GCCF Breeding Policy for siamese cats
Introduction
This Breeding Policy accompanies and supplements the Siamese Registration Policy and should be read in conjunction with that document. The aim of this breeding policy is to give advice and guidance to ensure breeders observe what is considered “best practice” in breeding Siamese with the overriding objective of improving the Siamese cat to meet all aspects of the Siamese Standard of Points Siamese with their pale bodies, contrasting darker points, and elegant type are one of the most popular and one of the oldest of the pedigree cat breeds. They should be beautifully balanced with head and ears carried on a slender neck, with a lithe, graceful body, slim legs and feet and a long tapered tail....
This Breeding Policy accompanies and supplements the Siamese Registration Policy and should be read in conjunction with that document. The aim of this breeding policy is to give advice and guidance to ensure breeders observe what is considered “best practice” in breeding Siamese with the overriding objective of improving the Siamese cat to meet all aspects of the Siamese Standard of Points Siamese with their pale bodies, contrasting darker points, and elegant type are one of the most popular and one of the oldest of the pedigree cat breeds. They should be beautifully balanced with head and ears carried on a slender neck, with a lithe, graceful body, slim legs and feet and a long tapered tail....
GCCF REGISTRATION POLICY FOR SIAMESE CATS
1. FULL REGISTER
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (24, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24k, 24n, 24r, 32 1 - 32 10, 32t1 - 32t4, 32t7 - 32t9, 32a, 32b1 - 32b4, 32b7- 32b9, 32c, 32fn) shall be registered on the FULL REGISTER.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r), Oriental Spotted Tabby (38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers), Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER.
3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Siamese with Preliminary recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r) , Oriental Spotted Tabby
(38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers), Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER
All cats of Siamese appearance (i.e. Siamese type with blue eyes and colour restricted to the points) which have in their pedigrees within five generations any breeds other than the above shall be registered on the REFERENCE REGISTER.
This ruling shall take effect from 20th October 1993 and shall not be retrospective. From 20th October 1993 any cat born from parents of any breed not included in group 2 shall be registered on the Reference Register, and so shall their suitable offspring for the required number of generations.
In the case of breeds of different type or coat quality the number of generations shall be increased to twelve when practicable.
Should any further colours of Siamese be developed as a breed (e.g. Smoke Point, Silver Tabby Point etc.) the appropriate cats may be registered on the Siamese EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER at the request of the Siamese Cat Joint Advisory Committee. Those cats already registered on the Reference Register shall then be treated as if they were registered on the Experimental Register.
NOTE: All Red Point, Cream Point or Apricot Point Siamese with one or more Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby parents must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Tabby Points until proved otherwise. In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby within five generations may be registered as a Red, Cream or Apricot Point unless either
a. the cat has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
b. there is a non-red, non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby, or
c. a Red, Cream or Apricot Point in the line descended from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti.
Agreed October 2003/effective June 2004
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (24, 24a, 24b, 24c, 24k, 24n, 24r, 32 1 - 32 10, 32t1 - 32t4, 32t7 - 32t9, 32a, 32b1 - 32b4, 32b7- 32b9, 32c, 32fn) shall be registered on the FULL REGISTER.
2. SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER
Siamese with Full or Provisional recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r), Oriental Spotted Tabby (38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers), Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the SUPPLEMENTARY REGISTER.
3. EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER
Siamese with Preliminary recognition which have in their pedigrees within five generations only Siamese (as above), Havana (29), Oriental lilac (29c), Foreign White (35), Oriental Black (37), Oriental Blue (37a), Oriental Red (37d), Oriental Cream (37f), Oriental Apricot (37fn), Oriental Tortie (37e, 379, 37h, 37j, 37m, 37p, 37y), Oriental Cinnamon (37k), Oriental Caramel (37n), Oriental Fawn (37r) , Oriental Spotted Tabby
(38 to 38y, excluding silvers), Oriental Classic Tabby (41 to 41y, excluding silvers), Oriental Mackerel Tabby (44 to 44y, excluding silvers), Oriental Ticked Tabby (45 to 45y, excluding silvers) shall be registered on the EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER.
4. REFERENCE REGISTER
All cats of Siamese appearance (i.e. Siamese type with blue eyes and colour restricted to the points) which have in their pedigrees within five generations any breeds other than the above shall be registered on the REFERENCE REGISTER.
This ruling shall take effect from 20th October 1993 and shall not be retrospective. From 20th October 1993 any cat born from parents of any breed not included in group 2 shall be registered on the Reference Register, and so shall their suitable offspring for the required number of generations.
In the case of breeds of different type or coat quality the number of generations shall be increased to twelve when practicable.
Should any further colours of Siamese be developed as a breed (e.g. Smoke Point, Silver Tabby Point etc.) the appropriate cats may be registered on the Siamese EXPERIMENTAL REGISTER at the request of the Siamese Cat Joint Advisory Committee. Those cats already registered on the Reference Register shall then be treated as if they were registered on the Experimental Register.
NOTE: All Red Point, Cream Point or Apricot Point Siamese with one or more Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby parents must be registered as Red, Cream or Apricot Tabby Points until proved otherwise. In the case of cats imported onto the GCCF register, no cat with a Tabby Point or Oriental Tabby within five generations may be registered as a Red, Cream or Apricot Point unless either
a. the cat has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti, or
b. there is a non-red, non-agouti cat breaking the line descending from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby, or
c. a Red, Cream or Apricot Point in the line descended from the Tabby Point/Oriental Tabby has been proved by test matings to be non-agouti.
Agreed October 2003/effective June 2004