Cat mansions: Yukon builder's small business grows

A small business in Yukon is clawing its way up the carpeted pole of success.

Daniel LeGoffedesigns and builds "cat mansions" made up of boxes, tunnels and climbing poles in a backyard workshop. He'ssold more than20 in just a few months.

Some are small, but otherscan be as large as a bunk bed or a dining room table and fetch up to$500.

"When you get a big model with many boxesand many ins-and-outs, the cat goes nuts. They have fun," LeGoffesaid.

He has a sketchbook of designs and he's come up with more than 60 variations. Some designs are inspired by medieval and Roman architecture, or pyramids.

LeGoffesays his own cat Zippy has been hisinspiration and lead tester.

All the mansions are made of plywood andtough cardboard, normallyused for pouring cement into shapes. The tunnels, boxes and mazes are covered in carpet or coiled rope and connected with cable-and-rope bridgeslike a treehouse village.

LeGoffe is keeping his day job with Northwestel. Buthe says his business "Spoiled Little Rascals" is so far doing well, having onlyadvertisedon social media in Yukon.

"I think I have found my niche," he said. "I am surprisedat how it took off."