American Curl News

Photos

2011-02-13T07:00:00.000-08:00

We received these beautiful photos taken by Robert Fox of 'Star' Overear Whenyouwishuponastar from her new mum Sue. Star had a brilliant show at CatTICA's latest show in Newbury picking up ten of the twelve finals.

TTFN

Claire

Happy New Year

2011-01-01T11:57:00.000-08:00

It's the first day of the new year and Aimee's babies are 5 weeks old, although still under assessment 'Egg' & 'Nog' the two cream tabby & white boys will possibly become available to pet homes, so please feel free to express an interest.

We are planning our first Shorthair Curl kitens this year from Piri and Sword, Piri does carry the Longhair gene as well so we should have a mixture. We also hope to have some of the cats out on exhibition at as many TICA shows as we can this year.

In the meantime have a wonderful start to the year and put those plans in place to add a little Curl to your life ;-)

TTFN

Claire

New babies

2010-11-29T14:23:00.001-08:00

I am delighted to announce the safe arrival of 4 Curl kittens to Aimee on Saturday 27th November. They are feeding well and ears are just starting to curl.

Disney babies are now 16 weeks, we only have Apple (bottom photo) available to a special pet or possibly show alter home.

TTFN
Claire

Ooops!

2010-10-21T10:04:00.000-07:00

Our blog is ridiculously out of date so a quick news cap!

Aimee finished the show season as International & Regional Best of Breed American Curl Longhair adult, 4th Best Cat in EW, 2nd Best Longhair Cat in EW and International & Regional Best Red Tabby & White American Curl! Her brother Major also won the Regional Kitten Best of Breed.

Our two imports arrived safely in the country, Piri a Torbie & White SH girl and Ace a Chocolate LH boy. Ace sired his first litter to Disney born on 7th August, they are exquisite! Aimee also feel pregnant to him but sadly had her litter 12 days early, the babies lived for a few hours but just weren't developed enough to survive, we were heart broken. Aimee went back to Ace and we now hope and pray that things go well, there is even more riding on this litter as Ace tragically died on the 12th October 2010. He has left a gaping hole in our home and our hearts.

We hope to mate Piri early next year, she is a very sweet girl with lovely head type and good size ears, she carries the point and LH genes.

The only kitten we have left available from Disney's litter is our gorgeous girly 'Apple' (pictured above) Overear Dontsitundertheappletree. She is a Torbie (Tortie Tabby) and a proper little cutie. She has curled ears and is a touch and purr baby! Serious enquiries are welcomed.

TTFN

Claire

Happy New Year

2010-01-04T04:36:00.000-08:00

Well, I seem to have missed December altogether!
Aimee and her younger brother Sword had a very successful show at Spoticats's Christmas Celebration in December. Aimee was given an Allbreed best and finalled 6 times over the whole weekend. Sword was 5th Best kitten overall with 7 finals!
At the banquet I collected Aimee's rosette for 4th Best kitten in the UK a lovely touch from the Spoticat show team who awarded rosettes to the top ten UK cats, kittens and alters.
Christmas has been and gone and now we look forward to what this year can bring, Aimee will be attending the majority of the shows until the end of this season and we just hope that she picks up enough points to become an International Winner.
We will also be welcoming two exciting additions in the first half of the year :-)
Sword, Utah and Omaha are available to pet homes, Sword could go as a show alter.

TTFN
Claire

Supreme!!!

2009-11-28T09:55:00.000-08:00

She did it!
On the 15th of November 2009 Aimee was awarded Best Longhair cat in Brigitte Berthelon's ring and became a Supreme Grand Champion!!!
I am so delighted :-D

She is also sitting 2nd overall in our region and top 40 Internationally.

Her baby brothers are still here waiting for their new pet homes, so please feel free to contact us if you want to discover the wonderful world of American Curls!

TTFN
Claire

Your Cat magazine!

2009-10-15T09:20:00.000-07:00

Well today is the day!!

The American Curl article has come out in November's issue of Your Cat :-) Plus, an added bonus, a couple of our British are featured from the photo shoot they did a few years ago!

Other news - Aimee is up to 34 rings after picking up another 8 finals at her last show, sadly the closest we got to Supreme was 2nd but hey ho she'll keep trying and I hope she'll beat those stunning boys soon!
Sword will be staying with us until after Christmas, we will be showing him lightly and will then look for a show neuter home for him or a very special pet home. So, that means that the extremely silly and soppy Utah and Omaha are now available for special pet homes.

