GENTLE GIANT: The Making of the Modern Maine Coon
Foundation, New Foundation, and Outcross: Preserving the Maine Coon’s Genetic Future
Introducing MaineVu Romulus & MaineVu Venus of LakeViewCoons
Alabama Paws & Claws Annual Championship & HHP Cat Show
After taking 2024 off from exhibition, we finally took the plunge and entered not just one but two of our boys in the Alabama Paws & Claws TICA cat show that took place over St. Patrick’s Day weekend. This club always throws a fantastic show and serves an incredible lunch Buffett.🤤 And let me tell you, this year did not disappoint!
Feline Hip Dysplasia: A Maine Coon Breeder’s Perspective
Two cats with perfect hips can be paired together and create offspring with less than perfect hips. Conversely, you can take a cat with fair, good, or excellent hips and mate it with a cat that has mild subluxation and produce offspring with normal hips. Because of it’s polygenic mode of inheritance, It’s really not as cut and dry as some would have you think. OFA says it like this, ”No one can predict when or even if a dysplastic cat will start showing clinical…
Introducing Our Newest Queens: Dagdrivarn Diksi Delila & Dagdrivarn Katie Kitbitz
We have had some really sweet and cuddly girls in our cattery over the last five years, but I have never met a pair of female felines with so much love to give as Diksi and KitKat. We jokingly refer to them as our “velcro kitties” and are looking forward to their incredible personalities being passed down to their future offspring. Here’s to the future journey we will be taking with these two beautiful queens!
Cattery News - Summer 2024
Summer is finally here and with it comes the highly anticipated arrival of kittens from our newest king, Panther! We also thought it would be a great time to share some other announcements with our Lake View Coons friends, family, and followers, including details relating to our upcoming adoption application process, retirement plans for a few of our breeders, and our pairing plans for Fall/Winter 2024.