Hi,
When I first started looking for cat information, I assumed that a web page, with a cattery name, meant that the owner had some experience breeding cats or was experienced with quite a few cats of a particular breed. I've since discovered it can mean no breeding experience whatsoever.
There was a real nice web page, with a CFA Cattery of Excellance, Cattery name etc.& calling themselves a breeder on the web page. By writing to the owner, I discovered that the owners only had 3 cats total. 2 of those were alters, one was a female that wasn't old enough to have a litter yet. At that point I pulled up the CFA website to see the rules on registared cattery names. Sure enough, to get a cattery name, all you needed to do was own 3 CFA reg. cats. You did not need any experience in the breed, to registar a name.
Is this typical of registared cat owners? Do any of the other registries require some kind of experience with a cat breed, prior to obtaining a cattery name? In some cases, it almost looks like false advertizing, or at the vary least it makes a first time cat breeder appear to have credentials, especially if they also got a CFA Cattery of Excellance inspection.
With AKC reg. dogs you have to breed a particular breed for 10 years, before you are allowed to registar a kennel name. So if you see a AKC reg. Kennel name, you know the breeder has experience.
I really think a person should earn the right to use a cattery name. Why is it expected to get a cattery name immediately?
bluekat
When I first started looking for cat information, I assumed that a web page, with a cattery name, meant that the owner had some experience breeding cats or was experienced with quite a few cats of a particular breed. I've since discovered it can mean no breeding experience whatsoever.
There was a real nice web page, with a CFA Cattery of Excellance, Cattery name etc.& calling themselves a breeder on the web page. By writing to the owner, I discovered that the owners only had 3 cats total. 2 of those were alters, one was a female that wasn't old enough to have a litter yet. At that point I pulled up the CFA website to see the rules on registared cattery names. Sure enough, to get a cattery name, all you needed to do was own 3 CFA reg. cats. You did not need any experience in the breed, to registar a name.
Is this typical of registared cat owners? Do any of the other registries require some kind of experience with a cat breed, prior to obtaining a cattery name? In some cases, it almost looks like false advertizing, or at the vary least it makes a first time cat breeder appear to have credentials, especially if they also got a CFA Cattery of Excellance inspection.
With AKC reg. dogs you have to breed a particular breed for 10 years, before you are allowed to registar a kennel name. So if you see a AKC reg. Kennel name, you know the breeder has experience.
I really think a person should earn the right to use a cattery name. Why is it expected to get a cattery name immediately?
bluekat