CH Dayjoy Orla (Dàrna)
Dàrna is Gaelic for 'Second', pronounced Daw-rna - so called because she is our second queen
68 43hsq - Tiffanie,
Chocolate Tortie Silver Shaded with Burmese Restriction
Inbreeding Co-efficient: 9.4%
(10 generations)
D.O.B. 26/06/09
Dàrna has kittens at the moment! Six lovely babies born in September, and ready to go to their new homes from the start of January.
Dàrna was our second foundation Tiffanie queen, coming from Joy Wakenshaw (Dayjoy Tiffanies and Norwegian Forest Cats) in Northumberland. Her mother, Leelee (Farash Loralei Lee) is a lovely imported chocolate tortie smoke with burmese restriction. Dàrna has inherited her mum's excellent ear-set and nose-break, and also has a lovely clear silver undercoat, complemented by pale green eyes. Her shading is nice and light, but in a rich chocolate, and she also has one of the longest tails I've ever seen on a Tiffanie (or an Asian generally!), forming a fantastic plume. Dàrna's father is Kevona Simply Awesome, who is out of the well known (and gorgeous) smoke boy, CH Kennbury Black Ice.
Dàrna is very close to Katie, who is her almost constant playmate and companion, and we have lots of very cute photos of the two curled up together. She considers Annas to be her 'Mum', and looks to her for guidance and cleaning! Dàrna isn't quite as cuddly as Katie, but she still likes to curl up with us on the couch, and when she does she can purr for Scotland! I've never heard a cat with a louder purr - it's incredible.
Dàrna did very well in shows as a kitten, completing her kitten 'career' by getting down to the last two for Best Foreign Kitten at the Supreme! Since then she has made up to Champion by the age of 13 1/2 months, winning her three certificates from Mrs Codd, Mrs Marriott-Power and Mrs Walkden. Like Katie, she has also had good results in her side classes, coming first and second in some really big classes. She is like a little ragdoll at shows, because she just flops in the judges' arms, which makes it very easy for them to turn her any way they like to get a good look at her.
Like Katie, the fact that Dàrna's mother is a smoke means that she definitely carries the non-agouti gene that could let her produce smoke kittens herself. Being a tortie also means that she could produce Red kittens.