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Turkish Van... In the autumn 1999 we decided to get a pedigree cat. We read about different cat breeds in books and on the Internet. From the beginning we knew that we wanted a natural breed, and that it should be semilonghaired. We read a lot about several breeds, and when we found a picture of a Turkish Van and then found the Swedish Vangora's homepage we were hooked! Beautyful, rare, playful, socialable, curious and with personality - we realized that the Turkish Van cat is everything we could ever dream of. It had to be a Turkish Van or no cat at all! Our cats... Anja and Simba came to us in July 2000, at an age of 1 year and 4 months. During our summer holiday we drove to Eskilstuna to see them. They met us in the hall in their home, and at the same moment we sat down in the sofa they crawled up on our laps. We fell in love immediately. They did not like the car travel very much, they were scared and unused to go by car, but when we came home they settled in immediately. The breeding name S*Vanjas... We chose Vanjas because it is a short and simple name. We wanted a name with "van" in it, and the name also includes "Anja", our first female's name. The first name Vanja is Russian and means "God's gift". Our breeding name was registered with SVERAK and FiFe 12 December 2000. About us... The human part of the family includes Mats, Cecilia and the children Veronica and Angelica. Mats jobbar som säljare, Cecilia som marknads- assistent, Veronica går i 4:e klass och Angelica i 2:a klass. Förutom katterna har vi akvariefiskar som vi gillar. Vi har ett större och ett mindre akvarium, och i det lilla har vi numera enbart yngel eftersom vi inte tycker om att se de små stackarna bli uppätna av sina artfränder. Hela familjen tycker om djur, och barnen skulle gärna vilja ha bl a hund, kanin, marsvin, hamster… Till förra julen och födelsedagen önskade sig Angelica ingenting annat än en hamster. Om hon inte fick en hamster ville hon inte ha någonting alls fastän vi förklarade att katterna betraktar en hamster som mat... Vi läser gärna böcker också. Just nu läser vi om de 47 böckerna "Sagan om Isfolket" av Margit Sandemo. Vi gillar att vara ute i naturen, att fiska (djurvänner?!), lerduveskytte (åtminstone vissa av oss) och styrketräning (dvs någon tycker att vissa borde). Barnen sysslar med klarinettspelning, jazzdans och cirkusskola, och föräldrarna skjutsar hit och dit. Shows... |