- Adriana Kajon - 7th AB
- Linda Kay Ashley - 2nd AB
- Sandy Mattingly - 10th AB
- Genevieve Basquine 1st SH
- Karen Stinson 4th SH
- Marylou Anderson 9th AB
- Genvieve Basquine 1st AB
- 1--Brown tabby boy, "Mister Otis"
- 2--Brown tabby with white girl, "Melody" - MAY STAY
- 3--Silver tabby and low white boy, "Micah"
- 4--Silver tabby and high white boy, PrairieDawn's Man With a Heart On (we couldn't resist -- look at the pics!), "Myron" - MAY STAY
- 1--Brown tabby girl, "Kahlua" - MAY STAY
- 2--Brown tabby girl, "Kayli Joy" - RESERVED
- 3--Cream boy, "Little Squirt" - GONE
- 4--Blue boy, "Little Prince" - GONE
- 5--Silver girl, "Karma" - RESERVED
- 1--Java Josh (two rose names), brown tabby
- 2--JoeJoe Dragonfly (rose name and sweet pea name), silver
- 3--Jazz Hailshimmer rose name and a fairy name), white (black or silver kitten cap)
- Vickie Shields - BEST Allbreed Cat!
- Edith Mary Smith - 9th Best Allbreed Cat
- Alice Rhea - 10th Best Allbreed Cat
- Harley, male
- Halle, female
- Harmony, female
- 9th Specialty, Hisako Yamada
- 10th Specialty, Pam Barrett
- 10th Allbreed, Melissa Parsley
- 4th Allbreed (Defeating 52), Deb Lopeman
- 5th Allbreed (Defeating 51), Amanda Bright
- 10th Allbreed (Defeating 46), Vicki-Jo Harrison
- 4th Shorthair Specialty (Defeating 21), Vicki-Jo Harrison
- 10th Best Allbreed Kitten (defeated 24) - Yamada
- 10th Best Allbreed Kitten (defeated 24) - Nottingham
- 10th Best Allbreed Kitten (defeated 24) - Cunningham
- 9th Best Allbreed Kitten (defeated 25) - Ashley
- 6th Best Allbreed Kitten (defeating 28) - Arnold
and - 2nd Best Allbreed Kitten (defeating 32)! - Parsley
- 4th Shorthair, Mary Arnold
- 3rd Shorthair, John Burch
- 10th Allbreed, Jan Gustafson
- 4th Allbreed, Pascale Portelas
- 8th Allbreed, John Burch
- 4th Allbreed, Jan Gustafson
- 4th Shorthair, Mary Arnold
- 1st Shorthair, Lynn Judge
- 9th Allbreed, Jan Gustafson
- 8th Allbreed, Pascale Portelas
- 9th Allbreed, Mary Arnold
- 3rd Allbreed, Lynn Judge
- 5th Shorthair, Jan Gustafson
- 5th Allbreed, Barbara Ray
- 5th Specialty, Dewayne Barnes
- 5th Specialty, Alex Graham
- 3rd Specialty, Yvonne Patrick
- 3rd Specialty, Edith Mary Smith
- 5th Allbreed, Yvonne Patrick
- 4th Allbreed, Edith Mary Smith
- 5th Specialty, Linda Ashley
- 3rd Specialty, John Burch
- 2nd Specialty, Barbaray Ray
- 5th Specialty, Louise van de Water
- 3rd Allbreed, John Burch
- 2nd Allbreed, Barbara Ray
- 5th Specialty, Alex Graham
- 2nd Specialty, Edith Mary Smith
- 3rd Specialty,
- 5th Allbreed, Yvonne Patrick
- 4th Allbreed, Edith Mary Smith
- 5th Specialty, Linda Ashley
- 2nd Specialty, John Burch
- 5th Specialty, Louise van de Water
- 9th Shorthair, Lynn Judge
- 9th Allbreed, Maureen Nottingham
- 3rd Shorthair, Amanda Bright
- 4th Shorthair, Alex Graham
- 9th Allbreed, Linda Ashley
- 7th Allbreed, Alex Graham
- 8th Specialty, Rene Copeland
- 2nd Allbreed, Pam Barett
- 3rd Allbreed, Steve Savand
- 4th Longhair, Amanda Bright
- 5th Longhair, Alex Graham
- 9th Allbreed, Mary Arnold
- 3rd Allbreed, John Burch
OLD NEWS
FROM PRAIRIEDAWN DEVON REX
