22 of March 2009 we were struck by great sorrow when Christina passed away at home. The husband Håkan has decided to carry on with Lockharts.

 
A small devon rex cattery previously owned by Christina Hägglöf, Sweden.

My cattery name  registered with FiFe since 2002. I live with my husband and our cats in a village Årsunda near the city Sandviken in the middle of Sweden. Our cats live as family members and they stay indoors only. We breed a few litters per year. The main goal is to breed a healthy devons.

I hope you will enjoy your visit on this page and will come back soon

//Christina

More about Devons

Startling, dramatic eyes and strikingly oversized, low-set ears give the Devon Rex the look of an elfin clown. Its coat ripples, unlike the waves of the Cornish Rex. Good breeding has greatly improved the coat: it now matures in four months rather than a year, and is very rarely patchy. Due to outcrossing with variety of breeds, including Persian, in the 1960s, longhairs sometimes occur. The coat has led to claims that the Devon is non-allergenic, but this can never be guaranteed.

Breeders are unanimous that Devons never sit around looking elegant and bored; they are seldom elegant and always find life amusing; this, together with their coat, earned them nickname “poodle cats”. Typical breeder descriptions are “lovable slobs” and “love babies”. Perhaps they should add “extraterrestrials”: Devon was the chosen pet in the otherworldly epic Dune. Superman also rescued one from a tree in the 1984 film, so Hollywood certainly likes this breed.

 KEY FACTS

DATE OF ORIGIN 1960

PLACE OF ORIGIN Great Britain

ANCESTRY Feral and household cats

OUTCROSS BREEDS British and American Shorthairs until 1998

OTHER NAME Nicknamed “poodle cats”

WEIGHT RANGE 2,5 – 4 kg

TEMPERAMENT Appealing clowns

BREED COLOURS All colours and patterns, including pointed patterns