Introducing Madam. She spent her first life as a champion pedigree with some breeders who won several championships with her. They begun to realise that although she was a winner, and a grand champion in her pedigree breeding circuits….she HATED being shown. And hated going to the shows. She was also not fitting in with the rest of their breeding population (a reasonably small family consisting of a couple of matings with studs a year).
She was now a grandmother, and the rest of the cats were starting to leave her out and see her as a bit of an unwanted presence.
The lovely breeders knew that the best thing for her would be to give her away, and even though they’d miss her, she would be better off away from shows. Away from younger cats and away from the group.
She
View attachment 5459920View attachment 5459921 now lives with me as an ‘only cat’…..and loves it. She’s very sweet and laid back. She enjoys having one person to herself. She’s an affectionate and playful cat, despite being a grandma, and has me wrapped around her little finger.
I would usually adopt and not buy from a breeder, but this was a very different circumstance and I’m so glad the breeders did what was best for her (because she was a champion and she could have kept winning at the shows…..but they saw she hated it). She fell on her paws with me, who works from home and can spend most of my time with her. She enjoys company.