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The Males of SpiritHill

 

GP Trutails Bardolino


Bardolino was my first Maine Coon, purchased from Dennis and Trudie Allen of Trutails. They provided me with a sweet, gentle boy, the way Maine Coons should be. He is not a breeding cat, but still needs to be included on this page!

Bardo is a brown mackerel tabby with low white. Together we ventured into the world of the Cat Fancy and cat shows, learning the ropes of grooming, showing, judging, and everything else that goes along with showing felines. What an experience! 

Now Bardolino lives the life of Head Cat of the Household, keeping tabs on all the other cats.

Bardolino has reached the title of Grand Premier in CFA.

 

 

GC SpiritHill Red Alert

 

Red Alert is the son of CH SpiritHill Red Cloud and CH SpiritHill Waltzing Matilda. He is the first offspring of a SpiritHill x SpiritHill breeding. His parents have found new homes as spoiled pets and so Red Alert will carry on in their place.

Red Alert is a red classic tabby with white. His red is quite beautiful and fits his name perfectly. Red Alert is a sweet boy that gives kisses and head-butts to anyone who asks, and sometimes to those who don't! He is laid back and a gentleman through and through.

Red Alert is the first cat I have shown that actually loves to show and travels well. His CFA show career provided SpiritHill with some wonderful firsts. We had fun going to shows and he loved all attention given to him.

Red Alert attained the title of Grand Champion and was the first SpiritHill cat to do so. He also received an award for Best Red Tabby and White Maine Coon in CFA for the show season 2008-2009, on both the National and Regional levels. While his CFA show career is over, Red Alert will continue on in TICA and we will update his titles as he obtains them!

Red Alert's Pedigree

 

CH SpiritHill AppleJack

AppleJack aka Chubbers is the only surviving kitten out of CH SpiritHill Fantasia of Coonunnski and GC Coonopry Smokey of Coonunnski. Fantasia was carrying nine kittens, but contracted a uterine infection from a deceased kitten in her womb and we were not able to save the litter. Fanny was spayed and her life was saved, and we have one special son left. AppleJack's nickname came about because although he was an only kitten, he kept four of his mother's nipples full of milk and he would nurse from nipple to nipple until milk was coming out of his mouth because he could hold no more! Of course, he became a little chubby kitten, hence the name Chubbers, which unfortunately has stuck.

AppleJack is a solid cream cat with white, which means he is non-agouti and the dilute of red. He has grown up to be a beautiful Maine Coon with good size (not chubby though) and a shaggy coat. He is a very sweet boy around humans, dogs, females cats, and kittens.

Due to Applejack's desire to be dominant, he was not shown as much as I would have liked. I found it really difficult to get a cat used to being around other male and female cats when he doesn't understand why he can't have all the females and take on all the males. Plus one must also work with human judges who have to accept his poor feline show etiquette as we were working through it. He was unhappy and I was a nervous wreck so we stopped, and both of us are happier for it. A learning experience for sure. Not all cats can be show cats!

SpiritHill AppleJack did attain the title of Champion in CFA and it was the hardest title to obtain! We did not even try to show in TICA.

Applejack's Pedigree