Stellarhart Ragdoll Cattery

<BODY STYLESRC="aboutus.htm" bgproperties="fixed" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000040" link="#FF0000" vlink="#FF8000">  <h2 align="center" dynamicanimation="fpAnimelasticRightFP1" id="fpAnimelasticRightFP1" style="position: relative !important; visibility: hidden" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000"><i>About Us</i></font> <br> <img src="images/laurie1.jpg" alt="Ragdoll breeder." align="middle" border="3" width="121" height="199"> </h2> <p align="center"><font color="#000080">Laurie</font> <br> </p> <hr width="75%"> <p align="left"><font color="#FF0000" size="3">History</font> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080" size="3">Stellarhart Cattery began breeding cats in 1985. We began our adventure in cats with the Siamese breed. Over the years, notable cats from our cattery were Hanah, Coco, Niki, Aries, Lila, and Andromeda "Andy". We truly loved our Siamese and placed many kittens into good homes. Our breeding goals with the Siamese were to produce a healthy, large-bodied, rabbit-furred, good-tempered cat. Over the years, we had good success in reaching these goals. One goal that eluded us was producing a queen who behaved well with new feline house mates. </font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080" size="3">After years of trying to have our Siamese get along with their feline house mates; we began looking for another breed to develop. In 1990, our neighbor Mike purchased a pet Ragdoll named "Rufus" and we enjoyed the sweet nature of this breed of cat. </font></p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080" size="3">Upon seeing this excellent  ragdoll behavior, and because we were tired of playing "musical rooms" with our adult Siamese queens,  we decided to adopt the Ragdoll cat as the foundation of the Stellarhart Cattery. We chose to breed Ragdolls after careful consideration of a number of breeds that we found very attractive but seemed to lack one or more of the characteristics that was existing in our beloved Ragdoll kittens and cats. </font></p> <hr width="75%"> <p align="left"><font color="#FF0000" size="3">Goals</font> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080" size="3">The goals of the Stellarhart Ragdoll breeding program are: </font></p> <ul> <li><font color="#000080" size="3">Health--produce a Ragdoll cat free from genetic and infectious disease. </font></li> <li><font color="#000080" size="3">Temperament--breed a Ragdoll line that maintains their legendary sweet natures. </font></li> <li><font color="#000080" size="3">Size--Ragdolls are in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest cat. We intend to maintain this impressive size. </font></li> <li><font size="3"><font color="#000080">Socialization--in order to properly socialize our young ragdoll kittens, Stellarhart will always be a small cattery so each cat and kitten gets the individualized attention it deserves. Our three children are willing apprentices in this important facet of producing psychologically-healthy kittens</font>.</font> <hr width="75%"> </li> </ul> <p align="left"><font color="#FF0000">Breeder Biographies</font> </p> <p align="left"><font color="#000080">Laurie Hart, a native Californian, attended and obtained both her undergraduate and graduate degrees in Research Psychology at San Diego State University. Laurie puts her education to good use as a stay-at-home mom of our three children, ages 16, 14, and 11,  (our fourth child is out of the nest and also a graduate of SDSU in Speech and Communication). Laurie truly enjoys taking care of the kids and ragdoll cats and making sure that they all get plenty of love and individual attention. Laurie manages the cats and the breeding program.</font></p> <hr width="75%"> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="1" width="251" height="70"> <tr> <td width="110" height="31" valign="middle" align="center"><a href="mailto:stellarhartcats@yahoo.com?subject=Kitten Info Request"><img border="0" src="images/mail2.gif" width="91" height="26"></a></td> <td width="125" height="31"> <p align="center"><a href="mailto:stellarhartcats@yahoo.com">stellarhartcats@yahoo.com</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="251" height="27" colspan="2"> <h3 align="center"><font color="#0000FF">Phone Laurie 619.258.5535</font></h3> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <p align="center"><a href="index.html" target="none"><img src="images/home.jpg" alt="Click Here for Home Page" align="bottom" border="0" width="75" height="75"></a></p> <p align="center"><a href="index.html">Home</a></p>  </BODY>