cats ovulate after mating takes place, the mating process indicates to the female cat to ovulate & then she releases eggs. (which is why they are such good reproducers)
But with dogs the bitch will ovulate - ie release eggs, then she will be mated.
When I was doing some reproduction training in artificial insemination (dogs) with Gary England recently, we got chatting about other species & I asked him if it would be possible to AI a cat (just out of interest) & he said in theory you could & people have tried, but it's very difficult & it's not just the presence of semen that induces the ovulation, it's the behaviour & the mating process too, so weather she's ovulate from being inseminated would be questionable......
He went on to make a very good point, that it would be extrememly difficult collecting a semen sample from a cat.
(I hadn't thought of that)
Edit to add ~ I have no idea about colour genetics in cats. (I have enough trouble understanding it with the labs & they only come in 3 colours)