TTFN
Claire

September

2009-09-29T08:30:00.000-07:00

Show news first, Aimee had 5 normal and 2 congress finals at the Swanley show on the 19th & 20th September. She now has all her points for Supreme so is just waiting on a Best Cat, her regional campaign is going in the right direction so all is good!
Your Cat magazine came to visit us and photograph the cats and we hope the article will be out in November's issue, after keeping them all to myself for the last two years I thought it was probably time to share!
The three boys are growing and developing well, Omaha is available to a pet home and Sword and Utah are being assessed this weekend at the TICA show being held at Stoneleigh Park. It would be nice to show one of the boys for a bit if they come up to scratch. They will be on exhibition on Saturday so feel free to come to meet them. Aimee will also be at the show so fingers crossed!!

TTFN
Claire

Sunday afternoon

2009-08-30T12:08:00.000-07:00

Was spent, playing with the curly kittens!

I actually remembered to get my camera out this time and you can see the result here
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=118729&id=684581996&l=3fec54c693

TTFN
Claire

Kitten photos

2009-08-28T09:05:00.000-07:00

Overear Utah Tabby & White male

Overear Gold Torbie & White female - Booked

Overear Sword Tabby & White male

Ovearear Omaha Red Tabby & White male

Overear Juno Red Tabby & White female - Booked

Well here they are, now 12 weeks old and just had their second jabs. They are an absolute joy to have around and I don't really want to part with them!

TTFN

Claire

More show news

2009-08-20T08:23:00.000-07:00

Well, Aimee was out again this past weekend and excelled herself with 12 out of 12 finals!!!!! Ecstatic is the word to describe how I felt on Sunday! She also received two Best Allbreeds, one on Saturday from Pascal Remy and one on Sunday from Jean Marc Lagarde, thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!! She clocked up enough points to finish the weekend as a QGC, so now it is just the scary wait to see if she can get another Best and become a Supreme.
Having shown cats and come away with no finals I can really appreciate just how good this girl is, she may be my once in a lifetime cat and I fully intend to enjoy this whole show season with her and see where we finish up, I may never get a chance again!
The kittens are growing well and starting to develop that lovely American Curl attitude to life, they have a photo shoot at the start of September and then Juno, Sword and Utah will be available to pet homes. When I get some new batteries for the camera I will post new photos of them.

TTFN
Claire

Shows and Kittens

2009-07-14T09:46:00.000-07:00

It's been a while but plenty of news to tell you.
Overear Maidyalook 'Aimee' finished the 08-09 show season as International Best of Breed American Curl Longhair kitten, Regional Best of Breed American Curl Longhair kitten and 11th Best All Breed kitten in our region giving her the title of Regional Winner!!! Quite an achievement in her short kitten career, let alone being the first Curl to have been bred in the UK!
This past weekend Aimee attended her first adult show, she finalled in 9 of the 12 rings with a 2nd Best AB, 3rd Best AB, 2 x 5th Best SP, 2 x 7th Best AB, 2 x 9th Best AB and a 10th Best AB. The count was around 60 on Saturday and 50 on Sunday with a lot of mature cats out :-) She is now a Grand Champion and just a few points short of Double!!!!

On the kitten front, they are doing well and getting into trouble on a regular basis!

Overear Gold - Torbie & White girl

Overear Juno - Red Tabby & White girl

Overear Omaha - Red Tabby & White boy

Overear Sword - Brown Tabby & White boy

Overear Utah - Brown Tabby & White boy

TTFN

Claire

Babies are here

2009-06-01T05:00:00.000-07:00

Bang on time, Disney gave birth to 5 babies in the early hours of Saturday morning. She has had two girls, red tabby & white and torbie & white and three boys, two tabby & white vans and a red tabby & white van. We will see if any of them are silver at a later date. The boys have the most amazing markings; all have coloured tails, two just have one spot of colour on their bodies and the third only has three body spots. They will be very striking with their completely white faces!
As before Disney is being a perfect mum and very proud of her kids, all have curled ears, so now begins the long waiting game of just how curled they'll be! Enquiries are welcome but decisions can't be made about the quality of the kittens just yet.
Their big sister Elizabeth is still looking for a home to call her own, she is an incredibly sweet and affectionate little girl. Very petite and with an easy to care for coat she is just waiting for the right slave to come along.

TTFN
Claire

Just a few more days....

