Hi need some help.Im a new bengal breeder this year.We are getting another stud boy soon,and have decided for a while to open stud our male boy b4 retireing him,the problem is i cant seem to find any open stud contract for which the queens owner would sign,ive looked on the internet!!can you help.Thank you Tina.x

My birman girl goes to open studs - there is no contract for this - we go, pay the fee and come away again. You would only need a contract if you were going to put restrictions on the kittens (i.e none to be sold on active etc.). Why don't you have a go at making up your own?

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Blimey, are you happy with that contract then?

I am the opposite extreme (though it has been years since anyone has wanted to use my studs, if my Burmese boy ever works out what to do with girls it might be another matter of course). No restrictions, come back as many times as you need to, and I don't insist on blood tests (no point, they're not worth the paper they're written on!)

Liz

That's pretty restrictive though - depends what OP means by Open studding their boy ie whether they intend there to be restrictions or not.

Unenforceable too, though of course if you signed it and then broke it you would be unpopular with the stud owner and all her friends.

Liz

I looked at getting my own stud but the breeder said i could only use him on my girls so i said thanks but no thanks.

I know at times people like to put restrictions in place to protect their stud so the only way they can is by making him closed stud.

People have to remember we all start off somewhere and build relationships up with other breeders but at times its very difficult so i tend to steer clear of them with the restrictions.

good grief!!

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but typical of Burmese studs, unfortunately. This is the main reason why the breed is so seriously inbred - if something isn't done soon, major damage will result

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Indeed, but what happens when you try to tell them that? (Rhetorical question, we both know the answer!)

Liz