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Hreow
26-03-2006, 02:39 PM
Title says it all, really. :-)

Mags
26-03-2006, 03:48 PM
Sorry, too far away for me.......:(

Hreow
26-03-2006, 03:52 PM
And just about everything else is too far away for me. : / Could anyone please move, say, Birmingham NEC to Scotland. :-)

Fran
26-03-2006, 04:36 PM
Bit too far away for me too :(

Hreow
26-03-2006, 04:41 PM
Fran: Only a *mere* seven hours or so? :-)
I must say I'm not looking forwards to the one-and-a-bit it will take me to get there. Rover has.... comments on everything when he's in a moving car. He's not distressed, just curious, and forever telling us off for not letting him out to investigate the interesting little nooks, crannies and dogs we pass. Even if he can't actually *see* them.
Be interesting for me to see what he makes of the show. Think he might like it, actually, from his reactions to other people, dogs and cats in the waiting-room at the vets. If not, we go home.

Fran
26-03-2006, 04:43 PM
:lol: are you entering Rover in the show?

Hreow
26-03-2006, 04:54 PM
He's entered. Will give his breeders a chance to see what he's grown into as well. Dad's nose, mum's temperament, that sort of thing. Must be odd to let your little charges go off to strangers and then not know a thing about what they look like as non-kittens. Seems to me to be a useful tool in deciding what direction your lines should go - having some sort of an idea what shape and temperament the offspring grew. Mind, the new owners might be just like me and send reports complete with photos when anything happens. Think they may just be too polite to tell me to shut the f... lip up! :grin:

Genetics fascinate me, must find a meek breeder somewhere close that I can terrorise with 20057 questions. Books are good, the "Genetics for cat-breeders and Vets" for instance, but I would like to see the results in the fur. Personality and spirit doesn't translate to formulas. <goes off to look for breeder>

Fran
26-03-2006, 04:57 PM
Good luck at the show. Hope you have a very successful day..

Hreow
26-03-2006, 05:00 PM
Thanks. Successful day would be that Rover likes his day out and that I find him another favourite toy. The last one has become a filthy, well-loved scrap. Maybe I should just nick his brother at the show. :-)

Emm
26-03-2006, 07:14 PM
what date is the show and where about in Dundee?

Hreow
26-03-2006, 07:31 PM
GCCF:
13.05.2006 Nor'East of Scotland Cat Club (http://www.noreastcatclub.co.uk/) Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, DD1 3BB

It's close to the station.

Sweet
26-03-2006, 09:15 PM
Too far away from me :(

Emm
26-03-2006, 11:22 PM
excellant thanks for the info :D

Jac
31-03-2006, 04:46 PM
I may pop up for a wee lookie. Then you'll see I'm really not the mad one they all talk about. Need to go the little voices are telling me something:roll:

Hreow
31-03-2006, 10:29 PM
You'll find me by the Abyssinians. You and the voices will fit right in, if they're loud. :-)

moggymommy
17-04-2006, 10:56 AM
I might go along to that :-)
Never been to a cat show before, it'd be a perfect opportunity to see all the different breeds, only thing is I'll probably come home wanting at least one!!

Hreow
17-04-2006, 11:41 AM
Moggymommy: The more the merrier. My wants start at about three. I'll have a mixed bag of Bengal, Mau and a dark blue Aby, please. To go. :grin: Maybe just bring a white coat, look official and walk off with the cutest dozen? No? Rover will excommunicate me and my better half will leave me, so *maybe* not worth it. : /
I never get to have any fun <grumble> <grumble>

Hreow
18-04-2006, 07:11 PM
There's a GCCF show this weekend as well, here:
22.04.2006 Scotia Cat Fanciers - The Riverside Church Halls, High Street, Dumbarton, G82 1NB
Don't know how big, though. Think I'll be too dead to go, takes two-and-a-half hour to get there, traffic allowing. Bit further to go for you as well, MM, I'd guess.

moggymommy
19-04-2006, 01:09 PM
Dumbarton is quite far for us to go unfortunately, it would be a different story if I had a cat to enter tho :lol: Dundee is only half an hour along the road from here so I will deffinitly be going to that one!
I asked my mum if she wanted to come along as she has said she'd like to get a cat again, only problem is she wants something 'special' but doesnt want to have to pay the price for it (long story)
I think I'll keep my cat fancying to myself as she obviously doesnt fully appreciate it :roll:

