Maine Coon, Champagne De Lancer - Club Cat Member Profile

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EEKS!
Now,don't be getting all squirmy on me!!! Relax,put your head back and float.Let Uncle Ernie make raspberries on your fat belly :)

XOXO~E~

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05/10/2013 01:54.17 PM

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Awwwww
Little Mini Me stopped by to see me! He's like a chip off the ol belly.He'll grow up to be a fine boy,if he keeps his dashing good B&W looks!!!

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

05/07/2013 03:09.22 PM

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:)
You were pretty quick there pointing out your NOT the father! MOL! You kill me! So,is War Cloud the proud
Gpa??? Sounds like it,and I'm not one to not partake in eating and celebrating activities.....

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

05/03/2013 04:54.18 PM

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No way daddy-o!!!
Don't even try to fall asleep and leave me with chasing kits all over. I'm not the chasing kind,in case you haven't noticed. I waddle,not run :) Hot tub it is-it BEAUTIFUL out!!! Might have to have a little camp fire and S'mores too!

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

05/02/2013 02:10.39 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 30
Thank you for stopping by and pushing my votey button. You are the best furriends ever. I can’t believe we are already at the end of the month. I hope you enjoyed my catpaign. Here are my furriends and their rankings. I saw Gromit get her giant rosette at the Del Mar show. I am currently ranked at 38 but I don’t go to many shows and I need to place in those shows. These kitties go to most of the shows and always place. They are use to being in the shows, some have been going for years. Go to cfaswhhp.org, Past HHP winners, 2011-2012 to see their pictures. They are so pretty. Some were found on the streets, some were rescued at local shelters or rescue groups. Gromit was found in a back yard She is the oldest kitty showing.
CFA SW Region Household Pets
2011-2012 Regional Winners
Best Household Pet
GROMIT
Seal Lynx Point Spay
Owners: Margaret & Julie Benzer
Second Best Household Pet DUKE Red Mackerel Tabby and White Neuter Owner: Candy Kalman
Third Best Household Pet PADRAIC Black Neuter Owners: Margaret & Julie Benzer
Fourth Best Household Pet ANGEL PAWS Brown Classic Tabby & White Spay Owners: Isabel & Pat Pomphrey
Fifth Best Household Pet SCOOBY DOO Black & White Neuter Owners: Isabel & Pat Pomphrey
Sixth Best Household Pet PHOEBE Dilute Calico Spay Owner: Helene Sakellis
Seventh Best Household Pet BIRGITTA Brown Spotted Tabby & White Spay Owner: Margaret & Julie Benzer
Eighth Best Household Pet DELYNN Seal Tortie Lynx Point & White Spay Owners: Kim Taylore
Ninth Best Household Pet DUNCAN MACLEOD Cream & White Neuter Owner: Isabel & Pat Pomphrey
Tenth Best Household Pet LANCELOT Silver Classic Tabby & White Neuter Owners: Francene McKelvey
Some of these kitties were found in the yard of their pawrents or a furriend of their pawrents. Some were from rescues, One was a street kitty that has the scars from street life. Any kitty can be a star. You can be a star. Give it a try, you just might like being in a cat show.
Thank you for allowing me to be your COTM candidate for April. It has been so much fun. You can find the rankings of all the kitties that have placed in a ring, how many rings and where they stand now. Just go to the CFA website in your area or just look at the CFA website in my area.
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses, hugs and purrs
Spunky

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04/30/2013 06:42.07 PM

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you won't
be missing this sports day as it's on FRIDAY all day this week and starts out at sunrise around 5:45-7;15pm so come one and all you're all invited for a day of fun here with us and our friends! sunny through the end of this week and now through all of next week and 70s! sandy,ana,haley,angels

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04/30/2013 08:10.07 AM

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Hi Champagne
Day 29
Thank you for pushing my votey button. I am so lucky to have all of you visiting me every day. You are the best.
“He loved books and when he found one open on the table he would lie down on it, turn over the edges of the leaves with his paw and after a while, fall asleep, for all the world as if he had been reading a fashionable novel. “ Theophile Gautier
French novelist Colette was a firm cat-lover. When she was in the U.S. she saw a cat sitting in the street. She went over to talk to it and the two of them mewed at each other for a friendly minute. Colette turned to her companion and exclaimed, “Enfin! Quelqu’un qui parle francais.” (At last! Someone who speaks French!) Anon
“Cats only assume their strangest, most intriguing and most beautiful postures when it is impossible to photograph them. Cat calendars always disappoint for they only show the public range of cat positions.” J.R. Coulson
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/29/2013 06:55.46 PM

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Even though I had NOTHING to do with it
Mini Ernie is JUST like me! Gma said she cannot believe how vocal I am. Always meowing-loudly! Ugg..what is with all this rain! I'm SO over it already!

