Meet The INCREDIBLE GIRLS who made history with us....
Our Retired Foundation Girls
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GC BW Emau's Kyrie,
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Our Kyrie bird... daughter of Khepri and Shai and the first of my Khepri girls who has managed to master "the look" her mother trademarked so long ago.... She's startling in her beauty, frightening in her intensity... Her intelligence is second only to her infamous mother... A Khepri daughter through and through... her pedigree reads like Egyptian Royalty and she is not about to let ANYONE forget that she is indeed a princess! We call her P.I.T (that's short for Pounce in Training....) and to see the two of them curled arm in arm is truly a sight to behold. Such a study in contrasts and contradictions. Tough exterior with a bark rather than the lovely Mau chirp, yet surprisingly sensitive and rather delicate behind all that bravado... She's long and elegant and redefines contrast and style... She picked me, rather than I her, but I am oh so glad she did. Sharing my life and home with her is unbelievably special and she is producing kittens like no other cat except her famous mother.... They are breathtaking in their consistent quality... With her third litter Kyrie just edged out Pounce and became the first Grand Champion and National Breed Winner to earn the title of Distinguished Merit...
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Little Bit... A Kyrie daughter with an edge. She is undoubtedly the most elegant and extreme of my girls - a long legged, long bodied cat of extreme contrast and extreme emotions. Little Bit takes everything to heart and does everything with complete commitment. When she wants lap, she wants it NOW... she is sensitive and careful and extremely intelligent... She never stops thinking and like her mother, she picked me... The rest of the world she is not so sure of, but she knows exactly what my job is.... She loves to play and loves to become a lap leech... My little superstar wears the worries of the world on her sleeve.
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Breathtaking Faith... So lovely and striking it's almost unbelievable... Of course how could she fail to be? Her mother is "Herself", the Pouncess....and Faith is the original "Pouncelet".... She has exquisite color, contrast, coat, pattern, boning, head type and is absolutely incredible.... Better yet, she takes her mother's at home personality into the show ring... 2002/2003 found her the highest scoring Egyptian Mau kitten in CFA and although she ended up 22nd best kitten in her region, just missing a RW, she would have been a high RW in any other CFA region....What a thrill... Like her mother, a little more reserved than the demonstrative Raven, she nevertheless possesses a sweet, loving nature that is impossible to deny. Also like her mother, a little more reserved, slightly more pensive... she takes the legacy she was born to seriously and carries her royalty with grace and dignity...
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Bug.... as in cute as a..... We waited what seemed forever for a smoke girl of our very own... Moonshadow, Comet's daughter shares herself with Pat and Tim of Emauge, But "Bug" is all ours!! She's one of those shouldn't be cats... littermate to Faith, half sister to Raven, there is simply no way she should have stayed. Afterall, what on earth did we need with another girl when we were keeping two such standouts? But every time I thought I'd let her go I'd look at that head and say "oh no, not going to happen" She has her mother's head on a smoke body and that, I suppose is why there really was never a question that the little fireplug with the sunny personality and the silken coat was in reality never destined to go anywhere but straight into our home and our hearts... There is just something about her that is mesmerizing. Her reception in the show ring was both a shock and a thrill for us... Because, wonder of wonders, we found that it was not just us she mesmerized... Judge after judge took one look and then inexplicably found themselves going back for more... She generated fascination and more than held her own against her flashy sister and half sister! In November of 2003, with a little less than half the show season to go she made Egyptian Mau history by becoming the highest scoring smoke Egyptian Mau in CFA history... At the end of the season she became the second ever smoke Egyptian Mau to earn the title of BW and the only smoke female to earn the title. She showed with such incredible grace and poise that she always seemed to surprise judges and spectators alike when her quirky sense of humor surfaced and she transformed from regal queen into ghostly gamin... Such a joy and a gift... a long-legged beauty with huge bewitching eyes.... she has a way about her that connects with people in a special manner... She found her way into many a heart during her year-long campaign and ended her career in her last final with perhaps the highest accolade one can get from a judge; rather than the litany of her attributes it was.... a choke, a tear, a hug, a kiss on the head and a "I'm going to miss you"... She's the kind of cat who touches people deep down.... A one in a million so like her mother yet so not... Pounce is cool regal and untouchable, Bug is everyone's cat... Polite and loving and royalty from toe to toe...
