Dushenka Xander and Dushenka Xariabella

	Pet names:	Xander and Xaria aka The Snoogles Xander: Thunderpaws, Bo-bo, Xinder-Xander Xaria: Dumpling, Sweetness, Prettikins
	Major awards:	Xander - ● Best in Show Foreign kitten, Edinburgh show 2008 ● five open class wins, four Best of Breed wins and 19 x 1st prizes to date Xaria - ● Nominated for Best in Show at 18 weeks old ● four open class wins, one Best of Breed win, and 14 x 1st prizes to date

Xander and Xaria's story

I really didn't mean to hang on to two kittens, but sometimes good sense just goes out the window!  Dad is the beautiful Shoelina Independence - better known as Dippie - and their mother Tasha is, of course, the adorable Crazy Crasher.  Because of (or despite?!) their parentage they are very sweet-natured babies.  

Xander is a poised and elegant boy, who bizarrely enough has inherited his mother's habit of sitting with his front paws crossed.  Unfortunately he has inherited a few of her other habits as well, crashing around the house doing rather too good an imitation of a herd of buffalo on occasion!

Xaria's nick-name rather gives away the game - she is just a bit too fond of the food bowl, and has a very well-rounded rear end as a result.  She reminds me more of her great-grandmother Bella, being a gentler little soul that her ebullient brother - Sweetness personified.  Both of them love sitting on my knee for a big purr and cuddle, and show no sign of losing their obsession with food. «Y