Show or no?

Looks like several of us will be at shows on April 4/5 - we are going to an ACFA one. Charlie's last show (yeah I know I keep saying that) and Jack's first show in ACFA and first show that I'll show him. He's got 2 kitten shows with the breeder (CFA).

Charlie really will be the final show for him to qualify for regional awards this season. Then he may go to local ones as a spectator in the cage to hang out with his brother.

You can put "pending" where the registration number goes cause she is a kitten at the show. Then make the change with the official number with the Master Clerk at the show.

Or call up CFA and give them your info and ask if they can give you Cleo's number over the phone. That's what I did with Jack cause I don't have the paper registration back from ACFA. Just told them I needed his number for entering the show.

Originally Posted by mews2much

We have called Cfa 3 times but they do not have any reg number yet.
They said call back in a few days.
They will email it to me or give it to me on the phone.
My mentor said we need it in the next few days.
They sure are slow.

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I'd just enter her and as GK said put "pending" this when you have the info you can email/call the show sec.

Entries have already closed for our shows at the end of April, you sure are lucky in the States!

Suria's last show as a competition cat will be on April 4/5 as well We'll be in Hong Kong!

Good luck to all of us!


BTW - I am VERY pleased to announce that Whata is a one show grand

Neko, your babies are gorgeous If I were a judge, I'd be pleased to final them!

Roxy was really grumpy at the show today. I'm not sure if I should bring her back tomorrow or not. There were only 2 rings and I had to carry her for the judges in both rings because she was hissing.
The two kittens did great though. They seemed completely fine, not nervous at all. Spot got 3rd place in one ring, and Harlequin got 1st place in one and 2nd in the other.

aww, good for your babies...if I remember right, the Arlington Park show is really big with lots of activities and strange noises from all the other activities....probably more than enough to make anyone a little grumpy.

Originally Posted by Nekochan

Roxy was really grumpy at the show today. I'm not sure if I should bring her back tomorrow or not. There were only 2 rings and I had to carry her for the judges in both rings because she was hissing.
The two kittens did great though. They seemed completely fine, not nervous at all. Spot got 3rd place in one ring, and Harlequin got 1st place in one and 2nd in the other.

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Aw poor Roxy! How many rings tomorrow?

Congratulations for Spot and Harlequin's places

Originally Posted by darlili

aww, good for your babies...if I remember right, the Arlington Park show is really big with lots of activities and strange noises from all the other activities....probably more than enough to make anyone a little grumpy.

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That's true. Roxy was at this show last year though and she was fine then. In fact she won best in show last year!

There are two more rings tomorrow, plus the overall 10 best/BIS award... Hopefully tomorrow I'll also have a chance to look at the CFA cat show, I didn't have time today.

I would take her back tomorrow. Congrats on the finals today with the kittens

Well I ended up not bringing Roxy today after all because she refused to get out of bed in the morning.

However, Spot and Harlequin did go today and they did really well again. Harlequin got finals in both rings: 7th in one and 8th in the other. Then they did the top 10 cats with the most points (added up from all the judges.) Well, Harlequin got FIRST PLACE aka "Best Companion Cat"!
I was so surprised! It's nice that even though Roxy didn't win (she won first place last year) we still kept it in the family. One of the judges had a laser pointer and she started playing with Harlequin on the judging table, and she was looping the pointer around in circles and Harley was spinning in circles to chase it.

This was the kittens' first show, they are 7-8 months old and have never even been trained for showing or really taken much of anywhere except my friend's house... They did wonderfully and were very much at ease. Spot meowed a lot in the judging cages but it was a "let me out and cuddle" meow not an "I don't want to be here" meow, and Harlequin just wanted to play-play-play. I brought my friend's 12 year old sister along today to help me with the cats and she kept bringing Harley around to show her to people and stuff and Harlequin took it all in stride.

Here are some photos from today... Some didn't turn out too well because there is a huge window behind the judging area so the photos are backlit.


Spot:





Harlequin trying to play with the judge even though it's not her turn:





Harlequin showing off while the judge talks about her (this was the 'best in show' part):






Harley with her First Place award

Nice pictures even with the window Glad things went very well for you. Looks like you've got a nice winner on your hands

Congratulations

Congratulations again. Will you show the kittens again?

Originally Posted by WellingtonCats

Congratulations again. Will you show the kittens again?

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Or, better said..."are you addicted to showing cats yet?"

Congratulations! Well done kitties!

Originally Posted by Abymummy

Or, better said..."are you addicted to showing cats yet?"

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Oh I was addicted last year, but then Church and Roxy decided they didn't like it so I figured I wouldn't get to show anymore... Now that I have these kittens (like Church, they were feral rescues and not planned) who so far seem to enjoy it, I will continue unless they end up changing their minds like the others. The only problem is there are very few shows in my area in the summer, the last one that is close enough for me is in early May, then there is nothing until September.