Here I am at a rest stop, half an hour from our hotel, showing my human how well I could ride shotgun. For some reason, she isn’t buying it. Maybe the problem was my crawling around her feet by the pedals while she was checking Facebook. We are going to be at the big cat show at the Del Mar Fairgrounds this weekend. Yes, I’m going to be a Pet Me Cat, but there’s a difference this year. We are also doing a presentation about cat training! That was the inspiration for my clicker training post the other day.
The show hotel is always the same. It’s located somewhere called Cardiff-By-The-Sea, but my human calls it Cardiff-By-The-Freeway because the hotel is right off the 5 freeway. It’s actually a nice hotel, though, and there is enough space for my human to work out in our room.
You can kind of get an idea of how spacious it is here. See? There’s even a couch.
Here is some of my wardrobe for the weekend. I’ve been practicing with the hoop at home, and my human brought it for more practice this weekend. I don’t know if I’ll be using it in our cat show presentation… but I may need it for a future event.
My human ran down to the show the afternoon we arrived to set up my benching area early. After she finished she took some photos of booths that were already set up. She knows she will be too busy to do more than glance over them during the weekend.
This is the biggest annual show on the West Coast, so the vendors go all out!
Sadly, I will not be allowed to try out the cat trees. And there are a bunch there!
Are there enough maneki nekos for you here?
The judging process can be confusing, so there is a board here that explains how it works. Because this cat show draws so many spectators, the judges work hard to let them know what is going on.
Here’s the education ring where my human and I will be presenting at 12:00 Saturday! It’s short, only a half hour, but my human is a little nervous because she’s never teamed with me on a presentation before!
That breed board is also for the spectators. The first thing my human did was look for Somalis. None of my relatives look quite like this rendition, actually.
Anyhow, this Somali needs some rest for the big day!
2022 Somali Cat Calendar Starring Summer Samba
See all of Summer’s merch at her her Zazzle Designercat Shop
Cute pictures! Who is that pretty blue Somali kitten pictured?
For obvious reasons, I have a bias in favor of Maneki Cats!
“Maneku” means “invite” in Japanese.
We cats always ace it!
I hope you had a great show. It’s a shame you weren’t able to demo some of those cat trees.
I just know you two are going to have the best time ever!
Have a purrfect weekend
Marv
Have a great time, Summer! We know you will do fabulously!
We know you’ll do great, Summer!
Have fun!
Whoaa, so much cat stuff! Dad was just at a trade show as part of his conference he just went to and he came back with all kinds of silly loot for mom to paw through. Good luck out there!!
That banner is practically the slogan of my life!!! I would be broke in minutes. That’s my one complaint about our local show…very, very few vendors. And those maneki nekos…OMC!!! Does your human happen to remember who that vendor was?
She doesn’t but when we go back tomorrow, she will try to snag a card! Since she is all for feeding her friends’ cat stuff addictions.
YAY thank you!
We can’t wait to read your report and see the photos, Summer!
Purrs,
The Chans
We can’t wait to hear all about your adventure
OMC those cat trees look so pawesome!! We hope you presentation went pawtastic today 🙂
xoxo,
Matilda (& Matt)
Sending tons of good luck wishes to you Summer.
Riding shot gun isn’t all that much fun especially when you have a nice pod.
Hugs madi your bfff
Can’t wait to read how it goes ! That show looks pawsome, and it looks like you and your human are going to be very busy. Have fun ! Purrs
yoW, Summer! the show looks awesome! we could definitely do with more cat stuff and there sure are some fun looking trees and Kasas. have fun and we know you and your human will rock the presentation!
pip, minnie, hollie, sharpie, ditto, TL
Wow, Mom went nutty when she saw all those maneki nekos. We sure like all the cat trees. Too bad you are not going to get to try any of them. Hope Janiss’s talk went well. Enjoy the weekend. XOCK, angel Lily Olivia, Mauricio, Misty May, Giulietta, angel Fiona, Astrid, Lisbeth, Calista Jo, Cooper Murphy and Sawyer
That looks like fun! Can’t wait to hear how it goes today.
Oh Mom and I would so love seeing you two!!! We wish we may…we wish we might!
Oh my! Our mommy would love to see your presentation! We hope you have fun and have a great day!
We hope you have a good time – but no fair not getting access to those trees.
I hope you and your human will have a wonderful day. I know you both will do great at the presentation because you are both very professional.
There is certainly a great selection of everything you could possibly want there.
I would love to check out those vendors and meet you. I am still hoping to get to the show in NYC. You should get to test out those cat trees.
All the photos of YOU are really fabulous. And my, my, my you (and your human) are getting to be such pros with this public appearance stuff. I don’t really follow the cat world, except for you, but I’m betting there is no one better!
Are you sure they don’t need a cat-tree tester? Shoppers who couldn’t bring their own kitties might need advice from a feline expert.
We know you both will be terrific sweet Summer and I sure wish we could be there!
Can’t wait to hear how all goes. I bet it’s going be a super fun filled packed day with lots of admirers. Love the outfits. Have fun sweetie! Purrs
Have a great day, Summer!
You’ll be awesome Summer. Of course we all need more cat stuff. Have a great weekend!
Good luck! We think your human should buy you a lot of stuff – since you can’t go and look for yourself and because you’re working so hard!