Why do we no longer breed
I am often asked why we no longer breed.
First, we have bred 10 years British short hair and then, after a small break we started with the Siberian cats. After less than three years and three litters, we have once again stopped. That was / is our starting point.
There are several reasons:
Our future
insiders know that we want to live in some years only in the caravan (or principally).
After Djego, started our stud mark and we have him neutered so, we had to decide whether we wanted to cover our foreign females. It would have been a solution, but for us was not an option, since it makes no fun anymore when Djego could not be the father. It would have been difficult to find one so dear and beautiful cat that our claims would have sufficed. Buying a new cat would not be recommended because of above reasons been, as it'd go at least a year could cover up anything. So we have
decided that from now on we no longer want to be breeders.
There were other reasons:
envy.
Who is already breeding and was able to experience the envy of other breeders who know what I mean.
the motto ALL OTHERS ARE ONLY I DO NOT DOOF some people grow merrily away without hesitation. As is blasphemed, moved here from other breeders and their animals poorly made. Not better in the exhibitions. As we learn it quite crass.
But not now that The impression emerges that there are only bad and nasty breeder. No, because we had some very nice people to know, where it is important what happens to their animals or take care of sales, are nice and accept the success that others have. So there is also the nice farmers, with whom we are still in contact!
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Responsibility
As a breeder you wear a big responsibility.
You place the kittens and one is ill: One feels bad!
A kitten dies, for whatever reason: One feels responsible!
A kitten is not growing as good as it should: M to exclude it in the breeding grounds and looking at it!
A kitten gets a hereditary disease: Man blames himself, because WE yes mate!
You can list any further cause!
work and smells
means Cattery: sleep
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No more, because a cat is present birth.
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a cat across the hinpinkelt.
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visit tell about the behavior of a hangover.
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more cat hair on sheets, Food and everywhere (okay, it did, even if only one cat).
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hours of cleaning litter box `s that smell mostly because kittens have not really cover it.
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can scratch sofa `s and other furniture (the little one can not be angry).
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cat litter down to the bed
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hours of doctoring of the kittens because they have got a cold.
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rolling females jumping over the heads at night.
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kitten playing in the morning at three.
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up no more candles, because the Kitten to play with it.
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plants are off limits anyway.
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wipe the floor with cat poop on cat tree because the kids do not dare to jump down.
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to make even the smallest gap since you would have otherwise hervorklauben the kittens behind the sink and furniture.
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monitor power cable or very good pack.
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negotiate with interested parties and answer the same questions.
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can be of potential insult.
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can be of interested to teach.
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upset about the cat stance some interested parties. explain
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again why an appropriate nutrition is important.
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say repeatedly let the kittens are too expensive anyway.
One could continue the list as desired!
Ultimately, you need to lose even the little ones,
have been filling out forms, make a pilgrimage to exhibitions, send
dozen emails to prospective customers and keep the house always open for interested parties wishing to find out, where are the kittens and as they grew up.
on the bright side I have to explain so no one since they are often called:
you have it good, you can see them grow up.
How nice it they can watch all day (sure, I work nothing else!)
I for each look up who has many years of endurance, seriously and with great attention and investment of emotions, cats to breed !
Hats off!
I / we had the nerve not to!