May 29, 2009
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Here are pictures of Banderas children (variants) he had the pleasure of making with a Somali girl from France.


May 29, 2009
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Here are Banderas' little "Blue Meanies".

April 20, 2009

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BANDERAS CARRIES DILUTION !!!
Today I got the message from a breeder friend about a new born litter, sired by Banderas. All 3 babies are BLUE.
Surprise, surprise - it goes to show again that recessives never get lost. I will get some pictures and post them here. Watch out  for it.

November 23, 2008

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FIFe show in Roncadelle/Italy.
 
open class male
XIMENO OF WONDERLOVE, ABY n
judge: L. Anciau
CAC, nominated
 
6 - 10 months
YULA OF WONDERLOVE, ABY o
judge: G. Mantovani
EX 1, nominated, BEST IN SHOW 6 - 10, BEST OF BEST 2

November 23, 2008

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FIFE SHOW in Turku (Finland).
His proud owner, Riitta Sinervirta (Bluestream cattery) reported
as follows:
XANADO  OF  WONDERLOVE, ABY n (ruddy)
sire: GIC Berenetto Banderas, ABY n
dam: Korina of Wonderlove, ABY n
 
2nd CAC, nominated and BEST IN SHOW shorthair male
judges votes: L. Comorio, L. Coste, F. Brambilla and E. Raab-
Alvarson.

October 5, 2008

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WCF Show in Italy with ABY/SOM Special. Maria-Grazia &
Riccardo of the Quodlibet cattery entered 3 Abys and here
are the results:
Nike di Quodlibet, ABY n =  best ruddy female
Ximeno of Wonderlove, ABY n = best ruddy kitten
Yula of Wonderlove, ABY o = best sorrel kitten
Of the 31 Abys entered, those 3 were all amongst the
10 best Abys, i.e.
NIKE           6th best
XIMENO     5th best
YULA           BEST OF THE BEST

November 9, 2008

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WCF show in Moscow on Nov. 9, 2008. 230 cats, 24 shorthair juniors:
judge: J. Gradowski (Poland) chose:
YENTIL of Wonderlove, ABY o, 7 months
EX 1, nominated, BEST IN SHOW SH junior

April 24, 2008

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Two more little babies are born. Chantal x Uluru are the parents of
one boy and one girl, both ruddy. They are both feeding well now and
put on 10 g each last night. Things look good.

April 14, 2008

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Finally the long expected babies of Nella of Wonderlove x GIC Berenetto
Banderas arrived this early morning.

April 14, 2008

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I received wonderful news from Sweden.
Marianne told me that our SAMANTHA
gained the title of European Champion at
the show in Stockholm on the weekend and
was also BEST IN SHOW both days. This
was a big show with 150 shorthairs plus
all the others.
I'm very proud of Samantha and thank
Marianne for showing her in such a nice
way. Now she is going to hopefully have
some babies before commencing and
aiming for the "DSM" title.

March 12, 2008

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GIC Samantha of Wonderlove, ABY o
 
Just heard from Marianne Eriksson, Sammy's owner,
that she is 2nd best Abyssinian and 5th best shorthair
in Sweden in 2007, and, of course, best Sorrel.
For the best Abyssinian she was only beaten by a neuter
from Marianne's own breed - congratulations to all.

Show in Victoria/Australia on March 9, 2008
Photo impression can be found by clicking this link

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Our dear Penny Bydlinski, who now lives in Queensland/AUS
in action at a cat show. And, as usual, she fell in love with
a little Abyssinian girl, a daughter of Rififi of Wonderlove :-))
The girl is OSIRIS INFLUENCED BUYOU aka Yon
B/O: Sue Jentsch

January 19 & 20, 2008
Photo impression can be found by clicking this link

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This was the weekend where the winners, human and feline,
were honored for the success during the past year.
GIC Uluru of Wonderlove, JW, was
3rd best ADULT all breeds &
5th best SHORTHAIR
of the year 2007.
The showresults of my cats in competition during 2007,
GIC Berenetto Banderas, ABY n and
CH Verena of Wonderlove, ABY o and
GIC Uluru of Wonderlove, JW, ABY n
put me in 2nd place of EXHIBITORS in German FIFe shows.

