Pedigree Anonymity (2)

[Kayleigh McMillan]

(02-05-2013 03:21 PM)Micaela Lemondrop Wrote:  I'm throwing my hands in the air and giving up on this whole issue of snobbery/elitism/etc.

Being pleased with a cat I bred doesn't make someone an elitist or a snob. Some of the cats I've been most pleased and most proud of are not even 9T cats. The trait count has also never mattered to me, nearly so much as "Is the cat pleasing to look at? Is it cute?" You can say it's like a signature on a painting or... you could even liken it to posting your pretty cat on flickr, or keeping a blog/journal about your cats. In this case, to me having my name on the pedigree with cats I bred is no different than keeping snapshots of the cats you breed.

I seriously don't see why this has turned into people assuming that there's some sort of kitty clique or kitty snobbery or kitty elitism! That honestly makes me sad. Maybe I'm naive but I like to believe that we are all awesome members of an awesome community.

I'm pretty sad as well and perhaps naive.
It never occured to me a hobby and taking pride in establishing a breeding line was wrong, snobish, elitish, fascistic or what ever hurtful label we can find.
I breed KittyCatS as a hobby the money part is not at all important to me and earnings I don't even take in consideration when it comes to funding my kitties.
If the community I always loved so much becomes so hostile over something as simple as breeding virtual animals I come to think is this really a hobby and what is wrong here.
I really need to digest some of the inputs given.