My Breeder Moved And I Didn't Get Papers

I Bought A Tonkinese Kitten From A Home Cattery In Or Around Marysville, Wa During March Of 1999 And Never Have Recieved My Cat's Pedigree Papers. The Cattery Has Moved From The Area Since Then And I Have No Idea How To Get In Touch With Her. I Was Given A Reciept When I Purchased Him, But Due To Flood Damage I Wasn't Able To Salvage It. If Anyone Could Give Me Any Information I Would Greatly Appreciate It!!


Thank You
Gabby

Why has it taken so long for you to persue the papers? I don't give papers to my pet buyers unless they spay/neuter the kitten within a certain time frame. If they don't get that done and try to get papers a year later-too bad.
Not that im saying that's what you've done but im just curious why your trying to get the papers now after 6 years? Chances are they no longer have the registration papers for this cat. I keep the blue slip for awhile but if the new owner does not send proof of S/N then I can't guarantee i'll keep the blue slip forever either.

yes I wonder too why you never got the papers within a few months. I too had it written in my contract the kitten was to spayed/neutered by (date) and after I got proof of neutering, then they got the papers.

If it was a CFA registered kitten, you may have to contact CFA Central Office and see if they can help you locate the breeder.

Me too - I keep papers for about 2 years, they are attached to the contract in a 3 ring binder (each year has its own binder) Next year I will clean out 2004, put the contracts in a file and dispose of any that have not responded. Who was the cat registered under? I don't know if they would do anything about the papers, but maybe they have a new address for your cattery???

Every breeder does their own thing with regard to the papers. We keep ours forever, along with the contract the kitten was sold with. If the new owners never collect on the papers, we still have them as documentation.
I personally would be a bit suspicious of someone who asked for them 6 years later...but who knows what the circumstances are?
At any rate, I never throw them away.

Originally Posted by Kai Bengals

Every breeder does their own thing with regard to the papers. We keep ours forever, along with the contract the kitten was sold with. If the new owners never collect on the papers, we still have them as documentation.
I personally would be a bit suspicious of someone who asked for them 6 years later...but who knows what the circumstances are?
At any rate, I never throw them away.

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Where do you store all those papers? Maybe it's just me but I have too many papers to store away forever. I do have another business though so it can get overwelming with the sheer number of documents/papers im supposed to keep!

I have to say that I am also curious as to why you would like to register now?

In the way of trying to be helpful, when I looked at the FAQ for my registry association, there was an entry for Lost Blue Slip - My cats and cattery name are registered with CFA ...

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You will need to contact the breeder. The breeder can request a duplicate Application for Registration (commonly called a "blue slip", and it will be mailed to the breeder for them to forward on to you. Note: Duplicate "blue slips" will be mailed ONLY to the breeder of the litter.

To expedite the process, the breeder can order this duplicate "blue slip" online at:
http://www.cfa.org/catalog/certificates.html

Note that the breeder will be asked for a credit card number merely to verify the order and mailing address. There is no fee for a duplicate "blue slip" and no charge will be made to the credit card.

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Since you mentioned that your breeder has moved and you no longer know how to reach her, if you can remember which registry association holds your cats' pedigrees, you can contact that registry association to help you locate the breeder.

I would personally say that you're just out of luck at this point. If the papers weren't in hand at the time of adoption than the kitten was either a) sold with a spay/neuter agreement, b) bought at a pet store, or c) the litter just may not have ever been registered and wasn't sold with any promise of papers. I'm sure there are 100's of little side reasons, but those are the top ones that come to mind.

Many breeders have a spay/neuter by date in the contract, and if you don't take on the responsibility to alter the cat and send proof to the breeder you void your rights to registration. Even though it would be the most responsible action as a breeder to make sure a kitten is altered, I know a lot of them will not hunt you down to find this out as there is little recourse that can be done (minus not giving you the registration). Almost seven years is way too long to find out what's going on, it's highly possible that the cattery doesn't even exist any more. I would just think of your kitty as a wonderful pet that just isn't registered, unless you're planning to breed - although seven years old is really late to start - then the registration won't mean much at this point anyways.

Question BengalBabe: Would it be easier for you to buy a few 3" binders and store all the registration papers, contracts, etc there? I run a photography studio and have paper work out the wazoo as well, but I rarely ever throw anything away. I have a big file cabnet and I'll keep current business things, current breeding cats, and recent litters in there. After it get full I sort things out and the important things that are signed, registration copies, tax forms, health information, and so on I'll save in binders that are labeled by the year. True I'll probably never have a need for most of it, but it's there if I ever do. But I'm the type that's always overly prepared to prove I'm right in court, so maybe it's just me.

I Have Been Trying To Locate The Breeder Or Woman Who Sold Me My Tonkinese Kitten For Some Time Now And Have Had No Luck So Far. We Had A Spay/neuter Agreement That I Honored. I Faxed A Copy Of His File From His Vet To Her The Same Week I Had Him Neutered Like I Was Supposed To And Heard Nothing Back. I Was Never Interested In Showing Him Or Breeding Him So I Didn't Really Think Of If Too Much. I'm Not Interested In Registering Him Now, Just A Little Bit Of Information From Her. Two Years Ago Zuki Was Diagnosed With Crf. His Vet Told Me That I Should Contact The Breeder To Let Her Know, And Try To Find Out Info On His Parents Or If Maybe Any Of The Other Kittens From His Litter Are Sick. I Has Spoken To Every Person I Could Possibly Think Of, But No One Knows Anyhing About Her. Anything Would Be Helpful At This Point.

Gabby

Maybe (if I am not overstepping my boundries) you can post the name of the breeder. Who knows maybe someone recognizes the name.


Also I am so very sorry about your baby - hope he is feeling OK!

MY PROBLEM IS I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME OF IT, AND MY RECIEPT WAS DAMAGED BY A FLOOD WE HAD IN OUR BASEMENT TO WHERE I COULDN'T READ IT. I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO AT THIS POINT. MY HEART GOES OUT TO ANYONE WHO HAS A SICK KITTY OR HAS LOST ONE TO CRF. EVERY DAY IS A STRUGGLE FOR US, BUT I KEEP THINKING OF ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS ZUKI DID FOR ME TO MAKE THEM THE BEST 7 YEARS OF MY LIFE. I'M THANKFUL FOR THIS SITE, AND FOR ALL THE ENCOURAGEMENT SUPPORT EVERYONE HAS GIVEN ME . IT HAVE BEEN VERY HELPFUL THESE PAST FEW YEARS. I'M GLAD TO KNOW I'M NOT ALONE THANK YOU!!

I'm so sorry for your kitty's need, but without that type of information we can't really help, as even if they have continued to breed there's no way to check old addresses really, and most especially since you haven't even the old address. Also, please make it easier on the rest of us by making sure to not use all caps, in netspeak it is considered yelling, and it is hard to read.