Thread: Eye candy for yah'll

Thank you for sites of truly stunning white "tigers". The smokey cat muzzle is almost frightening.

however lovely my Coonies look to me, I don't think they'll stand the remotest of chances among all those stunners you see at shows

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Well said. However, our kitties are CUTE AND ADORABLE. They have a different job and purpose -MAKING US HAPPY. I think they are very fortunate not to be slaves of a "cat walk", not to be baby machines in the breeding compound but to serve a very honorary goal to have their own slaves and to make them content and happy.

Some stunning cats on there but I am not sure that I would ever want to go into the show circuit, I am getting a Maine Coon because I think they are gorgeous because I want to give my fluff ball (at the moment) a loving home. She may not be a picture perfect breed specimen but I think she is beautiful.

And that is enough for me

If you ever do - don't do it with a white one! lol! Get a brown one - they dont show the dirt

Originally Posted by Wendy1969

If you ever do - don't do it with a white one! lol! Get a brown one - they dont show the dirt

I agree in one respect I find Wellys white a pain & actually ran a thread on here about getting white socks white, but the one & only time I really got took up on presentation was with my brown tabby boy,I don't know who was having an off day,him or me with the preparation but his coat was as dull as dull,very noticable with a dark coloured cat,so does have the down sides as well....!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

I agree in one respect I find Wellys white a pain & actually ran a thread on here about getting white socks white, but the one & only time I really got took up on presentation was with my brown tabby boy,I don't know who was having an off day,him or me with the preparation but his coat was as dull as dull,very noticable with a dark coloured cat,so does have the down sides as well....!

Yes - that was meant tongue in cheek I often joke that my next show cat will be a Sphinx, or one that just needs a quick rub over with a damp cloth on show morning
We must be seriously daft to do all that washing, drying, brushing, powdering and general titivating....

I have a brown tabby myself and for the first time in nearly four years he looks really super, his coat is all shiney with no knots or mats. I wish I knew what I'd done because I would do the same to Alfie (my solid white boy) - he looks total rubbish at the moment!

couldn't agree more...my babies are that first..my babies. I have taken cats out to show and have given up quickly because they simply do not like it but I have others who are fine with it all.. Showing Maine Coons has changed my life in many ways and first and foremost has led me to have great friendships all over the country. We have great fun at shows... it can be stressful...getting up at silly o'clock..exhaustive bathing...rather expensive costs....but when we get there the comiradary sets in..something keeps dragging us all back

Originally Posted by Leonais

couldn't agree more...my babies are that first..my babies. I have taken cats out to show and have given up quickly because they simply do not like it but I have others who are fine with it all.. Showing Maine Coons has changed my life in many ways and first and foremost has led me to have great friendships all over the country. We have great fun at shows... it can be stressful...getting up at silly o'clock..exhaustive bathing...rather expensive costs....but when we get there the comiradary sets in..something keeps dragging us all back

Silly o' clock good way of putting it,will use that next time I am asked what time we are leaving,seeing that you are way up country I reckon you are like us,as we live right on the Norfolk coast we are looking at well over the hour to even leave the county so have to do a fair bit of travelling to the shows,if it is anything around two & a half hours we reckon we are lucky it is so close,have given up on the four hour drives now though,cost of fuel is a good incentive.Looks as if the higher costs are starting to hit now though doesn't it,a lot of the shows seem to have lower numbers attending,when we next hit the road with our preened furry,in the dark & freezing cold will think of you.....

I have a brown tabby myself and for the first time in nearly four years he looks really super, his coat is all shiney with no knots or mats. I wish I knew what I'd done because I would do the same to Alfie (my solid white boy) - he looks total rubbish at the moment![/QUOTE]

Do you think as they mature their coats seem to settle into condition more,with Merlyn one show he would bathe up great the next one not so good so you had to work that bit harder on the grooming,a month on & it would all fall into place again,by the time he retired he was coming up to four & he was just so easy to prepare that it made me think it was because all the growing was finished & the body more settled,another year for the two babes to hit that landmark so fingers crossed.Poor Alfie,have you got to try & get his "rubbish"coat looking good for any shows in the near future,looking at his photos I can't imagine him ever being that bad....!

Originally Posted by Samantha

Some stunning cats on there but I am not sure that I would ever want to go into the show circuit, I am getting a Maine Coon because I think they are gorgeous because I want to give my fluff ball (at the moment) a loving home. She may not be a picture perfect breed specimen but I think she is beautiful.

And that is enough for me

I think you will find that all of us on here have our cats because we love the breed,first & foremost they are pets & a loving most wanted part of the family,wether for breeding & lets face it without that we wouldn't have our darlings or going out into the show world to let people see what an absolute fantastic breed they are in temperment alone without the look side,its a time when many wanna be owners come to either confirm yes thats the breed I want or were not sure but now we are,my flat chested out of proportion,flat footed,kinked tail,big gogo eyed girl is equally a purrfect specimen to me of the breed as all the others,all mine have been acquired for that reason,to be luved,but,as I have posted on other threads before although I didn't intend showing I started a bit by default & once again say "Never say never",I don't show with one of the registrations because one cat was never happy there & if I hadn't found out about showing with another would have given up there & then,my cats happiness comes first but now we go off & have a super sociable day out amoungst new friends,sharing food & drinks sitting beside our cats pens,having them out for kisses & cuddles & generally all having a good day out....

Originally Posted by Halcyon

The smokey cat muzzle is almost frightening.

Which one is that? Do you mean the little fellow named Marshall at the PrairieBaby site? When I saw that one my first thought was: "Wow, El Monto on steroids!"