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post #1 of 31
10/16/09 at 9:54am
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Who has cat shows coming up.
I have a few shows coming up.
CFA
Oct 25th 6 Rings/Visalia
Nov 7th and 8th 6x6 show/San Jose
Dec 19th 6 Rings/Vallejo
TICA
Nov 28th and 29th/Pleasanton
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post #2 of 31
10/16/09 at 10:00am
ACFA - Oct 31/Nov1 - Sioux Falls SD

Next shows won't be till January and maybe one in February.
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post #3 of 31
10/16/09 at 12:47pm
I'm thinking of going to a one day show Nov 7 in Longview, Wa.
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post #4 of 31
10/16/09 at 2:27pm
We've got our last show of the season Oct 25th, there are no shows over Summer and we start again late Feb 210 but my girls will either be in kitten or off being mated at that point so no adult shows for them for quite some time.
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post #5 of 31
10/16/09 at 2:36pm
We have just one show in November, Jamestown, NC. 3 cats/kittens entered:

Rome as an alter
Jack as 7 month old kitten
Classy Chassis as 5 month old kitten

Next show is early January, Raleigh, NC. 5 cats/kittens entered:

Rome as an alter
Jack as an alter
Firecracker as an alter
Classy Chassis as a 7 month old kitten
Razzle Dazzle as a 6 month old kitten

Then the same cats, same status in February, Raleigh, NC

May fit a CFA show in for Firecracker as well. He was supposedly close to Granding in CFA as a un-altered adult.
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post #6 of 31
10/16/09 at 3:51pm
All three of our Sphynx will be shown next weekend, the 24th and 25th. The girls will have the one show under their belt from July and this will be Monty's first.

I am excited as all be because the show was so fun last time and now that I know what's going on, this will be so much more fun

The show is 8 rings per day. I really don't understand when they talk about 8 specialty rings and 8 allbreed...maybe someone can explain what the specialty rings are all about?

Susan
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post #7 of 31
10/16/09 at 5:17pm
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Susan,
I can explain the difference to you.
You get more points in the Allbreed rings when you final.
In an Allbreed ring, the judge will see all of the cats in one of the competitive category, regardless of the length of their coat. For example, in an Allbreed ring, a judge will ultimately evaluate the nearly naked Sphynx cat, considered a Short Hair (SH) breed against the full-coated Maine Coon cat, considered a Long Hair (LH) breed, and every breed in between. If there are 100 total cats of 30 different LH and SH breeds in Championship, each judge will evaluate each of these 100 cats.
The Specialty judge will follow the same basic procedure, except that he or she will judge all of the Short Hair cats separately from all of the Long Hair cats.
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post #8 of 31
10/16/09 at 5:31pm
Ok, I think I get it...kinda LOL. I will know more when I see how the judging is laid out. I did do some reading on it after I posted, Jacky, but it doesn't make much difference to me in the long run. I loved the last show and know this will be just as good
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post #9 of 31
10/16/09 at 5:41pm
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One of the judges at your show was at are show.
I looked at the show flyer.
You have the same judges both days.
We only see each judge once at the TICA shows here.
You can get finals from the same judge twice which is good.
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post #10 of 31
10/16/09 at 5:59pm
I will not be showing any cats now until March/April.

However I am attending the last cat show in NZ for the year - 2 weeks from today.
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post #11 of 31
10/16/09 at 6:31pm
Nial - don't know how TICA works it, but in CFA you don't carry the status of adult championship to the alter classes - they start all over - he would go in as an Open in the alter classes and "re-earn" the champion and grand. Only it would be "Premier".

In ACFA you carry whatever title you are at in championship to the alter classes - you don't have to restart.


Skewch - Allbreed is long and short hair cats competing for the 10 finals. Specialty is only long or only short hair and they usually have top 5 finals (unless its over a certain amount in one class; then they do top 10).
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post #12 of 31
10/16/09 at 6:52pm
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Firecracker has to get 6 Winners Ribbons as a open first.
Once he has 6 Winners Ribbons he can start earning grand points.
If he makes any finals as a open the points will not count towards a grand.
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post #13 of 31
10/16/09 at 6:55pm
GK, ok that makes sense, just the way you stated it. I know that when Maddie became a champion it was in the Allbreed class. I think she did well
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post #14 of 31
10/17/09 at 5:51am
Forgot to add Nana & I will be taking two kittens to the Oct 31st show - the kitten of the year & her mad brother Jarmies.

