Thread: What showing does to you..!

Hi Karen,on the whole he loves the shows,just gets a bit grumpy if he makes it to the Best in Show panel but after being tipped out of bed at 4.30am & at 5pm you are expected to look your best I suppose it is easy to let the smile slip.Will be interesting to see how Freyja takes to it,not long now.
Hi Candes,with FB you stay with your cats all the while & you present your own cat for judging,the only time anyone else holds them is if they get through to BIS then a steward takes over,because of that I found I used to have my cats out on my lap more waiting to go up or when they came back we would always have an extra cuddle & thats when people would walk past & stop to talk to you about them,brave ones would ask if they could touch them & all of mine have cottoned on that life on the outside of the bars is a lot more rewarding than being shut up & as you can see it can be a very relaxing day,for cat & owner.Best in Variety is hard to explain but basically when all the cats in each group have been judged in their respective classes if there is three or more they can then be grouped together to judged for an overall BIV,entire & neuters are done seperate but kittens & juniors can be put together,because of the number of cats needed to make up enough groups under each respective judge it very often doesn't happen & because it is now recognised how difficult it can be to get them there is a special award if your cat gets ten of them.If you go onto the Felis Britanica site,go into clubs & look up the Aristocats site it is explained a lot better along with how the show is basically run.We love going for the social side of things,made lots of new friends up & down the whole country,just wish I was brave enough to get them pet passported then I might have been able to go over to Holland & meet up with Antonia,great to think they were doing the same over there on Sunday.