UK & Imperial Grand Champion Dushenka Viola Heartsease

	Pet names:	Viola; Veevle-Vi, Vivvles
	Major awards:	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!), Best Section 4 Adult, and Best in Show Section 4 Exhibit, Nor'East of Scotland show 2022; Best Female Russian Adult, RACCS 2018, Champion in three straight shows. Viola was also named as the GCCF's Top Foreign Kitten of 2017 - a huge honour! She also has five Imperial certificates, and three reserve Imperials from her eight appearances in the class, three Olympian certificates and her two UK GCCs too.
	Notable offspring:	- Imperial Gr Ch Dushenka Oskar Kokoschka, 3 res Olys: five Best of Breed wins as a kitten, including the Supreme Show 2022, plus Best Male Russian Blue Kitten, RBBA 2022; Best Section 4 Adult, Northern Counties 2023; Best Section 4 Adult, National 2023; Best Section 4 Adult, Eastern LHSLH & ABCC show 2023 - Champion Dushenka Annabella, 1 GCC: 7 x Best of Breed kitten wins, Best in Show Section 4 (Foreign) Exhibit, SHCS show, 2019; Best Section 4 (Foreign) Kitten, Croydon 2019; Best Section 4 Kitten, Lancashire 2019; Best Section 4 Kitten, Nor'East of Scotland 2019. Champion at less than 10.5 months old. - Premier Dushenka Lahariel: five Best of Breed wins as a kitten; Best of Variety Section 4 Kitten, Edinburgh 2023; Best Male Russian Blue Kitten, RBBA 2023 - Dushenka Canterbury-Belle: Best of Breed kitten at her only show

Viola's story

Viola is a sweetly pretty little lady, the daughter of my naughty scamp Queenie by Rafa.  She named herself Viola and I added 'heartsease' to her pedigree name as that is the English name for Viola Tricolour, a very pretty wild pansy.  When kittens name themselves they very rarely leave home!

She is such a precious girl, so gentle and loving, who loves to quietly snuggle in with me at night and, like her mum before her, gets on very well with all the other cats.  As a bonus, I knew from very early on that Viola was a special little lady with her amazing soft coat and beautiful face, and she has done a lot of winning at shows both as as a kitten, and as an adult too.  However, she doesn't have an ego about that at all, unlike her grandmother Lucy!