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Report - cat show - judging - long
Tatts are tattoo's, I am sure you must have some people with tattoo's where
you are, very popular with men although woman now are getting them as well. I have to admit I did come home and relax with a large glass of the good stuff. Lois "Hopitus2" wrote in message ... ROFL and Good For You, Lois! What on earth are "tatts" that the big kitten-rearing dude was "covered in"? From what I've seen around here in cat shows, you got off kind of easy at this smaller venue show wherever you live......goes to demonstrate you can never tell with people; the large stranger was a cat-rescuer which one never would have guess at first sight.....admiration to you also, for judging them all (LOL at "overweight tabby who wanted to escape") and trying to be fair! If I was allowed to drink, and I were in your shoes, I would have had a couple after the whole stressful day was over! "Lois Reay" wrote in message ... : Well here it is my report : : Got up at an ungodly hour to feed and clean my cats and kittens before : driving the 40 odd minutes to the show venue - the hall was already a buzz : with exhibitors grooming and benching their kitties. : : I was not allowed in the show hall so retired with my book steward and other : judges to an upstairs room to wait our summons for proceedings to start - : 8-30am SHARP we were told. : At 9am we were called for the show to begin - this was a three ring show, : the other two Domestic judges each had pedigree assignments to complete : first, so I had all (14) treasured pets to myself. : : I walked into the hall and was aghast to see many of the pet owners sitting : anxiously waiting for me to begin, and then horror of horrors!! I spotted : one of my fellow Burmese breeders sitting there, I knew she owned a domestic : pet, but not only is she a pedigree breeder she is also a registered judge : (I am not, oh why doesn't she go away!!) : : Time for a nervous pee! and to gather my courage! : : All the exhibits were beautiful in their own way - first out was a lovely : black and white, followed by two red and white chaps, then came a brown : tabby and white - gosh this was getting difficult, how to choose, next out : was a brown tabby, a VERY big neuter (wouldn't have wanted to be carrying : him around all day!!) he was timid, last of the L/H was a golden tortie : tabby, she was just beautiful, nice soft coat, lovely markings and groomed : to purrfection, a credit to her owner ( I later found out that she was a : rescued kitten, some boy's had taken her into a pet shop and said to the : owner give us some money for this kitten or we will drown her - the p/s : owner gave them $10) : : Have to make up my mind now on the L/H placings - the golden tortie had it : all, she was clearly (in my eyes) # 1 but the rest I had a battle with - I : conferred with my book steward, we decided it was easier to start marking : the bottom placings and work our way up. : : Once we had completed our top six I read them out to the assembled audience, : some showed no emotion, others were clearly very chuffed. : : Onto the S/H section (eight in all) first out a black smoke, a nicely marked : cat but a rough coat and a bit temperamental, then came a blue and white, : followed by a black and white, complete with dandruff, next was a tortie : harlequin, another well groomed cat, with beaut markings, she was very : inquisitive, then came a cream tabby, a beautiful elegant gent, well : groomed, nice markings, he was nosey and alert. Then out came what can only : be described as an over weight obese cat, a bluecream tabby, her main aim : was to escape, so we quickly returned her to her cage. : Next cat was a tortie silver tabby and white, she was a little stressed, but : had a lovely marble pattern in her coat which was well groomed, she got my : prize for being the best groomed and most unusually marked cat, last but not : least was a tortie tabby bi-colour kitten - I fell in love with this little : lass, she was cuddly, very friendly, alert, well marked and had a coat like : silk. I put her Best S/H in show, runner up was the tortie harlequin. : : After completing the rest of the placings I read them out and concluded : with - I have completed my assignment, I hope I have made some people happy : and not upset to many, but remember there are two other judgings to follow : and anything can happen. : : I was standing around talking to an exhibitor when this BIG guy covered in : tatts approached me, he sounded a bit gruff, can I have a word, I thought : OMG I have upset someone, how will I get out of this - he reached into his : pocket and pulled out................... a packet of photo's - phew!! : He said can I tell you how I came to get the kitten, my mate as down the : river when I car pulled up and out got this chap and dumped a sack, the mate : went over to have a look and inside were four kittens just days old, their : eyes weren't open yet, he gathered them up and took them to the nice man I : was talking too, he rang his partner and said we have a job to do. : : They set about raising these little orphan babies, each taking it in turns : to come home from work every two hours to fed and toilet them. One little : baby had to be put to sleep a few weeks later as the other three sucked and : sucked on him and caused damage beyond repair, he told me both him and his : partner cried and cried when the little fella was put to sleep. : : The photo's were lovely, I asked to have a couple which he gave me, I told : him that his kitten was a real credit to his dedication and love, he said : bringing the kitten to the show and getting best in show was the icing on : the cake. : : When I was asked to nominate a kitty to go forward for the supreme kitty : in show award how could I not put this little one forward knowing her start : in life (she is now seven months old) : The other two kittens in the litter were given to friends so that the couple : who raised them could visit and keep an eye on them growing up. : : I came home exhausted. : : Lois : : |
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Sounds like a good time. although I'm sure there was no way to make
everyone happy. What a great story about the abandoned kitty, being found and raised and turning out to be such a beautiful cat. And another story which goes to prove that cat lovers comes in all shapes and sizes. I have a similiar story about a kitten found in the foothills by our daschund when I was a kid. When we found ours he was also days old, eyes still unopened. Unfortunately, it was too late for his siblings, but we fed him with a medicine dropper and he grew up and is the only cat my mom ever liked - perhaps because, if the truth is told, she did most of the night feeding and care of the little guy. On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 12:38:54 +1200, "Lois Reay" wrote: Well here it is my report Got up at an ungodly hour to feed and clean my cats and kittens before driving the 40 odd minutes to the show venue - the hall was already a buzz with exhibitors grooming and benching their kitties. I was not allowed in the show hall so retired with my book steward and other judges to an upstairs room to wait our summons for proceedings to start - 8-30am SHARP we were told. At 9am we were called for the show to begin - this was a three ring show, the other two Domestic judges each had pedigree assignments to complete first, so I had all (14) treasured pets to myself. I walked into the hall and was aghast to see many of the pet owners sitting anxiously waiting for me to begin, and then horror of horrors!! I spotted one of my fellow Burmese breeders sitting there, I knew she owned a domestic pet, but not only is she a pedigree breeder she is also a registered judge (I am not, oh why doesn't she go away!!) Time for a nervous pee! and to gather my courage! All the exhibits were beautiful in their own way - first out was a lovely black and white, followed by two red and white chaps, then came a brown tabby and white - gosh this was getting difficult, how to choose, next out was a brown tabby, a VERY big neuter (wouldn't have wanted to be carrying him around all day!!) he was timid, last of the L/H was a golden tortie tabby, she was just beautiful, nice soft coat, lovely markings and groomed to purrfection, a credit to her owner ( I later found out that she was a rescued kitten, some boy's had taken her into a pet shop and said to the owner give us some money for this kitten or we will drown her - the p/s owner gave them $10) Have to make up my mind now on the L/H placings - the golden tortie had it all, she was clearly (in my eyes) # 1 but the rest I had a battle with - I conferred with my book steward, we decided it was easier to start marking the bottom placings and work our way up. Once we had completed our top six I read them out to the assembled audience, some showed no emotion, others were clearly very chuffed. Onto the S/H section (eight in all) first out a black smoke, a nicely marked cat but a rough coat and a bit temperamental, then came a blue and white, followed by a black and white, complete with dandruff, next was a tortie harlequin, another well groomed cat, with beaut markings, she was very inquisitive, then came a cream tabby, a beautiful elegant gent, well groomed, nice markings, he was nosey and alert. Then out came what can only be described as an over weight obese cat, a bluecream tabby, her main aim was to escape, so we quickly returned her to her cage. Next cat was a tortie silver tabby and white, she was a little stressed, but had a lovely marble pattern in her coat which was well groomed, she got my prize for being the best groomed and most unusually marked cat, last but not least was a tortie tabby bi-colour kitten - I fell in love with this little lass, she was cuddly, very friendly, alert, well marked and had