Movieclip - Slideshow of Shenona & Leon

The future King of (Totallycoastal) Leon..  Shown here with his queen Shenona.  They are already getting on like a house on fire.  we have high hopes for this pairing in 2014 of these 2 wonderful longhair bobtail Pixie-bobs.  Watch this slideshow to see just how alike they are.  Leon has the upper hand on the wild face but other than that they are like two peas in a pod.

Update - Happy Birthday Shenona

Our very first Pixiebob CH Ansonroad Shenona is 3 years old today.  You are Our inspiration, a fantastic mother, and still the Boss!  You've given us so much pleasure, Our First Homegrown Stud a super boy (Big Mac) Supersize Me.  We hope that your planned pairing to Quintus give us some more wonderful Totallycoastal babies to carry on your Lynxy looks.  Happy Birthday Shenona!!!!

Planned Pairing - 2 Champs Ed x Shenona

We have decided to try Our Champion stud boy out to our Champion Queen Shenona in 2011.  I think these 2 great examples, will compliment each other quite nicely. 

Shenona has a real rugged wild look about her and a really nice strong profile.  Ed has a great conformation to his body, with good dense boning while still having stealth, lean muscular wild cat physique.  Both these Pixiebobs have gorgeous eyes (both calming green).  We are hoping for some more beauties from this pairing, with soulful Gooseberry green eyes. 

Shenona has those amazingly large chunky but somewhat stout legs.  She is well built for a female which is always very nice to have.  Ed is a straightfooted boy with an amazing temprement and a coat to die for and also robust thick legs.  We are believe that this combination will give us some chunky great legs with really nice large paws.

 

What will this variation of uniquely combined lines bring us???  Our imagination has already run wild, and we hope yours is too. Unfortunately we all have a while to wait to see the results, as this pairing will not be taking place until 2011.  Even though this is a way off we are already excited about it. 



Shenona

Ed



Big Mac grows & grows....

Look at the size of this boy, this was taken last week... he's even bigger now.   For a 2 week old kitten he is just huge. Will Big Mac Supersize Me keep this rate of growth going?? 

We might have Kitten Kong on our hands... Don't worry Big Mac, I have no intention of changing your name to Twinkle.  Some of you 30 somethings and over, might know what I'm going on about.  For those of you that think I've gone mad, click the link to be in the know! 

He is also taking on that more cat like look about him now, dont you think?

Big Mac in another photo shoot @ 2 weeks

Update on Big Mac, Supersize me!

I had it in mind that I would name my very first kitten Totallycoastal Driftwood (AKA Drifter).  But this chap came along and because he is so big... he has to be named Big Mac Supersize me! Shenona's first born kitten and was the one and only, and absolutely massize at 6.8oz. At 1 week he is weighing 8oz (that's half a pound). Anyway I wanted to share the latest photos for you all enjoy.

Snuggling with my mummy..

Look Mum I'm Sitting up!

We Absolutely love this kittens colour, markings and tail!

Our New Arrival

Less than a day old, I'd like to Welcome and Introduce Our New arrival.

SIRE: Mystery Caller (AKA Ollie)

DAM: Shenona

Pixiebobs, their Tricks and Funny ways

I have more than my fair share of Pixiebobs, and I have noticed over time how the girls seem to develop their own little tricks. Not sure why none of my boys invent things, their interests are soley on Women, Food and Sleep and a lot of fuss made over them (sound familar ;oP). They'll sometimes pick up on a trick if it benefits them in some way but otherwise thay are just not interested.

Anyway this has become such a prominent thing amongst them, that I just had to write a blog entry for it. Everyone knows Pixiebobs are highly intelligent so in a way this doing tricks thing is not surprising. The thing that is amazing about this, is they are not taught these things. Like you'd teach a dog to roll over or beg etc. They either learn from observation, or they just logically think its the sensible thing to do.  OK so enough rambling, lets get down to what each of these girls does.

Starlight, well her favorite thing is opening doors.  Now I'm not talking cupboards here, quite a few cats learn this and usual the cupboard with the food in... I'm talking a full size room door with a latch handle. She jumps up, grabs the handle and pulls it down, shifts her weight so it opens. She even sometimes closes them, standing on her back legs and leaning on it!  Her next favourite thing is turning on lights, unfortunately she hasn't yet decided to turn them back off again but maybe thats to come.  Luckily this is only the pull cord variety so restricted to both toilets and the bathroom, but she'll jump up and grab the cord with her paw. I wouldnt be surprised if she doesnt work out a regular switch sooner or later, she is by far the most observant of them all.

Alessi her thing is turning on taps, and opening cupboard doors. She has now taught the tap trick to Starlight and Paddy too. Even Ed has a go, but hasnt quite got the hang of it.

Shenona does have her little trick, but it is only to spite the others and claim her property.. She can be a minx at times.  Anyway her thing is to drink the water she wants, and then wee in the bowl so no one else can drink from it.  Thankfully she only seems to favour one of the bowls as hers, and the others she leaves alone.

The latest thing is Lil' Spud, I have no idea where she got it from... She uses her litter tray and then afterwards she washes her paws.  Now I'm not talking licking them, I mean she sticks them in a bowl of water gives them a good old swish around and then pulls them out and licks them dry.  It had been for some time that I kept finding one of the water bowls with residues of litter in the bottom of it.  It was no where near a tray and I couldnt work out how it was happening. Then yesterday, I saw Spud washing her feet, mystery solved... like why didn't I think of that before!!  Anyway she has claimed this bowl as her foot bath.

None of them seem to bother doing anything other than drink from the water fountains so I've resigned myself to buying several more of these... the only way to ensure they'll have drinking water available.  But they are the most funniest intelligent cats I've ever shared my life with.

Now I know its not just MY Pixiebobss that do tricks (many owners and breeders have reported this). Although I've yet to come across any that do the same as mine. 

They also have little quirks, Shenona makes a funny little sucking movement like a baby with a dummy. Star likes to ride on my shoulder, Alessi adores sinks, Ollie obsesses with plastic bags and has to sit on it or claw it, Morgana obesses with Feathers. Spud has to be close to your skin so will try to climb inside your clothes, Ed wants to eat all day and Paddy would put Play above Eat, Sleep or breathing if he could. They are so individual and never cease to make me laugh.

Shenona Pics and Update

Does my bum look big in this?

Well actually Shenona it does, but of course its just the camera.

Besides you still look fantastic depite the ..er bum.

I nice bristly fleshy chin and displaying her plump whisker pads very well in this picture.

Exactly what were looking for in the breed. Shenona you're beautiful. Back from the show and looking quite coy.

This would have been a great shot if the camera had focused properly.. but I had to post it... because it's the only one of Shenona sitting on her cushion.

Those Lynx Tips still growing and looking glorious.

Looking gorgeous, but she's trying to destruct it by laying in her litter tray.

That's no place for a Queen.

Shenona At the Swanley show showing off her wonderful eye set.

Shenona

Shenona posing for the camera!

Shenona crowned ENs 2nd Best Pixiebob Longhair

Our Shenona has been crowned 2nd Best Longhair Pixiebob for the European Region. All from her 1 day Debut appearance. What a flying start to her show Career.