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

04/28/2013 01:01.48 PM

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HI Champagne
Day 27
Thank you for coming by and pushing my votey button. I am so lucky you to have so many new furriends and old furriends.
We are getting closer to the end of the month. I must admit, I’m getting a little nervous. So have any of you decided to try a cat show? Did it sound appealing to you? I must admit it is fun but sometimes the shows are just to loud for me.
“Everything a cat is and does physically is to me beautiful, lovely, stimulating, soothing, attractive and an enchantment.” Paul Gallico from “An Honourable cat
“I think one reason we admire cats, those of us who do, is their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing-or pretend to do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them.” Barbara Webster from “Creatures and Contentments”
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/27/2013 01:23.32 PM

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HI Champagne
Day 25
Thank you for coming by and leaving a vote. I am so happy you take time with your busy schedule to come by my page. You are all the best.
I don’t know about you but I think TICA sounds a little scary to me. I know some of you show in TICA and are use to it. I don’t know if could have judges looking and judging me like a purebred. I think my cuteness does pretty good for me . MOL
How many of you go to TICA shows and how many to CFA shows? Do you have to travel far and do you like the car? Mom is lucky we all don’t mind the car. We even go to stores with mom after we go to the vet. I don’t mind but sometimes I just want to be home. Right now I’m on the couch with mom writing up my blog. MOL
I have a question of the day. How many of you like to travel in a car? My sister Angel Callie loved to ride in a car. She always had to look out the window. I just like to relax and watch mom. So does Smokey and Angel. Angel Sassy didn’t like the car at all.
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/25/2013 07:25.18 PM

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:)
Thata boy!!!! Mini me is adventuresome, and an eater! I'll give it to you Frenchie...I have no clue how any of you get any sleep! Frenchie...Frenchie...wake up!!!

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

04/25/2013 03:09.02 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 24
Thank you for pushing my votey button. I appreciate you stopping by and visiting me every day.
Penalties: Judges can penalize but not disqualify for unrepaired umbilical hernia, damaged ears or eyes as a result of injury, spots, patches, or sprinkling of incorrect color i.e. color faults other than lockets and belly spots.
Cats that have been declawed shall not be penalized. As you remember, you can’t be shown in the CFA shows if you have been declawed.
Household Pet Color Classification-Each household pet may be present to an Allbreed Judge in order to determine the correct color on each entry, prior to the start of judging, and that classification will hold throughout the entire show.
My color classification is Crème and White. I am medium hair length. I also have a kink at the end of my tail. That would be a disqualification as a pure breed in CFA but I could be shown as a household pet. A judge once told the visitor to the cat show when he was handling me that I had a kink at the end of my tail and it was a disqualification for pure breeds but it’s character for household pets. MOL I wounder what TICA would say about my tail.
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.

Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/24/2013 07:19.35 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 23
Thank you for pushing my votey button. I appreciate you stopping by my page and all your support.
As you can tell, CFA is judges choice in finals for household pets and in TICA the household pets are judged by the same rules as purebreds.
I would be judged by color, markings, my fur. HMMM
Disqualifications. Biting three times. Surgically altering a cat for cosmetic purposes, examples are tail docking, prosthetic testicles, ear cropping, abnormalities not breed specific but rather occur in all cats. All or part of the tail missing except when board approved breed, having more or less than five toes on each front foot and four on each back foot unless proved to be a results of injury or as authorized by board approved standard. Polydactyls in any breed authorized approved standard shall be limited to no more than 7 toes on any foot. Undershot or overshot jaws or any malocclusion of the jaws, visible or invisible tail faults are disqualification at the discretion of the judge or as required by the board approved standard. Total blindness, inability to bear or support weight or walk normally, abnormal positioning of legs, feet while standing examples bowed or cow-hocked legs, splaying of the feet, or obvious toeing in or out of the feet. Small size not in keeping with the breed, inability to breathe normally with a closed mouth, abnormalities of the sternum.
Have a catriffic day and enjoy mom and day time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/23/2013 07:58.09 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 21
Thank you for all your support. I am so excited you stop by and press my votey button. You make me feel so special.
Today is the day I first won my COTD Badge. 4/21/2010.My sister Callie was Queen of April 2010. I feel so special running for Queen in the same month my sister was Queen. We sure miss Callie.
Vetted shows –A licensed practicing veterinarian acting or the club must examine each cat or kitten including household pets and entries for sale or exhibition prior to benching and shall disqualify any cat that shows evidence of fungus, fleas ear mites, or any infectious or contagious condition.
Non-vetted shows-Any exhibitor, judge or show committee member suspecting any cat of having fungus, fleas, ear mites, or any infectious or contagious illness may report same to the show manager.
Show flyers shall indicate whether a show is Vetted or Non-vetted.
Household pets are in two Entries in TICA :
Household pets Longhairs Non championships
Household pets shorthairs Non championships
Wow I guess I would be considered a longhair kitty. Some of my furriends in CFA’s are shorthairs so I might not get to see them. HMMMMM
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/21/2013 10:55.46 AM

