THE TCA REGISTRY MANUAL ©

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Three photos (2 sides and front views) can be provided with any Registration Application for inclusion in our Stud Book.

We can use digital pictures via e-mail.

All purebred Traditional and Classic Cats without Registration Certificates can apply for Registration as Foundation Stock. See the procedures outline previously.

If your adult cats were not registered and were sold, but you still have a litter of kittens from them, each kitten can be registered with TCA, Inc. as Foundation Stock. It is your choice to register the entire litter or only the kittens you plan on keeping. That decision is entirely up to you.

Cats Registered as Foundation Stock can be sold. There is no limitation connected with their level or Registration. Since they are entered in the TCA, Inc. database, they can advance toward Pure Foundation Stock Status for their new owners.

Kittens produced from Foundation Stock parents are registered as Foundation Stock until their parents produce three litters proving purity. At that time, and at the request of the owner, their parents are advanced to the Pure Foundation Stock and issued new registration certificates. Then the kittens produced (including the first three litters) from those Pure Foundation Stock parents are eligible to be registered as Championship Stock. The pivot point is providing proof of purity by breeding three litters to provide that proof. The TCA, Inc. database does this work for the breeder. As the applications for Registration of the kittens come in, the TCA, Inc. Co-Head Registrars issues the new certificates reflecting the new status.

A breeder doesn’t have to keep any of the kittens from Foundation Stock parents to upgrade their parents to Pure Foundation Stock. The kittens can be all sold, if the breeder wishes. Again, however, the breeder needs to send TCA, Inc. the registration applications for the litters to prove purity of their parents. We need to have all of that in our database, which becomes our permanent record. The advantage of keeping kittens from Pure Foundation Stock to further a breeding program is that they can become registered as Championship Stock.

If a breeder is uncertain about what breed a cat is, that section can be left blank and our Genetics Committee can decide what "breed name" to give to the cat, using the photos provided. Registration is not denied, if this section is not filled in.

We are always willing to answer any questions and offer all the help we can provide.