2007-08-13 – 2016.12.28
After a long search across different countries for a new male, we finally found him at the De Khazad-Dum*F Cattery, with the help of some dear friends. We were looking for something truly special — a cat that could bring new qualities and fresh bloodlines to our breeding program. And there he was – our beautiful Frenchman! His parents are both outstanding cats, and Casanova inherited many wonderful traits. He has a luxurious coat, a large, strong frame with solid bone structure, a straight profile, a good chin, lovely ears, and an absolutely fantastic expression! We are deeply grateful to his breeder, Nicole Delpatrie, for entrusting us with him and allowing him to move all the way to Sweden.
We couldn’t wait to see the kittens he and Alma would one day produce! We were just waiting for Casanova to mature a bit before taking him to shows, hoping he would enjoy the experience. Throughout 2008, we showed Casanova a few times, and he received excellent evaluations. Best of all, he has the most wonderful temperament — calm and easygoing with all the other cats.
In June 2008, his first litter arrived, a collaboration with our S*NC’s Cry Wolf. Six kittens were born into our SNC’s Daft Punk litter, and they all looked very promising. We have followed their development with great joy. In October, Casanova became a father again to three beautiful kittens at SSweet Scarlet’s cattery. Early the next year, six more stunning kittens were born at SRestless cattery — his third litter. We were eagerly waiting for him to finally meet our princess Alma, hoping for kittens in spring 2009.
Before that, Casanova was paired with our S*Sir Maxwell Singel, due to a change in our plans. In May 2009, the SNC’s Pink litter was born. Not long after, the much-anticipated litter from Alma and Casanova arrived in June 2009: the S*NC’s Queen litter. The combination exceeded all our expectations, both in terms of the kittens’ development and Casanova’s own growth. In 2009, Casanova achieved the title of World Winner — just like Alma had in 2008. Who could have imagined that two World Winners would become the proud parents of this litter?
Throughout 2009 and into 2010, the S*NC’s Queen litter had fantastic show results. Four kittens became Junior Winners: SNC’s Back Chat, S*NC’s Invisible Man, S*NC’s Killer Queen, and S*NC’s Cool Cat. We are incredibly proud of all of them!
Casanova also sired litters in other catteries. First at FoxyPaw’s in Finland, then at S*Eärfala’s and S*Robäcken’s in Sweden. His last litter outside our own cattery was born at des Iles LofotenF — the same cattery where our other French male, Drangedal, was born. We had one more litter from Casanova and S*NC’s Words Unspoken, named after the pop queen Madonna: the S*NC’s Madonna litter, with two males and three females.
Moving into 2012, Casanova had two more litters. The first was at SE*Storytail’s cattery, and the second was in our own cattery — the S*NC’s Boney M litter. For the first time, we had solid-colored kittens: two females and one male. Although we hadn’t planned to keep any kittens from this litter, we couldn’t resist the beautiful male, S*NC’s Rasputin (nicknamed Zac). Zac later moved to DK Catwazaki’s cattery in Denmark, where he found a perfect home with Karina Pandell.
In 2013, Casanova had his second litter with S*NC’s Cry Wolf — the S*NC’s Chicago litter — and his first litter with S*NC’s China Girl, resulting in six wonderful kittens: the S*NC’s Creedence Clearwater Revival litter.
In 2014, we decided to repeat the successful combination of Casanova and Alma. Early that year, four kittens were born in the S*NC’s The Ark litter. One of them, S*NC’s Calleth You Cometh I, had such a unique type that we decided to keep him. At the same time, Casanova fathered another litter at S*Räserråttans cattery. The kittens from both litters were strong examples of the Norwegian Forest Cat (NFO) breed.
In July 2014, Casanova had his second litter with S*NC’s Words Unspoken — the S*NC’s Rihanna litter, with four kittens. In October 2015, we repeated the combination once again, resulting in six kittens in the S*NC’s AC/DC litter. This would be Casanova’s last litter, and he was neutered in May 2016.
Sadly, we lost Casanova far too soon. In December 2016, he fell seriously ill with hepatic lipidosis (fatty liver disease) and didn’t make it. He was only nine years old. It was an enormous loss for us, and not at all what we had expected. We will always remember him as the gentle teddy bear he was. He passed on the best possible temperament to his kittens, and we are grateful to be able to follow his wonderful offspring all around the world.
We will love you forever, Casanova.
