a little about us...

about me...

Marie-Pierre François, born & living in Lorraine, France...

Animals have always taken a great place in my life,
and also in my work.

Nachka was my first Skogkatt, and with her I discovered the race, the breed....
and it was the beginning of a passion.
Laïloken's breed
In my breed I prefer to have quality than quantity, and that's why I want to have few breeding cats: I can spend a lot of time with each of them, and also with the kittens who get a lot of care and attention, and leave my home with the best garanties of health and socialisation.
But few cats also mean serious selection! My goal is to have very harmonious cats, with wonderful temper and type (straight profile, triangular head and big ears with tuffs), on a well balanced body.
My selection is based on a perfect type associated to a particular look: I mean, "that" look which is charming us in a Norvegian Forest Cat!! I clearly pefer a cat with beautiful harmony in type & body associated to a wonderful look, than a big 8 kg cat without any expression.
4 words for my goal: type - harmony - look - charisma...

All my breeding cats attend to international shows. But I don't want to be on the roads each week end, first for cats who are not all fond of shows (and litters need attention too!), and then because of my work. That's why you can meet us in some international shows in France, Luxembourg, Switzerland, Neederland and Germany, where we can find an interesting concurrence for our cats.
type ... harmony & look ... charisma ...
the cattery :
I am living by my cats ;-), and she share a large house in Nancy, 10mn from the heart of town and the wellknown "Place Stanislas".
Nancy is situated 150 km from Strasbourg, 400 km from Paris, 400 km from Lyon, 100 km from Luxembourg.
The cats can enjoy larges terraces, completely closed, and a closed garden.
A kind of "secured freedom"!

Each of our males have their own sweet home:
cattery of 50m2 + closed garden 10m2 for Terek
cattery of 12m2 + closed garden 45m2 for Korsaire.
In the house, the cats have free access wherever they want.
Some rooms are specially for them, but there is no closed door!
They have lots of toys, cat-trees...
and they love very much ...
my bed...
Our females always have their kittens in my bedroom... near my bed!

But some weeks later, the little family move in the living room, in a special "cat nursery".
I love to have them with me all the time, and so they are growing among all the smells and noises of real life.
When they are big enough... they climb the nursery's wall... and then... they can run over all the house with adults cats!
Cats' health :
All the cats are vaccinated against coryza, panleucopenia, chlamydia, leucosis and rabies.
They are tested (negative) for FIV and FeLV.
All adults cats are tested for HCM by Dr Cohen Solal in Brussels, and for GDS4 by ADN.
The kittens are vaccinated at 9 weeks old, and a second time 13 weeks old before they move to their new family.
we are member of :
www.norvegien.com