Welcome to Ngalla Kennels & Cattery

NORWEGIAN FOREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.

****Great News****
S*Just Catnap's Batman has arrived in Australia from Sweden!! Thanks so much to Kerstin for letting Odin come all the way to Australia, I appreciate it very much.




*** Kitten News***
28th January we attend our first cat show of the year with 11 kittens from 3 litters.
Ngalla Long Island IcedT gains two best of breed awards & 2 Best in Groups. Her sister Ngalla Norwegian Iceberg was best of breed under the third judge and Best in Group, plus this judges choice for Kitten in Show.
Several of the other kittens taken to the show also featured nicely in the Top 5 placings in the Group for each judge.
A fantastic start to the show year!!

Please note - "On Hold" is someone is interested in that kitten, or I am thinking about keeping it - nothing definite, you are welcome to enquire. "Booked" someone has paid a deposit on that kitten and it is not available.

1/11/11 - Rhiannon - Ch Ngalla Rhiannon surprised me with her babies from Drummer aka Av Firvulag Aiken Drum. Photos taken 13/11/11.
2/11/11 - Dezi - Ch Ngalla Xquisite By Dezign had her babies, 6 babies, 4 cream & 2 blue torties, father is the gorgeous Nicke aka S*Zygot''s Nicke Lilltroll (imp Swd). Photos taken 13/11/11
9/12/11 - Flirt aka Snowstars Anni-Frid has 6 babies by Drummer aka Av Firvulag Aiken Drum. photos in kitten section.
12/12/11 - Athena - Gr Ch Av Firvulag Athena had her babies by cesarian today, 4 babies doing well. Father is Nicke - S*Zygot's Nicke Lilltroll (Imp Swd), photos taken 27/12/11 at 2 weeks of age.

Ngalla bred cats finished 2011 with several different cats placing well in the Cat Association of Tasmania Cat of the Year Top 10. With one more show to go for the year, we should finish well. Several kittens down from one of my stud cats that was used by another local breeder have also done well.

***Horse News***
Very excited to announce the arrival of my first foal born, 1/11/11!! Silver Star Che Bella & Silver Star Indian Outlaw have given me a lovely black & white foal.
Second foal born 2/11/11, a lovely pally colt, from Silver Star Martini & Silver Star Sinful Seeker.
Third foal born 15/11/11, a nice little chestnut colt with a gorgeous head by Silver Star Awesome Angel and Silver Star Sinful Seeker.

New arrivals from Queensland from Tiny Toys Miniature Horses & Arcadia Lodge - some photos are up, more to come! A maybe from somewhere else - but you will have to wait for news of those new additions!! (have to have some surprises!)


AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Mia had her pups 16th October. My first venture into using frozen semen and it seems to have been a HUGE success with 9 lovely babies (sadly we lost one pup at 10 days of age) - photos in the Australian Shepherd section under Puppies.

Plans are now in place for future litters for 2012.!

COLLIE ANNOUNCEMENT - Cosi goes Best of Breed at Hobart Royal 2011.

In partnertship with Gillian & Greg Little & Tracy Stokoe we have imported a lovely young girl from Denise Grace in New Zealand. We welcome Salem to Tassie, and I am sure great things are ahead for her. She is living with Gillian and Greg and has already greatly endeared herself there. She will be bred, along with Ch Ngalla Valkyrie under the joint prefix of Asgard (website coming)

To see Norwegian Forest Cats go to the Norwegian pages and then go to the different pages for more details on the current litter plans and kittens on the way. Plans are always just that, and are subject to change.

A new species has been added to my farm! I now have miniature horses which I have started showing, just for something else to do on a weekend! A friend has a stallion that she has purchased from the same breeder. Thanks to Brenda Oldenhof of Silver Star Miniature Horses for allowing us to have some of her beautiful horses. Also thanks to Maree Bennett of Tiny Toys for helping me add to my herd!

With limited showing we can now boast of Miss Spec being Reserve Pinto at the Champion of Champions show up against all the big horses, as well as Best Presented Pinto & Best Marked Pinto. She was also Champion Mini Horse at this show.
At Hobart Royal we also held our own, with Summer taking Champion Youngstock in Other Registered Breed section.



"The Gambling" theme litter (featured below).





I hope you enjoy looking at my dogs, cats & other animals.



Ronan (above) has gained a Puppy in Group award & Runner-Up to Best of Breed in his first weekend just over 6 months of age. More recently was Reserve Dog at the Tasmanian Collie & Shetland Sheepdog Club show, under breed specialist judge, Mr John Rice from SA.



My girls only have litters occasionally. Lots of thought and planning goes into each and every litter I breed. All dogs and bitches are x-rayed and scored for hip dysplasia, prior to having their first litters, and all pups are checked for Collie eye anomoly. My pups and kittens are raised in the house with their mums. The pups spending up to four months being house puppies before spending any time in the kennels. The kittens are in the house until they are ready to go to their new homes.





I started back in 1986 with the purchase of a collie as a present for my friend, Len. Then next year I was interested in having something to do on weekends. Try dog showing he says!

As the first girl was not purchased as a showdog I went back to the breeder and was offered another girl, pick of her litter. My very first show was the Collie Club of NSW, National Show in 1997. My girl Krystle was 3rd in her class out of 27 pups. I was hooked.

With time and research I came to learn more about our beautiful breed and a particular bloodline always caught my eye, the Corydon line.



After moving to Tasmania I was lucky enough to become friends with Mim Bester of Baqilodge Collies and purchase from her Baqilodge Evening Star who was down from two Corydon imports. Some time later Mim let me know of a proven brood bitch that was for sale, down also from a Corydon import. Tyagong Goldstars Hope came to live with me in 1993, what wonderful additions these two girls were to make to my kennel.



With the addition of Australian Shepherds, life will never be dull. I had admired these dogs for many years before getting one myself. In 2001 I went to watch the Victorian Australian Shepherd specialty show. There in intermediate dog class was a lovely looking young blue merle male who really caught my eye, Ch Hats Creek Hitchn A Ride to Oz (Imp USA) aka Hiker. Some months later a puppy appeared in the showring here in Tasmania - sired by Hiker - I knew then that I had to find one for myself. I found there was a litter in Queensland sired by Hiker, Brenna bowled into my life in 2002 and the rest speaks for itself. These dogs are great companions, and are willing to take part in any activity you can think of! Mine love herding, and many excel in obedience, agility, tracking, search & rescue as well as flyball. Herding is great fun and it is great to see the dogs do what they were bred to do. I had a great opportunity to lease, with Kate Lorkin of Rozate Australian Shepherds a wonderful dog, Ch Windfalls Craftsman, he has now returned to USA, but puppies from him can be seen around Australia.

My thanks go to Kate Dourley (Rozate/Mazasuka Knls) and Karen Sherlock (Tillsun/Mazasuka) for trusting me with many of their dogs and being great mentors for me in starting off in this wonderful breed.



I added Norwegian Forest Cats a little while ago, they have their own section - have a look! They are the second largest domestic breed of cat that originated in the forests of Norway. They have a wonderful long coat that is relatively easy to maintain. Large ears and a long tail are a feature of this breed. They are one of the few cat breeds that will come down a tree head first. The breed dates back to the days of the Vikings, cats with a long history.



Thanks to Alison Roberts of Snowstars Norwegians and Denise Grace of Jaymlynkatz (NZ) for trusting me with some of there beautiful cats, both have also been wonderful people to deal with and a wealth of knowledge about NFC. Alison not only sold me my first cats but helped me contact the right breeders overseas when I was looking to import.