PERSIAN STUD:

CH SARARZO VAUGHAN (Vaughan) - Black.  Has been a Best in Show winner as a kitten - In Show awards as an adult.  Vaughan also took out Best Male Cat in Show at the Northern Rivers Cat Club Inc's show at the end of September, 2004, making him a Champion!  He also took out Best Male Cat in Show at Taree Show Society's inaugural cat show (9 October, 2004) and is now almost a Grand Champion!!!  He has done very well for himself - thank you, Carol, for allowing him to come and live with me at Perzeena.

Ch Sararzo Vaughan - Black Persian Male Cat

SIAMESE STUDS:

CH TOMADAH DOLCETTO (Arnold) - Red Point - Best in Show winner - Kempsey, Tamworth and Northern Rivers Cat Club's Shows 2004.  In Show award winner in 2005 at the many shows he has attended.

Ch Tomadah Dolcetto and myself at Tamworth 2004 - he didn't particularly want his photo taken that day!  To see two of his kittens, please click the photo to go to Paju's Balinese page.

TOMADAH VALENTINO (Val) - Cream Point - In Show award winner.

ORIENTAL STUDS:

GL DB GD & CCCA CH FRETOMAU CHEQUITO (Cheeko) - Brown Oriental.  A lovely boy, who has won Best In Show and Best of Breed awards.  He has also been the winner of Pet Awards as both a kitten and an adult, due to his delightful nature.

CCCA Ch & GL DB GD CH MONRAAV PERCIUS (Percy) - Lilac Oriental.  My lilac Oriental stud boy, Percy is an exquisite cat who has had many Best In Show awards in 2000.  He has a delightful nature and is a delight to own.

Barbara Haydon (breeder), Percy and myself after he won Best in Show, NRCC Inc, Alstonville  NSW

GD CH GILLENBAH CHOC SABRE (Sabre) - Chocolate Spotted Tabby.  Multi Best in Show winner and has been awarded places in the NSWCFA Top 5 Awards each time he has been shown.  Best Entire Or Desexed Adult at Tamworth & District Cat Club Inc's show and Best in Show at Northern Rivers Cat Club Inc's show - 2004.  Sabre is my youngest Oriental stud and he had a fantastic show year - he has also placed in the NSWCFA Inc's Top 5 Male Cats of the Year for 2004.

Gd Ch Gillenbah Choc Sabre and myself at Tamworth, 2004.

PERZEENA CATTERY - a brief history

I have been involved with breeding Persians since 1970, starting with a little blue Persian female, POPPINS LINDY LOU, and her sister, POPPINS MARYANNE, then branched out into the Siamese/Oriental world in 1996 with the gift of a cream point Siamese male kitten, GRAYLYN SURFER JOE.  Joe was a pet but was shown occasionally and he loved to "help" me when I went to check the mailbox.  He liked to be carried on my shoulders, making sure that the mailman had been - he has crossed the Rainbow Bridge and is sadly missed, but whilst he was with me, he was a delight to own.

My show career began in 1970 with Persian cats.    I have been very successful with these beautiful longhairs, especially with my blue cream girl, GL DB GD & CCCA TPL GD CH (ACT TPL GD CH) BABILA SILK WINDEYER (Wendy), who took out NSW Female Cat of the Year two years in succession (1992- 1993 (Equal in '93)).  Wendy was a delightful cat and was so well known in the Cat Fancy that when she passed away many people, even those I didn't know very well, gave me their deepest condolences.  This photo was taken in May, 1990 after Wendy won Best Female Cat in Show and Best Cat in show at Coffs Harbour.

Wendy - CCCA Tp Gd Ch & Gl Db Gd Ch Babila Silk Windeyer

Wendy had the correct coat pattern, like shot silk, and the biggest eyes - they were like copper pennies.  She went missing for a week several years ago and eventually, after an advertisement was placed in the local paper, was found at a neighbour's home.  When I received the phone call, my friend and I were there in a flash!  The cat was Wendy and she seemed to say "Well, Mum, where were you?  I've been waiting for ages!".  She was cuddled and cosseted and an eye kept on her for evermore.

