"Vernissage" cattery

Breeding the top quality British Shorthairs, "Vernissage" is one of the oldest catteries in Russia. After breeding pedigree British Shorthair cats for more than 15 years, "Vernissage" has become on of the leading and trusted catteries known today.

Baby Lilac Vernissage ‘Best of Best’ at cat show in Egypt. Breeder N. Zakharova, WCF president Anna Liza Hakmann, I. Shustruva WCF expert.

The cattery bred a large number of titled British Shorthair cats (World Champions, European Champions), winners of cat shows in different countries and on different continents. Our British Shorthair kittens have been acquired by well-known catteries of Russia, Germany, Poland and other counties, where they successfully combine their show and breeding careers.

Our British Shorthair blue sire, the World Champion Nicodemus II Blue Vernissage, has been repeatedly awarded Best Sire at many international shows for kitten uniformity and their compliance with breed standards.

At our cattery we follow modern felinology trends, especially the trends in breeding. This fact is proved by our cats themselves, who constantly win awards at international shows. The bloodlines of our cats are continuously improved and renewed.

Here are a number of basic bloodlines, used in pedigree breeding by the British Shorthair cattery "Vernissage":

• UK: Kalpador, Misskin, Miletree, Westways, Cobbychops etc.
• Netherlands: Locust Valley, Velvet Gloves, Bagoas etc.
• Belgium: Van De Blanke Duin, Van De Nekker, Van De Gulden Sporen etc.
• France: Du Chene Landry
• Germany: Blue Lake, v.Nednil etc.
• Russian Federation: Vernissage

The British Shorthair cattery "Vernissage" has been often named the Best Cattery at competitions held by different international felinology organizations.

All kittens bred in our cattery are healthy and well educated. They fully comply with British Shorthair breed standard.

• Body: medium to large in size, muscular, broad chest, strong and solid shoulders and back, short and strong legs, paws rounded and firm.
• Tail: short and thick, rounded at the tip.
• Head: round, with good width between the ears, massive on a short, strong and well-developed neck, firm chin.
• Nose: short, broad and straight with a slight indentation but not a stop.
• Ears: small and set far apart, slightly rounded at the tips.
• Eyes: large, round, well opened and set far apart.
• Eye color conforms to requirements for coat color.
• Coat: short, crisp and dense, fine texture, resilient with a good undercoat.

The cattery does not use Scottish Fold or Persian breeds for selection to ensure purity of bloodlines. Even though all the cats are of the same pure breed, there s always a place for individuality. All cats from the "Vernissage" cattery are easily recognized at the cat shows. I am always glad to share the joy of the owners whose cats are being awarded their yet another honorable title. At the same time, it's a great pleasure to see our kittens find their loving families, who care for them just as we do here at Vernissage .

You are always welcome at our British Shorthair cattery "Vernissage" to get information on kitten purchasing. We stay in touch with owners of British Shorthair cats, bred in our cattery.

The cattery offers consulting in feeding, caring, veterinary service and further pedigree breeding.

The cattery guarantees the authenticity of pedigree certificates and provides professional pedigree breeding to preserve the unique characteristics of this wonderful breed.

During the last two years, the cattery has been also working with the new breed - the Don Sphynx. The cattery offers a hairless black colored Don Sphynx, the European Champion, Varnav Lim Makdari, for breeding.

The owner of the cattery, felinologist
Zakharova Natalia Viktorovna

(095) 570-77-45, 530-96-78
E-mail: vernissage@yandex.ru, vernissage@bestcat.ru