What's New at Woodpile Maine Coons

3/7/10 The Woodpile crew had a "grand" weekend at the Sassy Katz show in Albany. Our beautiful Suade, now GC Woodpile Persuaded, granded at her first show at 8 months and 2 days of age! Not to be outdone, littermate Tugger, now DGCA Woodpile Heart Strings, became a one show double grand champion at his very first adult show as well, finaling in no less than eleven rings! Coongrats to owners Peter & Eileen Carafiol for a job well done. We are thrilled that Tugger is doing well for them, and that they are presenting him so beautifully!

1/31/10 What a way to start the new year! At the TNCC show in Portland, Oregon our beautiful Suade was the top Maine Coon kitten with a Maine Coon kitten entry of 16, and 5th best kitten over all! We are so proud of our lovely girl. Brother Tugger also picked up some finals, as did our red boy, Tucker. All in all we had a really great time. Thanks to TNCC for a wonderful weekend and to all the judges for their compliments on our girl!

1/17/10 Jan got a birthday present of the very best kind when Rumor delivered three darling coonlets Sunday evening. They are big kittens, and very very flashy! Sorry, but these babies are already promised.

12/15/09 Our sweet Suade (Woodpile Persuaded) had an excellent show at The Maine Event, picking up numerous finals and seeming to really enjoy the show hall. Her littermate, Woodpile Heart Strings aka "Tugger" also did well, making his owners, Peter and Eileen Carafiol, very proud. We look for great things from these youngsters.

10/17/09 We have a new addition to the Woodpile family. Welcome to Chemicoons Wild Fire of Woodpile, a lovely red classic tabby & white baby boy now known as Tucker, because, as Stefani said, he was "plumb tuckered out" when he got here. Thanks to our good friend Elaine Weitz for bringing Tucker home to us, and to Liz Hansen for letting him come. We are looking forward to showing him this winter.

10/13/09 News comes from our friend Edmilson in Brazil that it is now SGC Woodpile Ready to Rumble of Betunes. We are very proud of Rumble, and of Edmilson for loving him and presenting him so beautifully!

10/11/09 What a great weekend with our good friends at the Evergreen Cat Fanciers show! We are happy to congratulate new TGC Woodpile Fletcher Fitzgerald, and owners Karen & Randy Buchanan, on Fletcher's return and success in the show ring. Way to go guys!

10/4/09 It's official! Our beautiful Lacey, Woodpile The Legacy, earned the final points she needed to become our latest Supreme Grand Champion, carrying on in her late father's footsteps. Because she is Hoot's very last offspring this feels like a very special accomplishment. Thanks Hoot, for our Legacy.

8/23/09 Wonderful news from our friend Edmilson. At his very first adult show, Woodpile Ready to Rumble of Betunes became a double grand champion and was the 2nd best cat in the show! While that was a fabulous accomplishment all on its own, Rumble's granding also made his dam, RW SGC Woodpile Snap Crackle N Pop, and Outstanding Dam! Way to go Rumble!

8/9/09 We had another great weekend at the Cat Fanciers of BC show in beautiful British Columbia. Lacey received the Best Cat award she needed for her Supreme Grand Champion, now lacking only a few points to claim her title. And our lovely little Monkey did us proud as well, garnering 7 finals against some very nice competition, including a Best Kitten award. Once again we are very proud of our lovely girls.

7/25/09 We are pleased to announce that Woodpile Calypso is the proud mama of her first Lifetime Achievement award winning offspring. Deschutes is being awarded this honor tonight at the NW Regional banquet in Edmonton, Alberta. Congratulations to Callie and Deschutes!

7/17/09 My good friend Ann Lervold joined me on my twice yearly trip to WSU to have hearts echoed for HCM by board certified cardiologist, Lynne Nelson. (Thanks to Ann for going with me. It made the long trip so much more enjoyable!).
I am very happy to announce that the following cats were examined and found to be free of any signs of HCM at this time:
RW SGC Woodpile Rumor Has It
IW SGC Coonbitzky Frost Fire of Woodpile
QGC Woodpile All That Jazz
TGC Woodpile The Legacy

7/5/09 We are happy to announce the arrival of four little coonlets, two boys and two girls. One boy is blue classic tabby, the other three are all brown classic tabbies.
Dam is RW SGC Woodpile Calamity, and sire is
RW SGC SmokeyCoons Alejandro. (All of these kittens are reserved for those already on our waiting list.)

6/28/09 We had a wonderful time at the Garden City cat show on beautiful Vancouver Island this weekend. Young Lacey continued her winning ways with a handful of finals (five 2nd Best Cats and a Best Cat as well), making her a Triple Grand Champion at her 2nd show. And my personal favorite, Jazz, not only earned the title of Quadruple Grand Champion, but became grand #16 for her sire, OS LA SGC Woodpile Hoot N Holler, and grand #13 for her dam, OD GC Woodpile Sophisticat. Little Monkey did her share of winning too, and brought home a few finals as well. We can''t wait for her to hit the adult class!

