Breeding and Registration Rules

date of issue: 01.01.2008

5 Titles

5.1 Distinguished Merit (DM)

The FIFe title of “Distinguished Merit (DM)” shall be awarded to a cat according to the following rules:

a. The required number of offspring to gain the titles of IC/IP or higher or DM should be a minimum of 5 for a female cat and a minimum of 10 for a male cat.

b. Only FIFe registered titles are valid.

c. The owner may claim the title “DM” in the same manner as other existing titles are claimed.

d. The “DM” shall be placed after the full name of the cat.

A female cat with 5 or more offspring which have been awarded the minimum title of IC/IP or DM will be awarded the title Distinguished Merit (DM).

A male cat with 10 or more offspring which have been awarded the minimum title of IC/IP or DM will be awarded the title Distinguished Merit (DM).

5.2 List of FIFe titles

6 Appendix I - DELETED

7 Appendix II - Registration preliminary recognized breeds (DSP-PEB)

The rules regarding these individual breeds shall be transferred to the appropriate articles of the Breeding and Registration rules if and when full recognition is obtained for one ore both of the breeds. This means that 7.1 will become 2.6.12, 7.2 will become 2.6.13, 7.3 will be integrated in 4.1 and 7.4 will become 4.4.2.3. (The examples will not be transferred)

If and when full recognition is not obtained before 01.01.2012 this annex is deleted.

7.1 PEB (Peterbald)

PEB x * br may be used for breeding PEB *

When breeding PEB:

• Naked cats as a result of a cross mating with permitted outcross should be registered as XSH *(PEB) and can be re-registered to PEB, according to article 4.4.5.1.
• Non-naked cats as a result of a crossbreeding with permitted outcross should be registered as XSH * (PEB) / XLH * (PEB) and cannot be re-registered.

They may be used for breeding PEB after permission from the national FIFe member,

• It is strictly prohibited to use XSH * (PEB) and XLH * (PEB) with BAL, OLH, OSH, SIA, SYL ↦ SYS or where BAL, OLH, OSH, SIA, SYL & SYS are the target breed

* means additional information following the EMS system; i.e. lower case basic colour letter etc.

Examples

PEB x PEB - Mating Peterbald to Peterbald.
(Indicating possible offspring and how these should be registered)

Allowed Outcross : PEB x Cat IV - Mating a Peterbald to another Cat. IV cat.
(Indicating possible offspring and how these should be registered)

7.2 DSP (Don Sphynx)

DSP x * br may be used for breeding DSP.

When breeding DSP:

• Offspring with normal coat shall be registered as XSH * (DSP) / XLH * (DSP) and are only allowed for breeding DSP with permission from the national member.

* Means additional information following the EMS system; i.e. lower case basic colour letter etc.

DSP x DSP - Mating a DSP to a DSP
(Indicating possible offspring and how these should be registered)

7.3 Table of preliminary breeds with recommended outcross

7.4 Brush ‘br’

The code ‘br’ – brush should be added to the EMS code as an indication of the hair length and is exclusively reserved for the registration of PEB and DSP.

The word ‶brush※ means

• Fine wavy often wire hair on the whole body, with bold areas on the head, upper part of the neck or on the back of more than 2 mm. in length.

Registration examples:

A seal point brush PEB should be registered as: PEB x n br 33

Brush blacktortie silver blotched bicolour DSP should be registered as: DSP x fs br 03 21

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