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Queens |
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Broadsway “BlueElla” of RoyalLions |
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Sire: INTERNATIONAL WINNER, Supreme Grand Champion, Outstanding Sire Broadsway “Redding”
Dam: Quad Grand Champion Tribalcats “Turquoise” of Broadsway
Blue Ticked Torbie w/ White—May 27th, 2008 DNA Negative for HCM by Parentage
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“How often I have thought when looking into the face of a particularly beautiful or expressive cat, Ah, if you were but a woman I would like to court and marry you” …Paul Galico |
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“Conscious of her high lineage, the Cat understands and accepts the responsibilities that attach to it. She knows what she owes to herself, to her rank, to the Royal Idea. Therefore, it is you who must be the courtier.” - The Yellow Book, volume X, July 1896 |
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BlueElla is one of our few Maine Coons who doesn't look like she stepped out of the wild but rather the Powder Room! Our neighbors call her “the Movie Star” having permanent makeup that most women would envy! Her beauty might make even the biggest skeptic wonder about a Master Creator. Ella’s coat is that of the plushest stuffed animal. She’s our bed kitty that loves to put her white gloved paws on each shoulder and nudge our faces while she lays on top of us, even while she’s pregnant! Daughter of TICA International Winner Broadsway “Redding”, Ella produces loving babies who inherit her remarkable beauty, obvious breed conformation and solid boning! She is a wonderful mother who is known to nurse her babies even after 16 weeks and jumps into the travel bags of her kittens departing, BlueElla has a hard time “letting go”! |
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Broadsway “Tarzanna” of RoyalLions |
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Sire: Grand Champion Bearcloud “Thomas” of Broadsway
Dam: Broadsway “Benedicta”
Black Silver Tabby - October 9th, 2009
DNA Negative for HCM via Parentage
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Full of intense beauty and emotion, Tarzanna is our wonderful wild wonder who dares to impress us with her high flying skills and acrobatic stunts uncommon among such a large breed! Tarz was shown in the kitten class for four months and hated it so we refused to subject her to the stress. Despite this, she has excellent breed confirmation and an astounding feral expression that is drop dead gorgeous! “The Tarz” resembles a wolf but acts like a child. She is very skilled with her paws and often uses them simultaneously, bringing food and water to her mouth like a person. She refuses to eat out of cat food dishes and first removes the food before consuming it. She also likes to grab our head with her two paws as we walk by her cat tree. Tarzy does not like to be passed by without acknowledgement! We often tease her asking if she is going to eat her babies when she becomes a mommy and she just trills and head butts us! Her first litter proved she is a very dedicated, protective, and nurturing mother though she expects obedience and instills discipline. Tarzanna is the niece of TICA two-time SE Regional Winner Broadsway “Redford” of RoyalLions. We are expecting she will bring many similar qualities like Redford to our breeding program: incredible height and length of body and tail, well proportioned lynx tipped ears, crocodile- like eyes and a surprisingly intimate personality! Her high energy and intelligent disposition only facilitate a tendency towards incredible intense affection! Many people are a bit hesitant to pet her, afraid she will bite their hand off, however she often just rolls over for a tummy rub! Looks can be so deceiving! |
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“My Mommy says I have Crocodile Eyes, do you agree? |
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Tarzanna’s Joker Smile! |
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Whadaya Mean off the Table? I am your Centerpiece!” |
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Any fencing you see in the above photos is outside of the stud domain. Our resident females are never caged. Our males reside in their in-home stud quarters when females are in heat. This is necessary to control unplanned pregnancies and inappropriate marking. Whole males are given intermittent breaks outside on a screen porch and can roam the main house during “supervised visitation”. They are also harness & leashed trained so they can frequent the outdoors with a human companion. ALL of our breeding cats are full family members that enjoy an excellent quality of life! To us, it’s cruel to isolate such a sociable breed that craves human interaction and force it to live in isolation for years (in a basement, garage, cage or outdoor pen) regardless of the cat being whole (not spayed/neutered). This is why we limit the sale of breeding cats and hope buyers will expect their kitten to come from a home that treats their breeding cats with love and respect regardless of the inconvenience or home modifications required. |
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“Humbly, I bend to stroke her silken fur. I am content to be a slave to her.” …Walter Adolphe Roberts |
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Tarzanna at 6 months (an impressive profile already) |
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My Model Pose |
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“I said, “Go to Bed Kittens!” (A strict but loving mom!) |
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Champion Broadsway “Puma Girl” of RoyalLions |
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Puma Girl was given her name in honor of the Florida Panther. She has a very similar ticked coat, rosewood colored nose, incredibly long tail, and moves throughout our home with the gracefulness of a wild cat. We were attracted to her instantly due to her resemblance of Florida’s most endangered animal. She is what inspired our support of “Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge”. Though Puma is as beautiful as a wild cat she has the sweet laid back disposition expected of the Maine Coon breed, she is known to lie upside down in the crest of our arms face up like a baby. She loves to touch our faces with her well -tufted hairy paws. We say she enjoys wearing her furry house slippers! Puma’s favorite hobby is to help with home repairs, she comes running to the sound of power tools.! She has even been caught cuddling hand tools (see below). Not only did we fall in love with her natural beauty but her extremely unique personality and loving nature! Nothing gets under Puma’s skin. She gets along well in a multi-cat setting and tolerates any situation with ease and grace.