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Hi Champagne
Day 19
Thank you for all your support and voting for me. I love it when you push my votey button. You all make me feel so special.
We have went through all my shows. Had ice cream at all the Hemet’s shows. I love the ice cream social don’t you? We have some of the back ground for the shows. I wonder if I left anything out? HMMMM
Oh yes, at the cat shows have you ever noticed that in spite of all the gorgeous, exotic and rare breeds being shown the largest crowds are with the household pets. We are all healthy, beautiful, some with special little head butts for the judges are everyone’s favorite. If you are friendly, not easily frightened, likes attention you too can be a show cat in the HHP category. We are a very special group of kitties. Some love to play with the judges, some head butt the judges, some play with the judges toys ( I don’t know why, a parrot feather or a little toy wand, please I like the better toys like my big feather wand or my catnip banana. The fling ama string is fun and the Da Bird is the best.
I know you have your favorite toys. Do you think you would play with some of those toys the judges have?
Mom goes to the vendors and gets the free samples for us and then look for my special toy in between our judging. There are a lot of cool toys and food/water bowls and other things. Some for our moms and dad and lots for us. I haven’t got a new kitty tree from one of the vendors or kitty bed but I did get a warm sack to crawl into. Yew gets one every time he comes to a kitty show and mom saw his. She got a warmer one for me and maybe next time I will get a cooler one.
Have a catriffic day and have lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/19/2013 07:24.15 PM

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a quick hello
for another lovely warm day coming up here and hoping all is well there? sandy,ana,haley,angels

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04/18/2013 02:22.55 AM

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HI Champagne
Day 17
Thank you for all your support and pawing by my votey button. I appreciate all the votes I’m getting.
Now I will tell you my rescue story. Mom went outside to put food out for the ferals. She went to the side of the garage to put some food for the tom cat. He waits there and some of the others are closer to the house. Mom put his food in his dish, he always stood by mom when she poured his food. Then all of a sudden 3 kittens came running out from between the shed and garage. We were so hungry. Mom looked at the tom cat and said this is new. He just stood and watched us. Mom said he was a very good kitty. Then mom went in to get a carrier but we scattered. The next day she caught one of my sibs then saw the other one, she was very shy between the garage and shed. She slowly put food down for her to eat then with the other hand caught her. She took her in and put her in the room with my brother. She never saw me, I wasn’t there. The next day she could here me, I was meowing but I was caught in the neighbors yard and it was a mess with a doggy barking at me at the end of a rope. Mom kneeled in the alley and pulled the fenced up. Put some food out and I came running. She was able to get me then took the food to the tom cat. I was with my sibs. We went to the vet and got deflead and got medicine for our ear infections. We were under weight and was 4-5 weeks old. My brother was only a 1lb and my sister and I was 2 lbs. When mom brought us out to the front room I knew this was my furever home. I even got on the couch to let Callie know I wanted to stay. I never got real close, I knew she didn’t like that. She looked at me then went to sleep. I knew I was in. Mommy found a home after one month for my sibs. They are together and inside kitties. The lady that adopted them was a vet tech that just moved to Oceanside, Ca It’s at least an hour away from where we live.
Have a catriffic day. Get lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/17/2013 08:06.37 PM

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HI Champagne
Day 16
Thank you for all your support. I really appreciate you taking time out of your busy day to press my votey button.
The last show I was in was The Food and Water Bowl XXI, San Diego Cat Fanciers. Jan 26 & 27, 2013 Del Mar, Ca. I was up against 46 kitties. I did tell you I didn’t like the Del Mar show. It was only 45 minutes away. Since I didn’t final, I never do at Del Mar mom helped Scooby Doo’s dad. His mom couldn’t make it. Scooby was in the finals with one of both of his sibs. Mom took him to the judges cage and brought him back with his Rosette. I don’t mind mom touching my furriends. I know them and sometimes I’m by them at the judges cage.
One of my furriends from Arizona was even in a movie. He is a very pretty black kitty named Padraic. I can’t remember what movie he is in but it’s a mew one. I guess he was chosen when he was in the Santa Monica cat show in August in 2011. He is a true movie star and I know him. I get benched by him a lot.
One of my furriends goes to a adoption center to show people how purrfect adopting a cat is . I don’t remember which adoption center his mom volunteers at. It’s nice to show humans how great kitties are. When a kitty wins a rosette a lot of the judges like to hear their story of adoption/rescue. There are so many great stories. I got to tell my story 5 times. MOL
I bet you all have great stories to tell on how you got your furever home. Whether you are a purebred or a rescue you were chosen and that makes you all special.
Have a catriffic day. Have lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses, hugs and purrs
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/17/2013 06:26.16 AM

