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RE: Myth Busting
Anna's point about the usefulness of dominant traits is a very good one. When I want to work a very recessive trait, my favourite sort of cat to use as a partner is one with a very dominant trait hiding a mid-range trait. For example, when I wanted to breed Ocicat Blues, the partner I chose for the Ocicat Blue I had was a 9-traited Chateau Black & White No. 2 (fairly dominant fur) hiding Snowshoe Bluepoint (a relatively mid-range fur), with other nice traits along for the ride. When I bred the resulting kittens, if I didn't have an Oci Blue to breed them with, I'd pair the Black & White No.2's hiding Oci Blue with the Bluepoints hiding Oci Blue. That way, any of the kittens of the B&W 2-Bluepoint pairings that had Snowshoe Bluepoint showing would be guaranteed to have Oci Blue as their hidden fur, so I had a clearer idea of what was happening (of course, I had no idea whether the ones showing B&W 2 hid Bluepoint or Oci Blue, but that can't be helped hehe). Kind of makes me want to build an army of Red Tabbies hiding Bengal Snow lol.
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