Siberian
Spirit and its progress...
Our first breeding cat was Emma
Siberian Star in the year 2001. Besides she
visited shows, she was full value member of our family
too. In 2003 we
decided to incerase our cattery, so from first litter
after polish grandinterchampion male
Jaropolk Sant Andre left two female at home, Amee
and Ayeka.
The decision was hard, so both females stayed in the cattery.
Ayeka lives
in Hradec Kralove with my mum´s friend Vladena
Honzickova, so our cattery expanded
over the border of town Prague.
In two years we had to gaze around the male. After advice
of experienced breeder Nada Tomkova
of Siberian Star, we contacted cattery Valenvic.
In the fact we trusted this cattery,
because from this cattery became father of our
cat Emma
- father Odysseus
Valenvic
And so in the beginning of the year 2003 came Maxim
Valenvic from Moskow. He lives
in the house of my mother Helena
Ruckerova.
With his breeder Valentina
Nemyria we are still in friendly touch. Nowadays
we turn to her by choosing second male. In the next
two years came Everest
Valenvic to us, we call him Monty.
Monty lives
by my mum in Hradec Králové too. Maxim
and Monty live
in harmony together until now.. Both male
originate from Valenvic,
but they have different pedigree.
In the year 2004 we started to cooperate with Jarek and Hana
Pinkavovi from Brno, whereby grew filiation
of Siberian Spirit in the main town .Mr. and
Mrs Pinkava well look after our kitten Dahlia
Siberian Spirit. To Dahlia
began to do company swedish female Stimics
Moonbeam from Stockholm. Later to females
acceded young male
Jenisej Siberian Spirit from the litter J. In
July 2008 it happened to be self siberian cattery with
the name Siberian
Friend.
We are in touch with the sib cattery Silva
Line too, from where we got in female
Zarja Silva Line
(2007). Zarjenka
lives with the house of my mum too.
Next female to our cattery we welcame in the beginning of
the month July 2008 - Meldgaards
Taisiya. Zarjenka
adopted littel kitty very friendly, and
it was very helpfull for small Taisiya
to feel quickly ike at home.
Together with Taisiya
came to Czech Republic - young promising male -
Meldgaards
Uivan. Uivan
lives with his new missus Jana Kudrnacová
in Ceperka near Hradec Kralove.
Nowadays new boss
manages our cattery - wellcome Elenka
Havlenova!!! To the presentation of siberian cats we put
much of money. Very often we visit shows held by FIFE and
TICA in the Czech Republic and abroad.
Next fruitful contacs we got in the organisation TICA, where
hungarian breeder Adrien
Lukas invited us, and for example on the show in Budapest
(2006), we have had a possibility to meet with the
representatives of catteries from Singapore
and Australia. It was very instructive for us.
Helena
Ruckerova is doing Felinotherapy from the begining of
2009, as written in magazine "FAJN život".
Here you can find
banners
of cooperation catteries and clubs.
That, our cattery is in progress , from the big part we
are obligated to people with we had
cooperated and cooperate, family, which sympathize with
our crazy hobby. Thanks to everybody....
THE ORIGINS OF THE SIBERIAN CAT
translated by Anna Shvarts from the book
"Sibirskaja Koshka" by Valentina Nemyria
Among the indigenous cats of Russia, the Siberian breed has a unique
place. According to a variety of specialized sources, the origins
of the Siberian cat date back centuries. Many theories exist
regarding this question. Probably the most sound of all is the
theory that traces these animals having journeyed from the European
part of Russia along with the nomadic Kazaks into the depths of Siberia
and later on to the far East. Further movement of the Siberian
cat toward the East took place as a result of a massive peasant
migration leaving behind unfertile districts of the European part of
the Russian Empire for the Southern sections of Siberia and the Far
East.
The token gene that provides the Siberian beauties with their long
coat, so vital for the endurance of the severe Siberian winter, was
most likely introduced into their gene pool either from the European
North or the South-East i.e. Mongolia and China. The less
probable theory is that the gene was obtained through their accidental
cross-breeding with wild forest cats. Thus, under the influence
of this merciless continental climate and its sudden dramatic and
ruthless shifts in temperature there gradually developed a massive,
thickset, muscular cat donning a "fur coat" with a warm inner-lining,
long fur, and a thick, lavish undercoat.
The earliest acknowledgement of the Siberian cat was noted in the
latter half of the 19th century in Russian literature and only in the
early twentieth century has it appeared in foreign sources. One
example is the 1925 article brief in the newspaper "Brehms Tierleben"
about a Tobolker cat, who stood apart from the rest in lieu of its
large body size and long fur and was imported from Siberia (in all
likelihood from the Tobolsk region.)
However, not all indigenous felines with fluffy coats and semi-long fur
may be associated with the Siberian breed. The development of
feline studies in the 80's in the USSR and the 90's in the Russian
Federation strove to establish a standard for our Siberian
beauties. These standards, which were solidified thanks to the
efforts of experts and enthusiast-breeders, were consequently accepted
and approved of by all leading feline expert organizations and allowed
them to compete on the international level, on par with the
representatives of other notable breeds.
In the past decade, the Siberian cat, never having lost its popularity
in its country of origin, has become a desired breed among many
international cat-lovers.
