AbyFabylous Abyssinians
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Champion Syrinx Tatiana, my foundation Queen, (now retired).
Tatty loved her kitten litters and supported her daughter, Grand Champion AbyFabylous Brown Eyed Girl, when Girlie had her first litter. Tatty had kittened the week before and was eager to take over Girlie’s litter as well. Once the kittens had been colour coded for ID purposes, the two co-parented, provided Tatty had not “kit-napped” and hidden the kittens away, outside of the kitten pen.
My thanks to Alan and Val Lockwood of Syrinx Abyssinians for entrusting me with my first breed Queen.
Grand Champion AbyFabylous Brown Eyed Girl, daughter of Champion Syrinx Tatiana, sired by IGrCh Flamstone Jaspurr, owned by David Muspratt. Jaspurr (now retired) has a wonderful pedigree, mirroring those of my earlier pets and gave me my core focus in breeding.
Grand Champion AbyDreames Isis, bred by Lillian & Michael Eames.
Izzy’s pedigree features the cats which were in the pedigrees of Abyssinians I owned from the 1980’s.
Mating Isis to Jaspurr re-engaged the historic pedigrees they each had, with a co-efficiency of just 3.39%
Grand Champion AbyDreames Isis (right) and her daughter AbyFabylous CaraVan on the left. Taking Cats to GCCF Cat Shows is so rewarding, to know they have good character, conform to the breed standard of points, and Judges have good reports on their handling, and enjoy seeing them. There are sadly very few Abyssinians at Shows.
Grand Champion AbyFabylous Caravan, Daughter of GrCh AbyDreames Isis, sired by IGrCh Flamstone Jaspurr.
Cara is a Sorrel Abyssinian, she combines the mirrored pedigrees of both Isis and Jaspurr, with excellent low co-efficiency of 3.9%. Cara also carries the dilute gene so kittens may be either Usual, Sorrel, Blue or Fawn.
Below, Cara had a fabulous day at the East Sussex Cat Club Show, 25th June 2022, gaining not only Best of Breed, but also her third Grand Challenge Certificate, awarded by Joyce Green.
Two Judges, Jonathan Trotter and John Hansson, had also awarded a Grand Challenge Certificate at previous shows, which ultimately awarded Cara the title Grand Champion.
Cara also received a personal choice Judge Award – Perri’s Cat, AND Best of Variety, Section 4 Adult. What a Day!
Cara has recently had a litter of four Fawn kittens.
Grand Champion AbyFabylous Gypsy Queen, daughter of GrCh AbyFabylous Caravan, granddaughter of GrCh AbyDreames Isis.
Cara was mated to IGrCh AbyDreames Gett Off aka Goldie, the combination of some very old English genes packed into the pedigree of this girl.
Queenie is a Usual Abyssinian who carries the dilute gene giving the possibility of Fawn and Blue Abyssinians.
Queenie has just had her first litter, having been mated to IGrCh AbyChat AKind of Magic, two stunning kittens born, a blue boy and usual girl.
Queenie is expecting her second litter of kittens around the end of October, these could be Usual, Blue, Sorrel or Fawn as she genetically carries both Dilute and Sorrel.
IGrPr AbyDreames Graffiti Bridge aka Bertie, named after Prince’ album and song track Graffiti Bridge
Everybody wants to find Graffiti Bridge
Something to believe in
A reason to believe that there's a heaven above
Everybody wants to find Graffiti Bridge
Everybody's looking for, everybody's looking for
Everybody's looking for love
Everybody wants to find the perfect one
Someone that makes you happy
Someone that makes you laugh when you want to cry
Everybody wants to find the perfect one
Everybody's looking for, everybody's looking for
Everybody's looking for love
and so it continues Graffiti Bridge - Bing video
It was this that inspired me to name kittens after Van Morrison track or album names.
It is appropriate to take the opportunity to say, no kitten or cat is the sole achievement of one breeder. Without the selfless dedication, commitment, knowledge, and expertise of previous breeders throughout Abyssinian pedigree lines, we would not have the beautiful cats we have today.
Looking back on my cat pedigrees over the decades, and delving into the history of the breed, and breeders, this is an acknowledgement of thanks of the work for, and love of the breed and sacrifices made to ensure the lines continue.
These thanks are to those current and recent breeders who have personally supported and guided me:-
Alan and Val Lockwood of Syrinx Abyssinians for their support and placing Syrinx Tatiana with me as my first breed kitten. When “someone” is a newbie, it takes immense trust to place a kitten with them and my sincere thanks to them both, for opening this door to me.
David Muspratt of Flamstone Abyssinians for his support and enabling my girls to visit his stud IGrCh Flamstone Jaspurr, sometimes staying with him for longer than envisaged because they went “off call,” thank you for your patience, love of Abyssinians and support of a newbie.
Lillian and Michael Eames, AbyDreames, for their guidance and mentoring support, particularly with my first litter and placing my second breed kitten with me, GrCh Abydreames Isis.
Sybil Whitworth, Melisani Abyssinians, for allowing my girls to visit GrCh AbyChat AKind OfMagic.
Shirley Evans, Kopercat Abyssinians, for allowing my girls to visit IGrCh AbyDreames Gett Off – one of the Fab Four!
Rebecca Eagland for her support not only of me, but of her care and long-focus vision of the Abyssinian breed in the UK.
Harriet Patey for her outstanding care, work, and love for all Abyssinians, whether breed, or pet, she is a “treasure” trove of knowledge and I thank her for her friendship and support.
Lastly, but by no means least, Barbara & Ron Darby who with her husband placed Silversmoke Dixieland with my family, Dixie was an incredible Aby, still loved and much missed. We were then fortunate to have Silversmoke Charleston and her litter sister LindyHop placed with us. These litter sisters were the start of writing a new chapter in my life. Initially taking my Abyssinians to GCCF Cat Shows, then finding the breed was in decline I had the opportunity, and support from current and retired breeder members of the Abyssinian Cat Club, to consider breeding Abyssinians. Breeding can be a very challenging world; where support from other breeders is a much needed and invaluable resource. We never know or experience everything, so learning never ends. Ultimately, the credit for today’s wonderful Abyssinian Cats has to go back through the pedigree lines, and their breeders - my sincere thanks to all of them.