And also for the third year running we're taking a cat that is due to have kittens on that day. My Nana will never learn.
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post #15 of 31
10/17/09 at 10:10am
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Where you going to put the cat that is due that day?
I am being told that Cleos breeder might be atthe Arcadia show in Feb.
That is 51/2 to 6 hours south of here.
A few people told me that yesterday.
In Jan I might do 4 shows.
I will go to Lodi,Stockton and San Jose for sure.
I might do San Diego because Wrinkles breeder wants to learn to show.
I have already given her a lot of advice on showing and we have talked about me teaching her how to show in San Diego.
Here is my list of Jan shows.
Tica
Lodi Jan 8th-10th
CFA
Jan 16th Stockton
Jan 24th/25th San Diego maybe
Jan 30th/31rst San Jose
That could change because there is a TICA show in Arcadia that weekend also.
They are getting very pushy for me to go to Arcadia.
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post #16 of 31
10/17/09 at 2:32pm
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Originally Posted by mews2much View Post
In Jan I might do 4 shows.
I would not do 4 shows in a month, every other week is enough and even then for some cats that's too often. Every week is really pushing it too far.
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post #17 of 31
10/17/09 at 3:48pm
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Both cats will not go to all 4 shows.
The TICA show and Stockton CFA show I am going to for sure.
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post #18 of 31
10/17/09 at 4:38pm
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Originally Posted by mews2much View Post
Where you going to put the cat that is due that day?
In the back of our car - under shade. It's just a small show so we will only be there for a few hours.
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post #19 of 31
10/17/09 at 5:01pm
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I hope she will be ok.
They always have kittens at the wrong time.
My Coco could not live with me before and the day we moved to a place that took cats she had kittens.
I had to leave her where she had been staying.
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post #20 of 31
10/20/09 at 7:18am
I'll be out and about quite a bit this month through December, but these days I don't know where I'm going almost up until the show closes. Lots of factors to consider. . . I'm training some kittens and will be showing them as adults. I'm averaging 2-3 shows a month now, but will be hitting the trail harder once it's time to start competing for granding points.

This weekend I will be at Liberty Trail (Cherry Hill NJ) on Saturday and Southern Dixie (Richmond, VA) on Sunday. Can't say much about where I'll be after that! Nothing is in stone until the entries are in, and even then. . .

As for doing shows every weekend. . . some cats can handle it, others can't, and some even actually need to be out every weekend lest they forget how to show! It all depends on the cat in question. Plus, you do not need to make your cat compete in every ring. This way you don't risk them getting burned out in a ring that wouldn't have rewarded them anyways.
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post #21 of 31
10/20/09 at 1:30pm
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Originally Posted by mews2much View Post
I hope she will be ok.
They always have kittens at the wrong time.
My Coco could not live with me before and the day we moved to a place that took cats she had kittens.
I had to leave her where she had been staying.
She will be fine. Nana has had 50 years of experience and I'm 99% sure that she will have them before then, Nana isn't as confident.

I don't think it's the wrong time - you have control over when pedigree cats have their kittens (to some extent). Flutterby is supposed to be going to stud on Friday and yes the kittens will be due Boxing Day.

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Originally Posted by FerrisCat View Post
I'll be out and about quite a bit this month through December, but these days I don't know where I'm going almost up until the show closes. Lots of factors to consider. . . I'm training some kittens and will be showing them as adults. I'm averaging 2-3 shows a month now, but will be hitting the trail harder once it's time to start competing for granding points.

This weekend I will be at Liberty Trail (Cherry Hill NJ) on Saturday and Southern Dixie (Richmond, VA) on Sunday. Can't say much about where I'll be after that! Nothing is in stone until the entries are in, and even then. . .