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Lisimba's Show Wins, December 1, 2006
Thank you, Linda and Tom, for taking our boy to Tucson, Arizona. The judges loved him:
A New Name for "Little Squirt"
Our adorable cream silver boy has gone to Phoenix to be a show cat in TICA. He's living with Pam's good friend Linda Krolik, Sphynx exhibitor, and her husband Tom who have renamed the boy PrairieDawn's Lisimba of Medabu. Simba has recently been photographed by the world-famous Tetsu from Japan. We look forward to seeing the proofs soon. In the meantime, Linda and Tom have sent these for us to enjoy:
Lisimba's Photos
A "M" Litter for PrairieDawn -- Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Harmony and Stirling are parents to four kittens with rose names:
View photos of our M Litter
A "K--L" Litter for PrairieDawn Thursday, August 10, 2006
Chloe Renaissance and Stirling are parents to FIVE kittens, all with rose names.
PHOTOS -- K L Litter Kittens
NEW PHOTOS
Our "J" Litter Arrives. Friday, August 4, 2006
PHOTOS -- J Litter Kittens
NEW PHOTOS
Sweet Pea and Stirling are parents to three big boys.
July 2006
PrairieDawn's Chloe Renaissance Wins TICA Award
The International Cat Association (TICA) has named our Chloe "Black Tortoiseshell Devon Rex of the Year" for 2006!
Southern Alberta Calgary Cat Fanciers' Show, April 29 & 30, 2006
We got brave and took two of our Devons to the last show of TICA's season in Calgary on the weekend.
PrairieDawn's Chloe Renaissance, black tortie, won three finals, making her a Triple Grand Champion:
9th All Breed (Lynn Sherer), defeating 47 cats
3rd All Breed (Beth Hicks), defeating 53 cats
2nd All Breed (Vickie Shields), defeating 54 cats
Capilano's Stirling of PrairieDawn, our 7.5 month old blue silver stud-boy-to-be received four finals in kitten class:
10th All Breed (Vickie Shields), defeating 21 kittens
6th All Breed (Pam Barrett), defeating 25 kittens
4th All Breed (Beth Hicks), defeating 27 kittens
2nd All Breed (Laura Cunningham), defeating 30 kittens
Congrats and thanks to his breeder, Cheryl Dunsmore, and his stud's owner, Sherise Giffen-Rousch.
Another thanks goes to Leslie Brown, Nudirexshun cattery in Oregon, for sending us a solid chocolate, straight coated F2 (Devon x American Shorthair) kitten just in time for the show. "Purdy" is just four months old and a queen-to-be. We showed her in Household Pet Kitten category and did very well. Purdy won "Best of the Best Household Pet Kittens" on Saturday and "Spectator's Choice for Best Kitten" on Sunday (out of 34 kittens in the show hall). We had portraits taken of Purdy and will post them when they arrive.
It was fun to get to a show again and we did pretty good against the campaigners, I'd say.
Our lilac tortie girl, Grand Champion PrairieDawn's Abracacabra ("Abby"), retired to a pet home this weekend. It was our trip's low point, but we know this queen be happier in a home where her reign is unchallenged.
Our "I" Litter is Here! Thursday January 12, 2006
These kittens are reserved. Stay tuned for more litter announcements.
