Hi all, im new to this forum, i breed/show Persians..

I personally don’t have a problem about line breeding, but its imperative that its done properly and a lot of research had to be done.

I think a lot of it for many is fear of the unknown, i too thought that it was a definite no no when i first started breeding 8 years ago, but after looking into it in-depth, talking to other breeders and talking to my vets i was then convinced it was a route that i wanted to go down.

Nature does it all the time in the wild, packs of Lions, wolves ect...we cant compare it to humans as that’s not realistic as we have genetically different makeup.

There is actually more risk to kittens from defects by out crossing than there is to line breeding as at least with line breeding you know what kittens genetically you will be producing. But never would you put brother to sister that is and should never be done, mother to son and daughter to father is fine as one side of the matting will be an outcross.

If done properly you will not get deformed kittens, cleft pallets etc can appear to a totally outcross matting and wouldn’t be down to line breeding.

Again its not something to go into lightly and be prepared to look deeply into it, but the benefits can be outstanding.