Sunset Cornish Rex

Sunset Cornish Rex Registered with NZCF since 1991 . My cats are my obsession!

A busy time here . Ellie could not manage to feed her kittens, 7 is a lot and so I became their second mother T...
01/11/2025

A busy time here . Ellie could not manage to feed her kittens, 7 is a lot and so I became their second mother
The 3 chocolate mink boys are real characters, almost identical. They have had their first vaccination and vet check and will be available from 4th December Also their seal. tortie sister They rule the house an d so affectionate
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Then to complete the madness Penny had 4kittens on 28th October.
Colours not definite yet as 3 are pointed or pointed
bicolours and tne boy darker

Like a lot of breeders I waited anxiously for the mail today Thrilled that "Br. Dbl. Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper "was pl...
19/10/2025

Like a lot of breeders I waited anxiously for the mail today
Thrilled that "Br. Dbl. Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper "was placed 5th in the annual NZCF awards for shorthair entire cats in NZ 2025
Tough competition !
When I think back to his first show as an adult and thank Paul Henry for taking time when as a "teenager"Peter's long legs went in all directions to the cat he developed into as the most laidback cat you could imagine.
He has now sired some lovely kittens although the litters were bigger than I had anticipated !
Now Peter has gone to his new home with Debbie at Zebracatz where I'm sure he will give her some good litters.
I have to thank Denise Barron and Debbie Mason for their amazing support promoting the the breed and fun trips to shows over the season.
We traveled a long wav!

Meanwhile here we have Peter babies causing havoc and Looking forward to the beginning or November to kittens from my special cinnamon girl "Db Gd Ch Sunset Miss Marple." (Silvy who was top entire i short hair n NZ 2022)
Hoping. for a good cinnamon even though I know that colour does't matter!
Will post kitten photos soon but still getting to grips with my new Mac computer (I'm a slow learner!)
If anyone want photos do contact me .

For all the Auckland people , do go to the Pet Expo this weekend.Hamilton Cat Club has a stand and there you will see t...
19/09/2025

For all the Auckland people , do go to the Pet Expo this weekend.
Hamilton Cat Club has a stand and there you will see the examples of many breeds plus the chance to win a special raffle .
For Cornish Rex. lovers you will see "Sunset Peter Piper" and photos of his first two litters.
Do ask any Debbie questions you have about the breed.
Peter's first litters will be available end of November and December onwards and Debbie will also have litters by him
Thse photos are of Sunset Miss B Havin"s litter aged 3 weeks
Later will post pictures of Ellie's litter of 7 . all doing well Because they are either pointed or mink the colour takes a while to develop

10/09/2025

Home after an enjoyable weekend at Napier for the Patches and Pointed cat show WHuge thanks to Chris and Gaynor for running a fantastic show after all the pre show problems I had Peter (Dbl Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper) and he has a successful show being in the top 4 in every ring He behaved beautifully non stop purring for each of the four judges I was thrilled when Bambi Edwards (Aus) gave him a Breeders Award of Merit and a gorgeous ribbon for her Judge’ s choice in the Entire Adult Shorthair cats He is now 15 months old and the proud father of two litters of kittens Ellie is coping well with her 7 babies and Miss B has 5 kittens Photos of these will be updated in a week or two Also I will ask a friend to post a video of Peter at the show as again had desktop problems

Ellie's kittens one week old and she is coping well with such a large litter . Her good friend Miss B had 5 kittens 5 da...
02/09/2025

Ellie's kittens one week old and she is coping well with such a large litter .
Her good friend Miss B had 5 kittens 5 days ago so will not help with Ellie's
All doing well at present .
Ellie's 7 taking a while to develop colour, some seal points and the others will be chocolate, red or tortie point.
Miss B,s kittens 5 days old so still a bit like fat little mice.
One red bicolour male who has a home booked , a black tortie girl , a pointed boy , a pointed girl , a pointed boy and a cinnamon tortie girl (stays!)

Yesterday was a big day for Ellie(Sunset Belle Etoile ) and worry for me as she was huge. 7 kittens born 3 girls and 4 ...
22/08/2025

Yesterday was a big day for Ellie(Sunset Belle Etoile ) and worry for me as she was huge.
7 kittens born 3 girls and 4 boys , Too many for her although she is coping '
Miss B(Ch Sunset Miss B Havin') is due shortly so hoping she only has a few and perhaps I can pass one of two of Ellie's.
Otherwise looking forward I may have to bottle feed them if Ellie finds them too much
Too early to be sure of colours
These are the first kittens by " Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper"
Kittens will either be chocolate , red, or tortie point or mink

The two new kittens mostly Russian but go back on the mother's side to Kalizma and Sunset .
They are gorgeous but only have one speed like a rocket .
I will have to get a professional photographer to do them justice before I post photos!

