This is often the case for me too. I generally sell my breeders once their contribution to a line/project is done. I have *never* had an issue with this - I've never even been asked about it. If there was a question, it would be easy enough to provide a screenshot of the pedigree from my end showing that I bred the cat, but in our KittyCats community, I think most auctioneers know their patrons, and are able to trust. I like the grandparent rule for the most part, but would love to see more diverse types of auctions happening as well.
(03-16-2023 06:57 AM)Shamu077 Resident Wrote: I don't like the grandparent rule either, since for me it means extra work just to present some of my best cats at an auction.
This is because I normally will sell my live grandparents on a love stand long before they are near retirement. The pedigree then shows the grandparents, which I bred, belong to someone else, and therefore violate this rule.
Of course I can search through my transactions and local chat going back months to years, to prove I bred and once owned the cat I bred. But why should I go to this extra work? Much easier to attend auctions where I only need to own one parent is the rule.
One way to fix this is for the public pedigrees to show the actual breeder. This was once the case, but KC removed that option because a few influential breeders or auctioneers didn't want the breeder name revealed. That was about 10 years ago, and the hide the breeder rule seems to be fixed in stone now. Callie can you comment on this?
Today, my partner owns many of my breeders so she can cuddle them. She can't breed them under her name, even though they are all my cats, or we run into this auction rule again. In some cases I have to buy back my cat, enter it in Torgans to show I am the owner, and leave the cat under my name until the auction is over. Then I sell them back to her for her cuddling (happiness raising) service. I have russian black lines going back to 2011, but if I tried to sell one of them at these restrictive auctions, it is likely I sold the grandparents years ago and would be unable to sell them.
Supporting other breeders versus grandparent rule at auctions
