Deposits are arriving on hoped-for spring 2020 litter!
NORWEGIAN FOREST CATS
NORWEGIAN FOREST CATS
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The Cats
Freyja (Norse goddess)
- Born 8/29/15 in Siberia, Russia
- Champion at 7 months old
- European Champion and Grand International Champion parents
- Classic cream tabby
- 5-generation PEDIGREE
- Plays fetch -- thinks she's a dog
- Knows she's a Queen
Fyrste ("Prince")
- Born 2/21/18 in USA
- World Grand Championship lines from Germany and The Netherlands
- Brown mackerel tabby with white
- 5-generation PEDIGREE
- When challenged, does not fight, does not back away -- a true peacemaker!
- A tender friend and daddy
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Forestdolls Fonn ("Snowdrift")
- Born to Forestdolls Cattery, WI, on 2/4/19
- Came to Vikingtails May 2019
- Championships in both parents' lines -- Norway, The Netherlands, England.
- Brown/black classic tortoiseshell (torbie) with white
- 5-generation Pedigree
- Moving in on established cats wasn't easy, but she refused to take "Scram" for an answer, and her winsome ways won!
Winter litter arrived 12/23/19!
Freyja's third litter arrived just a day short of six months after Litter B. We might be getting the hang of this family planning business! Two sisters will go together to a MN home. Three brothers will go to FL, NJ, and AK. A $100 refundable deposit will reserve a kitten from future litters. See Purchase Agreement for more info. Kittens are always:
- raised as house-trained pets
- immunized on schedule
- current with health check
- registered with TICA*
- available at 12+ weeks to those who agree with Purchase Agreement and Philosophy
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- Pets, $1000 plus transport
- Breeders, $2000 plus transport
*The International Cat Association
Please read Philosophy and Purchase Agreement pages before inquiring about kittens.
How do I get on the list for a Kitten?
Read complete Philosophy and Purchase Agreement pages. IF you can agree, move on.
Complete Purchase Agreement as much as possible and send to email or mailing address:
BJ Kauffman, 415 10th St. N., Mountain Lake, MN 56159
We will read your responses and decide whether or not to continue our discussion.
For example, if you insist on declawing, smoking in the cats' space, or don't have a plan for care if you can't, our discussion will end. (This has never happened though!)
We'll let you know immediately that you are accepted!
Send a money order or cashier's check for $100 (refundable) and you are on the list!
tHE BREED
- NATURE: intelligent, friendly, brave, playful, territorial
- LANDRACE: definition: a domesticated breed which developed over centuries and adapted to its natural environment while isolated from other breeds
- HEAD: equilateral triangle; straight line forehead to tip of long nose
- EARS: large, wide, hairy, sometimes tufted
- EYES: almond shaped, slanted, any color
- COAT: almost any color, medium long hair, water repellent winter top coat over fluffy undercoat, full ruff
- BODY: large, muscular, athletic, long bushy tail, fully mature in five years
- LEGS: muscular; long, strong claws; hind leg "britches", tufted paws (toe feathers!); hind legs longer than front, aiding in jumping and climbing down trees head-first
The Legends
In a contest of strength with Utgarda-Loki, Norse god Thor could not lift the giant cat.
Goddess of love Freyja used two giant cats to pull her chariot.
"Troll cats," later translated as "forest cats," roamed the woods.
