Upcoming Cat Shows In Northern CA In November!!!

[krazyaboutkatz]

I had a great time today at the cat show in San Mateo. Both of my parents went with me and this was their first cat show and they both enjoyed themselves. I took some good pictures of cats while we were listening to a woman talk about the different breeds and Iams also put on a show with a few cats that could do tricks. I'm too tired to post them now so I'll post them some time tomorrow. I also saw RedHedd and I hope that she also had a great time. Too bad more PT people weren't there.

[RedHedd]

I had a good time. The show was so HUGE that I was surpsied I actually ran into KAK. It was nice to meet your parents. The show was so large - I was there a little over three hours and know I didn't see all the cats. I spent a lot of time with the Maine Coons. They had LOTS of my favorite breed. I even got to pet several of these beautiful gentle giants. One was a 7 month old kitten who weighed 17 lbs! Those cats make my Mishi look puny by comparison. There was a calico/tortie MC kitten who looked just like my Mitzi. I'd never seen a MC with those colors. She was SO cute. Another breeder had a beautiful female that was being retired. I think she was trying to talk me into taking her home. Believe me, it was tempting!

I took very few pictures - mainly because the show was so large it was mind numbing! I will try to find time to post them a little later today.

One fun thing I did, the CFA booth had a kind of kitty scavenger hunt. You picked up a sheet with cats to find and then you had to go through the whole show to find them all and write down what the breeds were. That's what I spent most of the day doing - cat hunting! It was fun and made me search out some breeds I'd never seen and talk to the breeders. Everyone was so nice. When I thought I'd correctly found all the cats, I returned to the CFA booth and was awarded some mousies for the M's. I didn't get all the cats correct, but the hunt was fun. I think they gave everyone a prize just for participating. The M's love the new mousies.

I also did not escape unscathed in the shopping department, although I tried. The "Meow Mall" was also huge and on the way out I spotted some really nice handmade ceramic kitty dishes. Mitzi's needed a new one for a long time as her's is Goldie's hand-me-down and is chipped. So Mitzi has a nice new ceramic bowl that is all her own. It was only $6, which surprised me for the quality.

Question: In reading the program after I got home, it says the Maine Coon is America's second favorite breed, however I could not find what America;s #1 favorite breed is. Anyone know?

[krazyaboutkatz]

RedHedd, I'm glad that you also had a great time. I'll be posting the pictures that I took in cat general and posting the link on this thread so more people will be able to see them. I don't know what America's #1 breed is but I did learn that both the Maine Coon and the American Short Hair are the only two natural breeds from the United States.

I listened to a woman who talked about many of the different breeds and she also showed us many cats while she talked about them. It was the called the "Breed Showcase". I sat in the first row and was able to take some good pictures. She also had both a Maine Coon and a Norwegian Forest Cat so I now know a little more about the differences between them. Now I'm convinced that Sky has Norwegian Forest Cat in him because this cat sure looked a lot like him.

Here's the link to the pictures that I've posted: International Cat Show Enjoy!!!