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We are a TICA Outstanding Cattery (2010), a CFA Cattery of Excellence (2010) and are a member of the CFA Sphynx Breed Council (2010 & 2011).  This means our home cattery has been inspected and adheres, at the highest level possible, to the facility standards and guidelines set by 2 of the largest cat fancy organizations in the world.  Also, as a CFA Ambassador, and a practicing CFA Clerk, I am a representative of the cat fancy whom is commited to reaching out to educate those interested in the cat fancy, spreads goodwill and provides administrative support for judges at CFA cat shows.

My husband and I are professionally employed and we show, support the betterment of the breed and breed sphynx as a hobby.  I hold a BSA in Art Education and a Masters (MBA) in Management Information Systems and operate a family owned technology corporation and my husband is an AVP at Comerica Bank.  Our strong educational and professional backgrounds help us in the areas of cattery management, knowledge attainment and ethics and clearly separates our cattery and practice from those ran by unprofessional backyard breeders. Ironically, we do find raising sphynx kittens and cats to be much more rewarding than any of our formal professional endeavors.  Our children enjoy it very much also.

In addition to our cattery,  I am the founder/secretary/treasure of a non-profit organization, "Hairless Hearts", which is dedicated to protecting future generations of the Sphynx breed from HCM and to provide advocacy for breed preservation through education, the sharing of HCM data amongst breeders, and financial support to registered pet owners by providing HCM scanning at low/no cost to sphynx cats.  We have worked closely with our veterinary cardiologist, Dr. Renee Riepe, to jointly become more involved in the Sphynx/HCM battle by participating in sphynx cardiac genetic research and organizing scanning of sphynx and reporting their pedigrees to the highly respected organization, PawPeds (Pawpeds.com).  Our efforts in arranging low cost scanning has initiatied approximately 100 HCM scans at Dr. Riepe's facility in 2010 alone.

We actively show our cats in CFA in the Great Lakes region and work with other reputable sphynx breeders in CFA and TICA.  Our breeders undergo HCM scanning every 12-18 months and are blood typed and DNA tested for genetic issues and attributes.

Because sphynx are such uniquely loving creatures, we produce healthy, happy sphynx kittens with sweet temperaments to extend our family, enjoy their growth, exhibit them and share them with approved families looking for a new family member.  We want to help preserve the breed so their love can continue to be shared.  Although Sphynx cats are a relatively new breed, they could be endanger of becoming extinct if strong, healthy lines free of genetic issues are not preserved.  As the breed continues to evolve, it is necessary for us to follow the guidelines put forth by the cat fancy experts of the world in an effort to improve the breed and increase their longevity.

Contrary to popular belief, breeding is not a career or profit making endeavor.  It is a full time, expensive hobby.  We strive for breed improvement in the areas of conformation and health and all proceeds from the sale of our pet quality kittens goes back into the cattery and towards practice improvement and exhibition expenses.  Additionally 10% of all our proceeds goes directly towards HCM initiatives for the sphynx breed.

We have full time help with our practice; our cat nanny, who helps maintain the daily care and cleanliness of our cattery and we have wonderful friends, new and old, which work with us to exhibit, love, and participate in long term care for our cats.  


Our Sphynx History

It must of been Bigglesworth from the Austin Powers movie when the sphynx cat first intrigued us.  We quickly had to learn more about having a hairless sphynx kitten of our own.  We fell in love with the breed in the mid 90's before we were married, Zach adopted a sphynx kitten for a pet.  His name was Mojo.

As time went on, we got another sphynx for a pet.  He had one eye and his name was Horus. Many of our friends and family quickly feel in love with our boys and in order to save them from being cat-napped, we purchased a couple breeders, Boozhoo and Prudence from local catteries, registered our cattery and in March of 2008 had a couple litters to share the love.  As most of our family were dog lovers; it was easy for them to convert to a breed of cat as loving as the sphynx.

As we became more involved in the sphynx breeding community, we started off very naive and very new to the practice of professional breeding and while we have improved and refined our practice 10fold since then, we feel we still have much to learn and are continuing refinement on a daily basis.  We enjoy meeting and conversing with sphynx breeders from all over the world and pursuing long term, trusting relationships with catteries of similar ethics and goals.

Mojo lived with a friend and died at about 13 years old. Horus died in February 2010 at the age of 10 years old of feline lung cancer.  Our first breeders are still close to us with friends and in the cattery of our family partner in Canada.