Welcome to Jazzle Bengals!!!

Jazzle Bengals is a team effort between Paula and Chris Elson, DVM, located in beautiful Saratoga County near Albany New York. We breed and show Bengals just because we adore this breed and want to be a part of contributing wonderful Bengals to wonderful people.

My husband, Chris, is who introduced me to Bengals and is how we got started. He always wanted one as a pet and I guess I took it a bit further than he anticipated. Chris is a veterinarian who is very well researched and works hard to keep current on the latest information in veterinary medicine. Chris also practices acupuncture, physical rehabilitation and nutritional therapy. Chris has years of experience in emergency medicine and loves being a veterinarian. He is one of the most ethical veterinarians I have ever known in my years of working with animals, and I say that not because he is my husband but I have seen the difference.

Chris has been working with animals all of his life as he started working in vet hospitals at 13 years old and is a great dad to all of our Bengals, 4 domestic cats and 5 dogs.

Chris is also a cat show husband but often does not get to the shows as he is needed to stay home and take care of the fur family when I am gone to a show. He does write many articles and most recently for Bengals Illustrated.

I have been involved with animals all of my life as I come form a multi-pet family. Horses took up most of my early years and since 9 years old have been totally immersed in hoses, dogs and cats. My horse career took me through being an exhibitor, instructor, trainer and judge. I did show horses for other people on the Ontario Quarter Horse Circuit for a while.

I downsized to dogs and was the founder and trainer of the 1997 North American Flyball Champions and World Record holders at that time. When I learned that this was not in the best interest of the dogs I loved I became an addict of Obedience and did some sheepherding as well.

My Border Collie, Ice, was the #1 Obedience Dog in Canada for 2000 and competed successfully in herding. Our Mixed Breed, Cheeta, was the #1 Obedience Mixed Breed in UKC for 2005 and 2006, and also the Highest Scoring Mixed Breed for 2001. She earned her UOCH very quickly with 6 consecutive HITs. She is very well known in both the US and Canada.

Our Australian Kelpies have been the top Kelpies in Obedience in both the US and Canada. Score did not show a lot as he was diagnosed very young with kidney issues so got spoiled rotten instead. Sting, however, has been an awesome Obedience dog and quite the little herding dog too. Sting is almost finished his Canadian Grand Master Obedience Championship. Just have to get back there to show.

All of our competition dogs are multi HIT (Highest Scoring In Trial) winners and are very proud of them. Currently we are growing up Cheers, a beautiful little Border Collie, also known as Brackenhill Ewe Go Girl. Between working with the Bengals she will eventually get to the Obedience ring and shows a ton of promise.

I still do in-home behavior training and have taught many competition and puppy classes, through the years.

A few years ago we took our intense knowledge of animals and breeding to the Bengal world and work with the same professionalism, intensity and warm heart it takes to work at the level of quality we are used to.

Cat show are a great place not only to see friends but the knowledge gained at the shows is irreplaceable and, I feel, very necessary for a successful breeding program. We have done a cat and dog show at the same time which really is interesting.

Quite a few of our cats have had success in the show ring and showing Player to his Supreme Grand Chamoion and Regional Winners status has been awesome. We look forward to showing our future kittens.

I also have been grooming dogs and cats for many years, having sold my grooming busines of 18 years I only groom part time. I have been Chris's veterinary assistant many times when we owned our previous hospitals.

Having this vast range of experience behind us is so valuable to our breeding program and our fur family.

Outside of our cattery.

Inside of our cattery.

Queening runs.

Kitten play room.