Thread: Shwo results

Rasputin attended his first show today and it was a bit of a mixed bag. Unfortunately the judges determined that he’s not a blue silver but a silver (4 separate judges confirmed this) and so he had to be disqualified from the breed class. They were really nice about it but said only the breeder can change his registered colour so couldn't correct it at the show.

The good news is that the judges spoke to me and said they were impressed with him in terms of presentation, personality and looks and that they’d really recommend he gets registered in the correct colour as they think he’d do well and they also said they would have been happy to give him first place in the class.

I'm a bit gutted to be honest as (I'm sure everyone knows) it's not cheap sending them to a show and I had to pay the full cost of registering as well as the transfer cost initially. On the positive side at least they thought he had potential!

Do you all think I'm justified in expecting the breeder to pay the cost of amending his registration? I wasn't entirely happy paying everything to register him initially but decided to go ahead and not make a fuss because I didn't say I was planning to show him when I originally bought him but think it would be a bit unfair if I was expected to pay for (what essentially) wasn't my fault. I have emailed the breeder asking if she can sort it out but just thought would get some opinions as to what a fair solution would be...

PS Just noticed I made a lovely typo in the title of this... It's been a long day!
Anyway, picture of kitty at the show...