I bought my first Siamese thirty years ago.

  I had always been in love with the Siamese breed, partly due to its people oriented character and heavenly blue eyes.  Unfortunately, one of my children turned out to be allergic for any number of things including, yes, you guessed it,Siamese cats and so after long serious and deliberate consideration, we decided, that we would probably have to keep the child.  

After the children had grown up and and left home, we sprung at the chance to, once again, have the pleasure of a Siamese in our lives. Well, we quickly made that two Siamese, after all, they are such social creatures. Then yet another one because, well, they are just so delightful. Then we thought it would be so nice to let them have one nest, before they were sterilised, etc. etc. etc.  

We are now a few years further and have discovered that the breeding of Siamese cats is much more complex than meets the eye. It is so important for everybody and for the animals that the Siamese breeder makes a study of the pedigrees, genetics, recessive and dominant inheritance and many other factors that pertain to a healthy continuation of a breeding Siamese line. This has become our priority.  

We do not show our Siamese cats, we don't have to, they know that they come from the best lines, out of America, Finland, Denmark, Germany and England, but then there is also the fact that we are probably just too lazy to get up early on a Sunday morning, follow country roads to some remote location and wait hours to be judged. Either way both we and the Siamese like it this way.  

However, having Siamese kittens is always a joy and also the people that we meet who buy a Siamese kitten and stay in contact, even after many years, often becoming very good friends of ours. It’s nice! We also are aware, that not everybody is infected with this wonderful   virus called Siamese, and that some people ask “How many Siamese cats, did you say that you have?" with a look of astonishment.  

 

  Fortunately, we are now at an age where we don't really care what they think. It’s our     life and we like it this way and we hope for many more such years together with our cats.