Patricia Bronwsell at a Royal Canin event celebrated in Estepona/Malaga on 5th June 2010

PATRIARCA CATS was established by Patricia Ann Brownsell and was the very first person to bring the Ragdolls to the UK from the United States, where the breed originated from, after she fell in love with these wonderful cats. If you would like to read more on the history of the Ragdoll, please click HERE

Pat imported her first Ragdolls to England with Lulu Rowley in 1981 and was the first person to export Ragdolls to other European countries.

 

 

 

Pat receiving a award for her life-time dedication to breeding cats from AAFe /TICA.
After initially being based in the UK, Pat went to Spain in 1987. She was again a pioneer in her new home country breeding Ragdolls and the standard of points in Europe have been based on her Patriarca Ragfearless Fred.

 

Patriarca Cats continues to be a small, friendly and successful cattery and is located in the beautiful countryside of Alhaurin de la Torre near Malaga, in the south of Spain.

Recently, Patriarca Cats has exported Ragdolls all over the world, to places such as Turkey, Denmark, Finland, France, Holland and Germany as well as to the United States and Canada. Pat is concentrating on new colours, primarily lilac and chocolate, but also Lynx, Creams, Reds and Torties. The excellent lines coming through Patricia’s breeding programme are very exciting for the future and those that have been taken to shows have all achieved Excelente 1. The traditional colours are, of course, within Patricia's breeding programme and she is having wonderful results from these in the meantime.

Awards ::

 

 

Pat has received many awards in her breeding carreer, the latest being the best in show May 2009.

Pat with International Champion Patriarca Gussy, seal bicolor female and Best in Show on this day.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pat with a blue bicolor boy who was Best in Show in kitten class this day.

 

 

 

 

 

Where we are ::

Pat lives in her country house in El Romeral. El Romeral is a part of the municipality of Alhaurin de la Torre, which is a small but busy town only a 5 minutes drive away.

Here you find the long and wide sandy beaches of the Costa del Sol, various golf courses, the city of Málaga and the well known seaside town of Torremolinos with its many restaurants, bars and night life, all within a 20 minutes drive. The airport of Malaga also is only 10 minutes distance from the cattery.

The Costa del Sol is probably the best known of all the Spanish Costas. Situated in the most southerly province of Andalucia, it stretches along about 300 kms of Mediterranean coastline - approximately from Estepona in the west to Nerja in the east. This is an attractive stretch of coastline with many fishing villages and towns which have now become holiday resorts. Much of this coastline has high hills or mountains very close, creating some dramatic locations. The City of Málaga is the capital town of Andalucia and looks out over the picturesque coastline.