From an article by CFA: "Since 1986, Kathy Zennaiter has taken great delight in exhibiting her silver Persians at CFA shows. To say she is a fixture at shows in the Southwest Region is an understatement! Her cattery, SilverEstate, is a Cattery of Distinction and has achieved a Tier II Level of Grand Champions, along with her Regional Wins, Breed Wins, a National Win, and a Distinguished Merit cat.

>While she acknowledges that it’s “a lot of work keeping up with the beautiful long coats of the Persian”, she also acknowledges that it is “a labor of love” to do so. She first fell in love with the silver Persian while living in Massachusetts – where cats of that color were few and far between. A move to California landed her square in the middle of silver Persian country, much to her delight. Today, she maintains a small breeding program, hoping to have one special kitten each year that she can take to shows. She says that “showing lets me meet so many wonderful new people who share my same love of the Persian breed.”

Kathy’s cats trace their pedigrees back to some of the very well-known silver Persian catteries - Walnut Hill, Hearthrow, Joyvyn, Sonnet and Danpeg. She has recently added genetic diversity through the addition of the shaded golden Persian to her cattery. Kathy is pictured here with CHB, RW Silverestate Destine 2B, a shaded silver Persian female.

Her job as an Interior Designer kept her busy, as did raising her identical twin sons who have also grown up to have the same love and passion for cats as their mother. A current member of CFA’s Silver/Golden Persian Breed council, Kathy was also a member of the United Silver & Golden Fanciers club. She belonged to the Franciscan Silver & Golden Fanciers club and several other now-defunct clubs while living in the San Francisco Bay area for 25 years. Kathy says she “always has open arms” and enjoys the opportunity to welcome new people to the cat fancy world, answer their questions, and generally mentor them along the way."