Blue and Orange for a change

Thanks! I finally have understood, what is breed.

Anke Zekveld wrote:What a great photos of Courtoise and of Bashka. WAUW!!!

Villia, I have to admit there are parts of Courtoise I would like to steal for my own cats!!! As Russian Blue of the English type she is lovely (read great!!) And as a Chartreux (in dutch Karthuizer) she must be near to perfectl!!!


Regards,

Anke

To be more precise, I love her short wedge, her thick short coat, lovely flat scull and her almond looking eyes. At this age she even her body would be great (hahahaha) I know she will become more firm, like a Chartreux should be.

Vilia,

You are forgiven As I said, there are similarities between Chartreux and British Short Hair breeds.
Here is a picture: Right Top = male Chartreux and Bottom Left = male British SH. They are quite different! British SH are very round!



I have 2 Chartreux cats: Beauregard (called Beau) 18 month male neutered and his niece Courtoise, 7 month female who will give me babies in the future.
And because I fell in love with Nebelung when I saw them last May, I have decided to have one for company

Anke,

If I understood well what Dutch breeders have told me, Dutch Chartreux breeders call them Chartreux and now Karthuizer refer mainly to British SH. http://www.lechatquirit.nl/

I know she will become more firm, like a Chartreux should be

I was talking by MSN with the above Dutch chartreux breeders and we had quite a laugh! Remember, a judge said that a Chartreux was a potatoe on toothpicks. Well for the time being, their (Coeur de) Marie has the potatoe part down to a pat and Courtoise has the toothpick part right! Ha ha ha

Your Chartreux are beautiful.
I have never seen one in the flesh but they look a lot like my housecat Lola but her brightgreen eyes give her away. Her mother was a tabby cat so Dad must have had some Chartreux blood.

Quite different though from a Nebelung/Russian Blue in build. Our neb Bink is much leaner and higher on his feet. Lola is coarser built and has enourmous feet with claws in which no mouse shall live to see the end of the day. It is the difference between a ballet dancer and a sumo wrestler.

As I understood British Shorthairs have been in the past crossbred with exotic/persian cats. This gives them their more stompy nose than the Chartreux. This is link to a nice website about all kinds of grey cats http://home.wanadoo.nl/ekievit/. The Nebelung is missing though.

Marleen

Marleen,

Your Lola is really lovely!!!! Her father might have been a natural chartreux! Yes, Chartreux is a natural breed and you can still find some of them outside.

Regularly in the morning I could hear Beau meowing and I did not understand why. Well I discovered the reason today. He is protesting because Courtoise is sitting in the bathroom basin and does not want to leave!!!!! Nevertheless he does manage to get rid of her. Therefore Courtoise had to find a new sleeping place.

- Régulièrement le matin, j'entendais Beau miauler et je ne comprenais pas pourquoi. J'ai découvert la raison ce matin. Il râle parce que Courtoise est couchée dans le lavabo et ne veut pas lui laisser la place !!! Il s'arrange néanmoins pour la virer et s'y mettre. Courtoise a donc du trouver un nouvel endroit pour dormir.

Have pity ladies and gents - Courtoise the homeless!!! LOL
A vot' bon coeur M'ssieur-Dame - Courtoise la SDF du lavabo ! Mdrrrr

Dear Courtoise,

I heard you are homeless now. I would not mind to offer you a shelter in my house. To look at your lovely face and to join in your adventures would be my pleasure.

Kind regards,

Anke

Last Saturday we were visiting my parents. Beau immediately noticed the bouquet! Courtoise followed her uncle.
- Samedi, nous étions en visite chez mes parents. A l'arrivée, Beau a tout de suite repéré le bouquet ! Courtoise-la-pie a emboité le pas à l'oncle...

Let's see....
- Voyons voir....



While Beau is directly eating some plants, Courtoise goes around....
- Pendant que Beau machouille tout de suite une tite branche, la pie fait le tour.....



Beau is looking for another flower...
- Beau se cherche une autre fleur....



Ahhhhh! A Rose! Let's eat a petal!
- Ahhh ! une rose Et hop je croque une pétale !



That rose is high! Let's see if there is not something less tiring to eat. Ahhhh! That one looks perrrrrrrrrrrfect!
- Pfff ! C'est quand même haut.... Voyons s'il n'y a pas autre chose de moins fatiguant. Ahhhhhh ! Celle-là a l'air paaaaaaarfaite



Mmmmm. This flower is realy delicious!!
- Miammm. Non mais c'est drôlement bon l'anémone !!!



There's nothing like a small botanic snack!
- Ah ben, rien de tel qu'un petit encas botanique !



We left before Beau could finish eating the whole bouquet!
- Nous sommes partis avant que Beau ait fini de boulotter tout le bouquet !!! Mdrrrrr

Laurence!
What charm
regards, vilia

hahahaha

How does your Christmas tree look!!! All eaten
(I do not have one, as I know mine would not survive long)

Regards,

Anke

my christmas tree is still perfect as it is still in the shop!
But I am buying one tomorrow...... pictures will be taken of Before and After!!!!

laurence wrote:my christmas tree is still perfect as it is still in the shop!
But I am buying one tomorrow...... pictures will be taken of Before and After!!!!

That is a wise thought. I think it will make a difference

Anke

News of the Christmas Tree. Though the tree is very very small, it is still in perfect condition!!! Beau has more or less ignored it this year (maybe due to the false snow) and Courtoise will not go near it as she is scared of the garland!!!!!!
- Des nouvelles de l'arbre de Noël. Bien que l'arbre soit très très petit, il est toujours en parfaite condition ! Beau l'a plus ou moins ignoré (peut-être à cause de la fausse neige) cette année et Courtoise ne s'en approche pas car elle a peur de la guirlande !!! MDRRRR



However Courtoise did find the box where we keep all the wrapping papers, small decoration items, ribons, etc... absolutely fascinating!!!!
- Cependant Courtoise a trouvé la boite à malice renfermant le papier d'emballage, les petites décos, les rubans, absolument fascinante !



She managed to steal one item
- Elle a réussi à chiper une tite déco



or two....
- ou deux...



under the benevolent look of Beau
- sous le regard bénévolent de Beau

Good thought, smaller tree les mess (if they deside to play with the tree). Great photos again. You have been crawling on the floor for it!!

It's so much fun decorating the house with the little helpers. Although one of mine cats is serious destracted.
Pegusha is in heat for the first time....

Regards,

Anke

When one wants, one can!!! Not having a tree at my parents', my 2 cats did find a way to sleep together.... despite a fair amount of body parts hanging outside!

- Quand on veut, on peut ! N'ayant pas d'arbre chez mes parents, mes 2 chats ont trouvé le moyen de dormir ensemble... cela déborde de toute part ! Mdrrrr