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Cat Shows and Other Adventures

August 24, 2015 By: Summer Samba57 Comments

When they talk about deposits, I don't think they're referring to litter box deposits

As many of you know, I had a cat show this past weekend, but I had lots of other stuff to do too! Even before getting to the hotel, I had to supervise my human on an important errand. She had some business with a bank and the closest branch was right by our Ontario, CA hotel room. They said it was okay for me to be there, so I hung out for an hour and a half and made sure everyone did their job right. I also made some new friends.

What do you mean I can't take it with me when we leave?

I was very excited about this trip because I got to stay at my favorite hotel! Even though it was a different room, it looked exactly like the room I had before. As soon as the cat carrier was opened, I proceeded to mark everything in the room as mine.

Surely I can take this wall lamp!

It was a big room, so there was a lot of stuff that needed me to rub on it.

This is really a gratuitous toe floof shot

We were on the fourth floor, so I had an awesome view! Don’t worry, there was more to see than just the parking lot. I spent a lot of time in my room here.

All show kitties must know how to make a proper entrance

I also went wandering all around the hotel on my leash both nights we were there!

I'd push the buttons too, if I were tall enough

My human made a new discovery about me: I am not afraid of elevators! I would sit by them and watch them open like it was no big deal, and I didn’t mind going up and down in them without her holding me.

Let's go for a ride!

Wouldn’t it be fun to be a bellhop? ‘Cause they get to hop on these things and ride around — that is the job, right?

Get me to the nearest judging ring!

So I wandered around at night, but during the day, I had to do the cat show. As you probably remember, I had some problems last time and my human was wondering if I wanted to do shows anymore. The good news is I was mostly better the first day of the show, and was perfectly fine on the second day! Which is good because people who know who I am are starting to show up more often, and this is such an easy way to meet them. The show itself was very tough — my competition in CFA this season is a young male Somali who is just at his peak in looks… and he is really handsome! Like me, he is ruddy colored, and that always has a slight edge in the rings, but males have even more of an edge because they tend to be bigger and more impressive. At some point, you’ll get to see photos of him, but my human was too busy this time to take a lot of photos of my rings.

A veritable clowder of kittens!

She was helping a breeder who brought four kittens! My breeder was there too and she brought one (he is number 64), so there were five Somali kittens total. Funny enough, none of them were ruddy. The two on far left are red; numbers 64 and 65 are blue (a dilute version of ruddy); and the one on the right is fawn, which is the dilute version of red. I think every one of them, or nearly every one got Best of Breed in the kitten rings at some point, but only a couple (one red, and my breeder’s blue) got finals.

Can you believe I didn't even get a taste?

My breeder brought a couple of cakes — an organic chocolate cake and a cheesecake — to celebrate my CFA grand status and regional awards from last season. That was really, really nice of her!

Since I did not get any cake, it was only fair that my human did not get any bacon

And… I got bacon! The nice breeder on the other side of me had some bacon, sausage and eggs on Sunday and she let me have some of the bacon. My human tried to get a photo but I attacked and devoured it so fast, this was the best she could do.

I was not allowed to chew on it

Oh, and I did get some finals! In fact, in a couple of rings, even though the boy got picked as Best Somali, both he and I got to be in finals because the judge liked us both so much!

Not bad for a weekend's work

So in the end, I went home with four ribbons, which was actually better than my human was expecting.

I'm due for a long nap!

It was an exhausting weekend… but I can’t wait to do it again!

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Comments

  1. Pawesome Cats says

    August 26, 2015 at 12:21 am

    You have the best adventures Summer – congrats on your latest haul of ribbons!

    Reply
  2. Cathy Keisha says

    August 25, 2015 at 1:40 pm

    Whoa! That was some adventure! You’ve always been #1. Too bad they give ribbons and not green papers.

    Reply
  3. mariodacat says

    August 25, 2015 at 8:02 am

    Sweetie, you are simply amazing. We’re happy you didn’t quit the show ring cuz we enjoy traveling with you each time. Good job on the ribbons.

    Reply
  4. Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal says

    August 25, 2015 at 1:30 am

    Sure loosk like a busy weekend Summer 🙂
    ConCATulations to the ribbon !

    XOXO

    Reply
  5. Mark's Mews says

    August 25, 2015 at 12:36 am

    Super elegant on the purple stairs, Sparkle!

    Reply
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