December 15 & 16, 2007 - FIFe Show in Isselburg

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This weekend was the last show of 1. DEKZV in
2007. It was also the last chance to gather points
for the TOP TEN in Germany.  
Uluru did well both days and now has arrived in
3rd place of the adults all breeds and 5th place
of all shorthair cats.
The last secret remains - TOP TEN exhibitors.
Here all results are counted for the exhibitor of
the cats she/he showed in the past year. At our first
show in 2008, i.e. 19. & 20. January in Hof, the 
winning cats and exhibitors of the year 2007 will
be honored. 
For the "show results" of Uluru and Verena please
go there and find also pictures of both days.

December 1 & 2, 2007
What a nice and successful weekend again.
Uluru on Saturday BIS and BEST OF BEST 2,
and on Sunday BIS and BEST OF BEST 1.
And little Verena was only beaten by him and
came BEST IN SHOW (opposite sex).
I'm very happy, believe me :-))

November 18, 2007, FIFe Expo Nieuwegein/NL

Today the Dutch FIFe club FELIKAT held his
yearly show here and almost 450 cats were shown.
I took Uluru in the hope to get a foreign certificate
but he did much better. His judge chose him Best
in Variety, nominated him and was voted with 4 : 2
as Best in Show adult male. I'm so proud of him.

November 4, 2007, Expo in Zutphen/NL
One of the big Dutch IDP clubs had called
and announced a big show with a special
Aby & Somali. 106 (that's true) were amongst
the total of around 600 cats.
14 ruddy Abys
 7 blue Abys
10 sorrel Abys
 6 fawn Abys
 1 red Aby
 2 black-silver Abys
 2 blue-silver Abys
And now the amazing result of VALIANT,
PRINCE OF WONDERLOVE, ABY n, aged
10 months and the first time in Open Class,
was Best in Variety, nominated, Best in Show
adult male and finally BEST ABY of the special.
Congratulations to Aat Quast, his owner, whom
you can see on the "New Homes" page together
with little Prince. I'm very proud of the Prince.

Sunday, October 14, 2007

Today we had a nice cat show in Luxembourg (the badly needed
3rd country for the higher titles). It wasn't a big show but all
the well known beautiful cats attended, f.e. some lovely Burmese,
Chartreux (the real ones), British in blue and black-silver tabby,
Burmillas from the UK, a big class of Russian Blues, Korat, Cornish
& Devon Rex and a Sphynx - all of high standard.
Of course there also were some very lovely Persians, Maine Coons,
Norwegian Forest Cats, Ragdolls, Birmans, Siberians, Turkish
Angoras as well as Balinese and Siamese.
Our judges board: Mrs. Gina Grob from Liechtenstein, Mr. Alfred
Wittich from Switzerland and Mr. Eric Reijers from the Czech
Rep.
 
Uluru was the undisputed star and was chosen BEST OF THE BEST.
I'm so proud of my little boy ;-))

September 22 & 23, 2007

This was another show weekend, this time in Recklinghausen.
On Saturday we again had a nice number of Abys present,
from Holland, German IDP and FIFe. My big boy Uluru was
chosen as Best in Variety but later not nominated by the judge.
She prefered a lilac British boy. Uluru also gained the title of
INTERNATIONAL CHAMPION (IC) and will now start for
the next title, i.e. Grand Intern. Champion. For this he requires
6 x CAGCIB (certificate d'aptitude grand championat internatio-
nal de beauté) in 3 different countries. The one show a year in
Luxembourg comes in very handy (Oct. 14, 2007).
On Sunday Uluru got a nomination from his judge and was chosen
Best in Show and in the end Best of the Best # 3 (chosen from the
Best in Show adults of the 4  category - longhair, semi-longhair,
shorthair and oriental).  He makes me so proud.
 

September 16, 2007 - Schiedam

This was a lovely show today in Holland in a very relaxed atmosphere.
We had a big class of Abyssinians for a change and 6 of them where
nominated by the 4 shorthair judges - a great day for Abys. Uluru and
Verena and also Valiant, Prince of Wonderlove, a litter brother of
Verena got nominated on his first show ever. Aat, his owner and, of course
myself were tickled pink :-)) Verena was Best in Show by unanimous vote
of all judges. It was a day to remember again.

August 18 & 19, 2007

We had a lovely and successful show weekend with
Uluru becoming a Champion and on Saturday Best in
Show male and Best of Best 2.
Little Verena beat him to it and was both days
Best in Show 6 - 10 months.
I am very proud of my darlings :-))

June 27, 2007
Today is a very sad day. My darling Ornella went over the rainbow bridge.
She succumbed to PKDef. at the age of 8 years. A week ago she suddenly stopped eating and lost weight and condition amazingly fast.
So today it was time to help her go to the green pastures of cat paradise, where she will meet all her friends and relatives.
She will never be forgotten.

Thank you, Anne-Marie and Erik, for giving her a final place to rest.

June 3, 2007
Drove home again from the show with that constant smile on

my face. Banderas, my darling boy, was again Best of the Best 1 in this show. He seems to really convince all the judges and the voting for him was in all cases unanimous. This dear boy makes me feel really proud. Anne-Marie and Erik, my dear Dutch friends, took a lot of fotos which you will find on Banderas' and Uluru's pages. I hope you enjoy.

May 13, 2007

What a weekend!
The 1. DEKZV invited to a 2 day/2 certificate show in Langenhagen (close to Hannover). It was also the annual "CAT GERMANY" show on Sunday. To explain: as you know we do have a lot of IDP clubs here in Germany and once a year we have a challenge of IDP cats against FIFe cats :-)) The IDP and FIFe cats at the show are being judged separately and the BIS shows of each will then compete with each other for the title Mister, Missis, Neuter, Spay, Teeny and Baby Cat Germany. Of course, at that show we also have judges from IDP clubs judging our cats. The shorthair cats were judged by Mrs. Sneum from Denmark (FIFe), Mr. Stein from Germany (IDP) and Mr. Lohff from Germany (IDP). Please find the results below. I'm still thrilled by the lovely results of my darlings.

First of all BANDERAS. He not only gained his last certificate ( 8 in 2 countries) and is now a GRAND INTERN. CHAMPION (GIC) but was also Best in Show shorthair and Best of the Best no. I (best adult over all). He also won against the IDP nominated male

and is now  MISTER CAT GERMANY 2007. BTW, his dad, GIC Kid Creole of Wonderlove, JW, was Mister Cat Germany in 2005.
But not enough yet (and I felt really greedy in the end).
My young boy, ULURU, was Best in Show 6 - 10 months and also chosen TEENY CAT GERMANY 2007.
VERENA, in her first show, was also BIV and nominated but beaten at the BIS by an absolutely sweet little Burmese. I can tell you that I was SMILING all the way driving home :-)))

29. April 2007

Today a drive to Hamburg and back was in order to deliver the last "V"-kitten to his new mama. Victor, that's his name, was immediately at home and everything was lovely set up for his arrival. The balcony was netted in, I didn't count all the new climbing posts and beds and there was food for every taste :-)) Little Victor felt right at home. So now they are all gone and I'm already looking forward to some new babies later in the year. Please, also check out the "new home" page.
 
28. April 2007
Slowly the house is getting quiet. Today two more
of my "V"-Babies left. But I do have a good feeling about their new
mom and dad and that makes it a little easier to part.
Take a look at the "new home" page :-))
 

April 27, 2007
Today the first one of the V"-babies has left

for his new home. Valiant Prince of Wonderlove, ABY n, will from
now on reside at Aat Quast's home in Zoetermeer, Holland.
I hope he will adapt well to his new friends and surroundings.
Good luck, my little boy.
Watch also the "new home" page.