Well the time has finally arrived. Big Mac Supersize Me did partake in the TickedTICA Cat Show, at the weekend in Swanley, Kent (17-18th September 2011). He had a lovely bath on Wednesday and his nails trimmed. His been having extra grooming sessions and made a fuss of, and been lapping up all the attention.
Off we went to the show... So how did he do? He was on exhibition only on Saturday and by around 3pm he finally settled into that but up until that point he was just overloaded with lots of new things and felt very unsettled. We did later embark on a few meet and greet laps to see STRANGERS with me carrying him around, and he was OK with that too!
Sunday was supposed to be competition, but to be fair Mac hasn't had any exposure to showing in his life until now, and this was totally beyond his comfort zone and he hated it! I did get some positive feedback from the judges about him making a fantastic stud cat, and it was a shame he didn't like the showing.
I then explained to each that a stud is exactly what Mac does and loves, and we have had some excellent kittens from him. They are eager to see his kittens in a ring, and every one of them said, get them out early so they get used to the showing. So if nothing else, that was positive. So unfortunately we couldnt make any finals.
What we did achieve was actually all I could really hope for in a cat of his age. He now tolerates motorway journeys, he now is comfortable with exhibition. In fact so much so, on Sunday he was coming up to the cage and checking out all the passers by and giving them friendly greeting and rubbing up against the cage. Which was a huge transformation from Saturday morning.
I also noticed that the judges he tolerated best with were all women, and the ones he felt most uncomfortable with were men. So seems Big Mac Supersize Me is a ladies man through and through.
Off we went to the show... So how did he do? He was on exhibition only on Saturday and by around 3pm he finally settled into that but up until that point he was just overloaded with lots of new things and felt very unsettled. We did later embark on a few meet and greet laps to see STRANGERS with me carrying him around, and he was OK with that too!
Sunday was supposed to be competition, but to be fair Mac hasn't had any exposure to showing in his life until now, and this was totally beyond his comfort zone and he hated it! I did get some positive feedback from the judges about him making a fantastic stud cat, and it was a shame he didn't like the showing.
I then explained to each that a stud is exactly what Mac does and loves, and we have had some excellent kittens from him. They are eager to see his kittens in a ring, and every one of them said, get them out early so they get used to the showing. So if nothing else, that was positive. So unfortunately we couldnt make any finals.
What we did achieve was actually all I could really hope for in a cat of his age. He now tolerates motorway journeys, he now is comfortable with exhibition. In fact so much so, on Sunday he was coming up to the cage and checking out all the passers by and giving them friendly greeting and rubbing up against the cage. Which was a huge transformation from Saturday morning.
I also noticed that the judges he tolerated best with were all women, and the ones he felt most uncomfortable with were men. So seems Big Mac Supersize Me is a ladies man through and through.
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