We're pretty proud of our final awards for our cats again this year.
Simba is now a Grand PremierSimba earned the last points he needed for his title of GRAND at the CFA show in Ontario on Oct. 6-7. He was short just ONE POINT at the end of the day on Saturday. I was so anxious about that last ONE POINT going into the 2nd half of the show on Sunday. I really didn't want to go home from the show short JUST ONE POINT for his Grand title... I was not disappointed when he was given the last point with points to spare in an Allbreed Final on Sunday. Yah Simba!
Grand Premier Curl Essence Honey Bear ("Simba")
2017-2018 CFA 2nd Best American Curl Longhair Premier 2017-2018 CFA Best American Curl Kitten 
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CH Autumn of Curl Essence. Autumn has only shown in 2 shows this year in CFA for her Champion title. At the Glendale show on Aug 25th, she took Best of Breed and Best of Color in 4 of 6 rings. Our current plan is to breed Autumn around the holidays for early spring babies. We've been debating on whether to continue to show her or breed her. She really didn't like the show, even though the judges really liked her. On the flip side, we're really anxious to see what kind of babies she will give us. She's SOOO pretty!
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Simba will be available for adoption now that we have Granded him. (He will not be free to good home.) We would like to find the exact right home for him while we continue to show him and start a new kitten for Premiership. Simba is one of those kitties that just wants to please. He has more love to give than you can even imagine. If either of us call him from anywhere in the house, no matter where he is or what he's doing, he will come running to see what we want. He gets so excited when I play with him at night that when I finally give up, he wraps himself around my leg to try to get me back into the game. He knows I don't like it (if he gets too excited, eventually he'll hurt a little which is when I have to toss him down). But he just can't contain himself. It's his 'cat way' of loving on me.
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New Grand!.... With the finals Timmy got at the 2018 Del Mar show, he earned the title of Grand Champion in CFA. The Del Mar show is the largest CFA show in the US each year. Competition is really tough at this show. We were really pleased to see Timmy do so well at this show with the massive competition.
Curl Essence Withstanding the Storm ("Storm")
TICA Supreme Grand Champion and Regional Winner Grand Premier in CFA |
Congrats to Curl Essence Help in Time of Need ("Timmy")
TICA 2017 2nd Best American Curl LH of the year
TICA 3rd Best of Breed SW Region TICA 8th Best internationally TICA 24th Best Longhair Cat of the Year (This includes all LH cats shown in TICA for this show year) Timmy is a Quadruple Grand in TICA. He is a Grand Champion in CFA (highest title in CFA). We showed Timmy primarily in CFA last year. We may pull him back out later this year for his Supreme title. He had a bad experience at the OC Pet Expo last year... He got startled while I was carrying him around the show hall, I couldn't hold him and he ran behind a temporary panel and the wall. Poor boy! He was terrified. You just never know what a cat will interpret as a threat. But to make matters worse, now he was stuck behind this panel and the wall and didn't know how to get out, (He had shot under the false wall panel halfway up the wall.) I laid on the floor and talked to him until he decided to try to come down. One bad experience can stick with a cat. After that experience, we decided to let him stay home where he knows he's safe. It would be nice to go for this last title of Supreme Grand Champion, but not if means he has to re-live a scary experience. (It wasn't that big of a deal, but it's all in how the cat perceives it. It's just not worth taking him back out if it's going to scare him.... so he gets to stay home for now.) |
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TICA 2017 Best of Breed American Curl Longhair Alter of the Year
TICA 2017 9th Best Alter of the Year (This includes ALL alters shown in TICA this show year) TICA 2018 18th Best Cat in Premiership TICA 2017 20th Best Cat in Premiership TICA 2016 4th of Breed internationally CFA Regional Award & Best of Breed American Curl LH Premier for 2017 CFA Regional Winner 2016 TICA 2018 Best American Curl Longhair Alter Award of Excellence Regional Winner & Supreme Grand Alter in TICA
Grand Premier in CFA CFA Regional Award 2nd Best American Curl Longhair Premier CFA Regional Award 2nd Best American Curl Kitten 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.
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RW Curl Essence Colette de la Curl TICA 2017 Best American Curl Longhair Kitten of the Year TICA 2017 20th Best Kitten of the Year 
RW CH Curl Essence Silverbelle
TICA 2016 Second Best American Curl Longhair of the Year Award of Excellence TICA 2016 Best Black Silver Mackerel Tabby American Curl Longhair of the year Award of Excellence TICA 19th Best LH Cat of the Year RW GRC CURLESSENCE SILVERBELLE
CFA SW Region 2015 THIRD BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR KITTEN. Regional Winner & Grand Champion in TICA We never took professional photos of Belle. We'll add a picture from the house shortly. Belle is a silver mack tabby.
RW SGC CURL ESSENCE SIR KINGSLY ("Kingsley"):
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Curl Essence Mighty Rushing Wind ("Wendy")
TICA 2nd Best American Curl - LH Kitten [below] 
Awards in TICA are: RW SGC CURL ESSENCE SIR KINGSLY ("Kingsley"): In Southwest Region: 2015 TENTH BEST CAT OF THE YEAR 2015 FOURTH BEST LONGHAIR CAT OF THE YEAR 2015 BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR OF THEY YEAR 2015 BEST RED SILVER MACKERAL TABBY AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR OF THE YEAR. Internationally: 2015 SECOND BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR OF THE YEAR (This is HUGE! This is competing against ALL the American Curls showing around the world.) |
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SGC Curl Essence Son-of-Righteousness ("Sonny")
In CFA Southwest Region: 2015 BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR ALTER OF THE YEAR Internationally: 2015 TWENTIETH BEST ALTER OF THE YEAR, and 2016 Best American Curl Longhair Alter of the Year "Sonny" (to the right) earned his Supreme Grand Champion Alter title in the 2014-2015 show year in TICA. This is the highest title he can win in TICA.
He is also American Curl Best of Breed in the TICA Southwest Region for the 2014-2015 show year. |
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Sonny is out of Cinnamon, who was our first Grand Champion thirteen years ago, and can be seen below. Cinnamon is now a part of the growing American Curl population in Brazil. The judges loved, loved, loved his long super soft coat!
CURL ESSENCE COWBOY CURL in the SW Region is 2015 SECOND BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR KITTEN of the year
CURLESSENCE BANDIT in the SW Region is CFA 2015 BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR KITTEN of the year,
and TICA 2nd Best American Curl Long Hair Kitten.
CURL ESSENCE RIVER is CFA 3th Best Alter in SW Region.
CURLESSENCE BANDIT in the SW Region is CFA 2015 BEST AMERICAN CURL LONGHAIR KITTEN of the year,
and TICA 2nd Best American Curl Long Hair Kitten.
CURL ESSENCE RIVER is CFA 3th Best Alter in SW Region.