Hreow
29-04-2006, 05:15 PM
As far as I can tell, visitors are allowed in from 12:30.
I'll be the 6-foot tall person by the Abyssinians, with long light-brown hair and a worried expression. :roll:
I'll be bringing some cinnamon buns and things from home, if you need bribes. :-)

Hreow
13-05-2006, 07:34 PM
Show-day. Up early, chase cat up and down back road to tire him out - think it was I who was the more knackered, but he enjoyed it. Pack the last things and off. Rover's comments ringing loud all the way there. He's not distressed, just irate that I won't let him investigate everything on the way. Got there early, so Rover had a stroll in the carpark. Vetting in went smoothly and very quickly. Met up with breeder and friends who were very pleased to see him and the former were obviously pleased with how he's turned out - which was a boost for me. Glad they approve. :-) Volunteered to help, so ended up on the podium writing rosettes. Bad - couldn't spend the whole day oogling cats, good - because I didn't have to worry Rover by hovering around and I got to see most of my results without having to eel my way to the front of the pack by the boards.

This is Rover today; What, me worried? :-)
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/whatMeWorriedP.jpg


Bemused... Thought he'd be hammered in the classes, but no. He got a first, two seconds and two thirds. He got second in the open, beaten by his brother, as I thought he would be. He beat his brother in one of the side-classes, though. Informed eavesdropper told me there was little in it. They're both good little Abys.
Here's the swag and the glowing eyes of the beastie:
http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h49/Hreow/swag.jpg

Packing up and the ride home went smoothly, if no less loudly accompanied. :roll: He's now up on the dresser, jammering after the black-birds in the garden as usual, de-stiffed by a nice long walk (now *really* knackered...) and full of nice, moist chicken. Early bed for me, I think...

Fran
13-05-2006, 09:49 PM
Awww Well done Rover and you of course!! Congratulations indeed. Have you got the show bug now Hreow? :-D

Hreow
13-05-2006, 09:57 PM
I can see us going to Dundee on a regular basis. I don't know if I can hack being yelled at for more than a couple of hours to get anywhere else... :-)
Rover quite liked having other cats about and people-watching, he was also quite good and unconcerned about being judged, but I don't think he'd miss going much. It's a long day for both of us, and I don't have ambitions to "beat" the competition or to have an acclaimed show-cat, so it will be once a year plus incidentally. Think it was good for his "education" to give it a go. :-)

All praise to Rover, I did absolutely nothing. :grin:

dandysmom
14-05-2006, 02:44 AM
Glad to get the report on the show...Rover is really a stunner! Good that you both had a pleasant time & that he's full of chicken (what is it with Abys and chicken...Sultan would KILL for chicken!!) But it's nice to be back home & relax, isn't it? :D

Hreow
14-05-2006, 07:52 AM
I roasted two chickens for our lunches, thinking he'd wolf a lot and wanting him to have *something* nice if the show was a wash-out. He was too busy to eat much, and I got fed a lovely lunch for volunteering to help, so I've lots left. : / He's stuffed his face with chicken this morning as well and has retired to his igloo to "meditate". :grin: I'll have some in my chicken soup (from the rest of the roast) for lunch. Going to have to throw the rest away, though.
Did Sultan also teleport chicken? There is no perceivable movement but in a millisecond, the chicken is no longer there. Now you see it, now you don't. :-)

Very nice to be home. Wet, nasty weather outside as well today, so I have the perfect excuse to curl up in a corner next to the cat and read and do nothing. :-)

Mags
14-05-2006, 10:12 AM
Congratulations to Rover........and Hreow!!:lol:

dandysmom
14-05-2006, 09:15 PM
I roasted two chickens for our lunches, thinking he'd wolf a lot and wanting him to have *something* nice if the show was a wash-out. He was too busy to eat much, and I got fed a lovely lunch for volunteering to help, so I've lots left. : / He's stuffed his face with chicken this morning as well and has retired to his igloo to "meditate". :grin: I'll have some in my chicken soup (from the rest of the roast) for lunch. Going to have to throw the rest away, though.
Did Sultan also teleport chicken? There is no perceivable movement but in a millisecond, the chicken is no longer there. Now you see it, now you don't. :-)

Very nice to be home. Wet, nasty weather outside as well today, so I have the perfect excuse to curl up in a corner next to the cat and read and do nothing. :-)
Sultan embarrassed me by extorting chicken from the neighbor when he was walking on his lead....long story!! Terrible day here also, pouring rain & only in 50's...will settle with the NY Times crossword when I get off line. Rover is really gorgeous.

