GALLERY

Meet our lovely chocolate girl who came to us all the way from Australia!! Her breeder is Anne Davis - (AUS) Shakandah Birmans. Thank you, Anne, for sending and entrusting us this wonderful girl!!

"Sandy" as we call her here at home was named after a Beach Boys song - "Surfer Girl".
Being originally from Southern California myself, I grew up with older brothers and of course they had the Beach Boys blasting when I got to tag along with them and their friends to the beach when they were going to surf. And since Anne & family loves the Beach Boys also, we thought it was a fitting name for a girl coming from a SUNSHINE country!!

Sandy has a very dark chocolate color. There have been questions as to if she is a seal point instead of chocolate, but the kittens she has had so far (V-litter & X-littter) have only been chocolate & lilac solids & tabbys, so we see her as a very dark chocolate, with a LOVELY mask depth!! Because her mask color is as dark as it is, her coat otherwise has, at times, darker than is usual for most chocolates. One things for sure - she has a wonderful mask depth, and she will be a real help with our goal to get better masked dilutes! Other than that she really is a lovely Birman, with WONDERFUL eye color, as well!! It's quite difficult to bring out the color of her eyes with pictures, since her mask is as dark & dense as it is, but her eyes really are in the "stunning class". She has a lovely stocky body - she is not a long Birman, but she isn't too cobby either - she's just VERY SOLID!! Everything about her is really in proportion, which is really the most important thing, we think.

Sandy is such a loving Birman, though she and Hally don't always get along, but it's not a big problem - luckily!! She is such a people's cat - SO LOVING, with a temperament is hard to beat in that department!! She's SO DIFFICULT to take pictures of, because she just wants to cuddle....that's why it took a little longer to get her new page up - she just wouldn't cooperate with us as far as "posing".
Sometimes she seems to be in her own "little world". We have to laugh at that, but she just shuffles around and is a very quiet Birman. She is the dry food monitor, though, and when I hear her crying, I KNOW what is needed. So she helps me keep track!!

We look forward to more "Aussie" babies from Sandy, as she has been a wonderful mother!!