^ Melchor six months old

^ Here's Batman in the outside run

Panama is one year old in this picture. He has a beautiful head and a body like a steel bar. His eyes are large and nicely-shaped, ears set well on his head, profile is smoothly-scooped and he has a deep strong chin.

Panama is giving us gorgeous kittens with outgoing, loving personalities.

Before we decided to keep Wonder for our breeding program, we had the DNA test done to make sure he does not carry the MyBPC gene. Then Dr. Lori Siemens, certified veterinary cardiologist, performed echocardiography with Doppler color-flow imaging to check his heart, and a vet x-rayed his hips to make sure he does not have hip dysplasia, another possibly-inherited disease.

Even when he passed these stringent evaluations, we wouldn't use Wonder in a breeding program if he weren't an outstanding example of the breed. We demonstrated that by taking him to cat shows to compete with other Maine Coon cats, where he earned the points to give him the titles shown at left.

And even though he has lots of ribbons, titles and awards, it's his gentle charm and intelligence, the goofy, sweet personality that people expect in a Maine Coon cat, that makes him an excellent candidate for fathering kittens.

Wonder's personality comes through in all his kittens, and he loves his kittens.  When his babies are born, he waits outside the door. When they're old enough for him to be with them, he lets them climb all over him. He hides in a tube and paws them as they jump in at him.

He's as patient as their mother. He cleans them and lies happily as they sleep next to him. It's amazing to see.

"Tank" is four months old in the picture above, and two years old in the picture at right. He has the gentle, sweet personality of Wonder, his father, and the intelligence of Acadia, his mother. He looks just like Wonder, and has Wonder's same mannerisms.

Tatanka Iyotanka was Sitting Bull's Sioux name.

Elwood is very intelligent, with a great sense of humor and a stable, easy-going nature.   In this picture, he is five-and-a-half years old.

He has a beautiful, rich blue coat, a lovely head and large well-set and furnished ears with long, thick lynx tips.  His body is extremely dense, his muzzle long and his chin deep and strong.  He has a gently curved profile and a sweet, intelligent expression.  

TICA Quadruple Grand Champion
TICA Mid Pacific Region 2003 11th Best Longhair Cat
CFA NW Region 2003 11th Best Solid Color Maine Coon Cat

It's challenging to show a black cat, but Melchor was an International Winner. He sired some wonderful kittens before he retired to be a sweet home cat.

TICA International 16th Best Kitten 2002
 TICA International 2nd Best Maine Coon Kitten 2002
Mid Pacific Region Best Maine Coon Kitten 2002
Mid Pacific Region 5th Best Kitten 2002
Mid Pacific Region 18th Best Longhair Cat 2002

Windwalker Batman

Batman became a TICA Supreme Grand Champion in just four shows at eight months old!  He has a beautiful head, big ears and a sweet, intelligent expression.  "Batters' is supremely happy in his new home with Elizabeth and Adrian and although we miss him, we're very happy for him.

Mid Pacific 10th Best Kitten 2004
Mid Pacific 17h Best Cat 2004
Mid Pacific Region 9th Best Longhair Cat 2004

Coonyham Lone Ranger of Windwalker

Ranger shakes hands, gives "high five," and stretches to his very tall height when asked "how tall are you?"  But his favorite, unprompted behavior is to give us a hug.

TICA International 3rd Best Maine Coon Alter 1998

Ranger was neutered at eight months and never produced kittens. 

Ranger's heart is ultrasounded annually to monitor the progress of the thickened left ventricular wall and the enlarged papillary muscle, conditions that are evidence of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).  We plan to have many more years with him and we treasure every day with him.

In the picture below, Ranger is 11 years old.