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HI Champagne
Day 15
Thank you for all your support and pawing by my votey button. It’s so special that you come by my page. It truly means a lot to me. I can’t believe we are already half way through the month.
My next show was Opposites Attract Cat Club presents the first annual A-Cat-A-Me Awards in Pasadena, CA Sept 15, 2012 . Again 2 ½ hour drive one way and I was up against 23 kitties.
I won another rosette in my 4th ring. It was the same judge that gave me a rosette in the Hemet show a week before. He’s the one that tells the visitors that he chooses a kitty he would like to take home.
Now you know how I got my shelf. 5 rosettes I have on my shelf. If I get any more mom says she will think how she is going to display by rosettes. Hehe I have pictures of my rosettes and me around my shelf. Now everyone knows whose shelf it is.
Instead of a toy, mom bought me a kitty stroller. She always wanted one for Callie but they are real expensive. Those of you who have stroller might have paid $150.00. My stroller $90.00. It was a very hot day that day. It was 100 in Imperial Beach where we live and we were north and inland. A lot hotter 118. Mom said we will stop on the way home to eat. We usually drive straight through. I got to go into Denny’s. I just slept in my stroller. It was so nice to be with mom. No one said anything either. When I popped my head up to look out, I heard the lady in the booth behind us said oh a kitty, that is a kitty stroller. I have heard of those. Then a teenager walked by and gave a double take. I guess he never saw a kitty in a stroller before. MOL
Have a catriffic day and have lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses, hugs and purrs
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/16/2013 06:53.40 AM

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HI Champagne
Day 14
Thank you for all your support. It is truly appreciate. Thank you for taking time to push my votey button. I love for all of you to come by every day.
The first four pages in my gallery is from some of the shows. The pictures of me on the carpet is right after a bath. I don’t take pictures of mom after her bath so I don’t know why she does that to me. Some of the pictures are in my benching cage, some in the judges cage, some are me with a few of the judges and one of my mew kitty stroller mom bought me at my next show I’m going to talk about later. I even have my own shelf at home. Mom put it up after my next show too. The two small red/white rosettes are the new merit rosettes we get at the Del Mar Shows. They usually hand out merit ribbons for household pets at the shows but the Del Mar shows we get the Rosettes in the first ring only.
So much to learn about isn’t there. I don’t mind. It’s an adventure. Everyone loves and adventure. OK Angel doesn’t she is a scaredy cat and so was Angel Sassy. Don’t let them know I told you. Hehe
I really don’t even mind the long trips. Most of the shows are at least 2 ½ hours one way. Mom and I are usually gone 15 hours but at least I can sleep. Mom puts on music and tries different stations for me. It’s so nice to be the center of attention.
So have any of you decided to be a show cat yet? Will you like the bath and getting your nails done? Having strangers handle you? I know some of you are ready to step into the ring.
Have a catriffic day and have lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/15/2013 06:40.44 AM

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Hi Champagne
Day 13
Thank you for all your support and coming by to leave me a votey. You are all the best and I’m blessed that you take time out of your busy day to see me.
Ok some of you might have not like that fact that the show kitties get a bath. They get primped and blown dry. It can be scary. I know one day mom got out her hair dryer and I didn’t like the noise. I just watched mom and didn’t like her pointing the thing at me. My next show a judge told mom she should blow dry me after a bath so I can fluff up like a Persian. Mom said I don’t like a blow dryer but maybe if she finds a quiet blow dryer. I guess I will be getting a blow dryer. SIGH! I’ll see if I like it but I think mom is just throwing her money away. I don’t want to look like a Persian, if I did I would be a Persian. MOL
I don’t mind a bath. I have been real good for the groomer and now that mommy works again she gives me a bath. I do well for her too. I guess I shouldn’t have jumped in mom’s tub when it was full of water and swam a little before getting out. It just blew my cover liking water. One of my furriends mom gave a sample of shampoo she has for mom to try on me. It brings out the white in my furr. Mom used it on me for my last show. I did look shiny and pretty. I hope mom doesn’t find out. She might try it on me before I’m scheduled for another show.
Even after a bath, I’m a mama’s girl. I love to be close to mom. Even when she takes me to a show, after I come home use my litter box and eat, I go lay by mom. I guess I’m not to mad at her for dragging me to the shows.
Have a catriffic day. Get lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/14/2013 08:47.11 AM