6/14/09 The Commencement Cat Club show was another dream weekend for the Woodpile cats. New Grand Champions Woodpile The Legacy and Woodpile Aria of Macallans brought the number of grands sired by Hoot to 15! Granding Aria brought Sophie's grands to 12, and our one show grand (at her very first adult outing) Lacey, brought her dam Kilei's number of grands to three!Lacey ended up being the best Maine Coon cat in show, and little Monkey (Woodpile Wild Child) was best Maine Coon kitten in show! We are very proud of the Woodpile cats, and equally proud of the wonderful owners who have made the effort to show them! Thanks to each and every one of you!

6/2/09 One of our very favorite kittens of all time, Rumble has taken the world by storm. At not yet six months old he was Best Kitten in show at his very first show, and finalled in every ring at his first two shows! We are expecting wonderful things from this handsome boy! He is Ready to Rumble!

5/16/09 The new show year has started off with a big bang! Coongratulations to Ann Lervold and new SGCA Woodpile Flora Bloom! Bloomers ended up being the Best Alter at the International Specialty Show! Her finals included several Best Alter awards. We are so very proud of both Ann and her beautiful Bloomers.

Little Monkey (Woodpile Wild Child) also did us proud by picking up a big handful of finals, including four 2nd best kitten awards. Not bad for a baby girl that just turned 5 months old!
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5/1/09 The 2008-2009 show year has finally come to an end. We are very proud to announce our Regional Winners for this year. Our heartfelt congratulations and thanks to:

RW SGCA Woodpile Jeremiah Jackson
(Karen & Randy Buchanan)

RW SGC Woodpile On Fire
(Newton Peter)

RW QGC Woodpile The Rogue
(Cath Walker & Iris Selby-Home)

RW SGC Woodpile Rumor Has It
(here at Woodpile)

4/30/09 Our beautiful Calamity is off on a hot date with a very special boy. We are very excited about this upcoming litter. Stay tuned for more details!

4/15/09 Usually we dread April 15th (tax day), but this year we welcomed some exciting news from UC Davis. We DNA tested Frosty to see what his color genetics are and were delighted to find that he does not carry the dilute gene, but he does carry the solid gene! What that means is an exciting new assortment of colors we could get depending on to whom he is bred. This opens us up to possible solids and smokes, something we've never had before.

3/27/09 The Evergreen Cat Fanciers show was a big success for the Woodpile cats. Jazzy picked up a couple more finals, and little Lacey did very well in the kitten class. Add to that we made some new friends in Eileen and Peter, who even helped us showing our girls. We also took along two of our kittens from the Crackle/Hottie litter to see how they'd react to all the noise and sounds, and they acted like old pros. We Look forward to showing them this summer.

3/15/09 Just back from the Cat Fanciers of BC show where we had a great time! GCA Woodpile Flora Bloom (owned by Ann Lervold) is now the second grand for her dam, RW SGC Woodpile Kaleidoscope. SGA Woodpile Jeremiah Jackson (Karen & Randy Buchanan's boy) picked up several finals and a bunch of points towards a regional win. New Ch. Woodpile All That Jazz is well on her way to becoming a grand champion. And little Lacey, Woodpile The Legacy, at just five months old picked up seven finals, including THREE Best Kitten awards! What a weekend!
Oh, and just to add frosting to the cake, Jack was voted Spectator's Choice (meaning he was the favorite of all the spectators), following in the footsteps of his dad.

2/6/09 Our delightful kitten Poppy heads for Texas this weekend with new owner Donna Hinton of Nascat Maine Coons in Texas. Poppy has been one of our favorites, and we wish her and Donna great success in the show ring.

1/25/09 The new year has started out with both joy and sorrow. On the happy side, Rogue is now a QGC with just four adult shows under his belt. On the down side, that means he is leaving us for Australia to join Cath Walker and Iris Selby-Home's breeding program at Gradach Maine Coons. We will miss this sweet boy a great deal, and hope that he makes beautiful babies for Cath and Iris.

2008 Year End
Our year has ended on a sorrowful note. Our wonderful Hoot left us for the Rainbow Bridge in early December. We have no words to express how much we loved him, or how sorely he will be missed. We are thankful that his legacy will be carried on in his beautiful babies. I want to take this opportunity to thank Ann Lervold, Liz Hansen, and Karen Buchanan who helped me immensely through a very painful time. Thank you also to Elizabeth and Eric for their very kind offer. It is so much appreciated. You have no idea what it meant to me.