BRAGS & BLOG

Colbie in the Judges Ring

Great explanation of the Exotic Shorthair breed with Colbie as a kitten!!

Romeo as a kitten

Peace of Mind

In April I took Romeo (as well as Chunk and Comic Relief) in for his first HCM screening with a board-certified veterinary cardiologist before moving forward with any breeding plans—and I’m so happy to share that he received all normal readings and is clear of HCM. They all tested normal and clear!

This is what responsible, ethical breeding looks like: doing the testing, taking the time, and making decisions with the long-term health of the breed in mind.

So proud of this beautiful silver classic tabby boy and excited for his future here at Everpaw 🖤

Spring 2026 Show Highlights — Mr. Chunk & Reddy

This spring has continued to be an exciting and rewarding show season for Everpaw, highlighted by an outstanding finish to the season from Mr. Chunk and a promising debut from one of my young kittens.

At the Midlands Cat Fanciers show in Lawrence, Kansas (March 14–15), Chunk had a standout weekend, making 8 out of 8 finals and earning 4th Best Cat in Show.

He carried that momentum into the MoKan Cat Show in Gardner, Kansas (March 28–29), where he made 6 out of 8 finals, was awarded 2nd Best Cat in Carol’s ring, and placed 9th Best Cat in Show in a highly competitive entry.

Most recently, at the Wisconsin Cat Show in Waukesha (April 4), Chunk had a great end to the season, making 6 out of 6 finals and earning 2nd Best Cat in Show.

In addition to Chunk’s continued success, I also had the pleasure of showing one of my kittens, Reddy Player One, for the very first time at the Wisconsin show. At just 4 months old, this baby made an impressive 3 finals, hopefully marking an encouraging start to his show career.

Chunk’s consistency and presence in the ring, paired with the exciting potential of my kitten, made this a truly rewarding season.

A sincere thank you to all of the judges who recognized my cats and included them in their finals. Your support is deeply appreciated.

November 2025: Butter Takes on the West Coast

This November, I packed up my suitcase—and Butter—and flew out to California for three weeks to visit family in Sacramento and hit a string of CFA shows on the West Coast. Butter, known in the ring as Purrtopia Creme De La Creme, was entered in three shows: the Lucky Penny Cat Show in Ventura, the Glacier Peak Cat Club show in Portland, and the Poinsettia Cat Club show in Glendale.

While we were out there, Butter had the chance to be photographed by Richard Katris of the world-famous Chanan Photography, and the portraits turned out absolutely stunning.

Butter enjoyed every show we attended, and by the end of our trip he was a total pro—confident, relaxed, and showing beautifully. His hard work paid off: he earned enough points to achieve his Grand Champion title! I was thrilled to be able to celebrate this accomplishment for both his breeder, Lisa Thostenson, and myself. We’re so excited to watch what his future offspring will bring to our programs.

In the meantime, Butter will continue showing in CFA from January through April, and we’ll see where this show season takes him next!

January 2025: Sus Shines at His First ACFA Adult Show

I’m thrilled to share an exciting milestone at Everpaw —Sus made an unforgettable debut in the ACFA Adult class last January! In true Sus fashion, he brought plenty of silly antics to the show hall, but even his playful chaos couldn’t distract from his quality. He impressed the judges by making 6 out of 8 finals, earning his Grand Champion title at his very first Adult show.

But the excitement didn’t stop there. Sus went on to finish the season as an Inter-American Winner—my first homebred cat to achieve this incredible honor. Watching him grow, mature, and shine in the ring has been such a rewarding experience, and I could not be more proud of this beautiful boy.

Here’s to many more achievements from Sus and his future kittens!

August 2024 : Cat Tales Cat Show “Central Purr-k” took place Aug 3-4 and now I can share some results!! First of all I want to give a huge congrats to the club for putting on a great show. There were awesome vendors, tons of spectators, lovely exhibitors, and nice high-quality raffles each day.

I am very grateful to have achieved some wonderful results for Everpaw Suspension-of-Disbelief at his final show in the kitten class.

Sus made 6/8 Finals and achieved 2nd Best Kitten!! He was his typical clown self making judges laugh, just being generally entertaining. And now he moves on to the Adult class!

MAY/JUNE 2024: Fuzzball is having an impressive start to the 2024-2025 show season making 7 finals at "May the Feline Force Be With Mew" and 6 finals at "Madison Cat Club". We are so grateful that the judges love her as much as we do and continue to include her in their finals. Madison Cat Club had a very competitive kitten class with many entries and we feel honored that Fuzzball was included in 6/7 finals at that show. She is our first Exotic Longhair we've produced and first we've ever shown and we've enjoyed every moment!!

MAY/JUNE 2024: The 2024-2025 season is starting off amazing for our sweet clown boy, Sus! We traveled to two shows in Wisconsin, the first show "May the Feline Force be with Mew" he received an impressive BEST KITTEN IN SHOW from 4 judges!! He also made 7/8 finals! The second show we attended was held by Madison Cat Club and this was their first show since Covid. They did an amazing job putting on the show after the long hiatus and we saw judges in the ring who hadn't been out in years! Sus received BEST KITTEN IN SHOW from 2 different judges and we felt this particular kitten class was the best we have seen in ANY association with MANY entries -- all who could have placed in the finals, but alas, only top 10 was permitted. Sus also received 2nd Best Kitten twice and placed really well in the remaining finals. He absolutely loves knocking down those ribbons off his cage and enjoys making spectators laugh with his silliness in the ring.

Everpaw Laugh It Up Fuzzball

APRIL 2024: Fuzzball did fantastic at her first ever cat show. We took her to the last show of the 2023-2024 season in April just to introduce her to the show hall, the judging table, and all the different people, smells, and sounds in preparation for showing her during the 2024-2025 season beginning in May. We are pleased to announce that not only did she have a great time, but she made a nice impression on the judges and made all 8/8 finals. To top that off she received BEST KITTEN IN SHOW from 3 different judges. We are thrilled to have her as part of our cattery to build our Silver lines.

Everpaw Suspension-Of-Disbelief

APRIL 2024: We are so happy with Sus, he is everything we want for our Exotic Shorthair program. We entered him at his first cat show by Gopher State Cat Club in Crystal, MN not really knowing what to expect. At four months old he already has such an amazing personality, coat, temperament, with natural ability to thrill spectators and judges alike with his goofiness in the ring. He made 6/8 finals and was a crowd favorite. We are looking forward to seeing how well he does for the 2024-2025 show season.