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Hi Champagne
Day 12
Thank you for all your support. I really appreciate you taking time to press my votey button.
Ok, sometimes I do get real nervous at the show but mom has some of the Feliway calming spray and uses it in my cage before I go back in.
I have a nice little tote that carries my brushes, nail clippers. These are my own clippers (mom bought a new one for the house so I don’t have to share and in case I need to be clipped at the show). I even have some fans in case I get hot. At the show in San Diego, my second show the air conditioning broke and it was so hot. It was August in San Diego one of our hottest months. Mom went out after the show and bought some little battery operated fans and keeps them in my to go crate. She won’t let me get hot again. The air conditioning was fine the second day but we aren’t going to chance it.
I have some baby washcloths. Mom wipes me down after being handled so there isn’t any human sweat on my fur. My little tote can hang from the side of my cage. Some of the humans bought them from a vendor. They have little folding cages. Some kitties bring their own cages. They fold down and not wire. They go to a lot of shows. Mom said maybe someday I can get one but we need to go to more shows. I like my curtains so I think we can just stick with the wire cages that are provided.
Mom brings my kitty wipes too in case of an accident and I need to be washed up before being judged. I need to be dry too so I guess the fans come in handy. One show a kitty had an accident on the way to the show and the owner forgot her hair dryer. Mom lent her a fan and it sure work. That kitty was a purebred.
Enjoy lots of mom and dad time. Have a catriffic day.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/12/2013 06:34.41 PM

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Frenchie!
My buddy! First one by to see me :) Thank you for the cookies and blankie. I have to hide it from the orange rat. Sit down and enjoy some quiet time with me...won't last long! Thanks again furiend!

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

04/12/2013 01:20.33 AM

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Hi Champagne
Day 11
Thank you for all your support and coming by and hitting my votey button. I know you are all busy and I appreciate the time you take to come by my page.
At the cat shows litter is provided. I didn’t care for some of the litter so mom brings our litter. Some humans bring their own litter for their furbaby. Food samples are available at the show, or supplies may be available from one of the many vendors at the show.
Many people bring a small ice chest in which to keep open cans of food fresh. Their special treats is always nice to bring with you. A favorite pillow bed, favorite toy, or anything else to make your kitty feel more at home is nice to bring and set up in the benching cage.
You need to arrive at the show at least one hour before the show starts. You will need to set up the benching cage after you sign in and get your booklet and find out where you are benched. We arrive at least 1 ½ hours early for good parking and get set up. That way I can relax before the show starts.
If it’s a two day show, we don’t take down our things from the cage. We can come a little later because our benching cage is already set up. It makes it nice just to come and get in my cage. I really love my cage, all my things are in there. Then I get a mew toy from one of the vendors. Hehe Sometimes it’s nice to be shown.
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

Come visit me, Angel My Valentine is Eddie, Smokey Vote Whiskers 227256 COTM candidate for May, Angel Sassy Welcoming new Angels, Queen Spunky & Q.Angel Callie 4/2010 Proud of my Baby Sister.

04/11/2013 07:58.47 PM

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Frenchie!
Thanks for pouncing over with a vote. Ahhh...don't feel bad for the old girl-she just happened to have today off. Now,tomorrow-that's another story. Keeps her busy and out of my fur :)
You are NOT kidding!!! That storm was wicked fierce!Gma was in a restaurant with my uncle and his wife and POOF-all the lights went out. Thank goodness they were done eating!

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04/11/2013 09:21.50 AM

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HI Champagne
Day 10
Thank you for all your support. I really appreciate you hitting my votey button every day. It makes me so happy to see all you come by and meow to me.
I had told you of the two upcoming shows on the schedule so fair for the 2012-2013 season. Now the only shows scheduled for the 2013-2014 season are. Oct 5 Palm Springs and Dec 28-29 in Las Vegas Riviera Hotel. I know someday I’ll go to Las Vegas. I wonder if I’m old enough to gamble. Kitty needs more toys. MOL Shows are still being scheduled so that is why mom always tries to stay on top of it. OK sometimes she misses a show. Silly mommy.
In case you were wondering, the cage size is usually 36 inches wide, 24 inches deep and 27 inches high. One cat or two kittens are allowed per cage. Some shows have a “double cages” which are partitioned into two single cages. In this arrangement a single cage is 26 inches wide, 22 inches deep and 22 inches high. A double cage (extra charge) is 54 inches wide, 22 inches deep and 22 inches high. No more than one cat or two kittens may be benched in the same cage.
The cage covers must cover two sides and back. It is recommended that the top and bottom is covered as well.
The covering for the cage is to prevent your cat from seeing its neighbors. People who show regularly have spectacular curtains and decorations for their cages. I have a towel for my bottom of the cage but sometimes I just use an extra curtain to make my area extra fancy. MOL
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/10/2013 07:55.48 PM

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Power....
Electricity...highly overrated-not. I was sacred! No lights,no heat,no *gasp* can opener for my food!!!! How dare the weather gods!!!!

