Dmitri

This is Erie Shores Dmitri, bred by Elaine Krocker in Cleveland, Ohio. Elaine is no longer breeding, but did an outstanding job with her cats.

Dmitri was born completely hairless and remains hairless. He has green eyes. If he had fur, he would be a solid black cat. Without fur, he appears to be almost steel blue with black points. Some breeders think that the kittens born hairless are homozygous for the Peterbald trait. I am not sure that is true, but further breedings from hairless-born cats may prove me wrong.

Dmitri's outstanding characteristic is his temperament. He is an exceptionally calm and loving tomcat. I have never seen him offer any violence or aggression to any other cat. He will raise a paw to smack an aggressive cat, but only if he is cornered. He mostly raises that same paw to reach out and caress his humans. He loves to sit in laps and on shoulders and he gives big wet kisses every chance he gets. I sincerely hope all his kittens inherit his personality.

Dmitri was retired in October 2006.

Feliks

Supreme Grand Champion

Meet Kremlincats Fuzzy Feliks Furwentski. Feliks is a solid black homozygous hairless cat with big golden eyes. Feliks was the Best Peterbald in the Great Lakes Region for the 2006-2007 season. Through Okonor Rubina, he sired Kremlincats Idita Mouski, who was the best Peterbald Kitten in the Region for the same season.

For the 2007-2008 show season, Feliks is currently the Best Peterbald in the United States and is placed second internationally.

Feliks is named for Iron Feliks Dzerzhinsky, the founder of the KGB. Fuzzy Feliks will be the foundation stud for our championship Peterbalds. He is the son of Erie Shores Dmitri, a stud with an amazingly gentle, kind and loving personality. I had hoped to preserve this personality in his kittens and Dmitri has done it! Feliks and his dad are non-aggressive, loving, curious and gentle. I hope to have this characteristic personality in all my kittens.

Feliks' mother is Cowboy Claws Frills and Furbelow.