Thread: First cat show

We have found both FB & TICA to be much more relaxed & that in its self makes it seem friendlier but I also think it is because you are allowed to stay with your cats all the while, you tend to get there & make friends with your neighbour even down to sharing any goodies you take along & everything seems much more nicer for both cat & owner.We always have fans to put on our cages if it is too warm but I know once at a GCCF show we were told to remove them & it was a boiling hot day so several of us said we would withdraw our cats & in the end were allowed to keep them on,don't know if that rule has been changed but you don't have to worry at either of the other two.Luckily most of the halls the FB use are sports halls so there is AC being pumped round.Did go to one show where it had gone wrong & it was so cold we even went & bought extra blankets for the cats to cuddle up into,can you imagine MC's tucked up....Also at FB & I think TICA when your cat gets the required certificates or points to become champion etc you have to move up into the next class,so at FB if you do a two day show & on the first day your cat gets its last certificate for that level you have to go & report it & the next day you would start working for the next level up, it might have changed now at GCCF but you did used to be able to put your cat in for a certificate that they already held. In the FB once your cat has reached the top you can enter for Prize of Honour that then entitles that cat to have the chance of being nominated & go for Best in Show which is great if you have a cat that you want to continue showing. We have done that with our Merl but now he goes along occasionally just to be on exhibition & lay in his chair all day having the fuss & cuddles that he has become accustomed too & he luvs it....not something he could have done at a GCCF show.