Meet the Breeder
Built from love. Shaped by loss. Devoted to legacy.
My name is Kyra Hagan, and I am the breeder behind Maine Street Coons.
What began with one extraordinary cat has become a deeply personal commitment to preserving the beauty, health, temperament, and unmistakable character of America's native longhaired breed.
The Cat Who Changed Everything
Long before Maine Street Coons, there was Dude.
Our family adopted him from a local shelter in 2005. I had grown up in a house full of dog people, and Dude changed everything I believed about cats. He was loyal, intuitive, funny, deeply affectionate, and completely woven into the fabric of our family.
When we lost him to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the heartbreak eventually led me to pedigreed Maine Coons—and then much deeper: into their history, genetics, health, written standard, and the responsibility that comes with breeding them well.
The deeper I went, the more certain I became that this was where I was meant to be.
From Love to Stewardship
Before establishing Maine Street Coons, I spent two years learning under an experienced breeder and mentor. I studied feline husbandry, genetics, pedigrees, newborn care, health, and the Maine Coon breed standard. I am still learning, and I hope I always will be.
Today, I actively exhibit with The International Cat Association, and cats bred here have earned recognition at both the regional and international levels. Showing gives me an important outside measure of our work—but the ribbons have never been the point.
The point is preserving the Maine Coon we fell in love with in the first place: substantial and balanced, intelligent, confident, affectionate, and beautiful without exaggeration.
Maine Street Coons remains intentionally small and deeply personal. I am present for the births, know the kittens from their first breaths, and make breeding decisions with generations—not litters—in mind.
With IW BW SGC MaineStCoons Toe Be or Not Toe Be—our homebred International Winner.
The Legacy We Hope to Leave
Maine Street Coons has slowly become a family affair. Along with my husband, Sean, daughter Raeven, and niece Rileigh, we have bred cats who have stood among the finest in the world.
But the moments that matter just as much are the messages from families telling us that one of our kittens has become the cat they cannot imagine their lives without.
I do not know exactly how the story of Maine Street Coons will ultimately be written. But I know what I hope it will say:
That we loved this glorious breed deeply, guarded what made it extraordinary, and left it better off than we found it.
Oscar, our foundation king; with Dandy and Toby, his exceptional sons.