Types of Cat Breeding

Inbreeding: The "Inbreeding" (close consanguinity) is the crossing between "very close related " parents: mother with son, father with daughter, brother with sister. This type of breeding, even if it is the fastest way to obtain descendants with the exact characteristics of the fathers, should only be handled by experts. It is not recommended to abuse of the "inbreeding", because this kind of crossing reduces the fertility, it diminishes vitality, causes mental inn stability and the whelp are susceptible to catch several sicknesses and disorders.

Line Breeding: The "line breeding" (open consanguinity or in line) is the crossing between close parents, like for example: grandfathers with grandchild, uncles with nephews, cousins with cousins, etc. The objective of this type of breeding is to concentrate wanted genes of two related individuals and it could be the base to establish a good reproductive program.

When one chooses the "inbreeding" system, some lines are not compatible, from which only regular brood may result, but sometimes results are successful. When one finds two compatible lines, one must keep on crossing them, refreshing the blood with non-parentage specimens of the same breed once in a while, and as a consequence return to its original lines.

Crossbreeding: It is the breeding of cats coming from different breeds with the object of obtaining what is denominated as "hybrid vitality", by the virtue of which, the whelp results stronger, healthier and more emotionally stable than their parents. Many of the existing breeds, have been crested this way but as it is obvious, it is not a method that can be used to produce pedigreed specimens.