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About Us
We have a small in-home cattery in Edmonton, Alberta. We pride ourselves on producing quality Purebred Bengal kittens that are well socialized.
As a child, Jess was involved first hand with her family run Red Rose Kennels, as they bred Cocker Spaniels, Miniature Schnauzers and Akitas. Her love of animals has continued to this day having taken in a couple kittens that now share the house with us here in Edmonton. Trinity is the oldest of our cats, a domestic longhair that she was given by a friend a couple years ago. Shortly after, Jess was given the opportunity to adopt Bella. Bella's mother had actually killed the rest of the litter before the owners realized what was going on and were able to save Bella. Knowing that it would be a fair bit of work, Jess took the kitten in a nd bottle fed her as Trinity helped keep her clean and Bella grew a large fluffy coat of fur and became a true Alpha animal. Until Jess met Paul...
Paul grew up in a family that almost always had animals as Paul's mom could not refuse an animal in need. In fact, to t his day Paul's mom still feeds the local strays and helped a couple batches of kittens that were born just outside her yard in the last few months. They always have protection from the cold and at least one warm meal a day. Paul brought two dogs to the family mix. Lucky, a female German Shepard/Husky cross was picked up while wandering the streets of Taber (rural Alberta) and brought in to a local pet rescue operation where Paul went in for a quick visit before going to see a movie one night. Lucky was very t entative and super underweight, but since coming home she has become a great family dog. She would love to be a lapdog if it wasn't for the fact that she won't fit! Max, a male Samoyd/Collie cross, came about two years later when Paul's brother was unable to care for him any longer. When Max met Lucky they were instant best friends and it was not long before Max grew comfortable enough with Lucky to continuously challenge her to wrestling matches, even though he inevitably loses as he is about 15 pounds lighter!
Moving in together everyone knew the dogs would be fine with cats as Paul's brother had 2 cats when living in his house prior to Paul meeting Jess. Jess' cats, however, were in for a rude awakening. All animals were monitored long enough to ensure that the cats would not kill the dogs (Bella is a dominant female) and until we could be sure that the dogs would not harm the cats with their attempts to play with them. To this day Jess' cats are fine with walking by the dogs but never say hello.
The decision to become breeders came about when Jess came across some pictures of Bengals on the internet and showed them to the family. After checking out local cat shows and talking to a few breeders, Jess and Paul had the chance to spend some time with a local breeder and were both amazed by her line of cats.
It was not a hard sell to the daughters to get involved as they fell in love with the idea and the breed immediately. Although it took awhile for things to work out to obtain our two beautiful female kittens, the ability to have a sibling pair has been an amazing experience that we were so happy to be part of. Roxy, a marbled Bengal, is a very outgoing kitten that loves to play and is very affectionate, often falling over on her side the minute someone comes close, purring very loud in the hopes that she will be noticed and ultimately petted. Jinx, a standard Bengal, has the softest fur we have ever experienced. Jinx is a little less outgoing than her  sister but has become a momma's girl, and will walk all over Jess until she gets the attention she feels she deserves from Jess. When we first met a few Bengals we were skeptical when told that they were very affectionate but it is true. While the kittens truly enjoy ripping around in all areas of the house, when they are in the mood you cannot keep them away. As for their dominant nature of the breed, the dogs do not even phase them as the cats will go over or under the dogs to get where they want and the dogs aren't fast enough to even bother trying to stop them!
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About us