Fanfare Maltese & Ragdolls

31/05/2024

Hi Fanfare Family and followers👋 The last year has been a whirlwind since Elissas Wedding in April last year and another new granddaughter welcomed into our family a few weeks later - so this year we’ll have a 1, 2, & 3 year old granddaughters!! 💕🥰
I’m excited to share we’ve sold our house of 13 years (moving is SUCH a mission) and feeling so blessed with our new home😍🏠 Still in Tauranga but a larger, newer house and closer to our 10 yr olds school - so we’re still pinching ourselves feeling like we’re in a B&B … although the dusting, vaccumming & washing ranchslider windows lets me appreciate it’s ours 🤩😂
Also 🐶🐾💖🐾🐶PUPPY SEASON is upon us and we’ll have puppies looking for homes in the next 3-6 months so if you’re on our waiting list you can expect to hear from me soon!
And I’m going make an effort to post more photos more often too how does that sound? 🤗

05/06/2023

02/06/2023

Hello to all my Fanfare Maltese & Ragdolls family 💗🐶😻
Its been toooo long since I posted so I feel an update is not only in order - but well overdue!
Firstly we were so excited to Celebrate the Wedding of our second daughter Elissa to Daniel in April. It was the most fabulous day!! 👰‍♀️🤵🏻💒 and a couple weeks later on Anzac Day we welcomed our third Grandchild - so our eldest Hannah is a busy Mama of two now. Dom and I managed to get away for a week in the school holidays which was amazing as we listed our house for sale 🏡 Yes typical we’ve just done it up and we’re selling - looking for a single level not 2-storied now seeing we have grandbabies and a bit closer to our sons school would be a bonus!
He started soccer this term and won Player of the Day at his first game ⚽️🙌And to celebrate we enjoyed watching the Chiefs vs Hurricanes live Rugby game a couple weekends ago in Hamilton🙌 🏉🏟️This week I surprised Miss 15 with horseriding lessons - and I actually joined in! It’s Natural Horsemanship - sooo interesting I think I’m gonna need to move to a farm 🤣🐴🧲
And for anyone interested our Maltese waiting list is OPEN 🐶🐾 I’ll make another post with pics but I’m finding it pretty hard to part with some of our puppies 💖 Here are a few of our family pics to share 🥰

06/12/2022

After almost 2 years ‘WE’ are delighted to announce that we have KITTENS 😍😻
💗COLOURS: Blue Mitted, Blue Bi Coloured, Seal & Blue Pointed kittens. Boys and girls of most colours available so get in touch and we’ll send you photos so you can choose your Ragdoll kitten and you’ll be updated with photos and video as as he/she grows😻
As some if you know, over the last couple of years I’ve been working very closely with my two dear friends who I’ve been mentoring as NZCF Reg Breeders. I’ve purposely hand picked and chose my ‘BEST OF MY BEST’ kittens from my most favourite smoochiest and prettiest Ragdoll Mummies so all my 10 years of breeding my sweet babies can be continued as I step back .. as Guess what??? - IM A GRANDMA AGAIN🥰 as Elissa had her first baby GORGEOUS Skylar Maree born on Labour Day ♥️-(see pic I’ll post in comments 😍)

I’m so thrilled and excited to announce that these FANFARE RAGDOLL Kittens I raised and chose as new breeding Mummies & Daddies have begun to have their very first litters - it took an extra season than expected (due to new Daddies still learning 😅) but it’s been so worth the wait!! Check out these photos below of my kittens being bought up so loved as they grew into Mummies & Daddies themselves and now photos of them with their new babies - the circle of life is sooo precious 🥰🥰

Sooo excited we can finally open up our waiting list so email or call me or Mel as we’re taking names for kittens who will be ready to go between end of Dec and end of April (possibly May)
Ps: All Kittens are from HCM & PKD tested Neg/Clear lines and will be desexed, vet checked, 1st Vaccination before rehoming at 10 wks (prices will be a tad cheaper than the last few yrs as we know times are harder 😉)
🤩You can ph me Toni 027 2733345 or email me [email protected] or call Mel 027 284 2930. Transporting kittens via Nth & Sth Island isn’t an issue. I’m in Tauranga & Mel is about 50 mins drive from Wellington.

