Photo above is a seal lynx point named  GC RW Curl Essence
The Right Hand of the Lord.  (We call him "Handyman")

Welcome to the Curl Essence 
American Curl Cat Website

The American Curl cat is becoming more  popular as more people are learning about this unique and special breed of cats. Curl Essence has been an American Curl breeder since 2004.  We started with champion line American Curl Cats from Procurlharem. As we learned more about the Curl Standard for CFA, we realized that we needed to "downsize" or cats.  We connected with Grace and Joe Ruga, founders of the breed and incorporated 2 of their queens into our breeding program. Since then, Grace and Joe have been our mentors.  With their guidance, we have become one of the top AC breeders in the world showing in both CFA and TICA.  Mike was elected Breed Council Secretary for AC breed in CFA in 2014 and Linda was elected to the Breed Committee in TICA in 2017.  We are currently working with Grace and Joe to update the TICA AC Standard. 
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​Our About Us page tells the entire story about how we started as a casual American Curl breeder to one of the top American Curl Breeders in the world actively showing in both CFA and TICA.  

We hope you will read more about how to evaluate American Curl Cats on the Curl Standard educational website we put together to train new breeders, judges and American Curl owners on how to evaluate a Curl at www.theamericancurlstandard.com.

For information regarding our American Curl Cats ...  Contact us by email  at Psalm0512@yahoo.com
or 
by phone at either  951 743 8230 or
​951 296 8589.
Below is a slideshow of some of our favorite kitty photos. Hope you enjoy the slideshow.
The American Curl is frequently described as
"The Dog in Cat Fur"...
or
"The Peter Pan of Cats"
Our kitties are our babies.  Please take your time and enjoy the photo show we've created for our visitors. ... If you enjoy them as much as we hope you will, please 'like' us on facebook and share our site with your friends.  

New Grand!.... 
Congrats to Curl Essence Help in Time of Need ("Timmy")
With the finals Timmy got at the 2018 Del Mar show, he earned the title of Grand Champion in CFA.  We will continue to show him in both CFA and in TICA.
The CFA awards have now been posted as well.  Storm is 20th Best Alter in the SW Region.  His competition included some outstanding Abbys, Exotics, Siamese, Persians, Bobtails, and Somalis, just to name a few.  He is also CFA's Best of Breed for the SW Region for American Curls for the 2016-2017 & 2017-2018 show years. 

To follow us at the shows we are planning to attend and pictures of cats we are showing, click "More... " at the top of the page,
​then Shows Attending

 Show year update

We're pretty proud of our final awards for our cats again this year.
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Storm is  Best of Breed in Alter class again this year in both TICA and CFA for the SW region.   He was 4th Best of Breed internationally in TICA last year and.   9th Best Alter of ALL alters shown in TICA (which includes all alters shown of all breeds competing.)  He is a Regional Winner in CFA again this year for the 2nd year in a row and 20th Alter (20 of all breeds showing).  We're semi-retiring him this year to allow someone else to win.  We hate it when breeders show their winning cats year after year so that other people can't enjoy the wins.  

​Timmy is  a Quadruple Grand in TICA.  He is 3rd Best of Breed SW Region and 8th internationally in TICA.  He is a Grand Champion in CFA (highest title in CFA)l.  We showed Timmy primarily in CFA this last year.
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Best American Curl Breeder Award 

We are proud to announce that Curl Essence has been awarded the Best American Curl Award for 2016 by Vetery.com.   Vetery.com analyzed top American Curl breeders and cross referenced positive social mention data with top analytics platforms.  Our site "was a clear winner with U.S. pet owners over the last 12 months". For context, Vetary awards breeders with best-in-class online buzz, content, visuals, and most importantly, a strong cause and devotion toward their breed of cats.
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Mike is Breed Council Secretary for the CFA Breed Council.  Linda is a member of the CFA Breed Council.  Linda was elected to be on the TICA Breed Committee for 2018-2021.  The TICA Breed Committee can only have 3 committee members. Grace & Joe Ruga (founders of the breed) and Linda were elected to the Breed Committee for 2018-2021 by Curl breeders.