Hi my name is Roeleen Bloemhof, I started breeding cats in 2004.
My cattery is named after my two horses (MISTral Knight & AraBESQUE Abu).
We have always loved animals and my dedication to these two magnificent animals came in the form of my cattery name. This way all my kittens are named after the two of them.
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MISTRAL KNIGHT AND CURRENT RIDER MIKAELA MACDONALD |
ARABESQUE ABU AND CURRENT RIDER TESSA MACINTOSH |
Cornish Rex:
In 2004, we acquired 2 very sweet Cornish Rex cats from Agnieszka Solomon the breeder of the Conqueror cats who are very well known in the Cornish Rex Breeding world wide.
Later on we received more cats from her who has been very influential in our breeding.
Since 2004 we have been fortunate to breed outstanding cats from Blanche (Conqueror Pure Blanche) and one of these babies went on to win 2007 CFSA Cat of the Years. Blanche raised all her litters without problems and each litter producing show stoppers and winning cats with fantastic personalities.
Blanche is such a happy kitty and loves raising her babies. This she has passed down to her next generation.
Later on Conqueror Cattery went into hiatus and Agnieszka was so kind to lend her imported cats as well as some of her other lines.
Included in this was Windseeker Zed Upwind and Beaconwood Fire, both boys are still owned by her but we have use of them.
We were sad that when Avante Garde Cattery decided to stop breeding however, they allowed us to adopt Heatwave Steely Dan and Darling-Isis Dodo.
These two boys have been great as breeding studs and were very sought after cats. Their kittens and grandchildren can be found in many catteries worldwide.
Our First Cornish Rex import came from Harri Saari (Sweetpurr's) in Finland. Her name is Sweetpurr's Ceylon Gardens (demi) she is a blue eyed black van we are truly grateful to Harri for sending us our blue eyed honey.
We are excited about our Cornish Rex breeding program and thoroughly enjoy working with local and international breeders to better the look of the South African Cornish Rex. Soon we will ad another Cornish stud to our cattery.
Oriental & Siamese:
We received our first oriental and siamese cats from local breeders and one very special blue Tortoiseshell girl from Alika's Cattery who can be found behind the cats we have in our cattery. .
We imported 6 Orientals from Australia that was used in conjunction with the other cats we had.
This really settled our breeding for the next four years, but not without problems. we have realized that we had to outcross and eliminate the dominance of these imports in our lines.
We then were fortunate enough to build alliances with reputable local and European breeders, they are truly assisting with helping Mistbesque re-establish and continue it's breeding coals.
We have placed some of our current breeding lines within other catteries who have been influential in advancing the South African Orientals and Siamese.
We will be mostly focussing on breeding Cornish Rex, therefore siamese, oriental and Peterbald will be not our focus point. kittens will be available on a infrequent basis.
Peterbald:
A local breeder imported the second batch of Peterbalds in 2007.
Upon meeting them, I immediately fell in love with this cute, very over affectionate breed related to the oriental and siamese. I since then had to have one of my own.
A lot of work to establish the breed in South Africa has been done. I have been fortunate enough to have a close view of what was done and how the breed have been perceived in our country.
I would like to thank Christina from Arbodiel Cattery for the trust she has had in me, allowing me to have one of her babies.
I am sure this little brush coat will produce stunning velour babies (our peterbald male will arrive soon). I am confident with the help of those dedicated to the breed, I will be able to assist and develop the look of this very young breed. We will expect our first babies only 2011.
General
My favorite saying is that cats are like chocolates and you cant just have one.
I have done a lot of thinking and came up with a viewpoint and a realization.
I realized what lines and breeding is truly about. It is about the love that such a kitten bestow on its new owner.
No cat asks if it is pedigreed or not. All cats just ask to be loved.
As breeders we put so many restrictions on cats and we so scared that other people are going to get our lines.
But what does it mean for the breeds we love?:-
Does it mean that we are going to demise our gene pool?
How would we feel when our dear loved pedigreed cats become extinct?
How does it feel to place a kitten with a time bomb waiting to explode in its kidneys, heart and liver?
It is not the pedigree that gives that healthy cats, but how we raise the cats.
Do we judge the people who so dearly just want to own a cat? or do we allow them to love one of our kittens?
It does not mean that we wont screen potential kitten owners but it means we will give all a equal opportunity to meet with us and for us all to decide if we should form a alliance and allow one of our babies to move to the new potential owner.
I realized why we breed, and it is not about the pedigree, it is not about winning on the show bench. It is about nothing else but HAVING THAT LITTLE SOUL GIVING ITSELF UNCONDITIONALLY TO US. Erin will always live on in our hearts for now and forever!
Therefore I take a pledge to breed:
Healthy, Happy Well Socialized kittens, and allow other people to love them the same way I do. That is what breeding should be all about.
We don't know what the future will deal us but we are sure that it is going to be a exciting time, to preserve, protect love our cats and breed healthy cats for other breeders and pet owners.
Our Cattery is also registered with the World Cat Federation and we also show and register with the South African Club of WCF, CASA and its sub clubs.
Roeleen Bloemhof
Breeder of Mistbesque
Mistbesque Morning Star
SP Ch Mistbesque Wildfire Wildflames
(owned by Naomi Strydom of Kisamee Cattery)
Mistbesque I R Devon
(owned by Naomi Strydom of Kisamee Cattery)
Tr Supreme Mistbesque Pure Genius RW
(owned by Johnothan Bala)
Supreme Mistbesque Dot.Dot.Dot.
(Owned by Rita Smith)
Bast Dodo Isis
(mom Mistbesque Mosha Dyane)
our Peterbald - Hottie from Germany
and
below she practice to fly!
