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Kitten Plans - updated 2 June 2010

We are Tracy and Colin Wood and live in Yorkshire, between York and Leeds, with our son, Daniel  and six Norwegian Forest Cats, Snip, Sugar, Stari, Sandoy, Sikka and Skadi.  Tracy has studied a National Diploma in Animal Management and is currently studying Feline Behaviour.

     We were attracted to the Norwegian Forest Cat by their natural beauty, friendly nature, and amazing intelligence. We spent many months searching for the right cats for us and are delighted with the two we bought in 2004, Svana and Snip, many thanks to Tracey Camp and Darren Handy for these two beautiful cats. Sugar, Stari, Sanna, Sikka and Skadi were bred by ourselves and Sandoy was imported from Scandinavia.

In 2005 we had our first litter of kittens and we were thrilled with the results. Svana had 5 beautiful babies. We decided to keep Sugar, our first born from our first litter, she has an amazing personality and is absolutely gorgeous, Sugar gained the title of International Premier on 3 December 2007 and has been shown as far away as Sweden.

We are small breeders and will never have more than two litters a year, that way we can give them the time they deserve. Having kittens is always a pleasure to us and never a chore. Our priorities are to breed healthy, happy cats that live long pampered lives, bringing great joy to their owners.

We show our cats with both GCCF and FIFe and have done very well, getting best in show female kitten at our very first show with Svana, at 14 weeks of age. We have also had lots of fun, met some fantastic cats and made some wonderful friends both in the UK and Scandinavia. We are both on the committee of the Norsk Skogkatt Society and Colin is on the Breed advisory committee. We also steward at GCCF and FIFE shows, improving our knowledge of the breed.

We both have a love of the outdoors and have travelled around much of Scandinavia, enjoying skiing in winter and canoeing and rock climbing in summer.

 As you continue to read through our web pages you will see that we have travelled extensively with some of our cats. In 2006 we bought a motorhome and it quickly became evident that it was the ideal way to travel with them. We converted a large area at the back into a safe, secure place they can travel in, we have built in a scratch post and made the area comfortable with toys and beds. We have shown our cat in Germany, Luxembourg, France and Sweden. No matter where we travel to, our cats arrive relaxed and happy. Maybe it is their Viking blood that makes Norwegian Forest Cats excellent travel companions.

Since 2007 Sugar has joined us on our annual holiday to Norway. See Sugars page for more information about it and our experiences with pet passport.

In 2008 we imported our first Stud cat, Sandoy, a gorgeous white boy with a story of his own.

In 2009 both Sugar and Sandoy travelled with us to North Cape

Welcome to our website and we hope you enjoy reading the following pages, Tracy and Colin

e-mail: Forestcats@Norsvana.co.uk

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Phone: 01977 685 021 or 07967 039 322

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