My beautiful orange eyed white boy, DB GD & CCCA CH PERZEENA DRIFTS SON, was the first male cat in NSW (I think) to become a CCCA Champion in 1985.  He was also the NSW Male Cat of the Year for 1985 - a fact of which I am very proud.  Sadly now departed, Drifter was my "son" - a lovely white boy whose son, DB GD CH PERZEENA DRIFTS IMAGE (Snoman), passed away five years ago at the age of 12.  Sno gained his Double Grand Champion title.

My first Siamese male cat, GL DB GD & CCCA CH TOMADAH CHAINTI CLASSICO, was a lovely cream point Siamese, who sired some lovely kittens, three of which had Best in Show awards.  The first, ELIREW BLU MIKADO, a blue point boy, was Best Kitten and Supreme Exhibit at the 1998 Coffs Harbour Agricultural Society Show; the second, PERZEENA CHIANG MAI, a seal point boy, was Best Kitten in Show (Northern Rivers Cat Club) and Best Male Cat in Show (Casino Show Society Inc) in 1998.  The third, CH PERZEENA CHOC LA CREME, a chocolate point boy owned by Paju, was Best Male Cat In Show twice in 1999 (Coffs Harbour Agricultural Show and Casino Show Society Inc) and was 3rd Male Cat in Show at Kempsey Kat Klub's 1999 show.  Perhaps these were "lucky shows" for these boys?

Gl Db Gd Ch & CCCA Ch Tomadah Chainti Classico (R2) - photo taken by Dr Truda Straede, Sydney Royal Easter Show, 1997.

Their sire also won Best Male Cat in Show at the 1997 Coffs Harbour Agricultural Show as well.  R2 (as he was named) did very well for himself - his win at the Sydney Royal Easter Show is the one I remember best because it was 1997, the last year that the show was held at the old Sydney Showground and also my first year showing Siamese & Orientals at the Sydney Royal Easter Show.  He had good type and colour - he also loved his mum, who misses him very much.

My next boy is GL DB GD & CCCA CH FRETOMAU CHEQUITO, a beautiful brown Oriental.  He also has done well, winning Best in Show and Best of Breed awards at shows both as a kitten and as an adult.   Cheeko has good type and a lovely rich brown colour, with the green eyes typical of his breed.  He, too, has a loving nature and he has thrown some very nice kittens.

My next boy is CCCA & GL DB GD CH MONRAAV PERCIUS (Percy), a beautiful lilac Oriental who has had several Best in Show awards in 1999 as a kitten and then, in 2000, many more.  Percy has good type, colour and a l-o-n-g body with a whippy tail to match.  He has shaped up into a very nice boy and 2000 was definitely his year.  Best In Show at Northern Rivers Cat Club, Casino Ag Show Society and In Show awards at all shows he attended in 2000.

Gl Db Gd Ch & CCCA Ch Monraav Percius - lilac Oriental male cat

These girls joined my boys - GL DB GD CH PERZEENA CHYNA BLUE (blue tortie) and MAYTEAKO TABBY TABITHA, a lovely lilac spotted tabby Oriental.   I am hoping that she will be an asset to my Siamese/Oriental breeding programme.  My Siamese queen is CH TOMADAH MARS BAR, a seal tortoiseshell point Siamese.  I also have been lucky to have CH FRETOMAU DARK PRINCESS, a chocolate point Siamese girl, come into my life earlier this year - she has done quite well on the bench and, together with the other girls, is a lovely lady.

I love the tortie and red point Siamese and have been attempting, since beginning in the breed, to breed my own tortie and red points, together with cream points.  My favourite colours in Persians are the blue, cream and blue creams - but I appreciate the beauty of all colours of all Persians.

I have also recently begun a love affair with a beautiful Abyssinian after living with those at Paju for several years!  I've always wanted one for myself and have been lucky enough to meet this charming gentleman, Osiris (V) Alchera.  The photo below is of myself with Big Al, my lovely tawny Abyssinian neuter.  Thank you Sue, for allowing him to be a part of my life.

Osiris (V) Alchera, tawny Abyssinian neuter (bred by Sue Jentsch, Osiris Abyssinians, Victoria) - with me, his proud owner.

An update on my Abyssinian ownership - last Easter, I welcomed a lovely tawny Abyssinian female kitten to my "feline family" - Nareira Al's Delight - who is Osiris (V) Alchera's grand-daughter.  Alice, as she is known to all of us here, is a total delight - a cheeky, lively little girl who loves all who bow down to her.  Paju's Abys and Somalis said that she will have to learn her manners when she first arrived, in the company of her sister, Nareira Dreamtime, and Nareira Samarian Sunset ... needless to say, she has.  LOL  Alice will be shown as a spay ... I am looking forward to showing her in the Desexed classes next year, although she has been shown as a female and won her very first Challenge at Taree in October.  I am very proud of her ... :)

MY CURRENT POSITION WITHIN NSW CFA INC.

