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Originally Posted by cats4eva
Majority of people like you, you mean
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Well no, I'm afraid it really does seem to be the majority - and that makes sense really because of course unregistered kittens are cheaper. At the end of the day there's not a lot you can do about market forces.
I'm going to give you an example. I started out breeding only registered cats, then after an almost total wipeout of my breeding lines with FIP plus something else, which co-incided with a change of breed registration policy, I was left with pedigree cats whose progeny could only go on the reference register. Before the change of policy they would have been registerable and showable but now they are not. So I didn't bother registering any more. I wanted to keep a line going so I kept breeding - and I sold the kittens for anything between nothing and £100. I have now returned to registered breeding and all my pedigrees are now registered, two are only on the reference register.
One lady bought a kitten from me who grew into a beautiful boy and then she came back for a girl. A year or so later the first advertisement for kittens appeared. Now, obviously I had no comeback and in fact I was very itnerested indeed to see the kittens. Up till then I was on good terms with this lady and had no reason to suppose she would not want me to see the kittens, but she kept putting me off and I never did get to see them - eventually I took the hint.
Right now she has the boy advertised on pets4homes for sale at £400, no papers, for stud or pet. As soon as I saw the ad I phoned up and offered to buy him back - I had told her clearly at least twice before that if she ever wanted to rehome him I would take him back. She said she had changed her mind and was about to delete the ad - but that was three days ago and the ad is still there. I am hopping mad. I had no reason at all to think there was anything wrong with the home, quite the reverse in fact. I even offered to register the cat concerned, after all I have all the papers and his Mum is registered now (she wasn't before) but no, she was not interested in registering the cat, even at no cost to herself. Of course, since I now know she is trying to sell him and won't sell him to me, she's not going to be getting the papers out of me even if she pays!
It's a line I would like to go back to and in fact I asked tp use the boy for stud, but he would have to be registered for that and even the promise of a stud fee doesn't seem to make her willing to register him. I find that rather incomprehensible but there it is.
Liz
23-07-2008, 04:11 PM
i hope im wrong and they are all clear,and it came in by a different means.
ive had many different jobs,and found it hard to juggle 9-5 with a family and work away hubby
i can pick and choose my own hours,get good pay,and can be at home when im needed.yes i did leave school at 16 married and straight away had family,so no furthur education for me im afraid,im thick happy and proud
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