While showing, the judges admired Puma’s long muzzle and tall ears. They noticed her remarkably long tail, expressive gold eyes, and dramatic forehead markings. Her show disposition was incredible, she was cooperative and easy going when handled by judges unknown to her. Puma is of remarkable International Champion bloodlines with her father being MainelyClassic “Rocky” of Broadsway and her brother Broadsway “Machias”, both International Winners in TICA! Puma is of the same quality but like most females, her show career was cut short when mother nature called. Her sweet loving disposition was carried forward into her new role of “stay at home mom” with her first litter born May 5, 2011. She took to motherhood with the same ease and grace we all expected! |
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Puma Photographed by Helmi Flick 7 months old at TICA Atlanta Show 2010
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In honor of Puma Girl we adopted Florida Panther “Wanderer” in support of Friends of the Florida Panther Refuge |
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Sire: INTERNATIONAL WINNER, Supreme Grand Champion Mainelyclassic “Rocky “ of Broadsway
Dam: CH Williamina “Chocolate Ripple” of Broadsway
Brown Ticked Torbie—January 10, 2010
DNA negative for HCM by Parentage Screened 2/18/2011 for HCM via Echocardiogram at UF Veterinarian Medical Center—heart “normal”
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Daddy’s Helper—Puma @ 6 months |
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RoyalLions “Scarlet O’Harris” |
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Sire: INTERNATIONAL WINNER, Supreme Grand Champion RoyalLions “Count Blackula”
Dam: Double Grand Champion Broadsway “FirePaw of RoyalLions
Brown Classic (Reverse) Torbie December 28, 2010
DNA Negative for HCM by Parentage To be echoed for HCM via ultrasound at 1 year @ University of Florida Veterinarian Medical Center
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Scarlet O’Harris is a very dramatic Brown Classic (Reverse) Torbie, “torbie” meaning tabby with red, “reverse” meaning the red is more dominant than the brown in the coat. Scarlet has the striking features of her mother and sweet disposition of her father. RoyalLions will be watching this baby Bobcat develop as the next up and coming Queen to replace her mother Broadsway “FirePaw of RoyalLions who was retired Spring 2011. Scarlet is the closest replica of FirePaw after a number of select breedings aimed at developing a Queen from long historical breeding lines worthy of preservation, who may be inclined to produce reverse torbies of equivalent quality. Besides her fabulous coat, Scarlet has an incredibly long tail, nice tight ear set, and strong chin among many other impressive assets. Like FirePaw, Scarlet loves to give kisses. She is alert, playful, and comes running to any human who approaches her. We call her our bathroom hostess! Her worse habit is getting inside of your pants while your on the potty and making herself at home. Many of our guest prefer Scarlet over a good magazine! We are excited to add Scarlet to our breeding program, as she will be the first RoyalLion Queen from our very own breeding that we feel is good enough to fill the shoes of her mother, thus, her last name O’Harris. We hope she’ll be blessed with productive and healthy litters so we can share the immeasurable beauty and companionship expected of the Maine Coon! |
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Scarlet (aka Cinny Bear) at 9 weeks old with sister Choco Bear (left) |
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Mother FirePaw & Daughter Scarlet (Scarlet shown in photos @ 14 wks. old) |
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Pedigrees may be viewed by clicking on the PEDIGREE link under each cat’s name. The link will bring you to pawpeds.com an International database of pedigree registered cats. All of our breeding cats are registered here so we can determine optimum breeding coefficients relevant to our breeding program. |
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Sire: INTERNATIONAL WINNER, Supreme Grand Champion RoyalLions “Count Blackula”
Dam: Broadsway “BlueElla” of RoyalLions
Tortie w/ White July 17, 2011
DNA Negative for HCM by Parentage To be echoed for HCM via ultrasound at 1 year @ University of Florida Veterinarian Medical Center
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RoyalLions “Big Kahuna” |
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A tortie with an incredible torti-tude! She’s a show off, an entertainer, a bed warmer, constant companion and a beauty queen with a man’s appetite! We have waited several years for a special tortie with her quality and disposition and here she is....the Big Kahuna. Big Kahuna means “great teacher”. She teaches us everyday to take life a little less serious and to appreciate all it’s beauty we often take for granted. Superiorly crafted by our God Almighty, we take in all she has to offer with great appreciation and constant admiration. It is not common to have a girl like this adorned with excellent typing, an outstanding disposition and highly desired furnishings such as long red lynx tips. We thank Broadsway for our BlueElla, the Dam who helped in the makeup department and our loving boy IW, SGC RoyalLions “Count Blackula” , the Sire (who has produced those long lynx tips now consistently in many of his kittens). We are grateful to Dr. David Bernbaum of MTNest and Susan Milburn of CascadeMtn for helping us evaluate her in the sometimes difficult decision when adding a queen to a breeding program. We especially thank Jennifer Sable and Jean Thompson of Broadsway, our beloved mentors, who put it simply, “if you don’t keep her, you have learned nothing from us!” |
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“A Live Scarf” Stressing on the Way to a show! |