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| Elegance and grace | Paint her silver and she is so like her mother... | With her own quirky sense of humor... |
| CH Emau's My Angel Is A
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I waited a long time to use that name... and a long time to get a kitten that reminded me of Pounce... then along came a silver sprite full of intensity and beauty and the name was claimed... It skipped a generation, but in her I see her grandmother... Clean, elegant lines, huge beautiful eyes and ears... perfection in silver with an edge perhaps that Pounce did not have. Truly a top model all the way. She is fierce in her loyalty, and sweet beyond belief. Truly a treasure to take us to the next step... Her sister Ginny went to be a foundation Mau for the AUS program, but Angel goes no further than my heart... she is my treasure and her first litter proved that she has great things to offer...
GC Emau's Bohemian Rhapsody - "RAVEN"
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Raven, My sensitive, little Kyrie daughter flew straight into my heart as a baby. She has a fabulous assortment of sound effects and an incredibly sexy little voice in an elegant body. Her mother barked, she grunts... and chortles and coos and exudes the incredible intelligence inherited from her loving mother and grandmother. She is sensitive and loving and incredibly affectionate. Brave to fault as long as she has her person to back her up. She does nothing in moderation and from the tip of her whiskers to the tip of her wonderful tail she is a people cat. Perhaps I should clarify that - she is MY cat - I dote on her, she on me... She is friendly and outgoing with everyone, as long as she has the safety of my arms and has an insatiable curiosity, but like her mother and her Aunt she chose her person. Her eyes haunt you long after you have left her, a legacy from her Aunt Spirit and Aunt Pounce perhaps... her refinement is exquisite.. but her intense personality is what leaves you wanting more....
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"Comet" - Nickname: "Bump" - This is the proverbial "cat I left at home" at every show I ever go to - she is, in my mind one of the most lovely creatures we have had the honor of breeding. Although by current standards she may be a little too traditional, for me she puts it all together in all the right ways. Her head is incredible, her pattern is flawless. She is contrasty and muscular, and balanced. And she is truly the sweetest cat I have ever met. She came by her name of "Bump" because when she sees you she starts to bump and purr - and she doesn't know the word stranger. This cat loves everyone. And you should see her light up when you pull out a show teaser. I remember being so incredibly proud of her -I just couldn't wait to get her out to the shows to show her off! Unfortunately, things don't always work out as planned. One week before she was scheduled to go to her first show I took her to get her Rabies shot. She had a reaction and when I brought her home I stupidly thought that it would be best to put her back with her mother - Khepri didn't approve- in a big way and Comet got hurt - One of the joints in her tail ended up getting crushed and only the fact that poor Comet was already on treatment for the reaction to her shot kept her from losing her tail entirely. It's fine now, but she'll never be "showable". In the meantime, we still think she's awesome and spoil her completely! In March of 2001 she made history of her own and became the first daughter of a Distinguished Merit cat to earn the title herself... We are inordinately proud of what she has done for her breed with her consistently sweet and stunning children!
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| CH Matiki's Mia Cheetah of Emau, DM- |
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Mia pet, Mia, and sadly, "Duh?". Poor Cheetah, we laughingly call her our dumb blond (no offense!) And it really isn't warranted - she is just so darn sweet and a little goofy... Cheetah was our second Mau and she retired from breeding in 2001 after giving us and her breed a number of remarkable kittens. She came from the renowned Matiki cattery and is actually co-owned with Jan and Bonnie Wydro of Matiki. We are forever grateful to Jan and Bonnie for letting us have such a lovely and sweet girl. The pictures do not do her body justice - she feels like hard strung wire and her bod just doesn't quit. Cheetah was supposed to be David's cat to show - but typical Mau, she bonded to me, and to this day I can do anything with her and she despises him. She is, in fact, the only Mau we have that has done the "I bond to just one person thing". The rest of our crew is very diplomatic in their love of both of us. Go figure. She is an extreme Mau with a strong import background that complements the traditional lines that come from Khepri superbly. Her body, pattern and contrast are exceptional. When Cheetah's daughter, GC Emau's Pyramid granded on the same weekend as littermate GP Emau's Chiaroscuro in August 2000, Cheetah too entered the history books as only the 6th Mau to earn the prestigious title of Distinguished Merit..
