| About Red River Tonkinese |
| In 1981 we purchased our first cat, prior to that, every kitten/cat that we adopted came from a barn or the street. She was an amazing Sable Burmese. We wanted to breed her, but our breeder strongly discouraged us. I was in college, and he said that we could not handle the responsibilities. Besides, he told us, "I sold you a pet quality Burm, she should not be bred." Well, time passed and we still wanted to breed, and our relationship with the breeder improved, but we still had a "pet". Soon afterwards there was an article in Cats magazine. It spoke of moderate type, hybrid vigor, aqua eyes and mink coats. In short, it was an article on Tonkinese. I quickly called our breeder and he gave us permission to breed F1 tonks. I was still in college, so it was May Day of my Junior year at Bryn Mawr College, while the Sophomores were serving champagne and strawberries to the Seniors that Clea, our Burmese delivered seven beautiful natural mink Tonks. We followed with one F2 litter and retired from breeding. |
| The Beginning |