(10-17-2012 04:56 PM)Rocky Balzibo Wrote:  A high end cat for me is a well-traited cat with a newer trait(s) that many people would want and is willing to pay for it. Like having a high end car in RL, say a Ferrari, the desirablity of owning one, the rarity, and the performance drives the price up for that car.
Newer traits are always in demand and desirable, atleast in the world of competitive breeding, and performance would be the actual breeding value of the cat.

Personal preference plays a lesser part when it comes to high end cats in my opinion, because to make a high end cat with both value in itself (high price) and with high breeding value (good to get into your breeding program) you are somewhat constricted to having newer traits, especially fur and eye.

(10-17-2012 05:34 PM)Sanura Snowpaw Wrote:  I breed what I love but I do try to go for a unique combo, mixing new with old. As almost everyone who knows me knows and can tell you I am a sucker for soft fold ears so I put them on nearly everything I breed, luckily there are others who share a love of the cats I've bred so I am able to get a fair price.

I do think many people will overlook a cat that isn't their ideal because of one small thing, be it a fur, eye color ect. and forget that part of breeding is putting together the traits and fur combos that you want. I've bought cats who had a single trait I wanted in order to be able to push it into another line.

(10-17-2012 05:03 PM)Kayleigh McMillan Wrote:  Yes I agree, if we can have mutiple rare/new traits in one cat we have a better short cut in our breeding programs.
But for example as with whiskers I especially like plush and avoid the more recessive whisker so if a more recessive whisker is present in such trait combination I likely not buy the kitty so in such case taste matters as well.
The whiskers of the kitty have a prominent place in the expression of a kitty while a tail matters less to me eventhough I prefer a long tail over the short tails.

(10-17-2012 05:45 PM)Rocky Balzibo Wrote:  Well that is your personal preference, but, take a 9T cat with BooBoo whiskers and a completely similar one but with plush whisker instead. To me the booboo cat is way more high-end then the exact similar cat with plush whisker, due to rarity. That's why personal preference does not matter much when it comes to how I define a high-end cat.

(10-17-2012 10:09 PM)Sanura Snowpaw Wrote:  Kay lets talk and I can look and see what I might have but sometimes I have rounded hiding also it shows later and only sometimes when I didn't even know it was there.

I have to admit I hadn't noticed the Boo Boo or Wavy whiskers not having a back side to them. LOL I guess I spend to much time staring at their little faces to see the back HAHAHA