How to become a cat breeder in Canada?

Question

My mom is retired and she loves cats. She would like to become a cat breeder as a hobby. How could she become a registered breeder? Because she is new to this please provide detailed steps. She likes persian, british shorthair, and exotic. Which breed is easier for her to start? Thanks.

Answer 1

Wow! What a great idea for cat lover! Diminishing the likelihood that cute, perfectly sweet cats at the shelter right now will find homes! How brilliant to express your love for cats by increasing the number that will die for no reason.

Seriously, the less cat breeders there are, the better. A much better hobby for your mother would be to foster cats. You take care of a cat for a couple days to a couple weeks, most times it's a kitten, because, in spring, the shelters are flooded with unwanted kittens that are too young to adopt. The shelters don't have enough room or resources to care for all of them. It would involve a lot of the same resposibilities as breeding, but it would contribute to the animal community in a positive way. She would care for premature kittens, train them, and prep them for adoption. Most shelters have this service, and it's a fantastic way contribute to the animal community in a positive way, and to meet lots of really sweet animals. It's really one of the best things you can do for a shelter without leaving your house. The shelters usually even supply the food, litter, and supplies, so the only money she would need to spend would be gas money to drive them to the vet to be spayed or neutered, which the vet also pays for. You can even sometimes foster the mother cat along with the kittens, so it would quite literally be exactly like breeding, except she wouldn't have to pay for anything and she would be contributing in a positive way, instead of a negative way.

Please, please consider it. Thousands of cats and dogs are killed every month because there aren't enough homes for them, and contributing to the problem because she loves cats really doesn't follow through logically.

Answer 2

Don't do it. If she wants to help, she should find a cat rescue organization nearby and volunteer.

There are far too many unwanted pets without "hobby breeders."

Check out these two rescue sites and read stories about pedigree cat abuse. Count how many of them end up thrown away.

Answer 3

http://a.webring.com/t/All-Animal-Lovers-Breeders-Webring