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"Spirit" - Nicknames: "Chunky Monkey, Chunk, and GC (good cat!). Spirit was the last born of our first litter. She is our first Grand Champion and we are inordinately proud of her. She represents a lovely example of what can go right when crossing the traditional and import lines. Her mother is our beloved Khepri and her father is a drop dead gorgeous Mau from Matiki - GC Matiki's Better Maustrap (Trapper). Although she battled her weight throughout her show career (thus her nickname of the Chunky Monkey), shortly after she turned nine months old (and right after she granded of course!) She evolved into a long, elegant girl with legs that don't stop, exquisite feel and, of course she kept the haunting eyes that stood her in such good stead throughout her show career! In addition to being a lovely example of a Mau in terms of appearance Spirit has a wonderful temperament. Throughout her show career she was described as a "perfect lady" and she was - except when you pulled out a pheasant feather. Spirit loves pheasant feathers and there were very few that she didn't manage to appropriate permanently from the judges. Spirit also loves tinfoil, but that's another story, and one best saved for another time. Spirit is a lap cat and a shoulder cat. She was one of those special kittens that start to purr early and keep it up throughout their lives - When she sees us, she starts to purr and I have never held her without having the thrill of feeling that beautiful motor running...
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Pyramid is a Cheetah Daughter, sweet to her very core and gentle and loving as the day is long... Soleil is her father and he bequeathed to her the elusive ethereal beauty that is all his own... The delicacy of her boning is exquisite - with those two for parents, how could it not? Sad to say though... she's not very bright.... She adores riding my shoulder and would sit in my lap, tongue stuck out in pure ecstasy, forever if I let her, but she simply is not a braintrust...Every time I saw Pounce in the show ring I gasped "she's so gorgeous, well.... everytime I saw Pyramid in the showring I muttered "If she only had a brain"... Still, she can flirt with the best of them - she had a wonderful habit of coming onto the judging table, climbing the pole and then throwing an alluring look over her shoulder at the judge... If she really liked them she'd ripple her lovely muscles and pose... This of course emphasized her fabulous body and gorgeous green eyes!
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Porsche of course! Porsche came to us from Ferdi and Marion Behse in Germany in June of 2001! Like her namesake, she is powerful, sleek and turbo-charged! She has huge, expressive ears with lovely tufts and incredible contrast. She is also one of the most cheerful and friendly cats I have ever met - she head bumps, purrs, and plays constantly... and is never happier than when she is either on a lap or on a keyboard.... She doesn't know the word stranger and lives to be loved... We are very excited to welcome her to Virginia and grateful to the Behse's for such a sweet and loving child.... She retired to the beah nd is enjoying living with now retired CH Emau's Ghostrider. They make quite a pair...
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CH Karma Chameleon
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CH Karma Chameleon Karma has it all - incredible contrast, great boning and elegance, an unbelievable coat and most importantly, clean, pure color to go with the contrast... Her body is incredible, her spotting unparalleled... Her personality is... well... quirky... Like her father, Ghost, she has a sense of humor and she is larger than life... She plays with intensity and fervor and is incredibly focused and athletic. Yet like her mother, she has a sweet, clingy side that even while bedeviling seeks approval and love... She loves to be held and adores shoulders and backs... and she has absolutely no idea how strong she is... yet she mixes strength with grace and makes the perfect tomboy.
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"Future". Future is a direct repeat of the fabulous breeding that gave us Spirit and Ghost. Although she has been magic since the day she was born, she had the unfortunate experience of being born around the same time as the fabulous Selkes, Solo, and Markie and as a result was rather "under-appreciated" as a young thing - Not so today! A "flirt" through and through she is indeed one of the "chosen ones"... She is playful and sweet and that wonder of wonders, a born show cat. Her first show was the International in Kansas City - You'd think a 17 hour drive in a car with strange cats and people, followed by your first show would be a rather traumatic way to leave the house for the first time - but nothing upsets Future - She screamed for 17 straight hours on the drive to Kansas City, but as soon as we let her go in with the boys, she was perfectly happy and the purr never stopped from that moment on. She has a way about her that draws people and makes them shake their heads in wonder. She is so like her older sister Spirit that I often confuse their names, yet she is fundamentally different. Spirit showed well because she knew she was supposed to and Spirit is a perfectionist. Future on the other hand, actually loves to show - She knows when to turn it on and she does it at home as well. She makes a habit of stealing hearts and winning over the most taciturn cynics... If there was a one word descriptor for Future, it would be joyous - she takes such pleasure in everything and gives it back in kind.... Shortly after the International she made her way North and made magic up there both as a kitten and an adult in the show ring. She retired as 6th Best Cat in Region 1, Best Egyptian Mau Region 1, and National 3rd Best of breed...Future makes her home with Bob and Carol as despite what paper says, her heart is with them...
