Looking forward to the first cat show of 2012! - UPDATED with photos!

Fridaycat

So, the two Bengals, Spot and Lula, have been cleaned, groomed and beautified (much to their disgust!) and tomorrow bright and early (or rather dark and early :rotfl:) we shall be heading off to Warwickshire to the first show of 2012 and the first time I have taken them both to a show together!

It is the Shorthair Cat Society show at Stoneleigh, so pop along if you're in the area and love cats! It will be open to the public from about 12:30-ish and only costs a pound or two admission!

Person_one

What actually happens at a cat show? There's no way they trot round in circles like dogs...is there?

Fridaycat

Person_one wrote: »

What actually happens at a cat show? There's no way they trot round in circles like dogs...is there?

Noooo

All the cats are kept in pens for the day (comfortably). They are usually entered into 4 classes - one breed class and three misc classes. The breed class is the most important for titles etc and these are judged in the morning.

So, you get your cat settled in their pen, and then all owners have to leave the hall at around 10am to ensure anonymity. Then the judges come round with a steward each and a little portable table, they get each cat out of the pen, and judge them on points such as size of ears, markings, coat, tail or whatever (depends on the breed).

They then place them accordingly and also choose Best of Breed. (Spot won that at his first show). Then all the BoBs are judged together to decide Best in Show - Adult, Neuter or Kitten (Spot won BiS kitten, too )

The misc classes in the afternoon are exactly the same, but the owners are allowed in the hall, though they must move out of the way if a judge comes to their cat.

That's it in a nutshell really.

Frugalista

Good luck for tomorrow Fridaycat .

Our first dog show of the year is in a couple of weeks.

Fridaycat

Frugalista wrote: »

Good luck for tomorrow Fridaycat .

Our first dog show of the year is in a couple of weeks.

Thanks :j Good luck to you too :T

gettingready

Good luck tomorrow and lots of photos after pls

Fridaycat

gettingready wrote: »

Good luck tomorrow and lots of photos after pls

Thanks, gettingready! The camera is packed in my bag

gettingready

do not forget to charge the batteries/take charger with you

Fridaycat

gettingready wrote: »

do not forget to charge the batteries/take charger with you

Already done! And I have transferred the previous photos to the computer so there is lots of room on the memory card

gettingready

ok, was just about to mention check the space on memory card LOL

so.. wipe the lens now ha ha ha

make sure all is puuuuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrfect

rising_from_the_ashes

Best of luck for today Friday .... can't wait to see the pics later!:D