Welcome to Brightwater Maine Coons !
 
One evening years ago while I was walking home from the university I noticed that a young cat was following me. She spent several days sitting in front of my house until I finally let her in. Although I put an ad in the local paper, being sure that someone was missing her, nobody ever answered. I liked her very much and admired the thick tufts of fur between her toes.
 
She was a very sweet and loving cat, so we adopted each other. I didn’t know very much about cat breeds at that time, but I always thought that Tiffany looked very special. I discovered years later that she was a black mackerel tabby Maine Coon Cat. From then on I had a great love for this breed of cat.
     
Many, many years later I was having problems with my back and the doctor told me that I would have to lie in bed for several weeks. I had the feeling that the only way I could have enough patience for that was to have a purring cat next to me. I remembered Tiffany and bought a newspaper sure enough, there was an ad for Maine Coons. My daughter and I drove to the cattery that evening and came home with a pretty ten month old female..

 
     
 





Our “Zillie” was never meant to be show cat because she had a kink in her tail, but she got us thinking about getting more involved in breeding. The next summer, when we were in America, we visited various Maine Coon catteries in the area. We were very lucky when we visited Joan Nock of Canongate Cattery near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The day before we arrived someone had cancelled their reservation to buy a beautiful black smoke male kitten.
     
Prince Black Shadow made a long and strenuous journey across the ocean with us and became the foundation stone of our cattery. In the meantime a number of other cats have moved in with us. You can get to know them on this homepage. We all live together in big sunny house in southern Germany. Stop by if you are in the area, we always enjoy visitors.