a coat like silk. I put her Best S/H in show, runner up was the tortie harlequin. After completing the rest of the placings I read them out and concluded with - I have completed my assignment, I hope I have made some people happy and not upset to many, but remember there are two other judgings to follow and anything can happen. I was standing around talking to an exhibitor when this BIG guy covered in tatts approached me, he sounded a bit gruff, can I have a word, I thought OMG I have upset someone, how will I get out of this - he reached into his pocket and pulled out................... a packet of photo's - phew!! He said can I tell you how I came to get the kitten, my mate as down the river when I car pulled up and out got this chap and dumped a sack, the mate went over to have a look and inside were four kittens just days old, their eyes weren't open yet, he gathered them up and took them to the nice man I was talking too, he rang his partner and said we have a job to do. They set about raising these little orphan babies, each taking it in turns to come home from work every two hours to fed and toilet them. One little baby had to be put to sleep a few weeks later as the other three sucked and sucked on him and caused damage beyond repair, he told me both him and his partner cried and cried when the little fella was put to sleep. The photo's were lovely, I asked to have a couple which he gave me, I told him that his kitten was a real credit to his dedication and love, he said bringing the kitten to the show and getting best in show was the icing on the cake. When I was asked to nominate a kitty to go forward for the supreme kitty in show award how could I not put this little one forward knowing her start in life (she is now seven months old) The other two kittens in the litter were given to friends so that the couple who raised them could visit and keep an eye on them growing up. I came home exhausted. Lois |
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"Steve Touchstone" wrote in message ... Sounds like a good time. although I'm sure there was no way to make everyone happy. What a great story about the abandoned kitty, being found and raised and turning out to be such a beautiful cat. And another story which goes to prove that cat lovers comes in all shapes and sizes. I have a similiar story about a kitten found in the foothills by our daschund when I was a kid. When we found ours he was also days old, eyes still unopened. Unfortunately, it was too late for his siblings, but we fed him with a medicine dropper and he grew up and is the only cat my mom ever liked - perhaps because, if the truth is told, she did most of the night feeding and care of the little guy. Yes Steve when you hand rear a kitten (or any animal for that matter) you seem to form a very special bond - at the moment I am feeding one of Phoebes TEN kittens with an eye dropper as she is not putting on the weight that the others are - they are a week old today. Lois |
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"You're a braver man than I, Gunga Din." Good work, Lois -- does sound
exhausting but the kitten story was quite a wonderful one -- thanks for the report! Christine "Lois Reay" wrote in message ... Well here it is my report Got up at an ungodly hour to feed and clean my cats and kittens before driving the 40 odd minutes to the show venue - the hall was already a buzz with exhibitors grooming and benching their kitties. I was not allowed in the show hall so retired with my book steward and other judges to an upstairs room to wait our summons for proceedings to start - 8-30am SHARP we were told. At 9am we were called for the show to begin - this was a three ring show, the other two Domestic judges each had pedigree assignments to complete first, so I had all (14) treasured pets to myself. I walked into the hall and was aghast to see many of the pet owners sitting anxiously waiting for me to begin, and then horror of horrors!! I spotted one of my fellow Burmese breeders sitting there, I knew she owned a domestic pet, but not only is she a pedigree breeder she is also a registered judge (I am not, oh why doesn't she go away!!) Time for a nervous pee! and to gather my courage! All the exhibits were beautiful in their own way - first out was a lovely black and white, followed by two red and white chaps, then came a brown tabby and white - gosh this was getting difficult, how to choose, next out was a brown tabby, a VERY big neuter (wouldn't have wanted to be carrying him around all day!!) he was timid, last of the L/H was a golden tortie tabby, she was just beautiful, nice soft coat, lovely markings and groomed to purrfection, a credit to her owner ( I later found out that she was a rescued kitten, some boy's had taken her into a pet shop and said to the owner give us some money for this kitten or we will drown her - the p/s owner gave them $10) Have to make up my mind now on the L/H placings - the golden tortie