12-16-2016, 12:47 AM
Ocicat Chocolate was discovered in 2011. In the early years 2011 and 2012, they were introducing new furs in the summer probably because KC was new back then and there weren't as many furs. But since about Halloween 2012 until now, KC hasn't introduced new furs in the summer. Eyes are a bit different. As they used to have a possible new eyes with RFL, Baroque, the special one-time summer kitties like the Royals up through 2013. RFL 2011-2013 saw new ears and whiskers.
I could be wrong but it looks to me like KC has been taking well-deserved summer breaks from 2014 to 2016. This summer people tested the summer kitties 2016 but no one found anything and more telling, there was no mention of a possible new trait in their advert or their KC discussions. KC doesn't tell us what new traits there are (hence the avid testing of the summer kitties by some folks) but they do seem to be very good about letting people know something might be found whether in the advert or through their Sunday talks especially if people ask them in the Q&A after. Of course if they announce Toygar Tan or something has been out there since summer I will have to say oops, I'm wrong.
In the beginning there weren't as many breeders but now there are a lot more -- hence the speed of placing new traits is happening much much faster; finding new recessives is happening faster even compared to a year ago as more people become OCD about finding hids. People showing their proofs on the threads are showing how they got pures or proving dominance and recessiveness -- sometimes with 3 or 4 charts, sometimes 1 chart because people have an improved understanding of how Kittycats work. The early years were much rougher since a much smaller group of breeders were figuring things out from scratch. A lot of the mistakes in the early years can be attributed more to the lack of numbers. Now if someone posts something that looks dom, someone might post a chart saying, no, you might have a hid because I got this. With visible charts on the forum, these kind of corrections happen much faster than before. That kind of thing can only happen because there are a lot more breeders out there who also have a better understanding of dominance. (Although I wish I had been there in te early years because I missed the Kibo neko, sighs, and it's way out of my price range these days).
Honestly I am thankful that in the past 3 years there have not been new summer traits. It gives time for the charts to get cleaned up for those pesky traits that still haven't been placed by June. Last summer, the fur chart had about 7 furs and at least 2 eyes placed through 10/11/15. This summer through 10/5/16, it was 10 eyes and 8 furs placed. Some of both years placements had been unplaced for years. That summer break has been very helpful these last two years in placements. Of course the way things are going, we may not need a summer break any more because everything will be placed!
I could be wrong but it looks to me like KC has been taking well-deserved summer breaks from 2014 to 2016. This summer people tested the summer kitties 2016 but no one found anything and more telling, there was no mention of a possible new trait in their advert or their KC discussions. KC doesn't tell us what new traits there are (hence the avid testing of the summer kitties by some folks) but they do seem to be very good about letting people know something might be found whether in the advert or through their Sunday talks especially if people ask them in the Q&A after. Of course if they announce Toygar Tan or something has been out there since summer I will have to say oops, I'm wrong.
In the beginning there weren't as many breeders but now there are a lot more -- hence the speed of placing new traits is happening much much faster; finding new recessives is happening faster even compared to a year ago as more people become OCD about finding hids. People showing their proofs on the threads are showing how they got pures or proving dominance and recessiveness -- sometimes with 3 or 4 charts, sometimes 1 chart because people have an improved understanding of how Kittycats work. The early years were much rougher since a much smaller group of breeders were figuring things out from scratch. A lot of the mistakes in the early years can be attributed more to the lack of numbers. Now if someone posts something that looks dom, someone might post a chart saying, no, you might have a hid because I got this. With visible charts on the forum, these kind of corrections happen much faster than before. That kind of thing can only happen because there are a lot more breeders out there who also have a better understanding of dominance. (Although I wish I had been there in te early years because I missed the Kibo neko, sighs, and it's way out of my price range these days).
Honestly I am thankful that in the past 3 years there have not been new summer traits. It gives time for the charts to get cleaned up for those pesky traits that still haven't been placed by June. Last summer, the fur chart had about 7 furs and at least 2 eyes placed through 10/11/15. This summer through 10/5/16, it was 10 eyes and 8 furs placed. Some of both years placements had been unplaced for years. That summer break has been very helpful these last two years in placements. Of course the way things are going, we may not need a summer break any more because everything will be placed!
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