HecticHaydon
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I am in desperate need of some guidance. I have a 2 year old neutered male, I have a 14 week old unspayed calico female paid off and due for pick up August 12th. I plan to get into breeding. My problem is my breeder DOES NOT register. (I've never taken issue with it as she provides me all the genetic screenings and health screenings I needed to prove legitimacy and that she is ethically breeding her cats.). I personally don't want to breed my cats unless I can register them and establish a pedigree for them. The issue I am running into is the only club that allows for registry under these circumstances that I have found is the TICA under a process called "Foundation Individual Registration". In order to do this I have to print a form, take my cats to shows and let 3 judges examine them and sign off on the form. Once that's done you turn it in and you have a newly established pedigree. Every show manager I've contacted has shut me down and said even though the TICA offers this their judges will not sign off on it. I understand that not registering your cats is frown upon but I AM TRYING TO REGISTER THEM. I don't understand how they criticize me for having unregistered cats but won't allow me the means to provide their screenings, present them and get them registered. This comes to my question. Has anyone in this group accomplished TICA Foundation Individual Registry? Or is there any other way to get my cats registered WITH ANY CLUB and establish a 3 generation pedigree in order to be able to register in all the clubs through normal registration process? I'm not going into this for the money. I am passionate about the Sphynx breed and want to share the joy of being a Sphynx owner for people who like me have wanted one all of their life. I want to be a reputable breeder and I don't think I can do that unregistered.
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