January 2008 Newsletter - United Burmese Cat Fanciers

ter, since we preferred the look. It was with “Edward G.
Robinson” aka Gabby, that we started learning about the
differences between the breeding of traditional and contemporary
Burmese.
We loved living with Burmese cats. We began toying
with the idea of raising Burmese kittens to perpetuate the
joy. Both of our boys were altered, and not show quality.
If we were to do this, we were committed to excellence and
bettering the breed. Enter Evita Burmese – Brian Tripp.
Through Brian, we found our sweetheart, Myrna Loy, the
queen of our home and cattery. Myrna had her first litter
this August 21, 2007.
The rest will be history.
Becky and Donald Drew
Traditional Burmese Cattery
About 35 years ago, a long time friend of mine decided
to take an extended trip to Europe, and asked if I could care
for her cats - a female Burmese, and a male Himalayan. I
agreed and the next 3 months were an absolute nightmare.
The Burmese was the worst cat I’d ever seen. She hissed
at me and I NEVER could come close to her, let alone
touch her, and I decided I hated the Burmese and loved the
Himalayan.
My friend came back home, and was I ever glad to
see the backside of that Burmese cat . . . but some years
later another friend, Sonja Westlund, gave me a pregnant
female Burmese, to make me change my mind. I decided
to give the breed a second chance . . . and fell in love with
Burmese.
That was my first breeding queen, Discobbolos’s Dorie
of Taku. She was the foundation of the Tojay line.
Hyla Carney
Tojay Cattery
At the time I lived in Canada, and couldn’t find a Burmese
to start my own cattery with. About four months after
I had been searching regularly, I came across a lady who
was a breeder and she helped me get started. That was Rita
Schoebel from Suncoast. Another breeder, John Ankman
of Shakespurr Cattery in eastern Canada who is now deceased,
sold me a boy. I have since merged and am being
mentored by an old time cattery and one of the original
breeders, Roger and Rochelle Horenstein of Chin Hills.
To me the Burmese are the best cats, they are all the best
attributes of a dog and a cat. They are the perfect pets.
I was given a kitten that was part Burmese. Her name
was Jewel. My husband’s mother had a Burmese cattery
when he was growing up which is where my cattery name
comes from, Qwan Yinn Burmese. I only had her a couple
of months before someone accidentally let her out and a
dog killed her. I absolutely fell in love with the personality.
She was so friendly and loving. Like a dog in a cat body.
I was hooked and started searching. That was 8 years ago
now. Tojay Cattery Female
Leora Alden
Qwan Yinn Burmese
I met my first Burmese when I worked in a Veterinary
Clinic in West Vancouver BC. I had always been a dog
lover but met this hypochondriac Burmese sable male and
fell in love -- 37 years ago!! He was a big boy about 15
pounds and he was a candidate for pet insurance, always
something wrong! He belonged to a breeder, and I met
her cats and that was the beginning of my love affair with
Burmese. I bought a sable female, Cressida, from her and
she went everywhere with me on a harness, the beach,
camping, etc. I had one litter from her under contract. I
lost her sadly to a car when I moved to the country and she
escaped.
Carolyn Beard
Beardsley Burmese
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