As for doing shows every weekend. . . some cats can handle it, others can't, and some even actually need to be out every weekend lest they forget how to show! It all depends on the cat in question. Plus, you do not need to make your cat compete in every ring. This way you don't risk them getting burned out in a ring that wouldn't have rewarded them anyways.
For me it's not an issue about whether the cats will handle it (Fluffy & Tales are so laidback) it's me and my grumpiness after 3 or 4 shows in a row.
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post #22 of 31
10/20/09 at 3:58pm
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For me it's not an issue about whether the cats will handle it (Fluffy & Tales are so laidback) it's me and my grumpiness after 3 or 4 shows in a row.
Ha! Too true. . . I think the next weekend I know I can claim a break is that first full weekend in November. After that, maybe I'll get a break the weekend of the International. Luckily I'll be hitting the holiday season (on a school teacher's schedule) so I'll have some breaks to look forward to during the work week.
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post #23 of 31
10/20/09 at 5:04pm
Too bad I'm not on the East Coast any more - would be able to Grand Jack a lot quicker in CFA shows!
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post #24 of 31
10/20/09 at 6:04pm
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I am not expecting anything this time with Cleo.
The top 2 sphynx in CFA are suppose to be being shown in Premiership and I do not trust Cleo after the TICA show.
We will see what happens.
This is the count.
Are the 13 listed seperate Premiers only?
Say 38 for total.
The Tonks West show to be held on 10/25/2009 has closed. We thank everyone
who has entered and present the entry summary as follows:

LH Kittens - 19

SH Kittens - 40

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AB Kittens - 59

LH Championship - 25

SH Championship - 28

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AB Championship - 53

LH Champions - 10

SH Champions - 12

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AB Champions - 22

LH Premiership - 18

SH Premiership - 20

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AB Premiership - 38

LH Premier - 5

SH Premier - 8

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AB Premier - 13

Total Veterans - 3

Total HHPs - 9

Total Exhibition Only - 6

Total Cats Entered - 168
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post #25 of 31
10/21/09 at 5:26am
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Originally Posted by mews2much View Post
I am not expecting anything this time with Cleo.
The top 2 sphynx in CFA are suppose to be being shown in Premiership and I do not trust Cleo after the TICA show.
We will see what happens.
This is the count.
Are the 13 listed seperate Premiers only?
Say 38 for total.
Yes. The 38 total includes grands and opens.
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post #26 of 31
10/21/09 at 9:20am
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Thanks,
It will be Twilights first show my sisters kitten.
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post #27 of 31
10/22/09 at 12:04pm
I have just entered my open cat, Safiya and my sister's spayed cat, Zahra into a one day show in Longview, Wa. Hopefully we can socialize them enough to be OK with the trip between now and then. My sister's cat has a leg-up on mine since she brings her to my parents place every few weekends and lets her run rampant all over the house. Zahra is a beautiful little girl and is very outgoing. Safiya is open with me and very friendly with visitors, but I will be bringing her out with me to feed stores and such to get her used to crowds.
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post #28 of 31
10/24/09 at 9:56pm
There is one TICA show and one CFA show I want to go to in November but I'm not sure yet if I can make it. The TICA one is near Milwaukee so I would have to stay overnight.

They're not shows but there are three more Halloween contests I'm hoping to enter this month! So far I've entered three costume contests, and we got first place in all three. I had my cat Harlequin dressed as Little Red Riding Hood and Bianca my German Shepherd as the Big Bad Wolf.
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post #29 of 31
10/25/09 at 12:31am
Too many during Nov and Dec, almost every week and each one in a different country....sigh campaigning is very very painful!
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post #30 of 31
10/25/09 at 12:53am
I'm going to a CFA show Dec. 12-13 in Phoenix, taking all my HHP girls. I've also entered Merlin as an alter but don't expect him to do anything. He'll be just over 8 months old and is pet quality rather than show quality. The main reason I entered him is because I don't want to leave him home alone for two days. I might not have a house left standing when I get home.

Heather is entering Willow (Goldy) in the same show, show I'll get to see her then.
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