Champion Dushenka Zivabella, 2 GCCs
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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, two Grand Challenges and two reserve Grands |
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| Notable offspring: |
● Dushenka Duke Ellington -
seven open class wins;
six 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; a total of 26 1st prizes ● Dushenka Duchess Silvabel - seven open class wins; one Best of Breed; 19 x 1st prizes to date |
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| Kittens: | 2011 |
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 have given 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 so far my Ziva is doing 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. Heaven only knows what further trouble lies ahead for my lovely little girl.
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 is Senior Snoogle, and great-grandmother Tasha is Snoogle-Mom (and I'm ever so slightly batty - I know...)! Even better, her first litter of kittens are as sweet-natured and purrful as their mum.