smudgley
14-05-2006, 09:30 PM
Sounds like you had a good day & well done on those prizes. Just an observation, you say his brother beat him in one class & he beat the brother in a different class at the same show? (hope I got that right) well I have not got a clue about showing cats, not a clue - but wondered if this was 2 different judges or just how they behaved in each class? Interesting because in the rules of dog showing that couldn't happen in the breed classes of a dog show :? (but could if also shown under a different jusdge at the same show ie a stakes class)
So how do they judge a cat at a cat show? Is it just looks or temperament or both or behaviour too?

Hreow
15-05-2006, 07:59 AM
With the experience of a *whole show* behind me... :grin:
There's the Open class which is the big thing, then there are side classes.
The Open is divided into classes by breed/age/colour and male/female/neuter unless they're kittens (sometimes adults as well) when they're all in one for the gender. This is judged very much on breed standards. Winners go on to best-of-breed etc.
The side-classes split the cats/kittens by how far they have travelled to get to the show, how many prizes they have won, club-classes which is a mini Open for just the cats from that club, "best Persian adolescent", "Best kitten not shown by breeder" etc. This would be judged by the judge best suited to find the best in that category.
So they are not all judged by the same judge. I was given the advice to sign Rover up for classes where he would have different judges (you get told the class judge in the sign-up form for the show), just to get as wide an opinion-base as possible.

Rover was beaten by his brother in the Open. His brother is slightly smaller, Rover has a slightly quirky nose-break. They're both minor hitches, so it depends on what that judge on that day thinks is the slighter problem. Behaviour will influence the scoring only after the breed standard has been given first say - except if the cat bites or claws the judge or steward, that's a disqualification.
Rover beat his brother in the "Foreign kitten over six months" side-class. Judged by a different judge who would have "Foreign" as a specialisation, rather than "Abyssinian" specifically.
My personal, lay-man opinion is that Rover will always be beaten in the Open by his brother, but that it will depend on interaction chemistry which of them does the better in the side-classes.

Oh, there's a "Household Pet" in the Open as well, which wouldn't have a "best of breed", but the winner does go on to compete for the best in show. Now *that* would be a tough call...
Moggies are of course not judged by breed standards, just by how good they are at being cats, and thus purely judged on character, looks (shiny fur, proportionate, symmetry...) and the judges preferences.

Hreow
07-04-2007, 02:55 PM
I shall reanimate this again for 2007. :-) Laziness ftw! :-D

No great surprise, the Dundee show is on this year as well and I will be there. I've promised the Roverian breeders baked goods, and there will be some spare, if you need added incentive :grin:. There's a link to the club-page if you want more details (visitors allowed in from 12:30:ish) and do feel free to ask questions here, if you're no more energetic than I am today. ^^ Caird Hall is close to Dundee rail-station, if you're carless.


12.05.2007 Nor'East of Scotland Cat Club (http://www.noreastcatclub.co.uk/) Caird Hall, City Square, Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, DD1 3BB

Elaine
07-04-2007, 07:54 PM
Aww damn it, I am working that week end, would have liked to have come by and see you all, not to mention the home bakes LOL. Never been to a cat show, might have been interesting.
Good luck Rover xxx

Fran
07-04-2007, 10:55 PM
I'm not doing the Dundee show :( Hreow if you are planning to show then you are not allowed to advertise the fact, GCCF ruling.....

sarahd
07-04-2007, 11:05 PM
I won't be there too unfortunately

Sarah
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Hreow
07-04-2007, 11:32 PM
I'm not doing the Dundee show :( Hreow if you are planning to show then you are not allowed to advertise the fact, GCCF ruling.....


You're right... stupid of me not to think of that. So easy to forget that it's not telling a few close friends, but a public space. : /

Kay
07-04-2007, 11:54 PM
Won't be going up there this year as kittens due in May.

dandysmom
08-04-2007, 02:12 AM
Doesn't seem possible that it's been almost a year since Rover's debut at the Dundee show! Best wishes to you both for this year!

Animagus
08-04-2007, 11:20 AM
AWW I am working that day..... wish I could pop over am only in Cupar too. it would be nice to put faces to names lol and meet someone from Catsey.

good luck Rover xxx

Jac
08-04-2007, 12:59 PM
Pm me the details and I'll defenitly come see you.