![]() ![]() Evidently he finally settled on the mixture of Jungle Curl along with whatever throw-away mixture he had developed over the years along the way and registered them as Desert Lynx, while developing his Highland Lynx breed. Instead he broke the rules of the original Desert Lynx standard. Those resulting kittens whether straight eared or curled should have been given a new breed name with each additional breed he mixed in. Again this is against the rules & why standards are important. He did not deem any of these kittens right for his new breed (whether color, straight ears, etc.) they were again put in his registry as Desert Lynx. ![]() Joe Childers went on to mix in the British Fold, Bengal, Calico’s American Folds, and so forth to develop the Highland Lynx. This is the reason standards are set and must be fallowed in any breed. They should not have been registered as a pure bred Desert Lynx but a mixed breed and called some thing else other than a Desert Lynx as they no longer meet the criteria or rules of the Desert Lynx standard. Any breeder will tell you that this is not an ethical practice. The kittens with folded ears he placed in his registry ( REFR) ( Rare & Exotic Feline Registry) as a Highland Lynx, the kittens with straight ears he threw back in his registry and called them Desert Lynx. That is where the name “Highland” came from, the Scottish highlands. He took the Desert Lynx and bred it with a Scottish Fold cat. In approximately 1996 a man named Joe Childers, owner of Timberline Cattery and the Rare & Exotic Feline Registry ( REFR) wanted to develop a new breed of cat with folded ears. Sometimes someone will claim to have a Desert Lynx when it is really a Highland Lynx. Not every cat that looks like a Desert Lynx is a true Desert Lynx, with the beauty and temperament of the breed. I would like to explain the difference between the Highland Lynx and the true original Desert Lynx. You can also check out this site written by a Veterinarian My kittens play soft pawed, and will only use their claws in self defense if they are being hurt. If you give them a carpet covered scratching post it feels the same to them. With the sisal rope they can feel the difference with their claws between the carpet on the floor and the fabric on the furniture. I raise all of my kittens on a rough sisal rope scratching post. If you intend to declaw, then this is not the breed for you. This can also cause arthritis in later years as well as permanent nerve damage.It impairs their quality of life they can’t scratch an itch. In most cats it will turn them into biters, as it is their only means of self defense.In the Desert Lynx breed, declawing will turn them into biters. I do not believe in declawing any cat…To accomplish the declawing the vet must amputate the entire first digit of each toe. The cats are playful and affectionate and often have a personality more like a dog, playing fetch and coming when called. The cats are bred in small litters and raised with love and attention. Each cat in the litter is different you will find no inbreeding here. The breed is now strong and healthy with good bloodlines. ![]() The Desert Lynx Breed draws from the bloodlines of the Maine Coon Cat, Bobcat, Pixie Bob and Manx. She decided to create a breed of cat that had the characteristics of the wild breeds but with the gentle temperament of a house cat. People would often end up adopting a Bengal, Bobcat or Lynx kitten and then have to give them up when they discovered that these wild breeds were not suited to indoor living as domestic pets and could be dangerous to live with as adults. Arlene was saddened to see so many beautiful and elegant animals in shelters, unable to live in the wild or as pets. The Desert Lynx was developed by Arlene Magrino in the 1990s in response to a flood of pet owners looking for large exotic domestic cats. ![]()
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