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04/10/2013 05:43.10 PM

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HI Champagne
Day 9
Thank you for all your support and pushing my votey button. I am so happy so many kitties stop by my page. You are the best.
My next kitty show was Hemet Feline Fanciers presents Cats 2012 Sept 8 6 rings San Jacinto , Ca. A 2 1/2 hour drive one way. I was up against 21 kitties. I won 2 rosettes at the show in my first and fourth ring. My first ring it was the same judge that game me a ribbon at the Hemet show last year 2011. Mom and I were so happy. Now I have 4 ribbons/rosettes. WOW I’m on my way that’s five shows down.
I do better in the smaller shows. They aren’t as loud and not as big of crowds coming by to look at you in your benching cage and at the judge’s ring. If you have been in a kitty show, you know what I mean. So many people and noise. I hope some of you are interested in trying a show. It is fun and to have so many people telling you how pretty you are. I know how pretty I am but it’s nice to hear from someone other than mom. Some even ask to pet me. It’s up to your mom/dad if you want that. Sometimes we are getting ready to go to a ring so that would be a no. We do have the antibacterial hand stuff in case someone wants to pet us. Mom likes to keep me safe. Everyone that shows all the time has the stuff with them by the cages.
I hope you are enjoying some behind the scenes of the cat shows and how I did at some of mine. It is fun even if I’m nervous. Mom does take me to stores sometimes before a show or just because so I can get use to the noise. It is something some of the mom’s and dad’s suggest that have been doing the shows for a while. I guess it helps.
Have a catriffic day and enjoy lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/09/2013 08:21.33 PM

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HI Champagne
Day 8
Thank you for all your support and pushing my votey button. You are the best.
Ok, my fourth show was you guessed it, back in Del Mar San Diego Cat Fanciers presents The Food and Water Bowl XX Jan 28 & 29, 2012 8 rings 45 minutes away. I really don’t like this show at all. The hall has a big echo. It’s a show hall the fair uses so it’s basically a big warehouse that humans sell things at the fair. When you have lots of humans and the speakers it’s one big YUCK for me. I know other kitties don’t like it that loud either. I was up against 51 kitties. Mom keeps all the flyers and booklets from the shows. I guess it’s for me to remember my show days. I just soon forget some of them. Hehe

I didn’t get any rosettes again. I just don’t do well with the big shows. I do let all the judges hold me and check me out. I don’t like to play with their toys. Most kitties don’t but some do. If the judges wanted me to play then they should bring the toys I like. MOL
This year so far there are shows up in Ontario, Ca March 16 scheduled and then April 27 & 28 in Palm Springs. We want to do a Palm Springs show but we are going to wait until after my catpaign. There are always shows in Palm Springs. Palm Springs has 2 one day shows with 6 rings each day. You can do one or both shows. We would most likely just do the one day show then come home that night. That’s another 2 ½ to 3 hour drive one way. That a long time in the car with mom. I don’t mind riding in a car, I just nap or look at mom.
I don’t know if I told you but a ring is a judge. So if I have 8 rings that means I see 8 judges. Each judge holds me and looks at me. That’s a lot of strangers touching me. OK some of the judges I have seen before but still I don’t see them on a daily basis. Mom checks the website a couple times a month to see the schedule. It changes as the shows get booked.
I hope you are enjoying the catpaign and getting lots of information. I hope it’s not information overload.
Enjoy your day and get lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/08/2013 07:39.11 PM

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Hi Champagne
Thanks for the birthday and COTD wishes!!!! I had a great birthday yesterday, Mom took me outside to sit in the nice sun, and I had special treats and tuna, overall a great day, sun and napping!!! Purrfect for me!!!! I was so happy I am COTD today, I told Mom I wanted more tuna and to go out with her again, but she said she has to work so ok to tuna, but no to outside (its nice today, but if you can believe it, we are supposed to get a foot of snow tonight and tomorrow ...YUCK) Hope you have a great day!!! Purrs.....Vegas Sweet Sixteen!!!!!

Come visit me, VEGAS-Thanks Everyone!!!! 16 and COTD!!!!!, Bogart-Thanks Everyone for my COTD!!!, Bella-I am going to be 5!!!, Angel Copper we sure miss you!!! & Bombay-I am 6 Now!!!.

04/08/2013 07:03.18 PM

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Nope...
Not getting me anywhere near a pinata! A kitten might come out! Now,I WILL,however,. participate in a hot tub maneuver. Of course,after a cannonball,there might not be any water left!

