People love using labels to describe and mark things, events or even each other. It’s easier to stick a tag on something than to understand it. The same thing happens with genes. If a gene creates an unusual look, then it gets labeled as “designer”, which by the way, is still a very elegant way of naming things. This is nothing new in the breeding world, it was always like that. Let's start with a little history lesson and go back to the 1920s. The chocolate and lilac genes.

How the 2025 Update Impacts DBE Breeders in the UK This week, the GCCF introduced formal registration guidelines for cats carrying Dominant Blue Eye (DBE) variants. There was also a small update — a paragraph in a policy document — but for those of us working transparently with these lines, it meant everything. “The registration policy for the breed does not exclude DBE cats from GCCF registration.” — GCCF Registration Policy, 2025 update For the first time, structure replace