About Maytime
Tonkinese
My name is Jane Smith. I have had pet cats all my life. In 1993,
I bought my first Tonkinese cat at the Absolutely Abyssinian Cat
Show in Jacksonville, FL. My first Tonk, Pendragon Shakespeare,
a Natural Mink, is still my favorite boy. He convinced me, by
his beauty, his playful nature and his loving personality, to be
a Tonk lover for life. When I purchased Shakespeare, he was
being shown in Kitten Class. I had dreams of showing him, but
two days before his first show, I ended up in the hospital.
Being fully employed at the time, exhibiting cats would wait.
After retiring from my job as a project manager, I decided to
look into showing cats again. I spent 2-1/2 years showing cats
in Premiership. My first success was GP Pendragon Guy of the
Golden West who I showed to the title of Grand Premier in
November 2004. It was then I started my breeding program. I
acquired 3 Queens, CH Unsinkable Molly Brown of Maytime (Molly),
CH Kittyfield Krugerand of Maytime (Dolly), and GC Kiwendo
Silverscreenstar of Maytime (Silvie). I showed Silvie through
Kitten Class to the title of Grand Champion, which she achieved
in March 2006. Silvie was my first grand in Championship. Molly
had her first litter on March 30, 2005, and Maytime cattery was
underway.
Maytime Tonkinese – I came up with Maytime for the name of my
cattery after much trial and error. There can be no duplicate
cattery names. Names cannot sound the same with different
spellings. All the purr and fur names were taken. Being a Nelson
Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald fan, I looked for a name with a
Nelson and Jeanette theme that would allow me to use the stars,
characters, and songs from their movies as cat names. Maytime is
the title of one of their movies, and it fit the bill as a nice
short name allowing for longer cat names. GC Kiwendo
Silverscreenstar of Maytime was the first cat named after I
named the cattery. CH Unsinkable Molly Brown of Maytime’s first
litter, born March 30, 2005, were the first kittens to bare the
Maytime prefix in their
names.
Maytime Tonkinese cats and kittens are registered with The Cat
Fanciers’ Association (CFA). I am a member of the Tonkinese
Breed Council and the Tonkinese Breed Association, and abide by
the TBA breeder guidelines and code of ethics.
For Kitten Availability, please contact me.
Maytime@windstream.net