Finally everything with my computer has been corrected . August is going to be a busy month here. Ellie (Sunset Bell ...
11/08/2025

Finally everything with my computer has been corrected .
August is going to be a busy month here.
Ellie (Sunset Bell Etoile) is due next week. Such a gentle glrl and she will have the first litter by Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper .
Peter is the only "child" from my imported Hungarian girl Okonor Alicia so very special to me .
Colours expected from Ellie pointed or mink as Peter is an apricot point and Ellie is a Lilac tortie mink
At the end of the month "Ch Sunset Miss B Havin' "blue tortie bicolour A variety of colours including cinnamon expected.

The big news is that I have 2 new kittens arriving soon from my good friend Bradley Jones
These are by his beautiful Russian boy "Corbri Yamaha" and mother is 3/4 Russian but goes back to my and Bradley's French and older lines .
So important to keep those old lines in the pedigrees.
Like most breeders I spend so much time studying pedigrees selecting cats that carry what I want to improve my cats
Of course one is never satisfied in this quest to breed what Bradley and I consider the perfect Cornish !!
One member of my animal family is Reggie the one year old Chihuahua . Drives me mad at times as he is like a Jack in a box but of course I love him and he loves everyone . Of course he does make sure my kittens are almost bombproof when they head to new homes. No wonder this is a bit of a mad house with cats and the dog taking turns to chase each other

30/07/2025

A most enjoyable show on Sunday at Palmerston North. Many many thanks to the committee who organised such a well run show . . I travelled I with (Gd Ch Sunset Peter Piper) 2 flights each way and 3 days confined is his Sturdi crate . We ask a l lot of our cats as it is a completely different environment. I am so lucky with Peter as he accepts everything and just purrs all the time
He had a very successful day. Ring 1 Judge Sue Ford Runner Up BIS Ring 2 Janice Davey BIS Ring 3 Belinda Penglis(AUS) BIS. Ring 4 Irene Brookes 6th The best part of the day was when Denise Barron with Sunset Freud was awarded Supreme shorthair and then went on to win Supreme of the show He is an amazing cat the way he stands on the show bench and looks around the hall never moving like a statue I was so lucky to stay with Denise Needless to say non stop cat talk and planning for next year’s shows. Lucky to get home before the storm hit I had trouble with my page so have had to use my phone so no photos just now. Looking forward to kittens string late August from Sunset Belle Etoile and Ch Sunset Miss B Havin ’

Like everyone there we had a fantastic day at Tosca;s show Thanks to an amazing committee. The Sunset Team had a good...
22/06/2025

Like everyone there we had a fantastic day at Tosca;s show
Thanks to an amazing committee.
The Sunset Team had a good day in all 3 rings Debbie with "Sunset Splash and Dash "and her kitten "Sunset in Paris "and me with
" Gd Ch.Sunset Peter Piper

25 entries in the adult class and 18 in the kitten class.

Ring2 Judge Michelle Hinder (Aus )
S. Peter Piper Best in show
S.Splash and Dash 8th BIS

Ring 3 Judge David Crymble
S. Splash and Dash4th
S Peter Piper 8th

Ring 4 Judge Paul Henry
Splash and Dash Runner Up BIS

I haven't got the results for Debbie's kitten "Sunset In Paris" but know she did well

A happy day for us because all the cats being shown are top quality and for all my friends who don't go to shows we are judged against all other shorthair breeds

I said goodbye to the last two kittens last week so the house is so much quieter ! They loved the top of the microwave...
22/06/2025

I said goodbye to the last two kittens last week so the house is so much quieter !
They loved the top of the microwave in the cold mornings .
Not so much fun for Reggie the Chihuahua with no young ones to play with .
He plays with the older girls but they don't hesitate to tell him off if he pesters them too much so he has to be content with his "play date" every Wednesday

Last weekend the National Cat show was held in Auckland The show was amazing thanks to all the hard work by the committ...
05/06/2025

Last weekend the National Cat show was held in Auckland
The show was amazing thanks to all the hard work by the committee and many others and of course the sponsors who provided so may prizes
So good to see large entries, 35 in the Adult shorthair entires ,
34 in the entire shorthair kittens and 32 in the adult neuter/spay cats
Denise Barron entered "Sunset Freud" , Debbie Mason entered "Sunset Splash and Dash" and "Sunset In Paris" and I had "Sunset Peter Piper "
I haven't got all the results from 3 of the rings but our cats did well with Denise and Debbie each winning in one ring and "Splash and Dash" and "Peter Piper" alternated for best of bred 2 each

The National ring is the special ring and I was so pleased with the Cornish Rex being represented in each section.

Denise Barron and "Sunset Freud" Runner up BIS in the adult neuter /spay
Debbie Mason and "Sunset In Paris " Runner Up BIS in the entire kittens
My boy "Sunset Peter Piper" 5 th in the Adult entires .
We headed back to the motel cats and owners exhausted . Canceled plans for going out to dinner and just dined on what we had in the unit
it was so good to catch up with old friends and also meet owners of kittens and cats from me over the years . Because I live in the far north most of my kittens fly to their new homes so I don't meet the owners until an occasion like this .

Now to start planning for next year's National!

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