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Entering a Cat Show :: Showing Cats
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Karen Leigh Davis
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Entering a Cat ShowBefore entertaining the thought of entering a cat show, consider joining a local cat club to learn how it’s done. To locate a club in your area, contact one of the cat registering associations (listed in the back of this book) that sponsors clubs. Choose either a club devoted to your favorite breed or a more generalized one for all cats. This club will be your eyes and ears in the cat world at large, and will provide you with information regarding local and national shows that you and your cat can compete in. You will meet people who are experienced in the world of showing cats, and who can tell you what classes to enter your cat in, what the fees and other entry requirements are, and so forth.
Another way to learn about the cat fancy is to subscribe to or regularly read one or more of the cat magazines on the newsstands today. (See a list in the back of this book.) These journals will keep you on the cutting edge of “catdom,” and provide you with schedules for local and national events.
Prior to entering a show, make sure the cat is appropriately registered with the sponsoring club or registry. Of course, the cat must be in excellent health, for obvious reasons. Any infectious diseases brought into a show hall containing hundreds of cats could spread like wildfire, particularly if the contagion is airborne. No female cat can be visibly pregnant. No cat can be contaminated with internal or external parasites. And no cat will be allowed to compete if it is extremely fearful or obviously aggressive to humans.
Cats that are missing a body part (including eyes, ears, legs, or tail) cannot usually compete, unless they are members of a tailless breed such as the Manx. Many of the associations also do not condone declawing and, therefore, will not permit declawed cats to compete.
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