Ch-ch-changes! - October 19, 2005
Aylen and Mork have retired from our breeding program. Squirt has gone to a forever pet home, too. Letting these critters go was very difficult, but we know they will make their new familes very happy. We know we chose the best families we could. Saddly, we can't keep them all. For us, six cats is plenty!
We hope for kittens in December or so with kittens available in March.
Thanks to my good friend Sheri we now have a hybrid program. Dreamscape's Prairie Fire, AKA "Flame", is a red silver classic American Shorthair. He will sire one hybrid litter for us, expanding the Devon Rex genepool. Flame is a doll and a brat. He definitely has an "inner Devon"!
Do you know of a young person who has an interest in showing cats? I am the TICA NW Region Liaison for the Junior Achiever Program, so ask me!
See you at the Calgary show at the South Legion, October 29 and 30. We'll take Chloe.
May 11, 2005
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Southern Alberta Calgary Cat Fanciers' Show, April 23 and 24, 2005
PrairieDawn's Chloe Renaissance became a champion this weekend at her first adult show!
H Litter - January 3, 2005
Aylen and Mork have done it yet again! Three healthy kittens, all black and white:
H Litter Kittens
Toe Tufts and Tails Show, Seattle, December 4/5, 2004
Pam travelled with Abracadabra for the cat's second championship show. Abby earned her Grand Champion title in TICA! We came very close to Double Granding her, too!
Thank you to Linda Krolik, Medabu Sphynx, for spoiling us in her home. We enjoyed good friendship and wonderful food all weekend. Meeting Linda's friend, Dona Harris, animal communicator and psychic was an eye and heart opening experience. Dona does readings by phone. Email her to setup an appointment: donna.harris31@verizon.net (corrected) "Our Seattle Visit".
C Litter Reunion - November 27 - 15 Months Old
Thank you to Trish for coordinating a reunion of the C Litter Devons in her Calgary home. Our family had the wonderful opportunity to meet Chloe's littermates, Cedric ("Booh"), Chester, and Chase, plus Fantasia ("Tatsu", Chester's new playmate) and Daniel ("Chango", Cedric's snuggle buddy) all grown up. "C Litter Album".
Devon Heaven
Pam is off to New England, October 22--25, to participate in Devon Heaven, an annual meeting of Devon Fanciers, plus an all-Devon cat show, hosted by the CFA's Devon Rex Breed Club. This year our cats will stay home and Pam will travel alone. She looks forward to meeting the best of the best -- breeders AND cats -- in Boxborough, MA. For more information on Devon Heaven, read the DRBC's article, "What exactly is Devon Heaven".
G Babies Have Arrived!
On Friday, September 24, PrairieDawn's Chloe Renaissance delivered her first litter, three BIG boys with rose names:
Garnet, red and white
George, black
Gotcha, black and white
G Litter Photo Album
Devon Rex Kitten Research Project Final Report Now Available
Thank you to Dr. Susan Little for all her work to help Devon fanciers monitor the health of our very special cats.
Devon Rex Kitten Info Report
"Thank you everyone, but the real thanks still go to all the
participants and especially those who believed in this project from
the start, even in the face of opposition. I think we showed the breed is in good shape, especially as we begin
to accumulate data in other breeds and can do some comparisons. We
found no horrible issues, no sense of doom. We've established
baseline data that can be used for future monitoring of breed
health, and that individual breeders can use to ascertain how their
own experience stands up to the breed as a whole." -- Dr. Susan Little, DVM
PrairieDawn Devon Rex was a proud participant in this landmark study.
June 21, 2004 - Our F Litter has arrived
Aylen Rose and Mork have given us another lovely litter of five Devon Rex kittens, this time including two bi-colours:
1 - 11:30 am - Black girl - 89gs - Fantasia
2 - 11:50 am - Dark brown tabby and white boy - 64g - Funky Jazz
3 - 12:50 am - Brown tabby girl - 80g - Flutterbye
*** 9 hour break *** (Cat's have two "horns" to their uterus)
4 - 9:55 pm - Brown tabby boy - 68g - Franklin
5 - 10:20 pm - Blue and white boy - 70 g - Fairy Prince Periwinkle
Of course, pet owners may name their forever kittens
anything they choose. Kittens will start being offered
at 10 weeks and may go to new homes after spay and neuter and final vaccinations, no sooner than 12 weeks.