04/10/2022

So fun watching puppies at playtime 🤗

03/10/2022

I bumped into this EXTREMELY talented young lady whilst having a cuppa at
Sketches by Sonya. Check Sonya out on Instagram as she’s now doing Commissions 🙌🤩

19/05/2022

We put another bed down just for Nina and it’s a free for all 🤣

11/05/2022

So crisp and sunny ☀️ today in the Bay …but brrrr it’s fresh!! ❄️ Heater on for first time this week and these three claimed their spot front and center 🥰🔥

23/04/2022

Happy long weekend to you all😎🙌🤩
I trust everyone’s enjoying some relaxing down time with your families or catching up on jobs around the house. 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦🏡💖
It’s been quite a while since I posted, as we’ve actually had a VERY quiet season!
Would you believe THREE of our mummies had only ONE kitten each… but it’s been ok as life has been quite busy!
Ive just turned the big ‘50’ and I’m now a Grandma so I’ve decided to slow down on my breeding my beloved Ragdolls 😿😻 I'll still be having a few litters and Im sooo happy I have two beautiful friends who I’ve been mentoring the last couple years who have bought kittens from me so I’ll still be able to help anyone wanting a FANFARE Ragdoll Baby so just email me for info for kittens 2022-2023 season 🥰
Deciding to step down from breeding Ragdolls hasn’t been an easy decision to make at all, especially seeing just last year I kept on the best of the best kittens to breed with, as well as buying in 2 new boy kittens (who I’ve just desexed this week) so desexing 1 yr old kittens I’ve raised and loved is not easy … but raising kittens is a lot of hard work and VERY time consuming as I put so much effort every day so I feel it’s time to be a tad ‘less busy’ … however on the flip side I WILL still be continuing to breed Maltese puppies 🐶and have also kept on a few very special wee girls who will be having puppies later this year.

Here are a few pics of our kittens from this current season 😻

16/11/2021

It brings me warm fuzzies to receive updates from our families. Here’s a txt with pic of 15 mth old Dolly🐶💕🐾

Hi Toni I hope you and all your family are keeping well. Just thought I would send you a updated photo of Dolly she is so lovely and has such a loving personality we love her so much thank you ❤️

19/08/2021

I bet all your fur-babies are enjoying having you around (unless your an essential worker) … or used to having you around if you’re usually at home a lot like we are … either way Nina, Prince & Penny aren’t on someone’s knee or the couch or can be found sleeping in front of the heater 🐶❤️

15/06/2021

Puppy photos you wanted?? You’re welcome 🐶❤️
Brothers Harry & Poko who were the cutest wee buttons ☺️

12/06/2021

Hi Fanfare Family 🙋🏼‍♀️
It’s been far too long since I last posted so my apologies - so it’s about time I make up for it by posting more often!
Toni ☺️

01/04/2021

*Thank you to all you beautiful families who enquired from all over NZ after Zorro - he has the best forever home pending pick up 😻

11/01/2021

Hi everyone!
Just letting you know sadly there are quite a few scammists taking advantage of people atm. I’ve received several ph calls from genuine families saying how they’ve paid $$ to someone online thinking they are getting a puppy or a kitten and after sending hundreds of dollars realise they’ve been scammed. I’ve just seen someone commenting on several of my past posts and have deleted their comments, banned them and deleted from my page. Typical example of a scammer right here so please don’t take their bait. There are only a couple of genuine NZKC breeders of Maltese in NZ.
On a brighter note- I have HEAPS of photos I do want to post to you all - however since covid the demand for my kittens and puppies has become so crazy I’m inundated with enquiries, and as those of you who know me well and have visited us know, we only have a few dogs and cats we breed from so I don’t post very often ..but I will post pics I promise as it’s been a crazy busy year) anyway for now... take care, and beware of scammers like this!😡

13/10/2020

Our first litter of the season are thriving!! With such a huge litter of 7 kittens I expected I’d be supplement feeding for a week or so, but instead just a few times a day for the first few days as they are all doing wonderfully well!! ❤️As you can see from their first 3 weeks they are all so chunky and super healthy. 6 boys and just the 1 girl.

16/09/2020

She’d had five so far!!

