ABOUT US

Hi and welcome  to our website of gorgeous Toygers and Bengals!!  My name is Gill Heaton and I live in Brandon, Suffolk with my husband Mike.  We are both extremely passionate about cats and have for many years owned cats of various breeds to include Siamese, Tonkinese, Burmilla, Burmese, Bengals, and most recently, Toygers.

How’d we get into breeding?  It was a long process that began over 10 years ago whilst convalescing from a back operation and becoming quite bored of daytime television.  I began surfing the internet searching for nothing in particular when I came upon the Bengal cat breed.  I convinced Mike that I wanted a Bengal; we sought out a breeder and bought our first Bengal.  Fast forward to 2006---I then became interested in Snow Bengals and again sought out a breeder….this time with intentions of showing and breeding.  We purchased the brother/sister pair we named Rupi and Nishka. 

Before entertaining thoughts of showing cats, I knew there’d be some additional research to be accomplished and while looking for reading material I came across an American Cat Magazine containing an article on a new exciting breed called Toygers.  Further research led me to a Toyger breeder in the UK who had the one surviving kitten (Aztec) from a litter which we agreed to buy in early 2007.  We began showing in March of 2007 and while some of the shows interrupted Mike’s  weekend golf outings, he slowly succumbed to the passion with me and we haven’t looked back since.

Nishka soon began having litters; Rupi eventually made it to TICA Quadruple Grand Champion, and Aztec went on to become the first Toyger outside the USA to achieve Champion status, finishing her show career as TICA Triple Grand Champion before beginning to expand the Toyger population in the UK.

All of our cats have distinct personalities and are very much part of the family.  There isn’t a day that goes by when we aren’t learning something new and applying this knowledge to our continuous improvement process.  We had recent success with our first Bengal and Toyger litters receiving outstanding feedback which is really what this is all about.

For more in depth information about Toygers, visit http://www.toygers.org

Additionally, huge thanks to my brother Tony Hughes for all the photography!!  Finally, an even bigger thanks to Nigel, our webmaster extraordinaire!!!