Visit the F Litter Photo Album:
F Litter Pics
Top Devons - June 9
The Cat Fancier's Association (American) has just posted photos of their top three cats, kittens and alters for this past show season. Take a look at these ideal Devons:
CFA Top Devon Rex
Calgary Cat Fanciers Show - June 5 and 6, 2004 - Cat #213
PrairieDawn's Abracadabra earned her "Champion" title on day one of the show. With points earned on day two, we know she should become a Grand Champion -- or maybe even a Double Grand -- at her next show:
There were 56 Cats in competition, 25 shorthairs.
CHLOE'S SHOW RESULTS - FEB 21/22, 2004
PrairieDawn's Chloe Renaissance, black tortoiseshell kitten out of Triple Grand Champion Algonquin Aylen Rose of PrairieDawn and Capilano's Mickey McDevon, competed this past weekend at her first show. We went to the show "just for fun". Despite having what I believe is a small, narrow head, and teeny ears (for a Devon), Chloe did very well. She achieved 6 out of 10 possible finals. There were 34 kittens in competition.
SUNDAY FEBRUARY 8, 2004 -- ANNOUNCING OUR "E" LITTER
Triple Grand Champion Algonquin Aylen Rose of PrairieDawn (brown spotted
tabby) brought us 4 kittens last night out of
BigBlue's Machoke of PrairieDawn ("Mork", seal mink
and white):
4:48 pm - Elvis - Boy - Brown Mac Tabby - 91g
5:34 - Elf - Boy - Brown Mac Tabby - 87g
6:00 - Ebony - Girl - Black - 71g
and, after a very long breather, a surprise,
? - Girl - Echo - Brown Mac Tabby - 56g
Mom and babies are doing well. Congrats to the
"grammas", Annelie and Marie. Thank you to Dr. Sheri
Wizniak, DVM of Dreamscape American Shorthairs, for her
helping hands and company throughout the weekend.
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 2004 -- OUR "D" LITTER HAS ARRIVED
PrairieDawn's Abracadabra (lavender cream tortie) delivered 3 pretty babies out of
BigBlue's Machoke of PrairieDawn ("Mork", seal mink
and white). The event began at 10 pm and ended sometime around midnight:
Boy - Cream and White - 61g (tail first!)
Girl - Blue and White - 80 g
Boy - Red - 78g
Colours -- and sexes! -- are my best guess at this
time.
Delivery was surprisingly easy. Mom and babes are
doing great and all the little ones gained weight
through the night.
Southern Alberta Cat Fanciers, Calgary, Alberta, April 20-21, 2002
Algonquin Aylen Rose of PrairieDawn competed in Championship, earning her Double Grand Champion title!
Capilano's Ripley of PrairieDawn is well on his way to becoming a Supreme Grand Champion Alter:
Show Results
Southern Alberta Cat Fanciers, Calgary, Alberta, October 27-28, 2001
Capilano's Ripley of PrairieDawn's first show as an adult in the Alter class. He became a Grand Champion this weekend!
Poncho did very well in the Household Pet category:
Show Results
Cat Fanciers of British Columbia, Langley, BC, Canada, August 11-12, 2001
We flew to Vancouver to meet Ripley's breeder, Cheryl Dunsmore (Capilano), and to compete in his second kitten show. It was a tough event and Ripley lost every ring to his half-sister:
Show Results
Calgary Cat Fanciers, Calgary, Alberta, June 16-17, 2001
Capilano's Ripley of PrairieDawn arrived just last week and has just competed in his first show! Here are his kitten results:
Poncho did very well in the Household Pet category. Earning Double Grand Master:
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