My friend, Mike, didn't grow up with pet cats.  When he would play with a litter of six kittens, he would shake the toys agressively and laugh when the kittens would run away.  (We call this playing, but Mike called it "fighting" with the kittens.)  There was one kitten who was the first to keep returning to play with Mike and Mike would wave the toys around and shake them.  This kitten kept up chasing and jumping toward Mike's toys.  After a lot of action this kitten would run away, but return.  Mike said this reminded him of the movie, Braveheart, in that "he fights to get beat up and then returns to fight again".  This is how this kitten received his name "Braveheart".

Braveheart was born in Spring of 2000 to a litter of 5 boys and 1 girl.  He was the most outgoing and social of all the kittens, making him the dominant male.  He was the only Flame Point kitten and everyone was drawn to him.

Mike made a great choice by naming this kitten Braveheart.  He is loyal and doesn't give up.  Braveheart communicated so well that he allowed me to train him to hand signals and with a rattle.  In group settings he connected with people and came to their hand signals and using the rattle.  I brought him to a CFA Cat Show to demonstrate these techniques and the response was overwhelming.

Braveheart is the founding cat of Flame Point Cat and the father of all of the kittens at www.FlamePointCat.com   He is a great father and is playful with his babies.  The kittens look up to him and follow his social example.  You can see more photos of Braveheart as a kitten at http://www.himalayan-kitten.com/Braveheart.htm