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04/08/2013 05:45.14 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 7
Thank you for your support and your votey. I appreciate you coming by every day to visit me. I hope you are enjoying my catpaign and a look into cat shows.
It is fun and scary at the same time at the shows. People are coming by your benching cage looking at you and asking if they can take your picture. I think I should get a can of fancy feast mornings if they want my picture but does mom say that NOOOOO she just says yes. It’s not her picture they are taking. I know you all agree with me. I’m the Star.
You mostly see the same humans and kitties. Sometimes there are newbies and we help them with their cage set up and how it works. They bench a newbie with some of the kitties that have done shows for a while. I know not every kitty is cut out to be a show kitty. Mom knew I was the one. I will run to the door if I hear someone knocking. I just need to know who it is. I played with her nieces and nephews. Mom says I just have it. I don’t know what it is and I just might not want to have it. If Callie was here I know she would know what it is and would let us all know.
You can look under Cat Fancy Association or CFA and The International Cat Association or TICA to find shows in your area/region. You can find the information on showing and what you will need. I like getting a mew toy. Mommy and me time is the best. I don’t have to share mommy with my sisters. Of course they are alone while we are gone. Hehe
If you have been in a show, I would love to hear about it. I know some of you kitties have even won some rosettes. Let me know what category you show in too.
Have a catriffic day. Enjoy mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/07/2013 05:35.01 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 5
Thank you for your support and pawing by me a votey. You are the greatest.
My next show was The Happy Cat Show San Diego, Ca Aug 6-7, 2011 6 rings 45 minutes away. I was up against 31 kitties. I missed the show in April at the same place but that’s alright. This show was only 15 minutes away. I did well again but no rosettes. Mom says it’s alright if I don’t win. I always get a mew toy for every show I’m in. Mom buys it from a vendor at the show. In between my judging, mom is able to see the vendors and what else is happening at the show. Talk with her furriends and I relax in my kitty bed with my toys. I have a rolling crate with my curtains, litter box, bed, toys, and other things I need. It’s my to go box and is always ready except mom puts my dishes, food, camera and other things we don’t keep in there all the time. I did get a lot of curtains from my furriend Highland Piper #171322. He is a European Burmese. He doesn’t show any more and he sent me his curtains. I always get compliments on his curtains. They are very pretty. I have some on the table before mom puts my things in too. I’m so love my mommy and me time. The smaller shows aren’t loud and you don’t have the echo like the Del Mar Show.
The shows also have lots of rescue groups and shelters with kitties up for adoption. We get a lot of kitties adopted and some of those kitties waiting for adoption are being judged too. The shelters/rescues entered a kitty or two and sometimes some have more. Everyone watching is told they are awaiting adoption and to make it even better, some kitties even win rosettes.
Have a catriffic day and enjoy your mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/05/2013 08:12.24 PM

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Get out!!!
She's in labor! And you want to eat-shouldn't we be like boiling water,or grabbing towels or something??? How many kits...or is it too soon to tell?? Wow,bet she'll feel better soon. Shelby's next! I can do the hot tub and a little pawty as long as your NOT mentioning any bloody,horror stories. No popping of anything either-Steve will be out like a light,an I'm tired of stepping over him :)

XOXO~E~

Come visit me, ~ K.Steve~rawr.... & ~Sir Ernie loves Molly~.

04/05/2013 12:15.17 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 4
Thank you for all your support and pushing my votey button. It really means a lot that you come by my page.
A household pet is defined as any cat not eligible to be entered in another class at the show. Yes, we have had purebreds in the household pet category they either had a disqualifying trait or no papers, etc. A registered purebred may be shown in one of three catagories: Kitten class (at least 4 months of age but under 8 months of age), Championship Class (8months of age or older and unaltered) and Premiership Class (8months of age or older and spayed/neutered)
Most cat shows are non-vetted and all entries must be free of disease, fungus and parasites and strongly recommended to be inoculated for protection against Feline Enteritis, Rhinotracheitis, Calici Viruses, and tested for FeLV.
I didn’t get any rosettes my first show. It is common for that but there are a few kitties that get rosettes their first show. I had just had my big girl surgery and was a little over 4 months old but hey my sisters never have been in any shows. Mom said she is very proud of me and I’m the best kitty in the show. She tells me that after every ring I go in. I am one lucky little kitty. Mom knows I was real nervous but I let every judge hold me and do whatever they did to me. Ok sometimes it wasn’t comfy. MOL
I hope some of you are getting excited and maybe a few might want to try a show. Everyone says always let you try up to 3 shows before calling it quits. My furriend Scooby Doo’s dad told someone to take her kitty into the bathroom and hold them on the sink like a judge would and tilt the head back to look in the eyes and teeth to help get use to that. He also puts on his swim suit and gets in the tub with all his kitties. They have 3 they show to help with baths and they get use to the water. Ok, I like to bath alone. MOL
Enjoy your day and get lots of mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/04/2013 07:51.37 PM

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we're stopping
by tonight instead of tomorrow since janet won't be here but in/out all day long so hence we're here tonight to see you all! she and natty got the fence up behind the house around the lower garden and now it's ready to be planted and she'll be getting some cold weather tolerant things like leeks and then will cover things up later on with netting to keep flying birds like wild turkeys out as they will fly over fencing. sandy, ana, haley, angels

