The story about
S*FamiljeLyckans
Once upon a time....
...there was a breeding called Tidernas
that was started in 1982, the same year as the oldest daughter Kicki Ahlros was
born. Tidernas got their first burmeeses in 1992 and had a burmeese breeding for
a number of years. Eventually they also got Norwegian Forest Cats, and the
breeding became more and more concentrated to this semilonghaired breed.
The breeding begins
When Kicki in 2004 met Kristoffer (Stoffe) Norrgran, born 1976, she had allready
moved away from home and she had brought both the intrest of cats and a few
neutered burmeese cats. The intrest affected even Kristoffer and during 2005 the
female Tidernas Lycka, NFO fs 09 23 moved in. The name S*FamiljeLyckans got
registred in the fall 2005 and 2006 came the first litter of Norwegian Forest
Cats. 2007 Untill today we
have breed 12 happy kittens and we hope there is a lot more to come
during the years. To the family we also count Michelle 12 years, Stoffes daughter who
helpes us with the cats and the
kittens in a great way and our first child together Ronja who was born in July
2009. We
live in a house in Fellingsbro (about 20 kilometers north of Arboga) in Sweden
since November 2007 and we like it very much here. Kicki is a student to become
a teacher and she should be finished summer 2010. Stoffe workes as a smith
on constructionplaces at most times around the country but will be at home with
Ronja in the spring 2010 so Kicki can study. Except our cats, we share an intrest for computers and to
relax we like to watch a movie, read a book or play a game together. Most
of the time we like to spend time with our wonderful children and our cats.
The history of the breeding name
The name S*FamiljeLyckans means FamilyFortune, or FamilyHappiness. It comes
from that our breeding has quite some things to do with the family, and both of us value our famillies alot. Fortune is of
course important, and above all we wish happiness and fortune to our life and
our breeding. We see our cats as member of our family, and our first breeding cat's name
was Lycka as well, so the name came quite natural to us. We have decided to name
our cats after films or books sence this things are great parts of our lives.
From 2007 we will try to give an amount of money for each kitten to charity as a
part in our search for familyhappiness, even for others. We started this in the litter of 2007 by giving 500 swedish krones for every kitten to The foundation
of Astrid Lindgrens Hospital for Children.
Goals with our breeding
With our breeing we want to bread social cats who always in the first hand
are pets. We always rather see a nice cat than a beautiful, even though the
combination is our goal. If our cats like to go to shows we will be happy to
take them, but if it doesn't work then they will be happy and safe at home
instead. The longterm results are more important than the fast titels in the
shows. When we sell kittens we wish that both cat and owner will be happy with
their new home/familymembers, and we therefor like to keep in touch in a longer
perspective. We wish that our cats can remain as indoorcats. This has several reasons but
the most important is all the dangers for cats who live outdoors. No matter if
you live in a city or in the countryside, there are a lot of things that your
cat can meet, like wild animals (snakes, foxes and others), cars, people who
don't like cats, well the list can get very long. Your cat can also do things to
people that have not asked for it, like doing their needs in gardens or
childrens playgrounds, go in to strangers, fight with other cats and so on. In
Sweden it is also important to know that the same law that requires you to know
what your dog is doing, goes even for cats. That meens that you are responsible
for what your cat is doing and is obligated to know where it is. Cats don't have
any problems living indoors. If you really wan't your cat to be outside we
recommend that you build a catyard or put net on your balcony (remember to check
with the owner of the house) or take the cat for walks in a leash. This is a
point of view that we have mostly for the cat's, but also for your own best.
We hope that we will have many happy years with our breeding ahead and hope that our kittenbuyers and cats will share that happiness with us. We wish that your new famillymember will bring happiness and fortune to your familly, as the name FamiljeLyckans means.
Best wishes
Kicki, Stoffe, Michelle & Ronja
S*FamiljeLyckans