The Making of Toby Ellis Portrait

Toby Ellis is a 3 year old smart and curious  purebred Somali cat with National Cat Fanciers Association champions in his lineage. Weighing 10 pounds, he has very strong muscular hind legs that give him the ability to jump up to very high places such as kitchen cabinets where he opens them with his long paws.  His owner feels that “cats are very special and develop strong bonds of love with their people companions”. Toby Ellis is more than a pet to those he lives with – a husband and wife who when working at home, sitting at their desks, find their gentle and sweet Somali sitting right there with them. He is an indoor cat,  but greatly enjoys being out on their screened porch watching squirrels, rabbits and birds or perhaps sitting on a hand-painted black and white floor looking out a large picture window into the backyard.. .