these qualities.

NFO Temper

A well-socialized and carefully bred Norwegian has a tolerant and stable temperament. They are not easily thrown off balance by anything and aggression and anxiety are foreign to them. They have a strong tendency to attach themselves to one person in particular. They like being with their people, but prefer lying beside their owners rather than on them. They regard a visitor with some caution at first, before they decide to make friends, but always in a self-confident manner. They usually communicate with humans by means of subtle body language and eye contact and despite being very playful, they can pass unnoticed among us

NFO Appearence

The Norwegian is a large, powerfully built cat with a massive skeletal structure and a long body. Males weigh on average 12 to 19 pounds, whilst females are in general lighter in build and smaller, although in some bloodlines there are exceptions. The cat stands high on its legs and has large, round paws. The hind legs are longer than the front ones. The tail is bushy and when held along the back should reach at least as far as the shoulder blades. It can take three years before the cat is fully grown.

NFO Care and maintenance

A Norwegian Forest cat with a well-structured coat, typical of the breed, needs scarcely any grooming. In Spring the coat undergoes a heavy, but short lasting molt, losing a high proportion of the undercoat. Many breeders do not brush or comb their animals, but pick loose dead hairs from the coat with thumb and forefinger, since too much brushing can cause "gaps" in the coat. There is usually an appreciable difference between the appearence of a Norwegian in winter and in summer. In the winter, the coat is luxurious, very dense, and often with a large ruff, while in summer the cat can look almost shorthaired.