Petnames Nicolai, Nici, Nici Nacs, Nic Nacs and Nici Noo. Imperial Grand Champ.
Nicolai is our 3 year old stud boy. He is a real character, with an enchanting expression, he has the most important trait of the breed a fantastic temperament. At the 2010 Russian Blue Breeders Association cat show, he was awarded the prestigious Sashova temperament class shield, this is in memory of the breeder Val Price who recognised this important trait of the breed.
Nicolai is very soppy and laid back and loves his humans endlessly. He likes to fly through the air and land on his Dads shoulder, where he will settle down quite comfortably and would stay there all day if you let him.
Nicolai has done well on the show bench so far - as a kitten he achieved Best of Foreign Variety Kitten and Best in show foreign exhibit. As an adult he has attained the level of Imperial Grand Champion and we think he is the second male Imperial Russian. This year he has been awarded a reerve Imperial and 5 Imperial certificates. So far he has a total of 5 IMP GCC, 1 reserve IMP GCC, 3 GCCs, 2 reserve GCCs, 8 CCs, 1 BOV.
Being a youngster he has an eye for the ladies He and his lady friend Eli have had 2 litters Their daughter Roksana stayed with us, you can meet her on the About our Queens page.
It appears he has passed his fabulous qualities on to all his kittens, not only is he handsome but importantly he has the most endearing personality and of course temperament.
Nicolai was bred by William White of Kashyk cats and has an interesting mix of titled cats in his pedigree including international champions.
Our baby boy - Dushenka Czar Koreshki - (Korei)
Petnames, Korei, Koreiboy, sausage.
We did not plan to have another stud boy but our friend Elisabeth wanted this boy to have a stud home, we realised have another boy would stop us having to take any girls kept from Eli and Nici to out to stud. So we decided given his fantastic pedigree, Korei would come and even up the boy numbers in the household.
Korei is a goat disguised as a Russian, he has the hardest head butt of affection I have ever experienced, you can certainly tell he is from Glasgow. He also must have been a Velocerapter in a previous life, as he practically unhinges his jaw to eat, boy does he love his food but as at 9 months he is already bigger than Nici ( who is no small cat either) he is clearly still a growing boy. He is also an instant purr machine, and is so soppy, anything other than give me a stroke and my dinner please does not compute. Well until he gets his eye for the girls. We look forward to the fantastic mix of renowned breed lines he and his mates will produce on a pedigree and in some beautiful, gentle companion cats.
Thank you to our good friend Elisabeth Stark for a special handsome boy and the snoogle purr maker we wanted.