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Emau's Grand Illusion - Illusion is a true Spirit daughter - huge soulful eyes, beautiful ears, hard body...Unfortunately for her, her show career coincided with Pounce's campaign, so she graced the show ring briefly as a kitten and then stayed home while Pounce toured the country... her full brother is the force of nature, GC Emau's Tukuyomi of Wisteria FL and her littermate is GC Emau's SamIAm of Baccamamdit and she is an interesting combination of the two of them... muscular like Tuki, elegant and refined like Sami... Spirit is retired now and although I know that she is blissfully happy in Florida, there isn't a day that I do not find myself unconsciously searching for her... Illusion has filled that gap... Her eyes are so like her mothers and she loves to hang out in many of the same places. More sensitive, yet less intense than our perfect lady, our Spirit, she is a loving creature with a fragile side to her that begs to be loved... Spirit was born knowing the world adored her... Illusion seems to constantly ask for reassurance, yet she has a world of love to give and her kittens have been some of the sunniest, most confident babies we have seen....
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CH Maullenium's Kaledeiscope of Emau
The lovely Kali came to us from Dot Mardulier of Maullenium. Many many thanks to Dot for this precocious young lady. With her pale white beauty and always curious nature she brought to us a myraid of new possibilities. She complements our kids perfectly and we look forward to seeing what magic her daughter, Kali II will bring.
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"Kali 2" is the daughter of Dot's lovely Kali, and Whitney's handsome Niles. She brings new lines to our program and a leggy grace all her own. She has an open clean pattern that is truly exotic and a mind of her own! Bred and raised here in Virginia, she is like a hot house flower unique unto herself... Click here to see more pictures of Kali.
Kitten Pages for the "Girls" Click on names below to see notable kittens from the girls...
Our Beloved Foundation!
One cannot succeed without knowing their past and recognizing its legacy... These special girls gave us magic and grace and we are forever grateful... Now retired, they were and are, the best of the best...
Khepri - Our first love and the 5th ever Egyptian Mau Distinguished Merit cat.
Spirit - Our perfect lady and our first GC...She retired with roommate Cheetah to Florida where she took over hearts and home...
Cheetah - Our sweet "duh" girl and the 6th ever Egyptian Mau Distinguished Merit cat She retired to Sunny Florida with Spirit!
Comet - Our Sweet Bump who always had the most consistently sweet lovely babies I have ever seen
Pyramid - Pyramid passed her exquisite boning and sweet personality on to her babies!
Porsche - Our German Beauty!
Future - Spirit's little sister, Future was 38th Best cat in the country 1999/2000 season.
Karma - she's smart, sassy and very spotty!
Click here to return to the current girls....
Our Boys - Click to see the other half - the boys!
Our Foundation boys - now retired
GC Emau's Kestrel, DM! A legacy from Judith Medelsohn's Lovely boy, Soleil (GC J's Iris Another Mau 2 Feed Of Emau)
My bright silver boy with the look of the eagles... long and lean and elegant with clear clean silver that makes you catch your breath, this silver son of Judith Mendelsohn's ethereal Soleil and elegant Kyrie takes the good from each and puts it all in one fabulous, bumpy, purry package. His only fault - he is far too intelligent for a boy.... Sweet, like most boys, but also the possessor of his mother's uncanny intelligence - a strange sort of package that is all too endearing... He gets so excited and purrs and bumps so hard sometimes he just falls over... and the moment he sees me he starts to prance... yet one never forgets that he is always thinking... His long-legged grace is a sight to behold in the show ring - He is text book in his illustration of tip-toe stance - lovely, long, elegant and graceful... His clean, bright color is nothing short of breathtaking... quite a package of sweetness and light; a fitting heir to his father's throne...
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CH Emau's Ghostrider
- Now retired and living the good life, Ghost was our first boy and our "alpha stud" for many great years. |
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Ghost" - Nicknames: The Ghostmeister, The
Mauth, Batman. Ghost was the littermate of our first grand, Spirit. He is a
smoke, he was for years our alpha stud, and he is phenomenal. First, Ghost is
big for a Mau. Males typically run 8 - 10 lbs and females 6 - 8 lbs, but Ghost
weighed in at a little over 12 pounds and he was NOT fat - it was solid muscle.
