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Expert: - 8/2/2008


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Hi,

I have my first kitten, a siamese blue point.  Could you please let me know how I can learn what criteria a cat needs to meet to be of a "showing" quality?  

This is a male of 7 months, parents are champions.  I know absolutely nothing about this subject.  Thank you.

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Hi

The best thing I can suggest is that you look at the standard of points issued below under different cat registeries and see how closely your cat meets the standard.  I am not sure of where in the world you are but I have given the three most popular registeries.

CFA (America)
http://www.cfa.org/breeds/standards/siamese.pdf

TICA (mainly American but now worldwide)
http://www.ticaeo.com/Content/Publications/Pages/SI.pdf

GCCF (UK)
http://www.siameseandorientalcatsclub.com/siamese_sop.php

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Marcia Owen

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I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years. Genetics however is not my strong point.

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30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.

Organizations
GCCF (UK) TICA Various UK cat clubs

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Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines

Education/Credentials
Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years

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