So are you saying that you care more for your hobby than you do about your cats?

I think this is what Toby is saying. If you loved them truly, as most cat lovers love their pets, you would never be able to part with them!

But then u wouldn't be a breeder u would be a crazy person who had to many cats and not enough space x

Janee-you have such a wonderful way of putting these things and it's absolutely refreshing to read

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Burnthwaites Siamese

What a self indulgent statement-in an ideal world of course we all accomadate each and every single cat/kitten we are privvy to slaving and rearing..but as breeders you have to put your cats needs before your own-as a non breeder this is a luxury point of view where your heart is allowed to rule your head and i understand why you would feel this way-but as breeders or part of a breeding family-a luxury ideal you simply cannot afford-and by no means an easy decision to reach or to execute

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Burnthwaites Siamese

Firstly I would say I don't trust anyone that posts in red type in speaks on anger and aggressiveness from the outset, and what do you know? This person is now showing as banned, wonder why

The thing you have to undertand about breeding Dogzncats, is the aim is to progress the breed and to promote all the good qualities of it. As breeders if we did not invest in new lines as someone else said it would come to a standstill and we might as well just be breeding any cat to any cat to make a quick buck. However that is most definitely not the objective. I am now at the stage where I have 16 cats and must start to find loving retirement homes for some. I could never part with my foundation cats who will have a home here for life, but we have to be sensible and sometimes rehome our cats, and believe it or not it is a wrench and heartbreaking and all steps are taken to find them the best possible home. I still have Jinxy for sale due to stupid enquiries about him and timewasters, he will only go when I feel it is right. )

Saynamore you have explained it better than anyone from the breeders POV and I think I get it, BUT I suppose I still cannot see past hobby vs cats... I cannot see how anyone would choose to part with a cat that is a member of the family and who is loved, in the quest for bettering that breed.

Now if as breeders, people said that they do not get emotionally attached and that it is not like me and my cats, I could understand that. The hobby comes first before the cats, so of course some have to move to make room for new, it is just sucjh a cold calculating idea.
Rescue people who fosterer in their own homes take in a cat, they love it and look after it but let it go because ultimately that is best for the cat, whereas when a breeder lets a cat go it is in the breeders best interests. If they loved that cat more than anything they would not be able to part with it, and would give the hobby up.

And no, I would never become that crazy cat person because I wouldn't keep getting cats-because it wouldn't be fair on the ones i have-they come first.

I suppose i should not compare how I love my pets to how a breeder does things.