If you breed cats, one point or another, you're going to be asked to sell a cat as a breeder. Hopefully we all know who is who in our respective breeds and we already have an idea of who we would work with one day and who we would not. I know I do
I won't sell a cat as a breeder to a new person on a cold contact alone--they have to have been reccomended to me by one of the catteries I already work with. I feel this saves me trouble, because I am in no position to start up somebody new being relatively new myself. But I'm learning that even a reccomendation from someone else is not always enough, and everything must be at your discretion.
So here is a situation for your consideration. Names and locations have been changed, because they are not so important
A new breeder in Antartica wants to start breeding Vans. Once upon a time, there were Vans in Antartica, but no longer. . . SuperVan cattery suggested this new breeder contact me. At first, things looked rosey--it would be great to re-establish the breed there. SuperVan and I suggested this new person get in touch with a former breeder so they could work together. I offered one of my best kittens, since I felt you should not establish a breed with anything less than the best.
Well, that particular kitten has turned out to be the best I've produced, and since no contracts were signed and no money was exchanged (New Breeder waffled for a good month) I had to rescind my offer and proposed a different kitten. As things have progressed, the new breeder revealed that they were only looking to breed pretty kittens to sell to Antartic Van Fans. New breeder stated in no uncertain terms that they would not offer stud service and they would not sell breeding cats.
I'm glad my best is not going to Antartica, but now I'm concerned about sending anything over there at all. Any input guys?
I won't sell a cat as a breeder to a new person on a cold contact alone--they have to have been reccomended to me by one of the catteries I already work with. I feel this saves me trouble, because I am in no position to start up somebody new being relatively new myself. But I'm learning that even a reccomendation from someone else is not always enough, and everything must be at your discretion.
So here is a situation for your consideration. Names and locations have been changed, because they are not so important
A new breeder in Antartica wants to start breeding Vans. Once upon a time, there were Vans in Antartica, but no longer. . . SuperVan cattery suggested this new breeder contact me. At first, things looked rosey--it would be great to re-establish the breed there. SuperVan and I suggested this new person get in touch with a former breeder so they could work together. I offered one of my best kittens, since I felt you should not establish a breed with anything less than the best.
Well, that particular kitten has turned out to be the best I've produced, and since no contracts were signed and no money was exchanged (New Breeder waffled for a good month) I had to rescind my offer and proposed a different kitten. As things have progressed, the new breeder revealed that they were only looking to breed pretty kittens to sell to Antartic Van Fans. New breeder stated in no uncertain terms that they would not offer stud service and they would not sell breeding cats.
I'm glad my best is not going to Antartica, but now I'm concerned about sending anything over there at all. Any input guys?