Biography

Kitt was born Feb. 22, 1986. His sire is Ch. Skansen's Handsome Stranger - his dam Ch. Skansen's Festival V. Diamond.     This turned out to be one of those exceptional litters everyone hopes for. So we repeated it one more time before Festival was retired. The combination has produced 6 Champions so far and several more pointed, which we know should finished shortly.     Kitt himself is a 28 inch tall, very powerful, male. He is the most like Handsome in this litter, with the same happy temperament, very outgoing and very dominant with the other males. Kitt has the American coat, he is OFA good and we expect he will be a top-producer like his sire.     When Kitt was 6 mo. old he injured one of his hind legs and walked around on 3 legs for awhile. As I do not believe in surgery on young growing animals, I let him run free - expecting his injury to heal fast as they always do. By the time he was 10 mo. old we started showing Kitt and he finished almost undefeated just over a year. At two we had his OFA X-rayed and asked the vet. if there were any signs of his injury and sure enough it turned out he had cracked his pelvic bone, which had healed perfectly without any aid from us.     At this time Kitt, went down to Mexico to gain his additional titles of Mexican and International Champion, which he did undefeated, also placing in the Group several times.     Kitt's litter sister is Ch. Skansen's Knockout, in many people's opinion the best female I ever bred. Knockout set her own record when she won winner's bitch three days in a row at our 1987 National, gaining 15 points in 3 days. Another brother of Kitt's is Ch. Skansen's Mordecai Siegal.  Mordecai was sold as a pup and just came back to live with us, as his owner had to go to school and did not have time to take care of him. We were so happy to have him back here, he is a magnificent male with superb movement and has placed in Group several times, like his sister and brother.