• Are you a new breeder?
• Do you have that nagging feeling that there is more to KittyCats than randomly bonking cute cats?
• Do you want to help your community AND learn what the Charts are for?
The Dominance Charts team is beginning our first in-world educational initiative. We have set up a space called the Trait Tester Garden. In the garden, we aim to teach new breeders and those with fuzzy breeding skills how to take a proof-test to completion. When you enter the garden, you will see a series of mats/platforms. Each one is labelled with the name of an unplaced trait.
Each student commits to seeing one proof-test to completion. For instance, we already have a test up for Magic Mountain eye versus Mystic Breeze. This is not a commitment to doing the entire placement of Magic Mountain. At the completion of the proof, a student may elect to take on another proof with the same trait or switch to a different one. The students own the cats and offspring and are expected to feed them. Students will be given test cats or they may opt to bring their own. (Donations of test cats and pullers are welcome.)
We are also seeking mentors with advanced breeding skills who know how to do a proof, who could regularly hang out in the garden and give ad hoc advice.
Priority on mats will always be given to students, rather than mentors. (I do have a test out now as a demonstration but will yield that space when a student comes up to test on that trait.) Prims are also limited; the parcel has been graciously granted for our use by the Cattales management.
Please check out the space. For any further questions or to become a student or mentor, please contact Ivy Norsk.
Visit the Trait Tester Garden
The Trait Tester Garden: a new educational space
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