Imperial Grand Champion Dushenka Zivabella
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Pet name: |
Ziva aka Zivvles, Ziv-zivs, 'little Zivvles', Zivi-kooks, Tingie, Sningle, Snooglette |
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Major awards: |
● Five open wins and four Best of Breed awards as a kitten ● Nominated for Best in Show, North West show 2010 ● 17 x 1st prizes as a kitten ● RACCS Top Russian Kitten 2010 ● three Challenge Certificates, three Grands, three Imperials and four reserve Imperials |
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| Notable offspring: |
● Imperial Grand Champion Dushenka Duke
Ellington - As a kitten, eight open class wins; seven Best of Breed wins;
Best in Show Foreign Exhibit Short-Haired Cat Society show 2012; Best
of Variety Foreign Kitten, Shorthair CC of Scotland 2012; Best in Show
Foreign Exhibit Durham show 2012; a total of 28 1st prizes. RACCS Top
Adult and Top Adolescent 2012 ● Dushenka Duchess Silvabel - as a kitten, eight open class wins; one Best of Breed; 22 x 1st prizes: RACCS Top Female Russian Kitten 2012 ● Champion & Premier Dushenka Hanabella - Best of Breed winner on her show debut, eleven breed class wins ● Champion Dushenka Hubert - Best Russian Male Kitten, RACCS show 2013; 12 x 1st prizes in GCCF shows, Champion in the Netherlands |
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| Kittens: | 2011 2012 |
Ziva's story
Ziva is from Yzzy's first litter - her father is the gorgeous Archie, who has a lovely 'old-fashioned' look to him, with a particularly gentle expression. It was an easy decision to keep Ziva - quite apart from the fact that she was the only girl in the litter, she chose me very early on in life, and by the time she was three weeks old had mastered the art of totally distracting me by rolling on her back every time she saw me, revealing her soft little tummy just perfect for tickling.
'Zivabella' translates as 'splendid beauty' so I gave her a lot to live up to! She was also named for a character from the US TV series NCIS, who is very beautiful and a trained killer and as a youngster my Ziva did her best to live up to her namesake too. She was one of the most adventurous/accident-prone kittens I have ever known, having fallen down the stairs, climbed up inside a chimney (wicked Tingie), walked through dark paint (Evil Zeevil), been stung by a wasp and caused various breakages - all before she was even five month old. Fortunately with age and maturity she decided to lead a less dangerous lifestyle!
Ziva has also inherited her mother's fantastic
purr, and sweet way of nuzzling and kissing, known in my household as 'snoogling',
so she is also known as the Snooglette - mum
Yzzy is known as Mini Snoog, granddad Xander Senior Snoogle, and
great-grandmother Tasha Snoogle-Mom (and I'm ever so slightly batty - I
know...)! Even better, her kittens are as sweet-natured and purrful as their mum.
After giving me two beautiful litters of kittens Ziva went to live with her litter brother Zach, and is thoroughly enjoying her retirement - thank you Karen and Darren for asking me if you could add her to your family x