2009-05-26T09:48:00.000-07:00

... until Disney is due to give birth, she is very well rounded at the moment!
Our lovely little Annabel has gone off to live with her brother, I feel sure she will assist him in ruling the roost!
Major was shown last weekend, just doing one day in the kitten class. He came home with two Bests, two seconds, a third and a fifth.
Aimee will be shown in adult classes from July and Major will probably join her at a few shows in the alter class.
More news once Disney has popped!

TTFN
Claire

Best of the Best

2009-05-02T03:13:00.000-07:00

She did it again :-) Best kitten in Show.
Unofficially Aimee is also International Best of Breed American Curl Longhair kitten and sitting 12th in the regional standings. We will know her official placings mid June.

TTFN
Claire

End of Season

2009-04-28T10:31:00.000-07:00

Phew! We got to the end and we did it in style!! Aimee was in all 14 finals at CoonTICA's show last weekend. She had 3 Bests, 6 seconds, a third, fourth, 2 fifths and a sixth!!! In total, from 5 shows, she has had 54 of a possible 60 finals with 11 of them as Best kitten!

Just waiting on the show report now to find out where she finishes!!

It has been a wonderful season with lots of new friends and although a few lows, lots and lots of highs :-)

Roll on the next one!

TTFN

Claire

Best in Show!

2009-04-16T13:20:00.000-07:00

The show report has just come through and Aimee was overall Best in Show kitten!!!!!!

To say I am happy is an understatement!

TTFN
Claire

Show news and babies!

2009-04-16T08:15:00.000-07:00

Aimee added another ten finals to her tally last weekend including two Bests! She is sitting 2nd BOB internationally at the moment and BOB in the region, she should also be around 15th place over all in the region!!
Two judges gave me some very positive feedback, loving her proportions and describing her as one of the nicest Curls they have seen for a while, we were also accused of hanging weights off her tail, as her body length and tail just seem to keep growing, LOL. She has her final show of the season on 25th & 26th April, in Milton Keynes, so we are keeping everything crossed!
On a different note, Disney is in kitten and should be expecting babies at the end of May, hopefully there will be another little Aimee in there!!
Major goes in to be neutered next week, it's no good - no matter how much we try we just can't bear to part with him, he and Stef are best buds so he will probably join his sister back on the show bench later in the year.
Annabel and Elizabeth are still looking for suitable homes, both are absolute poppets and crave love and attention.

TTFN
Claire

More Show News

2009-03-27T05:06:00.001-07:00

So far so good! Aimee clocked up another 11 finals out of a possible 12 at TickedTICA's show in Swanley. She had 2 x Best LH, 2nd Best AB, 2 x 3rd Best AB, 4th Best AB, 5th Best LH, 6th Best AB, 2 x 7th Best AB and an 8th Best AB. She has now finalled 30 times out of a possible 34 and we hope will start discarding her lowest points at her next show. She also finished the show as 3rd Best kitten and Best Longhair Kitten overall. I am simply bursting with pride.

TTFN
Claire

Perfect Ten

2009-03-15T05:18:00.000-07:00

What a clever girl she is!!
Aimee finalled in all ten rings at her last show, with 4 Best kittens!! This has moved her up to International and Regional Best of Breed!!!! Now all we've got to do is keep her there LOL

Aimee in Pascal Remy's final

Elizabeth and Annabel are still available and the sweetest little things, this breed really gets under your skin.
There is a possibility that the love bug that is Major will be available to a show neuter home, if you are serious about this boy then please feel free to contact me.

Major & Aimee

Disney, Willow and Judge are making the most of the sunshine and have been sprawled out in it at every oppurtunity.
Our next show is in Swanley next weekend, so keep your fingers crossed!

TTFN
Claire

Available

2009-03-02T06:55:00.000-08:00

Well the lovely Arthur now has a new home but due to unforseen circumstances his sister Annabel and half sister Elizabeth are now looking for pet homes in the UK.

Both girls are longhairs, Annabel is a straight eared Brown Spotted Torbie (Tortie tabby) and Elizabeth is a curled eared Red Tabby & White. Both are very sweet and affectionate.

Annabel

Elizabeth

Major had a bit of a photo session the other day, he is the most awkward kitten to photograph as he won't keep still but I did manage to capture him!

TTFN
Claire

Didn't she do well??

2009-02-16T11:27:00.000-08:00

WOW!
Aimee had a fabulous first show, she beat Major to the BOB in all 12 rings which was expected as his coat still needs to settle down and he could bulk up a bit more. But, she then finalled 3 times in the AB rings on Saturday and in all 6 rings on Sunday!!
She earnt over 1200 regional points which will place her 2nd Int and Regional BOB.