I am a licensed judge of companion cats, those furry feline friends who do not have a pedigree or who have not been registered by their original breeders.  This is a position I enjoy very much and I have been licensed since 1997.  I have judged the domestic classes in Sydney, Griffith, Bathurst, Kempsey, Coffs Harbour and Lismore and each time the assignment has been completely different. I have been judging on the NSW North Coast during 2004 and in Sydney in 2001.

ABOUT MYSELF AND MY OTHER INTERESTS

I have been a devoted follower of the South Sydney Rabbitohs Rugby League team since childhood, "born with one red eye and one green eye" and will not eat rabbit meat.  It is against my "religion".  I love my football and my friends say that I become quite vocal when I watch my favourite team play ...........

UP THE MIGHTY RABBITOHS!

My prayers (along with every other die-hard Rabbitohs fan) have been answered!  The mighty South Sydney is BACK in the NRL competition ... we shall overcome all adversity and will once again triumph!!!   Three cheers for the MIGHTY RABBITOHS!!!!!!   Hip Hip Hooray .... I'm so happy about this :))

My very favourite singer is ..... SIR CLIFF RICHARD

My very favourite singer is Cliff Richard and I have so many of his songs on records, tapes and CDs that I drive my friends crazy (they don't mind Cliff Richard's music, but not as much as I do) ... their musical tastes run to other things.  Check out their site - PAJU CATTERY - to see (and hear) what I mean.   I also have an interest in the movies, particularly the older musicals like "Oklahoma" and "Carousel" and enjoy the music of the '50s, '60s, '70s and some of the '80s.

I also like John Farnham and the Bee Gees.  My friends have owned up to having "Sadie The Cleaning Lady" in their record collection, but ask them and they won't admit it!  I've had a Cliff Richard midi added to my site .... hooray!!!  This is a lovely surprise - he is, as I've said, my very favourite singer!

I also have a great love of Arabian horses - I have always greatly admired these graceful and elegant creatures.  I would love to have owned one, but never have had the opportunity.  I can always look at photos, TV and books - my passion for Arabians is appeased in this manner.

In the '60s and '70s I also bred dachshunds in partnership with my late father, Len, under the prefix of Lenolyn and we had success with them.  I still love this breed of dog, together with the Pekinese breed - perhaps this is where I formed my love of Persian (longhaired) cats?

I like to go on bus trips to anywhere I haven't been before.  I've travelled quite extensively in NSW with the cats, even having a couple of trips north to Queensland, but I enjoyed bus trips away many years ago when I lived in Sydney.  I even followed my beloved Rabbitohs to the country to watch them play ... yes, I am a devoted fan!

I now live on the NSW Mid North Coast with my friends - we travel to the shows in the local area (Lismore - Newcastle), sometimes going to Sydney, but the show scene here is quite active and can get lively.  We are surrounded by nature - so many birds live here who didn't care about the cats - and the area is quiet and peaceful, not like the "rat race" of the big city.  The birds settle in the native trees which are in abundance around the property and everyone co-exists quite happily ... the magpies and kookaburras all enjoy the meat which the cats sometimes leave and these feathered friends are quite tame, for they don't fly away in fright at the sight of any humans.  In fact, there is a family here now who are very tame, except for "Father Magpie", who is still unsure of himself, and this feathered family survives quite happily on the nightly "handouts".  One bird even insists on food for herself - this is my pet, "Mrs Maggie".

My friend has set this site up and I hope that it will work as she has been working on it late at night, spending hours at the keyboard, putting in the music and photographs etc.  The whole site has been completely redone (Paju, Perzeena and the Kempsey Kat Klub) as the computer crashed and everything, including these pages, had to be painstakingly retyped!!  A lot of work.

If you would like to contact me, please click on the Oriental with a sparkle in her eye, and I shall get back to you as soon as I can.

To e-mail me (Lyn) at Perzeena - please click on the cat ....

I hope you have enjoyed this page and enjoyed the site ..... and thank you for coming to visit us.