So I am hoping that people can help me understand this a bit better (hopefully I don't offend any one).
My question is, is that how can a cat be considered pedegree or purebred if it was produced by mating two cats of a different breeds?
Hymalayans were produced by mating a Persian and Siamese, Tonkinese is a cross between Burmese and Siamese ect., so wouldn't that make them not purebred? Because you are breeding cats from two completely different breeds?
I am having a hard time understanding this. Because there seems to be many breeds that are are a mix of two completely different cats but are recognized under legitimate cat associations.
I consistently see registered breeders saying that you should only breed "in order to improve the breed", so how would mating a Persian to a siamese be improving either breed, because in doing so you are changing the cat entirely?
I am sure it's a long hard road to get a mixed breed cat recognized as purebred, but I don't understand how it's even possible if it is a mix to begin with..
My question is, is that how can a cat be considered pedegree or purebred if it was produced by mating two cats of a different breeds?
Hymalayans were produced by mating a Persian and Siamese, Tonkinese is a cross between Burmese and Siamese ect., so wouldn't that make them not purebred? Because you are breeding cats from two completely different breeds?
I am having a hard time understanding this. Because there seems to be many breeds that are are a mix of two completely different cats but are recognized under legitimate cat associations.
I consistently see registered breeders saying that you should only breed "in order to improve the breed", so how would mating a Persian to a siamese be improving either breed, because in doing so you are changing the cat entirely?
I am sure it's a long hard road to get a mixed breed cat recognized as purebred, but I don't understand how it's even possible if it is a mix to begin with..