We live in London, England and we breed and show Turkish Van and Korat cats.  We first became interested in Korats in 1992, we already had 2 household pets, (from the CPL and a local pet shop), when we saw an advert for a Korat.  We looked up the breed in a cat book and decided that we would like to own one. What a character!  That was it, we were hooked!  We thought it would be better for him if we could find him some company of his own kind, so we managed to find him a mate.  Then tragedy struck our young male had a heart problem and unfortunately died.  We were very upset but the female Korat was absolutely distraught, she searched for him high and low and called for him day and night.  So despite our own feelings we had  to search for a mate for her. Fortunately we found a sympathetic breeder who had a male kitten and shortly her loneliness was cured.

Shortly after we decided to research into other ancient breeds and we eventually settled on a Turkish Van.  We soon managed to buy one and subsequently entered the scene of Cat Shows.

After a great deal of thought we thought that with such comparatively rare breeds, providing that there were enough potential homes, that breeding Turkish Vans and Korats would benefit the breeds.

Since we began breeding cats we have had several litters of each breed and have shown our cats at many shows. We are members of the Korat Cat Association,  the Turkish Van Cat Club & the Classic Turkish Van Cat Association.
There has been a rare recessive genetic defect identified as Gangliosidosis (GM1 & GM2) found in a few Korats worldwide.  A genetic test has been developed to identify carriers.  An extensive testing programme has taken place in the UK and all our Korats are GM1 & GM2 negative.