had it all, she was clearly (in my eyes) # 1 but the rest I had a battle with - I conferred with my book steward, we decided it was easier to start marking the bottom placings and work our way up. Once we had completed our top six I read them out to the assembled audience, some showed no emotion, others were clearly very chuffed. Onto the S/H section (eight in all) first out a black smoke, a nicely marked cat but a rough coat and a bit temperamental, then came a blue and white, followed by a black and white, complete with dandruff, next was a tortie harlequin, another well groomed cat, with beaut markings, she was very inquisitive, then came a cream tabby, a beautiful elegant gent, well groomed, nice markings, he was nosey and alert. Then out came what can only be described as an over weight obese cat, a bluecream tabby, her main aim was to escape, so we quickly returned her to her cage. Next cat was a tortie silver tabby and white, she was a little stressed, but had a lovely marble pattern in her coat which was well groomed, she got my prize for being the best groomed and most unusually marked cat, last but not least was a tortie tabby bi-colour kitten - I fell in love with this little lass, she was cuddly, very friendly, alert, well marked and had a coat like silk. I put her Best S/H in show, runner up was the tortie harlequin. After completing the rest of the placings I read them out and concluded with - I have completed my assignment, I hope I have made some people happy and not upset to many, but remember there are two other judgings to follow and anything can happen. I was standing around talking to an exhibitor when this BIG guy covered in tatts approached me, he sounded a bit gruff, can I have a word, I thought OMG I have upset someone, how will I get out of this - he reached into his pocket and pulled out................... a packet of photo's - phew!! He said can I tell you how I came to get the kitten, my mate as down the river when I car pulled up and out got this chap and dumped a sack, the mate went over to have a look and inside were four kittens just days old, their eyes weren't open yet, he gathered them up and took them to the nice man I was talking too, he rang his partner and said we have a job to do. They set about raising these little orphan babies, each taking it in turns to come home from work every two hours to fed and toilet them. One little baby had to be put to sleep a few weeks later as the other three sucked and sucked on him and caused damage beyond repair, he told me both him and his partner cried and cried when the little fella was put to sleep. The photo's were lovely, I asked to have a couple which he gave me, I told him that his kitten was a real credit to his dedication and love, he said bringing the kitten to the show and getting best in show was the icing on the cake. When I was asked to nominate a kitty to go forward for the supreme kitty in show award how could I not put this little one forward knowing her start in life (she is now seven months old) The other two kittens in the litter were given to friends so that the couple who raised them could visit and keep an eye on them growing up. I came home exhausted. Lois |
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Lois Reay wrote in message ... Well here it is my report What a day It sounds like you did well, and got to meet a great bloke in the process, what an angel he is for rescuing those kittens. |
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Brava, Lois. What a yeoman's job you've done. Thoroughly enjoyed your
report. Are you going to do it again? g Jazz & his mama -- Irulan from the stars we came, to the stars we return from now until the end of time "Lois Reay" wrote in message ... Well here it is my report Got up at an ungodly hour to feed and clean my cats and kittens before driving the 40 odd minutes to the show venue - the hall was already a buzz with exhibitors grooming and benching their kitties. I was not allowed in the show hall so retired with my book steward and other judges to an upstairs room to wait our summons for proceedings to start - 8-30am SHARP we were told. At 9am we were called for the show to begin - this was a three ring show, the other two Domestic judges each had pedigree assignments to complete first, so I had all (14) treasured pets to myself. I walked into the hall and was aghast to see many of the pet owners sitting anxiously waiting for me to begin, and then horror of horrors!! I spotted one of my fellow Burmese breeders sitting there, I knew she owned a domestic pet, but not only is she a pedigree breeder she is also a registered judge (I am not, oh why doesn't she go away!!) Time for a nervous pee! and to gather my courage! All the exhibits were beautiful in their own way - first out was a lovely black and white, followed by two red and white chaps, then came a brown tabby and white - gosh this was getting difficult, how to choose, next out was a