Agreed. I think I got mine fairly quickly as I inadvertently knew someone in the committee who knew I was a show exhibitor so not a BYB.

Hello everyone..
Would just like to say i got my prefix though today...
So excited just have to tell someone who know what it means...lol
Dreamyeyes................
So now i might start to think about setting up a web site, not sure how yet.
Thanks for reading x

Congrats on the prefix, its a great feeling isn't it. re a website try building your own on webs.com, its very easy, you just pick a template and type straight into it, you can add photos etc, and its free.

Emma

Hi, yes very exciting.... Thanks i'll have a look at web.com

Can someone explain to me what a prefix is and why they're used? Thanks

A prefix is a registered name that you give your pedigree kittens. For example my prefix is registered with the GCCF and TICA - in doing so I agree to abide by their rules and ethical guidelines. So all the kittens I breed will be registered with my prefix (Finesthour) as the first part of their name - i.e. Finesthour Solitaire was a kitten who was a singleton. It means that they are full pedigrees as I can prove it with proper papers from the GCCF or TICA. It means that my kittens can easily be traced back to me. If I didn't have my own prefix then my kittens would be given an administrative prefix and so wouldn't be easily traceable to me. As I am very proud of my kittens I want to have my own prefix.

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please look at my website - www.finesthourcats.webs.com - for gorgeous GCCF registered RagaMuffins and Selkirk Rex

Aaahh I see. And the names breeders give their kittens, they're just temporary until the new owners choose their names?

No - they are their pedigree names and they stay with them forever - but new owners can call there cats what ever they want - for example I have a Jandouglen Minuet (we call her Minnii), a Valleycat Creme-Caramel (we call her Coda). The owners can choose the cats pet name and the breeder chooses the pedigree name - some breeders do allow the owners to help decide the pedigree names, others work on themes - I think Coda's first litter might be named after The Big Bang Theory characters. I'm getting a Boucles Bombalarina soon (she will be called Bomber - but we could have called her anything.) When you show a pedigree cat you have to use the pedigree name.

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please look at my website - www.finesthourcats.webs.com - for gorgeous GCCF registered RagaMuffins and Selkirk Rex

Ohh I see, I get it now, thanks!

Breeding seems like such a confusing hobby, I don't think I would ever be able to do it!

A very complicated and expensive hobby. I am lucky that I've made great friends with Thomas' breeder which is nice as I can share in her excitement with litters and show days.
Also there are plenty of breeders on here happy to share their good news with us. I think I'd be a very skint bag of nerves if I was a breeder

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