Arthur is still looking for a safe loving home, this boy has such a wonderful curl character.

TTFN
Claire

Weekend report

2009-01-20T10:56:00.000-08:00

Well they loved it, Curls are certainly not shy or retiring! We had made plenty of provision for shutting off the pen to prying eyes so they could have a rest if needed, but no, not these guys they wanted everyone to play with them!

Elizabeth

Kinky, now called Bud (in honour of a very successful show Selkirk) will be off to his new pet home soon. We know he is going to have a wonderful time with Gill and her family and he will get to play with two Lelaurier Selkirks!

Bud

Arthur was shown, by my mum, in the Household Pet Kitten class and came home with a Best, 2 x seconds and 3 x thirds. He was the youngest there but spent the day purring at full volume and making puddings.

Arthur

Look, is now called Aimee and we will be showing both her and Major next month, she is so like her mum it's uncanny and just has something about her.

Major

Aimee

So for now the only kitten we have available is the lovely straight eared Arthur.

TTFN

Claire

New Year

2009-01-03T08:28:00.000-08:00

Well Christmas and New Year have flown by and the kittens have had a great time climbing the Christmas tree!
Disney's litter will be out on exhibition at RagtimeTICA's first show which is being held at Woodgreen animal shelter, Godmanchester on 17th & 18th January 2009.
Please feel free to come and say 'Hi' and meet the 4 monsters in the flesh.
They will all be getting their first baths next week and I will post some new photos then.

TTFN
Claire

Latest

2008-12-15T08:41:00.000-08:00

Arthur is now ready to leave us, so please feel free to contact us if you have fallen for this sweet natured boy.

As well as Kinky, Look one of the red tabby and white girls will also be available. She is looking very promising but we have no unrelated boy to mate her too next year so she will only be available in the UK as a pet or show alter.

I'm hoping to have the litter out on exhibition in January and more details will be posted once I have sorted it!

TTFN
Claire

Growing up

2008-11-19T03:57:00.000-08:00

Well the babies are all growing like mad, playing like mad and eating like pigs! They are an absolute delight, so playful and inquisitive and really affectionate.
Major, who will be staying here to be shown, is a real poser as you can see here

His brother 'Kinky' (picture below) will be available to a pet home towards the end of January and is a superb lad, he is the boldest of the bunch and will be a real love bug.

Arthur is just a stunner, plain and simple, he may not have curled ears but he has the wow factor, he and Annabel have now had their first vaccines and he'll be ready to leave us in 3 more weeks.

TTFN
Claire

Babies!

2008-10-23T07:10:00.000-07:00

The first litter arrived on 8th September 2008 to Willow and Judge a Brown Spotted & White boy and Brown Spotted Torbie girl, both longhaired and both straight eared.

The second litter arrived on 2nd October to Disney and Judge, 2 Red Silver tabby & White girls and 2 Brown Tabby & White boys this time all with curled ears!!

The story so far

2008-10-23T06:51:00.000-07:00

It all started in October 2006 from a picture in the TICA Trend, a chat at a cat show and a free evening on the laptop! I saw and fell in love with this stunning breed of cat, did some research and fell further in love and finally got chatting to a breeder in New York city. By Christmas that year Judge and Disney were booked and going through their rabies vaccinations, blood testing, etc.

March 2007, both cats flew over to Holland where Stefen and I collected them and drove 7 hours to my parents home in North West France, Le Laurier. They never missed a beat purring and playing the whole time, we could barely bring ourselves to leave them but they had to spend the remainder of their 'pet passport' quarantine time there until they had completed their six month wait to enter the UK.

MAY 2007, Dee and I visited Judge and Disney for a long weekend, they had grown and matured and still had that soppy cuddly nature, in fact Disney would make a wonderful purring scarf whereas Judge could knead bread for England (or should that be France)?!

June 2007, Willow joined our family and will make an excellent outcross for the breeding programme.

AUGUST 2007, they came home!! Stef and I travelled to France on the 1st August to collect Judge and Disney from my Mum and Dad. A big THANK YOU to Mum and Dad for looking after these two since March and for organising their passports and treatments. Both cats settled in well, a little shocked to have to share us with our other cats but they took it all in their stride.

SEPTEMBER 2007, Well what can I say? Disney became a Supreme Grand Champion in 3 shows, she finalled in 20 of the 24 rings she has been judged in and exceeded all of our expectations!

JUNE 2008, Disney was confirmed as a Regional Winner, she is 8th Best LH cat in EN for the 2007/2008 show season!