the goals of FarWest cattery

"I knew, almost at once, that we, breeders, have the challenge to preserve and develop that ethereal wildness, an unforgettable way in which Pixie Bob cats glance, move, look and carry themselves." Nathalie Bent - pixie-bob . net, November 6 2008.

FarWest Cattery is a very small cattery... We are having about one litter per year. We have been looking for the healthiest cats, the wildest look, the biggest bones, and the sweetest and most intelligent temperament for our breeders.

I have the honnor to have been mentored for 6 years by the breed founder, Carol Ann Brewer. I have learnt a lot... and I now remember it all to improve the look of the pixie-bobs I am breeding, here in Europe. I export my kittens in the entire world, including, of course, the United States.

My primary objective is to share our love for the fabulous Pixie-Bobs:

• 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. I'm happy to continue breeding Pixie Bobs, coming from lines which I believe have a bobcat heritage.

	The bobcat Carol Ann Brewer compared Pixie with: the Coastal Red or Northwestern Bobcat. photo: thanks to Carol Ann Brewer		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
Remember... 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 rouded ears, terminated by a short lock of black hairs. Back of the ears: black with a white spot in the middle. two 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)

• 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.