Suntrek British Shorthair Cats is located in a pretty West Sussex village near Pulborough at the foot of the beautiful Sussex Downs, and began nine years ago in 2001 with the purchase of my first British Shorthair blue girl from Satinmist cats. I am very indebted to Isla for getting my foot on the first rung of the ladder.
I am a small breeder of the BSH's, and have been specialising mostly in the 'Blues' over the years, but have also dipped into breeding from a colourpointed line which produced a rainbow of interesting colours. My priority in breeding these cats is to keep to the standard set by GCCF and to improve my own breeding. It takes some years to finally start producing quality kittens from parentage purchased from some of the top breeders in the country, but I feel I can now hold my head up to some of the best breeding in the UK. Being a small breeder, I do not have too many cats and have to be limited to the numbers I keep due to my full time work at Arun Veterinary Group. I have found that I am better able to provide for all of my cats and kittens if I am also working, as any breeder knows, you don't make any money simply breeding cats! The outlay is huge, and if not for my work, I don't feel I would be able to keep and maintain my cats health and welfare to the best of my ability. Any more than I do already would be detrimental to the quality of care and socialisation I can provide for my kittens while they are with me.
I keep one stud boy, CH Sheephouse Bobby Rocker. Many thanks to Jan for entrusting me with
this awesome boy who gained his title in his very first TICA adult show, and has won his first CC at the GCCF National in 2009.. As I am a small breeder with a small cattery, I do not have Bobby at open stud. I simply do not have the facilities that larger catteries have in order to have visiting queens, nor the time to oversee the delicate art of monitoring introductions to visiting girls. Perhaps in the years to come when I retire from the vets this may change, but in the meantime, Bobby is at closed stud.
I have only begun taking my cats to the GCCF and TICA shows with some success. Gracie took GR CH in her very first TICA show which gave me a taste of what it feels like to bring a great cat to a show and have it proven that it really is a great cat. I don't think my feet have touched the ground since. Then Bobby took CH in TICA at his first adult show. He was only 8 months and 1 week old, up against fully mature cats. So, this past year has been a bit of an eye-opener as well as a motivation for me to make sure that the kittens I will be producing for now on, will be of the finest quality and from fully tested parents against the most common ailments that can be prevented with careful selective breeding, leading veterinary care and welfare, and socialising to the best of my ability. The 'Blues' are renowned for their somewhat 'individual' temperments, ie: independant and willful natures, or to put it bluntly, they come to you on their own terms :) Saying this, I have bred many blues that are similar to velcro... once they stick, its hard to peel them off!
My thanks go out to so many of the wonderful friends I have made over the years who have been instrumental in helping, advising and guiding me through the many pitfalls and leading me through the many successes I have achieved over the years in breeding these most British of cats! I could not have done this without the support of so many fine breeders out there who have become friends.
SUNTREK is a registered GCCF cattery, and is registered also under the name of
SUNTRECK with TICA - as my first choice had already been taken.
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