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04/04/2013 05:06.32 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 3
Thank you for supporting me and pushing my votey button. I appreciate you stopping by to visit me. Thank you for putting me in your taglines too.
My first show was only 45 minutes away. I went to the groomer and was very good for Miss Bobbi. She gave me a bath and did my nails two days before the show.
Mom had to go and get a couple yards of material for my curtains and she was a yard short. MOL I have a benching cage I stay in while waiting to be judge. I need my curtains up so we don’t see the other kitties. I have a litter box that I don’t use, mom has food and water for me that I don’t eat or drink and my kitty bed with some toys. I do lay in my kitty bed. Don’t worry, it is normal for some kitties not to use the litter box, eat or drink during the show. Only my furriends that have been going to shows for years and to most of the shows eat and use the litter box. I do love my benching cage. When mom gets it ready then takes me out I jump into my cage. It’s safe in there. I also have another cage, it’s called the judges cage. It’s up by the judge. Mom has to listen for them to call the household pets and my number. I then go and get in the cage with my number on top and wait for the judge to get me out. Mom was nervous how I would react to my first judge but I just let him hold me and look at me. Mom didn’t get a picture because she was watching to make sure I didn’t take off. MOL
I was real nervous. The Del Mar show is very loud and there are so many people there to watch us. Yes, most of the people watch the Household pets. We always have the largest crowds watching us. Each judge is different. Household Pets do not have standards like the pure breeds. We do have to be at least 4 months old, not declawed, in good health with no evidence of fleas, ear mites, etc. Cats 8 months of age or older must be spayed/neutered. Nails should be clipped on all four paws before leaving for the show. HHP’s are judged on condition (general good health), uniqueness, temperament, and grooming. Most people bathe their pet one to two days before the show. The judges loved the household pets because it’s judges choice on who wins. I have one judge that has given me a rosette twice. He always says he picks the cats he would like to take home. I guess I’m real special. MOL
Ok, more tomorrow or I will just keep on meowing. MOL Enjoy your mom and dad time.
Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/03/2013 07:36.13 PM

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Oh....
NOW your particular! Correct me if I'm wrong,but are you not the daddy of Shelby's babies??? Appears you liked short hair at one time! MOL! Hope she has them kittens soon,I'm like eating this salsa like no tomorrow! Oh,yeah,and I want her to feel better too...yeah,thats it :)

XOXO~E~

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04/03/2013 04:06.21 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 2
Thank you for supporting me and pawing me a votey. As you know, I show in the CFA and I’m in the Southwest region. The CFA Southwest Region(Region 5) was one of the first CFA Regions to score household pets for regional awards. The Northwest region(Region 2) and Japan (Region 8) have also been scoring household pets and presenting regional awards for many years. The regions that show household pets are Region 1 North Atlantic, Region 2 North West, Region 3 Gulf Shore, Region 5 Southwest, Region 6 Midwest, Region 7 Southern and Region 8 Japan. Region 7 is the most recent region to present regional awards for the 2007-2008 show season. You can get a lot of information that I give you on the CFA website. I am getting it from the Southwest Region’s website. The other regions are Region 4 Great Lakes, Region 9 Europe and International Division (Asia/Latin America)
My show year runs from May 1 through April 30. The Southwest Region encompasses Southern California (Bakersfield and points South), Arizona and Las Vegas, Nevada. Usually the top 10 household pets are presented awards except for the Del Mar, Ca Show in January. It’s the biggest show in the region We have at least 45 household pets and the top 15 get awards. All the other shows are smaller and you only have 20-25 kitties in the household pet category.
My first show was The Food & Water Bowl XIX Jan 22 & 23, 2011 Del Mar, CA 8 rings. I was up against 45 household pets. Mom didn’t know it was the biggest show in the region until we got there and someone told her. She still says she started me out in a shark tank. I don’t know what a shark is. I was very nervous.
Tomorrow my first show and how I felt.
Kitty kisses,
Spunky

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04/02/2013 07:54.59 PM

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Hi Champagne
Day 1
Thank you so much for asking me to run for COTM. I am so honored. This is the best bunch of kitties and I am so happy to be with you all.
Some of you might not know but I am a show cat. I have been in seven shows starting in Jan 2011. We don’t go to all the shows but it’s nice just to have mommy and me time. I’m going to tell you a little of how I felt in the shows, some of the rules and you can come to my gallery and see some of the pictures from the shows.
I have won 5 rosettes and mommy put up a shelf for me to display my rosettes and my pictures are around the shelf with my pretty rosettes around me.
Just so you know , you don’t have to be a purebred to be shown. I’ll tell you about that first, mom has me in the category of HHP( Household Pet). I will get into some of the purebreds afterwards if I have some time. I go to the CFA(Cat Fancy Association) shows. My last show one of my mom’s furriends gave her a booklet for the TICA(The International Cat Association) shows. They are starting to go to those shows too. We’ll read the booklet and let you know a little about those shows too.
I hope you enjoy my catpaign and that I can answer your questions about the shows. I know there are a few of you out there that go to shows too. Tomorrow we will start off with my first show, how I felt and some background.
Enjoy your mom and dad time. Kitty kisses
Spunky

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04/01/2013 07:21.43 PM

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