The lovely Alfie - a year on!
Dear Elizabeth,
I thought you'd like to know how Alfie (Ch Filandre Aeneas) is getting on in Hauxton with Katie - I know she's sent you some photo's but she's not been able to write much. Alfie
has been part of our lives for virtually a year now and can't imagine life
without him.  He's a one in a million feline friend.

Adrian and I call Alfie our 'grand cat' (as opposed to our grandson), and we too
are besotted by him, it's always a bit of a battle to see who can get to him
first when we visit Katie..  Whenever you see him it's as though he hasn't seen
anyone for the last week despite having been cuddled and loved in the previous 5
mins! He loves to climb on your shoulder and be carried around with head resting
on your neck.

I think Katie told you he was going out into the garden. He was desperate to go
out and it was becoming quite difficult to keep him in, so we decided to go for
it.  He's loved being out and stayed in the garden mooching about and coming in
when he'd had enough.  He now leaves the garden and goes off exploring and uses
the cat flap to go in and out  (when it's not raining, he's far too important to
get his coat wet!). He's been doing this now for the last 4 months and is
perfectly happy, contented and always returns for his home comforts. We were so
worried when he first started doing it but he's been fine - we open the flap in
the morning and lock it before it gets dark.  He actually doesn't go outside at
all until Katie gets up as he waits in her 'resting bed' on the pillow until he
hears her stir and then goes to wait for her at the bedroom door. Once he's then
had a huge fuss, he ventures outside for a bit and comes back to lay with her
when she rests - it's so lovely to see. He seems really happy and looks very
fine and is treated like a king by Katie. He's transformed her life and I don't
think he does too badly either! We sometimes think the carer thinks more about
Alfie than of Katie too! He goes on the stairlift with her and loves to lounge
on the settee with her too.
He's a bit of a favourite with the neighbours who all want to cuddle him - which
he loves, but at the end of the day he's a real one woman cat .

Do hope you can put some photos of him in his new home on your web site - if you
need any we have hundreds of him!! 
With kind wishes to you and your lovely cats
Jill
 

We are very proud of Jasmine who was the very first Tiffanie Grand Champion.
She has a delightful personality and is a typical ‘naughty tortie’. Unfortunately her last pregnancy resulted in a caesarean so we made the very difficult decision to have her neutered and rehomed. She now lives as a spoilt only cat with a delightful couple in Winchester.

Her offspring International Champion Filandre Reachforthestars, Champion Filandre Jet-Star and her very last kitten Filandre Chasinshadows follow in her footsteps.

Hello and Happy New Year from Ptolemy and Co.
 
Ptolemy celebrated his first birthday as you know recently and is now quite the man, and has a varied fanbase.
 I got him a little girlfriend in the end not long after, Ophelia a Bengal from a lady called Amanda Colgan in Cambridgeshire.
 I was going to get another tiff but she had two boys and seemed a shame to splt them and I thought a girl would be better company. They keep each other on their toes and there have been no major misdemeanours. Nothing compared, in fact to the burmese I had who were always breaking things etc etc.
 Ptol was only a bit miffed for about 24 hours which was a surprise really considering all the horror stories you hear and they remain a happy couple.
 I am attaching a few pics of the babes.
 Hope that you are both doing well and that Ptolemy's siblings are both settled and happy in their respective homes.
 
Best wishes,
 Eric Gelshinan
London W10
 

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With much love 
Georgie and Arran x 
 

Caesar

 

Simon says

Laura & Lance

He's settled in very well and really wants to be part of the family, he spends a lot of time in the garden and patrols his territory with great zest. He's definitely a lap cat, spends most evenings on my lap. Is eating well and loves to play with Laura.

Amber on dad's back

This is a brief extraction from a mail received from Barbara Penniall who is owned by Filandre Silversox She was bought as a self Birthday present but has fallen in love with Barbara’s teenage son Lyndon 

Amber is growing (and how) from strength to strength. I am allowed to purchase toys, food, smart beds and general essentials, but Amber and Lyndon conduct this totally mutual admiration society – me, I am tolerated. Seriously she is growing into a really lovely animal (not that she wasn’t always). Her coat is quite fluffy – magnificent tail, but her colouring is a million shades ranging from coffee to cream -oh and  under her chin and the tips of her paws are white. (breeder note - that’s why she was named silversox!) 

My parents came to stay at Easter and both, of course, fell totally and absolutely in love with her. She pointed out to dad that the scratching post he made for Mistletoe ( our previous cat) was in need of rejuvenating and as he bent over to repair same, she supervised from a customary position – quite comfy thank you and please don’t bother to get up

Filandre Starlit Night otherwise known as Bandit (I wonder why?) with his friend ‘sharing’ a blanket and a nap.