Tippo is now a 4yr old sturdy male. He has wonderful boning and a large frame with a head to match, his sidelines and profile are straight as a die and he has produced some really gorgeous babies for us over the last 2 1/2yrs. I'm happy to say that several of his kittens have gone into the breeding program over here in the UK and some are on the show bench doing well. Tippo weighs in at 8kgs at the moment but he's skinny due to the girls calling and it being summer, with his frame I would think that he should really be more like 10kgs so hopefully this winter he will put the weight back on and look more like he should.
Tippo is an open stud and is available either here in Pembrokeshire or he can travel to the home of the calling queen, truly a mobile stud boy :-). At Landsker we don't believe in restrictions on breeding lines, which lead to problems in the gene pool in future generations and therefore all our kittens from Tippo go on the active register, by doing this we hope to stop breeders having one of Tippo's kittens and shutting the lines down to only personal use, which doesn't help the breed!. The whole idea being that sharing the lines within the breed is the goal, that way you can get the combinations that can produce stunning cats even from cats that some breeders thought should just be neutered (see picture of Tippo's Great Grandmother - S*Gomorran's Jerica below his pedigree). We only sell to people that we feel have the best interests of the individual cat and the breed at heart & the same goes for anyone wanting to use Tippo at stud. Although we do put all of our kittens on the active register to help keep the lines open this is NOT something that we insist on other breeders doing with our lines, though we do hope that they will carry on the spirit of what we are trying to do by keeping the lines open for everyone's use and benefit and not restricting the lines to the extent where they cannot help the breed in general. If you decide to have a mating or buy one of Tippo's kittens then what we are trying to say is that we will be there for you when you need advice but that the choices of how to breed your cat is yours and not ours. If you are interested in having a litter with Tippo then please send a four generation pedigree and pictures of your girl to LANDSKER with your enquiry.
