Our Day at the Show

Hello my friends, Spot here!

 

Wow! What a Caturday we had – we hope you’ve had a lovely weekend too! πŸ™‚

 

We know many of you will have seen a pic and brief update from our show yesterday on our FB page, but I thought I’d give you a few more details of the day and the full show results πŸ™‚

 

The show we went to was one of the furthest we’d consider travelling to, about a 2.5 hour journey each way. We are exceptionally good travellers, but mummy and daddy don’t think it’s fair to go too far with us πŸ™‚ So it was an early alarm call at 4-something-o’clock! That was a bit of a shock to the system, though on the positive side, the moon was looking very pretty πŸ˜‰

 

And it was a bit different to the last show, when we woke up to this:

 

 

Snow bengal cat
Playing in the snow!

 

The weather was much better this time, so once mummy got our carriers ready, we jumped in all by ourselves (not joking there, we don’t mind them at all) and made our way to the show, picking our friend, Alex, up on the way πŸ™‚

 

Once there, we passed our vet check, and went to find our pens – I was in pen 365 and Lula in 370. Mummy and Alex cleaned our pens with the wipes I showed you in my last blog post, and put all our show stuff in before settling us down. Along with Daddy, they stayed with us for as long as they were allowed to before the judging began. I took the opportunity to have a nice cat nap πŸ™‚

 

Brown Spotted Bengal cat
Zzzzz……

 

Then the morning judging began which is for the most important classes, Titles and Best of Breed πŸ™‚ This time we had 2 of everything as it was a double show – so there were 2 chances to earn these things. I needed 2 Grand Premier certificates and Lula needed one Imperial to earn our titles, and the great news is that those are what we got! I also got Best of Breed in both shows and Lula got it in one of the shows πŸ™‚ We’re in different breed classes because I’m a brown and she’s a snow πŸ™‚

 

Then it was lunchtime already and all our hoomin friends were allowed back to see us πŸ™‚ They gave us lots of treats and fuss for doing so well! πŸ™‚ Bit embarrassing really, but you know what these proud parents are like, I’m sure πŸ˜‰

 

We were also really happy to see our lovely friend, Zoe! She’d made a special trip to come and see us and brought us lots of nice presents, though we’re not allowed to open our birthday ones yet πŸ™‚

 

We were able to relax though even with all that going on and Lula made the most of it…

 

 

Snow spotted bengal cat
Hey! I’m an Imperial Grand Premier, don’t you know? πŸ™‚

 

But we still had some more classes to be judged – two side classes for each of the two shows, here’s how we did in those:

Spot: I got one first place, two second places and was unplaced in my other class

Lula: She got one first place, one second place (out of 11 entrants), one third place and one unplaced

 

Because we had both won title certificates and best of breed, we were both in the running for Best in Show judging πŸ™‚ And the most magical thing happened when I was judged to be Best in Show Foreign Neuter for one of the shows! This was superb! But it’s not the pinnacle, because the best in show neuter, adult and kitten are then judged against each other for Best in Show Foreign…. and this was given to the Adult! (non-neutered cat). They then went into the Best in Show pens to be judged against all the winners from the Persian, British Shorthair, Oriental etc for Overall Best in Show πŸ™‚

 

But we were very proud of all that we had achieved and it was more than we could possibly have dreamt of! You may well have seen this pic, but it sums up what a successful day we had πŸ™‚

 

Brown Spotted Bengal cat with show rosettes
Clever boy!

 

If you have any questions, just let me know!

 

Take care my friends!

Love from Spot

xxxxx

cat_smilie

37 thoughts on “Our Day at the Show”

  1. So proud of all of you! Glad the judges saw what I see, two lovely cats! You all deserve a big treat. Wish I lived close enough to have a visit.

  2. Well, the judges finally saw what all of your fans here at BCW see every day — the two best kitties in the world πŸ˜› — to all of us anyway!! I am so VERY proud of both of you! One question though, Spot. . . now that Lula has her Imperial Grand Premier, is she going to flaunt it over you saying she’s the Queen!!?? 😈 MOL!!

