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"Ragdoll Breeding Business"
This is the difference between a breeder and a person looking
We are NOT business's there isnt any money to be made (breeding is an expensive hobby and I know I have to work to support it) and we do it for the love of the breed to improve it, Improving is the reason we breed not to have fluffy kittens
often in our programs we will have a cat that isnt the most fantastic it could be but each one is there for a reason, be it for its Ped, eyes colour, boning etc
breeding is all about planning and a long term one often at that

The other reason breeder get defensive about people breeding unregistered is that often the kittens are not looked after the way they should, they arent vacc, Microchipped or fed good quality, and the worst is the age that kittens are let go, you will not find to many byb keep a kitten untill it is 12+ weeks, because kittens are hard work and they just wont do it

(PS. I missed reading the 2nd page and posted this before I had read it)

Unless you paid $1200-1500 (average amount), for the kitten and agreed prior to putting a deposit down, you are not to breed it. No ethical breeder would sell a breeding quality kitten without agreeing to it being bred first. She was most likely under the understanding that it was being placed as a pet only. She did her job correctly in signing and marking not for breeding. LH is long hair and STD is standard.

I don't even want to get into why this is unethical, but if the cat on your icon picture is the one you are talking about, she is very pretty and you did get a quality pet Ragdoll. She is very pretty. I am glad that you didn't try to breed her before extensively researching (even only breeding her once via stud service). You wouldn't believe the amount of stress it can be on a cat to go to a new home and be bred. Also, there are so many cat diseases and so many illnesses, bacteria, viruses in catteries. You could have subjected her to FIP or leukemia to "keep her healthy". I think that you were misinformed as a child from your vet, and I don't think you are out to do anything wrong at all. I would just home that if you ever do consider breeding, you will find a REPUTABLE breeder for you breeding stock and remain a closed cattery so you do not inquire any disease that can be prevented.

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