Cat Shows

[purrley]

Morning all you wonderful cat fanciers out there. Just getting a feel for your cattitudes on Cat Shows. There's one here at the SLC Fair Grounds this weekend and I'm going to be there. Anyone else out there like to go to cat shows? I bought my Spencer at a Cat Show when he was about 10 weeks old. Also bought Frisco - and another, Kirbee (at RB) from the same lady. Sure wish one of you lived closed enough to go with me - my daughter's getting sick of em. I try to go to every show - they always have great cat toys, cat beds, cat T-Shirts and other great cat things to buy. I'll be hanging out mostly around the Siamese area and thinking about my friends here at Pet Talk

[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: purrley ]

[Former User]

WOW, sounds like you're REALLY crazy about cats!
Have fun in the show then!

[purrley]

You gotta believe it That's where I do my Christmas Shopping for my furkids

[purrley]

Oh one more thing - I read that the International Cat Show will be held in Houston Texas this year on Nov. 16, 17 & 18 so all you Texas people living near the Houston area, it would be a wonderful experience to be there. Purebreds from all over the world will be shown. This is my all time dream - someday I will attend an International Cat Show - I'm kinda holding out for when the show will be in the San Francisco area - then I will go!!!!

[NoahsMommy]

I would totally LOVE to go to a cat show! How do you find out about them???

I bet there are lots of wonderful things Noah "needs" there!

[purrley]

Noah's Mom - well fly on up here this weekend and go with me. Just go into the internet and ask for cat show schedules - I think Ask Jeeves will take you there


[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: purrley ]

[wolflady]

Oh I wish I could go with ya Purrley!!! I've only ever been to 1 cat show, and I had to basically 'club and drag' my husband (boyfriend at the time). So, needless to say...I don't really have anyone out here to do 'animal' activities with I hope a show comes to San Fran...I'd definitely meet ya for that one!

[AmberLee]

There's usually one at the San Jose fair ground in mid-December. I didn't want to go alone last year and couldn't talk any of my friends into going. [Got a HUGE lecture from one cat loving buddy who believes they are little short of torture for cats and I was a HORRIBLE person to even want to go... Sigh. ] Shall we see if it's on the same schedule as last year, wolflady?

[wolflady]

AmberLee...Yes!!! It will be nice to have a cat-loving friend in the area Hopefully it's before December 15th, because I'm going back to Indiana for the Christmas holidays then...but definitely count me in for any cat-related activities here in the bay area!! My husband just doesn't understand and I don't want to have to 'club' him and force him to go! LOL LOL LOL

[Cougie Wechsler]

Hey guys! I went to the Enchanted Halloween Cat show at the New Mexico State Fairgrounds here in Albuquerque two weekends ago and it was a blast! The hardest part was going by the cats in their cages who were not competing at the time and not being able to pet them (most have signs that say "do not touch"). One of them had a sign that read "no matter how much I beg, please do not pet" and he was begging up a storm. I also met the Abyssinian Grand Southwestern Champ and darned if he didn't look like Cougie. The actual rings were pretty neat with the cats competing.

The other nice thing was that they did have tons of cat goodies and the rescue agencies were there with babies for adoption. Pretty fun. Some of the proceeds went to the Rio Grande Zoo big cat displays so the show was subtitled "Little Cats helping Big Cats"



[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: Cougie Wechsler ]

[AmberLee]

Wolflady (and any other Santa Clara/Alameda county cat enthusiasts) --

Good news, bad news, weird news:
Cat Fancier Assoc. ?(CFA) held their No. California Cat show in San Jose last weekend! I can't believe I missed it so closely...

The International Cat Association (TICA) seems to have frequent cat shows within a range of about 30 miles of San Jose, and they seem to be at the end of each month if I read their calendars right. Their Nov and Dec cat shows rather interfere with my family/holiday plans but the January show will be in Pleasanton:
January 26-27, 2002

Fog City Cat Club

Theme: "Putting on the Ritz"
Showhall:
Exhibition Hall, Alameda County Fairgrounds
4501 Pleasanton Avenue
Pleasanton, CA 94566

I don't see times or pricing info yet, but there's time to get it later.
What do you think? If you are interested, my e-mail's available in my profile...

[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: AmberLee ]

[AmberLee]

Excellent link Spence,

Some are also listed at
The International Cat Association home page

[See the link for Cat Shows in the upper left corner]

[ November 08, 2001: Message edited by: AmberLee ]

[AmberLee]

Ooh, I kept hunting and found this cat show in San Jose in early January:

[wolflady]

Oooooh!!! Looks good!!

[NoahsMommy]

Cool! I'll keep my eyes open for one close to me...