Morph a Bobcat to Pixie-bobcat
(Wazzie)
(Wazzie)
And how it all started.
Who can say this better then the true founder of the Pixie-Bob, Carol Ann Brewer.
Here are a few quotes (or lines) from the founder herself about the Pixie-Bob:
"On the North American continent, in every geographical area where the Bobcat may be found, kittens are born in barns each spring, resulting from wild/domestic mating. This is the legendary ancestry of the Pixie-Bob.
It was in 1985, within the shadow of the Cascade Mountains, near the shores of Puget Sound, that a small Coastal Red Bobcat was seen fighting with a short-tailed polydactyl barn cat. The owners ran to save their cat from possible harm, and later reaped a harvest of kittens born through suspicious circumstances. A male polydactyl kitten was purchased by Carol Ann Brewer, who was immediately intrigued with the kitten's appearance and behavior. Carol Ann knew that she possessed a kitten with the blood of another world and so began a search for information to help her understand if such an unusual cat would have any special needs. What Carol Ann discovered was that there was, indeed documentation by others who also believed that they had a cat with wild heritage. According to what she read, it seemed that what had occurred there, in the Pacific North west, was not that unusual."
So this is how the breed began, it was a naturally occurring mating between a bobcat and a domestic. But Carol Ann called her first cat a "Legend Cat" since there was no real proof.
What is a Legend Cat? A cat believed to have bobcat ancestry:
Later on within that year, Carol Ann acquired one more cat with exactly the same "Legend". She also had a cat of speculative heritage, but whose sheer size, appearance and tail length convinced her to use him to form the basis of a program as well. Pixie was a female kitten born from the union of two of these original cats. Pixie not only became the dam line for most of the females in the program, but also became the namesake for the breed.
Description and personality of the Pixie-Bob:
The goal of the Pixie-Bob is to create a domestic cat with the wild looks of the North American Bobcat. The Pixie-Bob comes in the shorthair and longhair varieties. The Pixie-Bob has an inverted pear shaped head, heavy eyes, and a strong muzzle and chin. His body is heavy and muscular, with substantial boning. The Pixie-Bob can be straight footed and has the normal amount of toes, which is 5 in front and 4 in the back.
A polydactyl Pixie-Bob has more then the normal number of toes enabling him to pick up small items or food, as if they have thumbs! Being Poly is such a dominant trait that this is the only breed accepted for show. The Pixie-Bob can also have the Lynx tufting on their ear tips.
The male can weigh between 12 and 20 lbs, which is approximately between 6 and 10 kilos. The females are proportionately smaller and are usually half the weight of the males. Pixie-Bobs have been referred to as "dogs in disguise" because of the fact that they can be trained. The truth is that you do not own a Pixie-Bob, it is the other way around, the Pixie-Bob owns you! By God how true that is, and once it owns you nothing else will.
The Pixie-Bob is very intelligent, it really is. It is playful but not hyperactive. Its bond with his family is incredibly strong and that's what makes it a great companion. It also really loves to travel and loves kids. It just has a heart of gold, and is a devoted and unique companion. To us, it is not the quantity that matters, but the quality. By selective breeding it is our goal to create kittens that will be free of genetic health issues, and will always be a pleasure to be around.