Nom de L'élevage/éleveur/pays d'origine
Name of your breed/breeder/country :

NORSESTAR NORWEGIAN FOREST CATS, SCOTT & MARGIE NELSON, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - USA



Avez vous des responsabilités dans le monde du NFO ?
Activities/responsibilities in the nfo world :

MARGIE IS CURRENTLY PRESIDENT OF THE NORWEGIAN FOREST CAT FANCIERS ASSOCIATION (NFCFA) AND BOTH SCOTT & MARGIE ARE brEED COUNCIL MEMBERS IN CFA.
Website : http://www.nfcbc.org/

Quand avez vous démarré ?
When started :

GOT FIRST NFC IN 1989 AND BECAME brEEDERS IN 1991.

Comment s'est effectué le démarrage ?
How started - help from other breeders :

WE WERE ENCOURAGED BY NFO brEEDER TO SHOW NEUTERED MALE IN TICA WHERE WE DEVELOPED RELATIONSHIPS WITH OTHER NFO brEEDERS AND LEARNED ABOUT THE brEED.

Les premiers chats puis les autres (lignées de base)
Your first cats/next one (base line) :



OUR FIRST brEEDING MALES WERE OUT OF THE PANS LINES FROM PANS ALEXI OF SCANDIKATS AND OUR FIRST FEMALES WERE OUT OF MAINELINE CATTERY HERE IN THE USA.

Méthode de travail/plan d'élevage (utilisez vous la consanguinité ?)
breeding program (if existing)/how do you select ? : WE DO CONTINUE TO brEED AND ARE IN THE PROCESS OF "RENEWAL" OF SORTS -- ALL OF OUR ORIGINAL LINES ARE OLDER AND ARE RETIRED. WE HAVE KEPT SOME FEMALES FROM THAT AND ARE LOOKING TO ADD brEEDERS THAT CAN IMPROVE WHAT WE ARE DOING. WE WANT TO MAINTAIN OUR SWEET TEMPERMENTS AND STRAIGHT PROFILES -- BUT NEED TO IMPROVE ON BODY SIZE, BONING, HEAD LENGTH.

Nombre et qualité des chats de l'élevage
Number and qualities of your cats :



WE HAVE FIVE FEMALES AND TWO MALES - THEY ARE ALL RATHER YOUNG YET AND WE ARE HOPEFUL. THEIR BEST QUALITIES ARE SWEET DISPOSITIONS, STRAIGHT PROFILES, GOOD CHINS AND EARSETS, AND GOOD COAT QUALITY.

Chatterie inter/exterieure.
What kind of cattery/ outside-inside :

INSIDE TOTALLY.

Objectifs de l'élevage/type de chat (lequel de vos chats se rapproche le plus de votre objectif ?)
Target of your breed/kind and type of your cats/which is closest to our goal :



THE CAT CLOSEST TO OUR GOAL IS OUR NOW RETIRED STUD, EPONA'S TOBIAS OF NORSESTAR (TOBY). HE IS A HUGE MALE WITH THE PERFECT HEAD, MUZZLE, EYES, ETC. HE DID GIVE US SOME SUCCESS WITH OUR NFO IN HIS OFFSPRING AND WE HAVE KEPT A DAUGHTER OF HIS AND GRANDDAUGHTERS FOR THE FUTURE. WE JUST NEED TO FIND A MALE AS NICE AS HIM TO REPLACE HIM!

Expos /Résultats d'élevage
Shows/breeding results :

WE HAVE SHOWED EXTENSIVELY OVER THE YEARS IN TICA AND CFA. MORE RECENTLY IN CFA CAME OUR GREATEST ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH 10 CATS EARNING "GRAND CHAMPION" STATUS, 9 "REGIONAL WINNERS," AND ONE brEED WINNER. IN 1999 OUR NORSESTAR'S LOKI (WHO'S FATHER IS TOBY) EARNED THE VERY FIRST CFA NATIONAL WINNER STATUS FOR THE NFO AND IN 2001, LOKI'S SON AND DAUGHTER BOTH WON CFA NATIONAL WINNER STATUS -- WHICH MAKES US THE FIRST NFO CATTERY TO HAVE WIN PLACEMENTS IN NATIONAL STANDING IN ALL THREE SHOW CATEGORIES (CHAMPION / PREMIERSHIP / KITTEN) IN CFA.



Couleurs préférées
Preferred colors :

WE PREFER brOWN CLASSIC (BLOTCHED) TABBIES WITH WHITE -- BUT WE WORK WITH ALL COLORS (EXCEPT X-COLOR). WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING MORE IN THE FUTURE WITH BLACK & WHITE.



Points de vues sur l'elevage en general , la france en particulier
What do you think about nfo breeding globally/in your country ? What do you think about french breeder ? :

THE NFO REMAINS STILL A MINORITY brEED IN OUR COUNTRY AND WE ARE AMAZED AT HOW POPULAR THE brEED IS IN EUROPE - HOW MANY brEEDERS THERE ARE - HOW MANY NFO'S ARE IN YOUR SHOWS! IT WOULD BE A DREAM COME TRUE TO ATTEND ONE OF YOUR FIFE SHOWS AND SEE THE NUMBERS! IT SEEMS THAT THE FRENCH brEEDERS ARE VERY CAREFUL AND THOUGHTFUL ABOUT EXPORTING CATS TO THE STATES -- SO, WE SEE VERY LITTLE OF FRENCH LINES HERE. WE ONLY KNOW ONE FRENCH brEEDER PERSONALLY AND HE HAS THE UTMOST OF RESPECT FOR THIS brEED AND DESIRES TO PROMOTE THE NFO WITH ONLY THE BEST QUALITY - THE ONLY REPUTABLE WAY TO DO THINGS, WE THINK!

Remarques générales
Generals remarks :

IT IS OUR HOPE THAT THE NFO CONTINUES TO BE A STRONG, BEAUTIFUL AND HEALTHY brEED AND WISH ALL OF YOU THE BEST OF SUCCESS WITH YOUR CATS. THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING US TO SHARE A BIT OF OURSELVES WITH YOU!