For anyone who is interested in how and why I breed ....here goes....
I got my first British cat in 1990 a red self called millie, sadly aged 11.5 she is now in cat heaven as she had cancer.
However, I loved the breed and got my first blue, a boy, as a pet friend for millie a couple of months later. I did show him for a while but soon realised he was not show quality so he stayed at home and is rather fat! he is known to his friends as "Sumo Sammy" you will see why when you meet him! now aged 15 (mar2005) he is very "rotund"
I was however quite taken with showing and the considered long and hard about breeding seriously as a hobby and bought a blue-cream girl who started me off in my breeding of blues, cream and blue-creams. I always preferred the cream colours and later went into Bi-Colours as I adore the cream&white...as you will see demonstrated in my web site!
I concentrated on my Bi-colours and still do very much so as my first love, however in a mating some years ago a colourpointed kitten popped out..quite to my surprise who is Ch Loraston Annastazia, founder of Ch & Premier Loraston Bertrum Stanley, Ch Loraston Sir Galahad, Ch Loraston Jack Thelad, Gr Ch & UKGr Pr Adquash Loraston Lucinda, Ch Loraston Chanelle and some much loved pets. I stopped colourpointed in 1999 as I was having such large litters of 8/9 kittens and preferred to concentrate on my Bi-colours and patched cats.
I am quite particular where my cats go and will not let a "single" kitten to people who work all day as its not fair on the kitten, in my opinion. I also do not let kittens go for "just one litter" as I don't personally believe this is right for the cat. It puts us breeders in a difficult position of putting a kitten on the active register we would otherwise put on the non-active. This means a kitten can or cannot register litters when its bred from with the GCCF. Breeders, in my opinion, have to be responsible and err on the side of caution if the breed is to be improved.
My kittens are raised in doors and their mums are with them till I feel its in the best interest of mum and babies that they are separated. My queens are all different and I judge the situation by each litters needs. Some girls leave their babies at about 11 weeks and some about 9 weeks.
I breed to improve the standard British cat in my favourite colours.
My vaccinations which are for Calici and herpes Virus(catflu), enteritis and chlamydia are given at 9 and 12 weeks and I will let my babies go around 12.5 - 13 weeks. They are wormed and health checked by my vets before going to new homes.
The GCCF guidelines are 13 weeks.
For those of you who email me and appear surprised when I ask you questions about yourself or call me on the phone asking for a breeder in a different area to me but have no idea at all of what colours you might like. May I suggest the following, visit a cat show, the GCCF web site has a list, look at web sites of clubs, see GCCF club list, don't just jump on first colour you might see, think about it. I do try to help where I can but if you don't have any idea of colours at all, this is why I put examples of colours I breed on the home page.
Sue Lorton-Hobbs
Married name as of 22nd Sept 2005 Sue Pinches but retaining Lorton-Hobbs for the cat Fancy only.
tel: 07770 814153
Home: 01256 381019
