We were interviewed several years ago and our interview was published in the
Almanac. I am using part of that story but edited.
It all started when I was 19 years old, I was given two siamese, one chocolate pt.
and one seal pt. They were papered and supposed to be "show" cats. I have
always had cats as they are my favorite animal and I was really taken by these
two siamese. They were so smart, I trained them to go on a leash, they would
fetch for me by the hour ( fetching seems to be something that comes natural
with the siamese), ride with me in the car, sit up on command for their dinner. I
was so impressed with the intelligence of the siamese, I decided to breed them.
Ming, the seal pt male, and Pyewacket, the chocolate pt female produced my first
litter and what a joy they were; I had more fun with these kittens.
One day I saw an add in the paper for a cat show and I thought it would be fun to
go check it out. After seeing all the different cats, and my favorite the siamese, I
thought, boy my two two would win everything as they looked different than
what was being shown. After talking with several breeders I realized that mine
were not show cats. Being the competitive person that I am, I decided I wanted
to show cats (I also was showing horses at the time) and I purchased a show
male that was a double-up on Fan-T-Cee's Tee Cee. At the show I met a very
impressive lady, Vivian Wheaton (Maloja Cattery), and got on her waiting list for
a female. Boy, was I gung-ho. I purchased a breeder female from CFA Judge
Marian Williams (Shalin Cattery). I had such determination to breed the best
cats I could. I started talking to many breeders and studying pedigrees. I saw
who was winning and realized there was a look I wanted to produce and was
determined to do it.
I later met Laurel Jenkins and fell in love with her cats. She had an eye for cats
and the look she produced was something I wanted to incorporate into my cats.
The head type she produced was phenomenal. I bought two of her cats; Jen-kins
Duchess and Jen-kins Vixen. Duchess never gave me any kittens, but Vixen
was the start of everything. She was the dam of GC San-Toi's Beau Mondel who
was the sire of GC San-tana's Podgorney, 3rd Best Cat Nationally and in the same
year he also produced GC Timfy's Timphy (owened by Betty Denny) who was best
cat in All American Scoring. The sire of GC San-Toi's Beau Mondel was GC
Catana Sundowner of San-Toi, another cat that contributed a lot to my breeding
program in the beginning. I also purchased a breeder/show female seal pt and
named her Toi-San which means little toy in Thai language. She was a
streamlined, refined female with a lovely personality. She was my favorite cat at
the time and in 1968 I decided to register a cattery name, so I named it after her
only reversing it to San-Toi. My first Grand Ch was produced by Toi-San and
Catana Sundowner which was GC San-Toi's Tiffany.
Almanac. I am using part of that story but edited.
It all started when I was 19 years old, I was given two siamese, one chocolate pt.
and one seal pt. They were papered and supposed to be "show" cats. I have
always had cats as they are my favorite animal and I was really taken by these
two siamese. They were so smart, I trained them to go on a leash, they would
fetch for me by the hour ( fetching seems to be something that comes natural
with the siamese), ride with me in the car, sit up on command for their dinner. I
was so impressed with the intelligence of the siamese, I decided to breed them.
Ming, the seal pt male, and Pyewacket, the chocolate pt female produced my first
litter and what a joy they were; I had more fun with these kittens.
One day I saw an add in the paper for a cat show and I thought it would be fun to
go check it out. After seeing all the different cats, and my favorite the siamese, I
thought, boy my two two would win everything as they looked different than
what was being shown. After talking with several breeders I realized that mine
were not show cats. Being the competitive person that I am, I decided I wanted
to show cats (I also was showing horses at the time) and I purchased a show
male that was a double-up on Fan-T-Cee's Tee Cee. At the show I met a very
impressive lady, Vivian Wheaton (Maloja Cattery), and got on her waiting list for
a female. Boy, was I gung-ho. I purchased a breeder female from CFA Judge
Marian Williams (Shalin Cattery). I had such determination to breed the best
cats I could. I started talking to many breeders and studying pedigrees. I saw
who was winning and realized there was a look I wanted to produce and was
determined to do it.
I later met Laurel Jenkins and fell in love with her cats. She had an eye for cats
and the look she produced was something I wanted to incorporate into my cats.
The head type she produced was phenomenal. I bought two of her cats; Jen-kins
Duchess and Jen-kins Vixen. Duchess never gave me any kittens, but Vixen
was the start of everything. She was the dam of GC San-Toi's Beau Mondel who
was the sire of GC San-tana's Podgorney, 3rd Best Cat Nationally and in the same
year he also produced GC Timfy's Timphy (owened by Betty Denny) who was best
cat in All American Scoring. The sire of GC San-Toi's Beau Mondel was GC
Catana Sundowner of San-Toi, another cat that contributed a lot to my breeding
program in the beginning. I also purchased a breeder/show female seal pt and
named her Toi-San which means little toy in Thai language. She was a
streamlined, refined female with a lovely personality. She was my favorite cat at
the time and in 1968 I decided to register a cattery name, so I named it after her
only reversing it to San-Toi. My first Grand Ch was produced by Toi-San and
Catana Sundowner which was GC San-Toi's Tiffany.
History of San-Toi
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