| G2 - General Course 2 - Cat breeding for beginners |
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The G2 course has the following contents:
- Responsibilities of the breeder
- Housing and care - laws, permissions and regulations
- Mentorship
- Breeding plan
- Choosing your breeding cats
- Owning a stud
- Owning a breeding female
- Birth control pills
- Basic genetics
- Colour genetics
- Genetic diseases and defects
- Infectious diseases
- Mating
- Pregnancy
- Delivery of the kittens
- Determining the sex of the kittens
- Defects in the kittens
- Hand feeding kittens
- Colour determination
- Registration and certificates
- Development of the kittens
- Evaluating and selecting the kittens
- Selling the kittens
This course is running over eight weeks. Also at this course the students will read articles, do tests, write, and solve problems related to the articles, in groups as well as individually.
Please note that the courses require quite some time from the participants! Most students use over 4 hours per week for the G2 course, but it varies depending on background knowledge and how used they are to studying.
Entering the course
You will be allowed to enter the G2 course only after you have completed the examination for the G1 course.
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Cat owners and breeders who participate in and pass the exams of this course will be listed on a specific page on PawPeds. They will also have the right to use the banner shown above on their websites, to show that they have taken this course.