Sunset Cornish Rex

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

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!

This weekend I traveled to Te Awamutu with Debbie Mason to the Mid Island cat show . we had three cats and stayed at a...
19/05/2025

This weekend I traveled to Te Awamutu with Debbie Mason to the Mid Island cat show . we had three cats and stayed at a pet friendly motel.
To our dismay no microwave so a swift trip to reception and explained that our Cornish Rex cats must have heat .
They were so kind and heated our Snugglesafe heat pads also a quiche that we had for our evening meal.
We had a great day with our cats being placed in the Top Ten in each ring and 3 breeders award of Merit .
A win for D ebbie with "Sunset Splash and Dash" in one adult ring and Runner Up best in Show for "Sunset Peter Piper" in another adult ring
Little "Sunset In Paris" did well in the kitten ring placed in the Top Ten all rings.
Back to the motel with 3 very tired cats ,even Peter Piper who is normally very vocal slept soundly.
Early bed for us all only to be awakened by the deafening fire alarm at 1.30am. So we had to wait outside until the fire brigade arrived. Luckily nothing serious and we headed back to bed .However the cats were now wide awake and thinking it was time for breakfast.!
We left at 7am and home by 2,30pm already making plans for our next big trip.

Penny's kittens nearly 9 wks old. Have had their first vaccination and now real timewasters for me as life is one big ...
12/05/2025

Penny's kittens nearly 9 wks old.
Have had their first vaccination and now real timewasters for me as life is one big game for them having the run of the house .
Three will leave mid June so just "S. Elvis Purrsley available

13/04/2025

Home after a most enjoyable show at New Plymouth
Denise Barron with "Sunset Freud " and me with" Sunset Peter Piper" stayed close to the show venue '
Of course the two boys kept us awake most of the night but they settled well at the show.
Denise took some really good videos of Peter Piper but I had difficulty in attaching them to my post .
Denise's results are on her page. Peter Piper's listed below :

Ring 1 Judge Belinda Penglis (Aus) BIS and BAM
Ring 2 Judge Denise Davidson BIS and BAM
Ring 3 Judge Cheryl St Clair-Newman BIS and BAM
Ring 4 Judge David Crymble BIS

For my pet owners who always post such kind comments
BIS is Best In Show and BAM is Breeders Award of Merit which is special to breeders.
Peter has improved so much since his first show;
Still only 10 months he has more to learn has such a kind nature so I was thrilled ,
Two flights home but I was lucky on Sunday that the storm forecasted was late .
On arrival at Kerikeri I looked over to the very kind m an unloading cargo and he called out "I have you cat safe Jo"
It's good to be a "local" !

A bit late with my update from the show . It was Sunset Peter Piper's first outing and he is just 9 months old ,Being...
03/04/2025

A bit late with my update from the show .
It was Sunset Peter Piper's first outing and he is just 9 months old ,
Being a country boy this was so new to him
I must thank Paul Henry for his handling of a teenager Cornish Rex
who is all legs at this age and on the move all the time. Paul gave him 6th .
In the next two rings he was more settled and was awarded Runner Up BIS in both
A learning curve , he just needs to be out and about more as he has such a lovely nature.
Meanwhile Penny (Susaramo Show Me the Money) 's kittens now 3 weeks are doing well and I will post photos of them in the next couple of weeks

Penny's 4 kittens arrived in the early hours. 2 tabby bicolour boys ,1 cinnamon bicolour girl and 1 pointed girl
11/03/2025

Penny's 4 kittens arrived in the early hours.
2 tabby bicolour boys ,1 cinnamon bicolour girl and 1 pointed girl

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