Champion Dushenka Queenie-Belle

	Pet names:	Queenie; Queenie-Quine; Queenster
	Major awards:	- Six times Best of Breed as a kitten; Best of Variety Foreign Kitten Scotia show 2015, Champion in three straight shows before she was 11 months old
	Notable offspring:	- UK & Olympian Bronze Imperial Grand Champion Dushenka Viola Heartsease: twelve Best of Breed wins as a kitten, plus Best Foreign Kitten, Kensington Cat Club 2017, Humberside show 2017, West Country show 2017 and Scottish CC show 2017 - and Best in Show Foreign West Country show 2017 (and runner-up to the overall best in show too, at only 5.5 months old!); GCCF Top Foreign Kitten 2017; Best Section 4 Adult and Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, Nor'East of Scotland show, 2022. Also Best Female Russian Adult, RACCS 2018, and Champion in three straight shows - Imperial Grand Premier Dushenka Zelenka, 1 Olympian & 3 res Olys: Best of Variety Section 4 neuter, Yorkshire show 2021; Best in Show Russian Blue Neuter, RBBA 2023 - Imperial Grand Premier Dushenka Blue Oberon, 1 Olympian & 6 res Olys: Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, Northern Counties 2023; Best of Variety Section 4 Neuter, Scottish Cat Club 2023; Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, West of Scotland Cat Club, 2023; Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, Nor'East of Scotland Cat Club, 2024 - Imperial Grand Premier Dushenka Vanda Blue-Orchid: Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, Glenrothes show 2022; Best Section 4 Neuter, Nor'East of Scotland show, 2022; Best Section 4 Neuter, Glenrothes show 2023 - Grand Premier Dushenka Xoriana Agata, 3 IGPCs, 1 res IGPC - Grand Premier Dushenka Zelazny, 1 IGPC, 2 res IGPCs - Grand Premier Dushenka Veronica Speedwell, 1 IGPC & 1 res IGPC - Grand Premier Dushenka Stardust-Lady: Grand Premier in the minimum possible number of shows - Champion Dushenka Zinevra - Champion Dushenka Vasili Sweet-Basil - Dushenka Xena Tanzanite, 2 CCs
	Kittens:	2016

Queenie's story

Queenie is a naughty little scamp who named herself when very young as she obviously considered herself to be ‘Queen of xxxxx everything’!  She is the daughter of my wicked little Yzzykins and silly Jerry-Squidge, and in retrospect I rather doubt my sanity letting those two live-wires have a litter together….  It's probably as well that Queenie was an only child!

She is utterly adorable of course, and from the earliest age had the habit of running up to me and placing a tiny silvery paw on my knee in the most endearing way.  Like her mother, her cute exterior masks a strong will and she is very good at getting her own way, accompanying her demands with purrs, head-rubs and huge cuddles.  She is also very sweet and sociable with everyone (human and feline) that she meets, and her lovely personality was definitely an advantage to her at shows. 

I harbour a fantasy that one day I will be able to get a decent photo of her, as at the first sight of a camera she starts cavorting around and pulling silly faces, little naughtiness.  Wrapped around her paw I am :-)

Queenie was very much in love with my big boy Rafa (don't try telling me cats don't have preferences!) and their kittens were seriously addictive. She was also the most wonderful, dedicated mother-cat - again, taking after her own mother and grandmother - and is just a total joy. She is now retired from breeding, although that was very much against her own personal preferences, and lives happily with two of her sons who have the sense to know who is boss!