I'm back from my first show with my DSH kitten Church.
It was a lot of fun!
Church did really well. He's only 4 months old so I wasn't sure how he'd react, but he took everything in stride. He was very calm about the whole atmosphere once he got used to it, not scared at all or anything. Not bad for a feral-born kitten!
There were 13 household pets entered but only 12 showed up in all but the first ring. There was only one other kitten in the HHP class, a 4 months old black shorthair who was half Church's size (and a little frightened.) I wasn't sure if the kittens would do well, especially with 12 cats in most of the rings I thought the judges might just eliminate the kittens for the finals (one did.) There were about 4-5 brown tabbies entered but two were longhaired.
Church finaled in 6 out of the 8 rings. In the first ring (13 cats) Church placed 4th. The other rings on Saturday Church placed 6th, 7th, and the last one we didn't final. I think the same cat got 1st in the first three rings, a B+W shorthair. The second day, Church didn't final in the first ring but then got 10th, 7th, and 6th place. Several of the judges commented on his coat (nice/soft) and that he had a sweet expression. We got these really nice medals (made of metal) for placing, and all the HHPs entered also got a toy from each judge in addition to the merit ribbon.
Oh in case anyone hasn't seen him, this is Church:
Church did really well. He's only 4 months old so I wasn't sure how he'd react, but he took everything in stride. He was very calm about the whole atmosphere once he got used to it, not scared at all or anything. Not bad for a feral-born kitten!
There were 13 household pets entered but only 12 showed up in all but the first ring. There was only one other kitten in the HHP class, a 4 months old black shorthair who was half Church's size (and a little frightened.) I wasn't sure if the kittens would do well, especially with 12 cats in most of the rings I thought the judges might just eliminate the kittens for the finals (one did.) There were about 4-5 brown tabbies entered but two were longhaired.
Church finaled in 6 out of the 8 rings. In the first ring (13 cats) Church placed 4th. The other rings on Saturday Church placed 6th, 7th, and the last one we didn't final. I think the same cat got 1st in the first three rings, a B+W shorthair. The second day, Church didn't final in the first ring but then got 10th, 7th, and 6th place. Several of the judges commented on his coat (nice/soft) and that he had a sweet expression. We got these really nice medals (made of metal) for placing, and all the HHPs entered also got a toy from each judge in addition to the merit ribbon.
Oh in case anyone hasn't seen him, this is Church: