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DAENIKEN CASTLE Maine Coon
Cattery
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There's no
great philosophy here - our life, and that of our cats and dogs, is an open book.
It's actually quite simple.
And our story is
similar to so many others.
The Maine Coon
Cattery Daeniken Castle is, physically, a 230 years old country cottage standing
alone in the meadows of a spacious area in northern Slovenia, somewhat near to Italy and Austria, where
one February night in 2005 a long-awaited young king by the name of Rump-Coons'
Daeniken was kindly brought to us by Sandra and Marko after a long
trip from Germany.
It was half past
two in the morning and all was well... The king was home at last.
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As it were, there
are some non-Maine-coon subjects
in the Castle as well - there is Nejc, an electronic
engineer retired from the Institute of Oncology in Ljubljana, and Anka
(officially Andreja), a professional convention organizer working from
home, and the Greater Swiss Mountain Dog Gizmo (Chief of
Security), the little Cavalier King Charles Spaniel Lady (Public
Relations), and the remarkably intelligent domestic cat, Primadonna Mecko.
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 The Vice-President of our club
(Cats4Us, Frankfurt, Germany) Anja Rump of Rump-Coons who
had sold two breeding kitties to Slovenia, one to Dannisis Maine Coon
cattery and one to us, even flew
in from Germany in May 2005 to
see how her cats were doing in Slovenia and if everything was
alright.
An admirable
move – one to convince you that some breeders are
truly dedicated.
We had a wonderful time together -
a few splendid days of companionship, champagne and passionate cat
talk.
This welcome guest became our much appreciated teacher...
Cheers and
thanks to you, Anja!
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Backyard:
our first outdoor run, 30 m2, with a tunnel passage to indoors. A larger
netted “cat garden” is under construction.
Question: why whould a cat lover go into
breeding? Why bring little Maine Coons into this world and face the
responsibility, work, worry and all sorts of uncertainty?
BREEDING
IS EXPENSIVE. To run a decent, serious cattery you need a great deal of
money. And then of course there
is another big investment - a lot of your time and a lot
of your heart. Apart from joy, there will invariably be heart-breaking
spells...
AND YET IT
SEEMS WORTHWHILE. Financially? Hard to say. This aspect of breeding is
definitely questionable - or even risky.
But then there are OTHER
GRATIFICATIONS which are, in this material world, a little more difficult
to pinpoint and evaluate, but they are true gratifications.
The cat is
one of the most gracious beings. Admired to the point of being reverred
in some ancient cultures, kept for companionship or for practical
purposes in many others, the cat was not always treated well or
understood, yet it never lost its dignity.
Whatever we do, this graceful creature remains its own delightful self,
tough and ephemeral at the same time, vain, charming and unpardonably
curious.
In other
words, rather irresistable.
Can anyone be blamed for falling in love, and
quite irretrievably so?
And especially, as in this case, falling in love with His Royal Majesty,
the Maine Coon Himself?
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If you are on this
site you are here either by
mistake, or you are curious
yourself... or, goodness, gracious, great balls of fire, you have been enchanted and are
developing a long-lasting admiration and affection for this incredible
cat, the Maine Coon!
If the latter is the case, feel heartily welcome to the aficionado
club – and may Lady Luck and your own good senses never leave you!
With a Maine Coon companion your life may well acquire a fine new
quality, a rather precious something to be appreciated and enjoyed to the
full.
Anka Satler, March
10, 2007
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