Longview, WA - February 21

It is in these types of shows where I am greatly humbled and I am ever learning, still. I took Seamus and Blondie to a 6 ring show in Longview. Seamus, of course, took home 5 finals from 6 judges and had a really good time. Blondie, just had a good time, and picked up one lonely final. In my opinion her muzzle is lacking. I personally like the fleshy muzzle of the British Shorthair and American Shorthair on my Selkirks. Other people may disagree and think they are too big, but I like them, and apparently the judges like them too. While Blondie has magnificent boning, size, structure, and color - she also has a pointy nose. Her curl too, inherited from her parents, is very fluffy, and not a ton of defined curl. If she's anything like her dad, her curl will come in next winter. So here we sit in 7th place officially. Unofficially we are in 4th place - but that is because of the 140 points we will never recover.

Maumee Ohio - TICA Feb 14-15

Another WHOPPER of a show. 16 rings over two days. 16 rings going at once, 16 ring clerks, 16 stewards and 290 cats. It really makes CFA sound so wussy when they whine about back to back 12 ring shows. My babies flew with me on a red eye to Detroit via Minnesota, then we were driven to Toledo Ohio. We missed a few rings but the girls each hit at least 12 rings each. Then we flew back again. They were up and playing around this morning!!

Cassie picked up 14 finals out of 14 rings with a count of 25. Blondie did not fare as well, picking up 4 finals out of a possible 12. 1 out of 3...I'll take it!!! I believe now that Cassie is guaranteed to be the NW Regions Household Pet Kitten of the Year and will end up with an International win as well. Blondie is currently the 3rd highest scoring Selkirk Rex SH kitten in Selkirk history and we are going to shoot for #1. We need only 200 more points to get to that goal. She should stay as #1 Selkirk kitten in TICA and I believe at 5707 points we are also guaranteed a NW regional win. I did not plan to show so much in TICA, but we've done well and I'm very (tired) pleased.

Portland, OR - OCI TICA Show Feb 7 to 8

Wow..this was a huge show. Nice for the club, nice for campaigners, not nice for us little folks. My outstanding Selkirk appeared on most judges top 20 lists, but did not make top 15 in any but one judges final. We made one final out of 8 this weekend - I was pretty pissed. Blondie is a fantastic example of her breed - I think some CFA judges are just chicken to put them up in their finals because they don't know the standard as well as they should.

Sammy did not attend because his tail hair hasn't totally grown back from his infection yet and with competition at 100 adults, he would need to be in tip top shape to compete. So he stayed home and bred Fire!

On the plus side - I clerked for Walter Hutlzer and had a ball as usual. That guy is a kick to clerk for! My friend Phyllis had her Manx kitten there and he did well by picking up 5 finals. I need to pick it up and get to some more CFA shows if we're going to be #1 Selkirk Rex kitten.