Pixie-Bobs
The Legend Lives On...
The Pacific Northwest is home to many visual gifts including the towering Cascade Mountain Range and the ruggedly beautiful Pacific coastline. There are hundreds of miles of heavily timbered woodlands, waterways, tributaries, rain forests, wilderness and high desert landscapes. These regions are rich with wildlife including deer, elk, antelope, bear, coyotes, cougar, lynx and bobcat, among many others. The legend begins with an elusive creature of great stealth freely roaming in these areas – the Bobcat.
A young woman by the name of Carol Ann Brewer had a passionate interest in the unusual, stocky built, often bob-tailed cats with wild appearance, that were occasionally being found in remote regions of the Northwest, namely Washington, where she lived. The first three cats that Carol acquired were found in the Pacific Northwest in remote barns or near outlying homesteads. All three had distinct Bobcat-like appearance but no proof of Bobcat genes when they were DNA tested. When two of these early cats bred there was born a lovely female kitten in that litter –a haunting, unforgettable beauty she named, “Pixie”. The Pixie-Bob breed has transpired from this cat – a vision to the eye and balm to the human spirit. What an unusual creature Pixie was to capture the attention, love and commitment she inspired!
Similar cats found in these areas in the years following, Carol called, “Legend Cats” – cats of unknown origin, very unusual with mysterious and unexplained wild traits, always reminding Carol of the Northwest Bobcats. It could be possible that bobcats were and still are breeding with feral and domestic cats or even something we’ve not yet found. Many of these cats had unmistakable traits of wildness even though the DNA tests proved negative for wild ancestry. Thus the shroud of mystery covered the emerging legend of the Pixie-Bob, named appropriately after Carol’s beloved Pixie girl.
The journey of the Pixie-Bob breed, from their early days in 1985, to the present brings us to deliberate conclusions:
· The foundation cats and continuing found wild Legend cats have emerged as indigenous cats found in the Pacific Northwest.
· Pixie-Bobs are a domestic breed now registered with TICA and ACFA.
· These cats bear resemblance to the Bobcat in their stocky construction and often perfectly articulated bobtails, with similar structure, looks and behaviors.
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The Pixie-Bob cats have unexplained and unusual traits
(including the unmistakable Ocilla on the backs of their ears only found in wild or
early generation wild hybrid cats), as well as unique temperaments and vocalizations.
These are the facts. This is why the legend lives on…
If you are a free spirit and love animals – if you crave adventure and have a flair for the extraordinary, if you love the remote places of the earth and the creatures who inhabit such places, maybe a Pixie-Bob kitten would be that special bit of grace to give you a comforting and homey sense of place.
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Breed founder, Carol Ann Brewer, sharing a snack with a
very special Pixie Bob.
Much is said about all the politics involved in the development of a cat breed and the Pixie-Bobs are no exception. However, I am deeply touched with the absolute love Carol Brewer has for the Pixie-Bob cats and kittens that share her life. Carol is the Pixie-Bob breed founder and whether they are hers or someone else's she loves these precious souls, one and all, and when one of them comes into her view her entire countenance softens and it always brings a smile. They are the light of her life. Thank you, Carol Ann, for your immense contribution to our world!
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