Rioja Sphynx is the loving creation of Linda and Richard Lovell, we live in the North East of Scotland. We met our first ever Sphynx about 8 years ago by chance at a friends house, she was called Mavis and she was absolutely gorgeous. We automatically fell in love with her and vowed that one day we would have one of our own. Surprisingly Richard who has an allergy to cats was unaffected to Mavis, which was great news

Years later from meeting our first Sphynx Mavis, I attended a cat show back in February 2008 hoping to see a Sphynx, and little did I know that just over two months from that show would I be given the honour of owning my very own Sphynx girl.

We had contacted various Sphynx breeders, and out of the blue we got the chance of owning our very first Sphynx. Jack and Phyllis Cockerel from Ramilypan entrusted us with their beautiful girl Ramilypan Amoire (who we call Mojo).
The Riojasphynx Cats

This year, we are very privileged to be given our first stud boy from Jan & Les at Amarogue and not forgetting our special little girl Pixie, It’s a great honour to own sphynx from the lady who first brought sphynx cats into the UK back in 1988. So these two cats are very special indeed, and they create the core of our breeding plans.

Showing our Sphynx is our main passion. We have been very privileged to have met many lovely people through going to shows that also own, breed and show Sphynx. Showing cats is a very sociable event and it’s nice to meet other owners and also their gorgeous cats, its not all about whether or not your cat wins anything its simply about the experience.

Our cats are foremost pets, who we love showing and hopefully will carry their line on by breeding them sometime in the near future.