    Gratz on a job well done — and special blessings to Meowmie and Daddy for raising such wonderful kids!!! :mrgreen:

    Love and prayers to all. . .<3 <3 <3

    1. Thank you, Diane! Lula’s quite chilled out about all really – she just wants the rain to stop so she can go out and dig in the mud for worms and chase some bugs around the garden! 😯 πŸ˜† xxx

  3. You both did wonderfully well. I’m very proud to be your fan/friend Spot! I won’t pretend I understand all the classes, etc. but I know a fancy rosette when I see one πŸ˜‰ Just so happens my favourite colour is blue….that Best Foreign rosette and ribbon is a beauty! I think Zoe is still in 7th heaven after being able to pet you. Lucky her! β™₯

    1. Aww… it was so nice to meet Zoe and she was very gentle when she stroked me πŸ™‚ The classes are quite complicated if you’re not used to them πŸ˜€ xxx

  4. I was delighted to read your account of your day. Spot, you and Lula are just the most beautiful fur people. So glad to see that the judges thought so too. You are so proud sitting there with all your ribbons on display. Your mum and dad have done a wonderful job rearing the pair of you. πŸ™‚ πŸ™‚

    1. Thank you very much, Bethanny! Lula can be a bit loud, it’s a good job the judges don’t take much notice of her 😈 xxx

  5. Congratulations, Spot and Lula! I have been praying that you both would do very well in the shows. You are awsome!!! Your Mummy and Daddy must be so proud of you! I am so blessed to have you as my facebook friends! May the Lord bless you to overflow and beyond! <3 April 28, 2013@2:45 pm PST(Seattle, Wash..) πŸ˜†

  6. Congratulations!!!! Me, Daisy,Yogi and Mummy are so proud of you both, I always knew you would follow in the family pawsteps!!!
    You’ve missed out the bit, that I got my Imperial title at the age of 2 years and 3 days which is excellent, and Lula has gone and done it 2 weeks before your 2nd birthday!!! Well done Lula, what an achievement!!!
    Lots and lots of Love and purrs
    Uncle BooBoo
    xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

    1. Oh yes, I forgot about that 😯 She’s done very well to get her Imperial at such a young age 😎 Not bad, I s’pose πŸ˜† xxxxx

  7. Well congratulations to the best of the best!! You two are amazing and all of us are so very proud of you Spot and Lula! What a great way to start off the cat show season. Mummy and Daddy have two fantastic “kids” and it has been fun learning about some of the work that goes into your shows. You had a great weekend! Your friend, Linda

    1. Thank you very much, Linda! πŸ˜€ We’ve been back to normal today – Lula’s been trying to dig her way out of the cat garden and getting her paws filthy and I have been a good boy 😯 πŸ˜† xxxx

  8. Spot, thank you for this narrative on your big day. What a great outcome for both of you beauties. Warmest congratulations. What a long and tiring day but the results show it was all worthwhile. So this is the start of Show season – that means we’ve got plenty to look forward to still and we’ll be seeing more of those lovely rosettes for both of you.

    1. Thanks, Mavis πŸ™‚ I have another show in a couple of weeks, Lula’s not going but she will probably go to the one after πŸ˜‰ xx

  9. Congratulations, Spot, to you and Lula!! So glad the judges agree with all of us fans of BCW that you two are the BEST! Thanks to mummy and daddy for sharing you with us.

  10. Spot and Family
    Randell and I are so very proud of you and your family, Spot. Congratulations on the wonderful win.
    We sure love to read about your outside and inside adventures right here.
    Thanks for making it possible for us to read about your exciting lives.
    Love and Hugs from Eufaula, Oklahoma U.S.A.
    Randell and Gayle Cook

  11. Wow Sir Spot & Lady Lula, I’m so proud of you both & I’m not even related to you!! Your Mummy & Daddy must be the proudest parents in the whole world πŸ˜† xxxxx

  12. Spot. You two did very well and you deserved the nap after getting up at ‘stupid o’clock’. Congratulations to Mum and Dad also. x πŸ™‚

  13. Oh Spot, how interesting to read how all these shows are done. IΒ΄ve never been to one so I have no idea, but now I learn step by step how itΒ΄s done. Both you and Lula did so well! IΒ΄m also proud of you and Mirrin and Selmin sends their congrats also! Please take care now after all the job you did at the show! Lots of love to all of you at BCW <3 πŸ˜€

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