brown tabby, a VERY big neuter (wouldn't have wanted to be carrying him around all day!!) he was timid, last of the L/H was a golden tortie tabby, she was just beautiful, nice soft coat, lovely markings and groomed to purrfection, a credit to her owner ( I later found out that she was a rescued kitten, some boy's had taken her into a pet shop and said to the owner give us some money for this kitten or we will drown her - the p/s owner gave them $10) Have to make up my mind now on the L/H placings - the golden tortie had it all, she was clearly (in my eyes) # 1 but the rest I had a battle with - I conferred with my book steward, we decided it was easier to start marking the bottom placings and work our way up. Once we had completed our top six I read them out to the assembled audience, some showed no emotion, others were clearly very chuffed. Onto the S/H section (eight in all) first out a black smoke, a nicely marked cat but a rough coat and a bit temperamental, then came a blue and white, followed by a black and white, complete with dandruff, next was a tortie harlequin, another well groomed cat, with beaut markings, she was very inquisitive, then came a cream tabby, a beautiful elegant gent, well groomed, nice markings, he was nosey and alert. Then out came what can only be described as an over weight obese cat, a bluecream tabby, her main aim was to escape, so we quickly returned her to her cage. Next cat was a tortie silver tabby and white, she was a little stressed, but had a lovely marble pattern in her coat which was well groomed, she got my prize for being the best groomed and most unusually marked cat, last but not least was a tortie tabby bi-colour kitten - I fell in love with this little lass, she was cuddly, very friendly, alert, well marked and had a coat like silk. I put her Best S/H in show, runner up was the tortie harlequin. After completing the rest of the placings I read them out and concluded with - I have completed my assignment, I hope I have made some people happy and not upset to many, but remember there are two other judgings to follow and anything can happen. I was standing around talking to an exhibitor when this BIG guy covered in tatts approached me, he sounded a bit gruff, can I have a word, I thought OMG I have upset someone, how will I get out of this - he reached into his pocket and pulled out................... a packet of photo's - phew!! He said can I tell you how I came to get the kitten, my mate as down the river when I car pulled up and out got this chap and dumped a sack, the mate went over to have a look and inside were four kittens just days old, their eyes weren't open yet, he gathered them up and took them to the nice man I was talking too, he rang his partner and said we have a job to do. They set about raising these little orphan babies, each taking it in turns to come home from work every two hours to fed and toilet them. One little baby had to be put to sleep a few weeks later as the other three sucked and sucked on him and caused damage beyond repair, he told me both him and his partner cried and cried when the little fella was put to sleep. The photo's were lovely, I asked to have a couple which he gave me, I told him that his kitten was a real credit to his dedication and love, he said bringing the kitten to the show and getting best in show was the icing on the cake. When I was asked to nominate a kitty to go forward for the supreme kitty in show award how could I not put this little one forward knowing her start in life (she is now seven months old) The other two kittens in the litter were given to friends so that the couple who raised them could visit and keep an eye on them growing up. I came home exhausted. Lois |
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"Irulan" wrote in message ... Brava, Lois. What a yeoman's job you've done. Thoroughly enjoyed your report. Are you going to do it again? g That was the last show for this show season - would consider doing it again IF asked. I am still recovering today. Lois |
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How can people be so cruel? This is so very sad. I'm glad both stories have
happy endings with the exception of one kitten. I do hope siblings of the kitty the boys brought are safe also. Best wishes, -- Polonca & Soncek "Lois Reay" wrote in message ... snip I later found out that she was a rescued kitten, some boy's had taken her into a pet shop and said to the owner give us some money for this kitten or we will drown her - the p/s owner gave them $10) snip He said can I tell you how I came to get the kitten, my mate as down the river when I car pulled up and out got this chap and dumped a sack, the mate went over to have a look and inside were four kittens just days old, their eyes weren't open yet, he gathered them up and took them to the nice man I was talking too, he rang his partner and said we have a job to do. |
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