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the
goals of FarWest cattery
FarWest
Cattery is a very small cattery... We are having only one litter
per year!... We have been looking for the wildest look, and the
sweetest and most intelligent temperament for our breeders.. We
have the honnor to be mentored by the breed founder, Carol Ann Brewer...
Our
primary objective is to share our love for the fabulous Pixie-Bobs:
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by
breeding Pixie-Bobs in good health physically, mentally and
emotionally.... with the wild look of the bobcat!.. Breeding
superior, complementary specimens, always coming closer to the
standard, an incredibly wild-looking cat with legendary bobcat
heritage.
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The
bobcat Carol Ann Brewer compared Pixie with: the Coastal Red
or Northwestern Bobcat. photo: thanks to Carol Ann
Brewer |
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A
Pallid bobcat kitten found east of the mountains in British
Columbia, Washington, Oregon, California. Also believed to
mix with the Coastal Red or Northwestern bobcat photo:
thanks to Carol Ann Brewer |
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The coastal red bobcat weighs 12 to 24 lbs and is one of the
smallest bobcats. It corresponds to one of the twelve bobcat
sub-species. Of the many subspecies, only one looks like the
standard that was written for the breed. It is the Coastal
Red Bobcat that the Pixie-Bob's standard is written after.
The term Coastal Red Bobcat was taken from an article that
Carol Ann Brewer, Founder of the breed, read, writen by a
Fish and Games Biologist. It is a pet name for the Nothwestern
Bobcat, or Lynx Rufus Faciatus... So, it is the look
of the Bobcat that we, at FarWest pixie-bobs are seeking,
and none of the traits of any other wild cats
Bobcats - artist: Karen Pidgeon, in:
The Incredible Bobcat Hybrid Newsletters - editor: Carol Ann
Brewer
To
learn more about the differences between a Red Coastal Bobcat,
a jungle cat and an asian leopard, 
click here!
Bobcats
and Canadian Lynx are also different:
lynx in winter photo in: The Incredible Bobcat
Hybrid Newsletters - Editor: Carol Ann Brewer
tail
with rings and black at the end
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rouded
ears, terminated by a short lock of black hairs. Back
of the ears: black with a white spot in the middle.
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of the caracteristics of the bobcat that distinguishthe
bobcat from the lynx: a ringed tail (wheras the lynx
has only the end of the tail black), the ears are smaller
rounded with a lock of black hairs a lot smaller than
those of the lynx, and a white spot that reminds us
of a looking eye (that the lynx does not have)
(Source: société de la faune et des parcs
du Québec 2002, with our thanks for its authorisation
to use this document) |
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- by
presenting them in shows.
- by
contacts with other breeders in the United States, in Europe and
in France, concerning our cats, their origins, their personalities.
- by
creating a complete Pixie-Bob pedigree data base.
last
updated:
12/05/2007
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