Meet the family
We are Ross and Paula — GCCF breeders, exhibitors and, in Ross’s case, a judge of the breed — sharing our Hampshire home with British Shorthairs, Siamese and Orientals.
The judge who fell for the breed.
From the judging table to the kitten pen
EzBritz is a small British Shorthair cattery run by Ross and Paula Davies in Hampshire — and it began, honestly enough, with a confession: the judge fell for the breed.
We have bred and shown pedigree cats for more than twenty years under our GCCF-registered prefix Burnthwaites, producing many best in show Siamese and Orientals, including International Grand Champions. Ross is a GCCF cat judge, qualified across most sections — including the British Shorthair. And that is where this story really starts: the more British Shorthairs Ross judged, the harder he fell for those round faces, plush coats and unflappable temperaments.
Then Rosie arrived. RAYANSHEL WHOLE-LOTTA-ROSIE, our black British Shorthair, has lived with us for over two years now and she is, quite simply, special — the cat who turned a judge’s admiration into a breeder’s commitment. Her first litter, born in May 2026, is the first to carry our EzBritz prefix.
We will be upfront with you: as breeders of British Shorthairs, we are at the start of our journey — EzBritz is a new cattery and Rosie’s litter is our first. But we come to the breed with two decades of breeding, showing and husbandry experience behind us, and with the breed standard quite literally in hand: Ross assesses British Shorthairs on the judging table at GCCF shows. Few new catteries begin with that grounding, and we believe our kitten families deserve both the honesty and the experience.
About Ross
- GCCF cat judge — qualified across most sections, including the British Shorthair; judging since 2014
- Breeding and exhibiting pedigree cats for over 20 years; many best in show winners and International Grand Champions under the Burnthwaites prefix
- Active GCCF member — cat club committee work and service on both the Oriental and Siamese Breed Advisory Committees; show manager for various clubs
- Member of the Southern British Shorthair Cat Club
- Certified in feline behaviour & psychology, and in cat anxiety & stress
- Published cat writer — featured in Your Cat and Our Cats magazines — and guest speaker at cat seminars
About Paula
- Breeding and showing pedigree cats alongside Ross for over 20 years
- Certified microchip implanter — every EzBritz kitten is microchipped at home, by Paula, with no extra stress or strange handling
- Qualified pet first aider
- Certified in pet bereavement counselling
- Feline artist — her cat designs and caricatures feature in our CattyLicious gift shop
- Active member of the cat fancy and cat club committee member
What this means for your kitten
Experience is only worth talking about if it benefits the kittens. Ours means: pairings planned by someone who judges the breed standard for a living; husbandry, socialisation and weaning shaped by certified behaviour knowledge and twenty years of practice; microchipping done gently at home by a certified implanter; and a breeder on the end of the phone for the lifetime of your cat — backed by the kind of first-aid and bereavement training you hope never to need.
You can read more about us on our other sites: CattyLicious, Burnthwaites Siamese & Orientals and The British Shorthair Cat.
