Dukehaven News
Aug 31 update
Sweet Mystique (daughter of
Artemis and Ranger)
went to her new home with Gay & John in Raleigh a couple of weeks ago.
Thanks to others who inquired about her and apologies for not taking her
info off the website sooner.
Thanks to Ann Brna for the picture of
Mystique.
Yesterday Dukehaven Luthien of
Tremethick
went to her new home with Bonnie Pearson. Bonnie & I are both
excited - Lu has great type, very solid body and wonderful pattern like
her dad, Ranger, and a
cuddly disposition like her mother, Giada.
This is a picture of her at 12 weeks.
Regarding news of cats here at Dukehaven, we are
happy to report a good result on Dukehaven Tayla's hip screening.
Tayla's page will be coming soon but in the meantime here is a recent
picture. She and Ranger are scheduled for echocardiograms in early
October. Many thanks to Jennifer Sable & Jean Thompson of
Broadsway for the breeding
of Tayla's mom (Artemis) to Tayla's dad, RW,
SGC Broadsway Billings.
Look for Dukehaven Tesla Magia in the showhall
this fall and winter. She is Luthien's sister and a long, typey girl
with great muzzle, ears, and pattern and a playful purrsonality.
Many thanks to Donna Hinton (Nascat)
and Elaine Hawksworth-Weitz and Fred Weitz (SmokeyCoons)
for their friendship and willingness to entrust us with Tesla's parents,
Ranger and Giada.
And finally, we're excited to announce that
Angel Fire and
Ranger are expecting new coonlets in mid-October. We'll get
red or red silver boys and brown or silver patched/torbie girls from
this breeding, either with or without white and either classic or
mackerel patterns. fyi, we don't reserve kittens prior to their
birth but you're welcome to let me know if you have interest.
They'll be old enough to go to their new homes in early 2009.
June 30 update
Giada x Ranger's kittens
were all brown tabbies, one boy and three girls. We nicknamed them impish names (being they were born on
April 1): Pixie, Nymph, Rumplestiltskin, and Vala del Mar. Rumple
(now named Teddy) has gone to his new home in Raleigh. Nymph (now
Hope) and Saavik (10 mo old spay) are headed to their new home in Charlotte later this
week. More news on Vala and Pixie to
come...
April 30 update
On Jan 30, Artemis & Ranger had a litter of 5 (3
boys, 2 girls). All kittens from this litter are either going to
new homes soon or already placed (except for the brown mackerel female,
Mystique -
we are evaluating her for our breeding program).
And finally, Angel Fire's hips and heart were checked and
fortunately both tested normal. We plan to breed Angel Fire in the next few months.
Jan 25 update
Ranger was tested for
heart and hips this month - fortunately both tested normal.
New Year's (and subsequent) pictures from Dukehaven friends are
posted on a new page, Greener
Pastures.
Dec 6 update I'm pleased to announce that our
wonderful SmokeyCoons girl, Giada, has a thumbs
up from both her echocardiogram and hip x-ray. She also achieved
Grand Champion status in TICA and is working toward her Grand in CFA
too. The word, Giada, means jade in Italian - what an elegant
jewel she is.
Nov 6 update
All of our Artemis x Billings kittens are
reserved. All three boys will be living within a short distance of
us. At this time, both girls will be staying at Dukehaven -
introducing Dukehaven Saavik (brown mackerel tabby, below left)
and Dukehaven Tayla (brown classic torbie, right). Many
thanks to Jean Thompson and Jennifer Sable - Broadsway Billings and
Dukehaven Artemis produced five beautiful, sweet kittens.
Sept 11 update We are very pleased to announce a new
litter of 5 kittens from Dukehaven Artemis and Broadsway Billings, born
Aug 28. We have a brown tabby and 2 red tabby
males, a torbie and brown tabby female, all without white.
Aug 15 update
We are very pleased and honored to introduce
our newest outcross kitten, Nascat Ranger of Dukehaven. Thank you,
Donna Hinton, Nascat, for
entrusting us with this very wonderful boy.
Amelia has a great new home, thanks to
Mark & Jennifer in Durham. She is greatly missed, but we know
she's very well loved and cared for. After just one day, Mark &
Jennifer have become Amelia's new best friends. What a nice match
between cat and new family.