To this day He positively ripples with muscle - even his ears have strong
muscles. Yet, he doesn't have a non-elegant bone on his incredible body. This
cat was born special. Like his lovely sister, Spirit, you could actually SEE his
spots while he was still in the birthing sack - a super sign for a silver, and
unbelievable sign for a smoke. Despite the fact that he unfortunately has a
mouth that never stops and looks quite terrifying to those who don't know him,
he is one of the sweetest cats we have - a very important attribute for a stud
cat because good temperament with a Mau is incredibly important and can be an
issue. In selecting our breeding cats, we have taken into consideration not only
what their pedigrees and physical attributes can bring to the breed, but how
good their temperament is (not just show temperament, although that too is
important - but many factors can affect
that, but temperament at home and with people). Despite being a
little bit of a wimp, Ghost is a love - both when we had him and now. He is the
original shoulder vulture - he absolutely adores taking a flying leap and
landing on unsuspecting people's heads, or shoulders at which point he promptly
collapses and starts to purr and knead - he'd ride around the house all day
draped across his human's shoulders surveying "his kingdom" if allowed. He
was also my "movie" cat. He loved to lie on my lap with his belly up and head
lolling back sucking up as much love and attention as he can when we settled in
for a nice long movie. He'd lie there and love for hours.
Soleil - - "GC J's Iris Another Mau 2 Feed of Emau,"
Soleil passed over the Rainbow Bridge in 2002, but not before giving us and the world a taste of his special magic and love... We will miss him always and cherish his memory and his legacy.
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Soleil didn't lend himself to nicknames - He had a other world quality about him that kept him just Soleil in our home. He came to us from Judith Mendelsohn in Canada and I fell in love the moment I saw his face peering out of the carrier. He was a pale boy with superb type and huge green eyes and an ethereal beauty that made you gasp. His body felt like a million bucks - hard and muscular, yet elegant and refined. So very different from our gold standard of studly stud boys, Ghost, yet very similar too - both had phenomenal bodies and feel, it's just that one was a power lifter and one a ballet dancer. Soleil loved to stand and stare soul-searchingly into my eyes, one paw resting on my shoulder, other paw raised questioningly to my face. He usually followed this with a huge leap on to my shoulder and a big head rub. He adored walking back and forth on my shoulders while giving head rubs - again similarities between him and my Ghost. It's just that when the Ghostmeister lept to my shoulders, he didn't ask permission and my whole body felts the impact. I could have carried Soleil all day - he was incredibly balanced and gentle.
CH New Kingdom's Shai of Emau
Shai retired to Canada where he gave a world of love before he too passed over the Rainbow Bridge in 2003. Shai (pronounced Shay or Shea as in stadium) was named after the Egyptian god of Destiny.... He was out Of Melissa Bateson's lovely girl - GC J'S Iris Qetesh of New Kingdom and by our very own Tease. He's just a baby here in the pictures and was only visiting when these pictures were taken, but he came to make his home with us one cold and windy November when his love, Melissa, returned to her home Country... Shai never quite gotten over losing the love of HIS life, but he was always the sweetest of sweet boys and he gave us and the breed a phenomenal legacy of beauty....
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| Shai as a promising young show boy... | Shai imitating his daddy - Tease has a pix just like this one! | Shai imitating his lovely momma - Qetesh has one like this! |
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| Shai and his great aunt Emau's Nephthys of New Kingdom | Shai on his own.... | Shai shows his profile... |
CH Emau's Never Tease a Cheetah
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"Tease" - Nicknames Teaser, Tweaser (combination of Teaser and Whine - he went through a stage that I'd rather not dwell on...this particular nickname has to be expressed with a strong WHINE!), and sadly, Duh? 2!
Yes, Teaser is the lovely Cheetah's son. Like his momma, he is long and elegant, although he did go through a rather long gangly stage where it just never seemed like he would grow into himself. He has now though, and has turned into a stunning cat. He has a wonderful pattern. Clean beautiful color, a long hard body and an incredibly sweet personality. His first litters are on the ground now and with them he has proven that he can not only pass on that lovely color and body type, but his sweet loving personality as well. The babies were practically born purring. He comes by his sweet easy going personality honestly - his daddy is CH, GP Hajja Hit the High Spots of Emau and a sweeter cat you will never meet!
Tease as a gangly youngster....
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CH New Kingdom Epic of Emau!
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This contrasty sweet and loving boy hails from England and he is a half brother to our precious Shai. He is incredibly loving and like his mother he gives bumps and love nips... Nothing seems to phase him. Just one day after arriving to England he went to his first show where he brought home a Best kitten!! His coat is incredibly silky and fine and his spotting factor is incredible. Although I seriously doubt he has ever worried a day in his life, he has the trademark "worried look" down to a "t" and his expression is wonderful.