So there were quite a few of you who guessed correctly!!
Kate Burrell Andie Waddicor Natasha Griffin, Gail Stubbins, Emma Millar, Jayne Haddock, Elizabeth Short, Lenore Bridgman-Toms, Marg Pearson you all guessed right!!
Fanfares Beauty has 7 beautiful babies yesterday!!
And she’s still so fat😳🤪which is just the way I like my girls - nice and chunky and healthy 🥰😻

10/09/2020

It was a surprise to find our sweet Beauty pregnant so early in the season. Our first kittens are usually born around Oct/Nov😻
We’ve been watching her wee tummy grow bigger and bigger and she’s now such a round little pudding!! Watch this space for photos as I’ve never seen such a large tummy - I think were in for our biggest litter ever!
Feel free to guess how many babies she’s going to have 🤗

27/06/2020

Great afternoon for a Road Trip... not!! 🌧😆💦😅Visiting my daughter & hubby in Hamilton with a full car - Couple of cheeky kiddos, a kitty we’re delivering to a family on the way, and a mummy-to-be who’s due to have puppies - so she’s coming with of course!❤️😻🐶

😂

08/06/2020

It’s going to be hard to part with these 5 week old Beauties 💝 😂😻

27/05/2020

A warm fluffy bundle of cuteness 💞

23/05/2020

It’s been a kitten-playing kinda day 🤗

24/04/2020

Jesse James is such a purr pot - loving his kiddy cuddles this morning - he’s got the softest coat ever and a pretty decent size too weighing 3.2 kgs and not even 5mths old yet 😃🤩 Can’t wait to breed from him next season 😻
🔹Jesse is a Seal Bi Colour🔹

22/04/2020

Short video of these same 2.5 week old cuties 💗

22/04/2020

These five bright eyed beauty’s aren’t phased about their first photo session 🤩 2.5 weeks young 💗

03/04/2020

As if the couch isn’t good enough ...Prince always has to find pillows to lay on 😆🐶🙄🙈

17/03/2020

Gotta love cats :P

13/03/2020

* I didn’t write this but shared from another breeders fb page, but very relevant none-the-less (esp the part about my animals taking over my personal house space 😅🙈) Photos are my own 😻🐶❤️

HOW MUCH FOR A KITTEN ?
Let me say a few words to you, yes you, the person who writes an email to simply ask the price. The person who calls and after hearing a price surprisedly states: “I can buy a cheaper cat elsewhere”. I also address you; the person who doesn’t care about papers because I want “just a pet”.
No cat is “just a pet”.
Behind every pure bred cat is a BREEDER. I’m using capital letters to differentiate a breeder from a pet factory or mill. A reputable breeder does not breed cats without papers, that does not protect the integrity of the breed. Registration (papers) are records of lineage that document bloodline and allow one to research any possible health issues present in the lineage. When you tell a Breeder you don’t care about papers what you’re really telling them is you couldn’t care less about the health of the cat you just want the cheapest thing you can find! When you select to buy a cat from a reputable and quality breeder, this breeder is responsible for the health of every cat; both cats owned and every cat they’ve sold for its lifetime. This breeder will skip holidays, miss sleeping, and most of their personal house space has been turned into space for their cats . The truly passionate breeder who loves what they breed, puts their whole heart and soul into it. Not only in kittens that are sold, but also in each client who owns a piece of their heart and now is a member of their extended family. This does not take into account any kitten/cat who might get sick or need extra help to thrive. Breeders worry about their babies after they leave and will take one back without question.
A breeder will get their hands dirty, often covered in everything accompanied with birthing. Because that’s what life is about...In the middle of birth and death is life. The wheel that keeps turning. A breeder will do tests, echos, xrays, analysis, emergency c sections, vaccinations, register cats and litters, research pedigrees, deworm, as well as microchip their kittens and get them evaluated by specialists.
Last but by no means least, a breeder CHOOSES the family lucky enough to have one of their kittens. Yes, you read that right. A true breeder chooses who they sell to because they are not making money off the sale. There is no compensation that can offset the investment a Breeder has made so they need to be confident its the right fit. Many times saying more no’s then yes...A good Breeder will have different criteria for those wanting to carry on their bloodline, why? Because breeding is not a responsibility to ever be taken lightly, it’s a lifestyle choice set aside for ONLY the few devoted people willing to sacrifice.
Because a cat is never “just a pet” it’s the Breeder’s legacy, a little boy’s best friend, a little girls protector, an elderly persons therapy, a member of the family, someone’s whole world!!!

Written in part by: Sr. Eduardo Loredo Muller
Translated into English by: Angel Sophia Nogga

26/02/2020

Our Fanfares King Julian doesn’t have a care in the world ... and sleeps in the weirdest of positions 😂