We Were Born And Raised in Alberta, Canada, and
our parents proudly served the
Canadian Armed Forces and the Royal Air Force During WWII
WE ARE CANADIAN, OUR KITTENS ARE A PRODUCT OF ALBERTA,
AND WE ARE ALL CANADIAN MADE!
Welcome to NATURE'S CALLING At Cat Paw Farm
Since 2018
East-Central Alberta, Canada
About Us
We live in east-central Alberta, about 15 minutes southeast of Consort, just shy of the Saskatchewan border.
We embrace a natural, holistic lifestyle, with Mother Nature as our chief executive officer, and let our education and understanding of biology guide us rather than traditional breeder dogma.
We believe all companion animals have value, not just the "purebreds", and our primary belief is that natural nutrition—real food and a clean and healthy terrain is the key to optimum health.
We reject the excessive fear-mongering propagated by the allopathic/modern medical systems, and we do not support the trillion-dollar pharmaceutical industry or the highly processed and ultra-profitable big food corporations.
The more affordable, healthy, and responsibly bred companion animals are available, the less irresponsible, profit-driven breeding will be accepted.
Why are we breeding?
We choose to breed because our society NEEDS physically and psychologically HEALTHY animal companions.
We don't need the ones costing thousands of dollars, nor do we need the ones who have been "rescued" and need homes. (Don't jump all over me here! Please read my Blog Post to see why I say this.)
We need a middle-of-the-road approach.
We need to breed healthy animals intentionally and responsibly for our companions and friends.
I don't want to see more animals inbred or line-bred to achieve the latest and most popular look and style. In some cases, the cost to 'purebred' health is already irreparable.
I don't want them fiddled with and stylized without fur, grossly altered facial structures, exaggerated traits, or supersized, and I certainly don't want them malnourished, traumatized, and terrified of life.
Every animal deserves care and the chance to be 'responsibly bred'!
We are given dire warnings not to breed any animal other than pedigree (purebred) animals.
These warnings come with many worst-case scenarios and serious fear-mongering.
"Breeding should be done only to 'improve the breed', which requires a strong knowledge of the pedigrees …"
"The number of homeless pets, dogs and cats alike, unable to find forever homes is heartbreaking."
Of course, there's much more, but these two statements basically summarise the indoctrinated and generalized view.
There are two camps. "Purebred" are the only ones who should be intentionally bred (and pure breeding has many rules and regulations to justify the cost).
On the other hand, far too many animals are without homes, and we shouldn't breed any more until we find homes for those we already have.
The COVID-19 event brought out the worst in the human race, especially when it came to our companion animals.
At the start of the shutdown, breeders couldn't keep up with demand, and shelters emptied out. (Which goes to show that - if the human race really wanted to - overflowing shelters could be a thing of the past almost instantly!)
People wanted pets to keep them company while they were shut off from everyday life and society.
But once the world reopened, people abandoned those animals in shelters, and today shelters and rescues are still bursting at the seams.
Where do all these animals come from in the first place?
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#1 is irresponsible people who fail to care for their pets properly. They don't spay or neuter their kittens and puppies at an appropriate age, and they let their pets reproduce, intentionally or otherwise.
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They give or sell the offspring to other careless people, who are also careless, and the cycle never ends!
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Selfish and irresponsible people include Backyard Breeders, for-profit-only breeders, and, worst of all, Puppy and Kitty Mills.
Costly pedigree animals don't usually end up in shelters or abandoned, but some certainly can.
Many backyard and for-profit-only breeders have pedigreed and registered animals, but those animals likely have forged or false pedigrees, or the papers may not even match the animals being bred.
We do not have a responsible, legitimate middle ground.
Our choices are:
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Spending thousands on presumably responsibly bred purebreds
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Going online and taking our chances of finding an honest person with healthy animals, or
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Going to a shelter to 'rescue' one.
Here's a thought.
How about we stop taking responsibility and picking up the tab for thousands of selfish, irresponsible people? Those people need to be held accountable for their choices and actions, period.
The prevailing belief and expectation among people who ethically breed animals is that the breeder is responsible for the animals they intentionally bring into the world, from the day they are born until the day they leave the earth.
How about we turn that around?
If YOU get a pet, it is YOUR responsibility - from the day YOU CHOOSE to bring it into YOUR home until the day he or she crosses Rainbow Bridge.
Our companion animals are not toys. They aren't something you get one day and toss into the recycling bin the next, or leave behind when you move, have a baby, or find a new boyfriend or girlfriend.
They are living, breathing, sentient beings who deserve better, with or without a pedigree.
NATURE'S CALLING AT CAT PAW FARM
East-Central Alberta, Canada
Telephone/Text: 403 200 1950