| My name is Maria Luisa, although, since I
was young people called me Marisa.
I live in a spacious house in Buenos Aires
-Argentina- with my family: my husband, my two children, the cats, a dog (White
German Shepherd) and a turtle.
I'm a Medical Veterinarian, received in the
UBA (University of Buenos Aires) for already almost 30 years, and member of AVEFA
(Argentine Association of Specialist Veterinarians in Felines). I
always loved the cats, but I didn't know what was to coexist with one until 20
years ago, when a cat appeared in the balcony of the department where we lived:
Rocky, the little one (I didn't know that he was a brown tabby) that changed our
life. He accompanied us during almost 18 years and opened
our heart to others, which through the years, accompanied us and were our friends. Seis,
our our beloved blacky, who accompanied us almost 15 years... |
Not
a long time ago, I came to knew the British Shorthair, by seeing a movie. During
two years I serchet to find them... and we found Grizzly, the first... little
devil… she filled our heart of tenderness and joy…
Thats way I decided
that our cattery has to be called "Ladiabla".
Later arrived Guilty
and... all the others ones.
My cats are registred in TICA (The International
Cat Association) and AFA (Asociación Felina Argentina), member of FIFe
(Federation International Feline). The British Shorthair is an extraordinary breed, they
are not only beautiful by their aspect of "teddy bears" but the're also
very good tempert: calm, balance, but with a strong and decided personality.
In addition they enjoy the human company, the're not noisy, don't climb so much
and they don't need much grooming.
British Shorthair are breed allready for
a very long time.
They are cats of medium to large size. Males are much bigger.
The body is strong, muscular and semi-cobby. The back is broad and flat, broad
and rounded chest, very strong neck, short and strong legs with round and firm
paws. The tail is short and thick, slightly rounded at the tip.
The head is
wide and round, without angles, the snout is well defined, with short nose, wide,
in line with the strong chin. The ears must be small and slightly rounded at the
tips, well separated. Great, round and separate eyes, preferred copper or deep
orange, in some silver variety they can also be green.
Full cheeks are characteristic
of this breed.
The coat is very short, dense, with a good undercoat, like
"plush". The best known color are the blue one (British Blue), although
many colors can appear: black, white, chocolate, lilac, red, cream, also smoke,
chinchilla, bicolor, tricolor and tabby varietis. I want
to thank the argentinean breeders who trusted my first cats: Elena and Roberto
Mendez, for my unforgettable Grizzly and Carlos López, for my wonderful
Guilty.
I want to thank Zina Avutrova (USA) and George Bekaert (Barcelona,
Spain) who send Venancio and Annoebis from so distant countries.
To Tamila
Aspen (USA), Aspen's breeder.
And I want to thank Marina and Andrés,
for allow me to use the pics of my loved Fergus and Lola. I
hope my website will help you to lern more about this wonderful breed and enjoy
it! | |
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