Day of birth
Gender
Male
Colour
NFO n 09 22
About
He was tested for HCM 2008, 2009, 2014 and his heart was normal. GSD IV-negative (both parents are tested negative). PK-def negative
Parents
Mother: GIC Tsunami de Miramis, DM, NFO n 09 22
Father: EC Unick de Wood Lake, NFO ns 09
Pedigree
Facts:
WW-title #1
SC-title #2010
DVM #2010
DM #2010
BIS #8
NOM #12
BIS breeding male #12
BIS breeding male SVERAK #2010
We can’t wait to see how the kittens between and Alma will look like! Waiting for him to grow up a little bit so that we can take him to shows and just hope that he really likes being at cat shows. During 2008 we have taken Casanova to a few shows and he got some really nice judgements. The best thing with him is his lovely temperament! He is so relaxed with all the other cats around him.
In June 2008 his first kittens was born together with our S*NC’s Cry Wolf. There was six kittens in our S*NC’s Daft Punk litter and they all looked very promising. We will follow their developments with great pleasure. In October he became father again to three lovely kittens in S*Sweet Scarlet’s cattery. After that, a new year started with six beautiful kittens at S*Restless cattery. This was his third litter so far and now we are just waiting for him to meet our princess Alma, we hope to have som kittens in spring 2009.
Before those kittens were born we had him meeting our other cat S*Sir Maxwells Singel since our plans for her changed. In May 2009 the S*NC’s Pink litter were born. Not so long after, the ones we’ve all been waiting for, Alma and Casanova had there first kittens together in June 2009, S*NC’s Queen litter. The combination between them two became very nice and successful, not least the kittens developments, but also Casanovas. In 2009 Casanova become World Winner just like Alma in 2008. So who could ever have guessed that there were going to be two World Winners as parents to this litter?
Moving on in 2009/2010 the S*NC’s Queen litter has haved just fantastic results on a lot of cat shows. Four of the kittens became Junior Winners, these were S*NC’s Back Chat, S*NC’s Invisible Man, S*NC’s Killer Queen and S*NC’s Cool Cat. We are so proud of them all!!!
Casanova has also became father in other cattery’s. First it was FoxyPaw’s cattery in Finland, then it was two cattery’s from Sweden, S*Eärfala’s and S*Robäcken’s cattery. His last litter outside our own cattery was born in a cattery called des Iles Lofoten*F(also the cattery that our other male from France, Drangedal is born). We hade one more litter with Casanova between S*NC’s Words Unspoken and this litter was namned after the pop queen, S*NC’s Madonna litter. There were two males and three females.
As we move forward in 2012 Casanova had two more litters. The first one was in SE*Storytail’s cattery, and the second one was in our own cattery. This litter was called S*NC’s Boney M litter. For the first time ever we had got solid kittens, two females and one male. It was not planned to keep a kitten form this litter, but we couldn’t resist the most wonderful male kitten, S*NC’s Rasputin. Rasputin or Zac as we called him now lives at DK Catwazaki’s in Denmark and we are so happy that he got to move in with Karina Pandell, since he didn’t fit in our cattery.
In 2013 he had his second litter together with S*NC’s Cry Wolf – S*NC’s Chicago litter. Then he got his first litter together with S*NC’s China Girl and there were six nice kittens in S*NC’s Creedence Clearwater Revival litter.
In 2014 we decided to repeat the mating between Casanova and Alma. So in the beginning of the year we had four kittens in S*NC’s The Ark litter. One of them were S*NC’s Calleth You Cometh I. He was a male with a very special type and he just had to stay. At the same time he became father in S*Räserråttans cattery in Sweden. The kittens from both this litters has been strong NFO cats.
In July 2014 he had his second litter together with S*NC’s Words Unspoken. There were four kittens born in the S*NC’s Rihanna litter. In October 2015 we repeted the mating between him and S*NC’s Words Unspoken again and this time there were six kittens in S*NC’s AC/DC litter. This was Casanovas last litter and he became a neuter boy in May 2016.
We had hoped for many more years together with ”Casa”, but instead he became very ill in december 2016 in fat liver and did not make it. He became 9 years old. It was a great loss for us! This was not what we expected and we will always remember him for the big teddy bear he always was. He gave his kittens the best temperament you can ever hope for and we are now so happy that we can follow his offsprings all around the World. Love you forever.