Should I take 2 cats to show if they'll be competing directly?

I am trying to decide if I should take two cats to the next TICA cat show or not. All my cats who I could show would be in the tabby and white division which means they would be competing directly against each other in the division. I showed two cats last weekend and the other person who was showing a cat in the tabby and white division recommended only showing one cat at a time if they are in the same division because she said otherwise they both will probably end up with less points/finals for the show...
I am not sure now if I should enter two in the show or just one. I would be entering Harlequin and one of her brothers. I would probably take the one who has not been to a show yet, Mr. Grey so I could see if he enjoys it or not...
I'm most likely only going for one day of the show (it's a 2-day show) because I will need to stay overnight.

Why not? Even the purebred owners will put 2 or 3 against each other. Gives the judges more to look at and really makes them "work" at choosing the Best of Breed.

I like showing 2 against each other. I wouldn't be worried about two cats in the same Breed class it's when a breeder has five or six from the same litter in the same COLOUR division that you should be worried

I'd take them both. I'll be showing 2 of my cats in the Entire section against each other next year (different breeds though).

My cats are always against each other, and always split rings. It doesn't bother me at all.

I will be showing all three of my Sphynx in a couple weeks. They will all be up against each other but all different divisions. I want to get them more experienced with it. There are only 4 shows per year that we can go to (not many shows up here) so we need to go to all of them. We enjoyed our first one so much I know this won't be a problem.

I can't wait to show our Monty as it will be his first show. He is very easily handled so I'm hoping the judges like him

I think you should show both your kitties. It's nice to have competition to compare against as well. Good luck!!!

Originally Posted by skewch

I will be showing all three of my Sphynx in a couple weeks. They will all be up against each other but all different divisions. I want to get them more experienced with it.

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They'd be in the same division because they are all considered tabby and white (one is a torbie/white which goes in tabby division).

I guess I will probably show two cats because we also don't have that many shows we can enter for the year...

Show them both.
Wrinkles breeder has decided she will strat showing.
I am trying to see if I can go to San Diego and teach her how to show.
If I do Wrinkles will be shown against her brother.