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About Us

Our Dedication to the Siberian Cat Breed

We are dedicated to breeding the healthy, well balanced, social, loving, sweet, affectionate and gorgeous Siberian cats. We spend countless hours researching pedigrees, breeding practices, genenetics, natural diets, holistic health care and every other aspect of cat breeding and ownership. We also put our money where our mouth is and pledge a portion of each kitten or cat sale will be donated to HCM Research, Winn Foundation's FIP Research Fund as well as cat rescue groups.

Right now the HCM research fund needs help. We are making a donation of $2o for each kitten sold to HCM Research for our breed. We encourage each of our kitten buyers and owners to match our donations and help insure a bright future for our beloved breed. We have a very limited amount of time to prove to the Winn Foundation that we are dedicated to this research and we need to have money for our research to begin. Please donate now and help our beloved breed avoid being crippled by this terrible condition. Show you care - PLEASE DONATE TO HELP FUND HCM RESEARCH IN SIBERIAN CATS at www.siberiancatresearchfunding.org

About Doug, Dawn and Gabriel Campbell

My name is Dawn, owner and creator of Pendraig Siberians.  I’d like to tell you a little bit about us.  My husband Doug, our newborn son Gabriel, and our animal “children” live near Austin, Texas.  Austin has to be one of the most beautiful places on earth.  Besides our cats we also have an Anatolian Shepherd Dog we call Connor. We recently lost our beloved dog, Severn, a gorgeous Chesapeake Bay Retriever to DCM.   He was Doug’s special dog and came into my life with Doug. We miss him terribly as do his kitty buddies and, Connor.

We are buying a house on a couple of acres and starting our farm, finally. For me it's the beginning of my dream come true.  We will be practicing sustainable agriculture and practicing the Natural Rearing model with our livestock as well.

Right now I work from home on contracts for Web Design, among other things.  Besides starting up a business related to the farm I am also working on a project that utilizes my design skills.

Doug is an electrician and works long hours to help us pay the bills and help fund my expensive cat breeding enterprise.  His hard earned money often gets put towards emergencies (like the one in October 2006 that ran us $2500+).  Anyone who thinks this is a money-making venture should think again.

We were recently married in a wonderful, but small, ceremony and the greatest joy of our lives was born August 31, 2007.

I feel so blessed in my family. Doug is all I could ask for in a husband and a “father” to our animals and our beloved son.  He is the rock of this family and our shelter and strength.  We love him dearly.  He professes to not be a “cat person” yet has an uncanny way with them I had only seen with myself.  The first litter that I had since I took a break last year, was very special to me.  One of the kittens, Isidora, I had planned to keep for myself and for the breeding program.  Once she met Doug, however, she was smitten and has little time for anyone else.  If it wasn’t Doug I might be jealous, but I always have my adorable Sonja, her son Aslan, and the others in the gang.

A little back history on me: 

I have long had an affinity with animals, as my mother calls it.  They were always drawn to me and me to them.  Any resident feral cats in the neighborhood would seem to forget they were feral and befriend me.  Lost dogs would follow me home but I was never allowed to keep them.  Horses delighted me and seemed to speak to me but I was never allowed to work with them.  Now as an adult I can live and fulfill those dreams of childhood and the memory of my animal friends stays with me.

One in particular stands out in my memory because she was somewhat like a Siberian color-point.  I was 7 and had just left everything I knew and moved from Texas to San Diego, California.  I was miserable.  Texas was in my blood, several generations back, and we had been uprooted and forced to move.  The other children laughed at my “funny accent” and I felt alone and isolated.  I wasn’t allowed, at the time, to have any pets and I was very lonely.  One day I met a feral cat that lived on our street and avoided most people.  Despite my young age I was extremely patient and seemed to understand how to interact with her.  She grew to be quite fond of me and seemed to look forward to me coming home from school.  She would wait in the shadows of a nearby bush, or

the corner of the house, until I was alone and could play with her.

One day, after she had disappeared for a few weeks and I couldn’t find her, she found me and insisted I follow her.  So I did.  She led me to her litter of kittens as if to show me our new family.  I spent time there nearly every day and when the kittens were old enough I begged and begged my mom to let me keep one (or two) and help me find homes for the others.  Dad was dead set against it because we rented and back then it was almost impossible to find leases that allowed pets.  My mom persevered however, and we had two of her kittens in our home and the others found homes to call their own.  One that we kept and named Lady was the spitting image of her dear mother.  The other was a red tabby named Tiger and he started my long adoration of the red cats.

Eventually I had to move away, again, and I never knew what became of that sweet momma cat.  21 years later I still think about her from time to time.

Today I put my gifts to use raising Siberian cats to show and for family pets.  I also do extensive research on animal nutrition, natural health care, allopathic health care, and training.  I strive to produce kittens that break the mold.  They have all the beauty of purebreds with excellent health and extended longevity, which isn’t seen in many cats.  It is my hope that if I encourage my new kitten and cat buyers enough they will follow my natural rearing model and help support goals that benefit all of us, including our special kitty friends.

I have been active promoting the Natural Rearing and Raw Diet of our pets for many years, despite sometimes hostile responses from other breeders and owners.  Now more people seem to be embracing at least part of the model and are much more open-minded seeing how healthy the cats can become.  I am delighted to finally be meeting other like-minded breeders and owners. It is so refreshing to not feel as if we are in hostile territory all the time. It would be much easier to just ignore all the people asking for help with their animals, and thus avoid bringing attention to ourselves, but we can never ignore someone in need.

Our Future Plans:

A farm where we can both work at home and help to change the world through promoting sustainable agriculture and traditional nutrition models as promoted by the Weston A Price Foundation.

More children to expand our family if we are so blessed.

Thank you for reading our mini-biography.  Please come back again for updates.

Regards,

Dawn, Doug & Gabriel. Connor (dog) & the Pendraig Kitty Gang

We are located near Austin, Texas USA