Well.. that was an interesting weekend. My first TICA show and I have to say that I preferred the ACFA show. But this may have been an off show for TICA. A lot of people I talked to said that they weren't impressed. There was hardly any litter available, and no direction on where to put used litter (I brought my own anyway). The venue was hard to find and not convenient for getting in an out of. Our cats were more crowded than we liked, and were so close across the aisles from each other that there was some hissing going on. When the spectators came in, it was chaos trying to get your cat out and through the crowds to the rings. They also ran out of show calendars the first day, so 2 day showers were out of luck. I kind of expected a TICA show to be more professional than the ACFA show I attended earlier this Fall.
Again, Tsekani was the only Mau there so I didn't get to see any comparisons. He got 500 points in 10 rings, but didn't final in any rings. He was up against 62 championship cats. I was discouraged, but was told that there was a lot of heavy campaigning going on with multiple supreme grand champions vying for top 5 placings to gain regional and international points. A lady pointed out 6 off-duty judges who were there just to show their best cats.
One of the off-duty judges took time out to go over my cat with me and she gave me some really good pointers. Some of the stuff I already knew, but it was nice to hear from a judge. She told me what to look for in a good breeding female for my boy.
Again, I was awed by the Oriental Shorthairs and just loved the few Cornish Rex cats. The Singapuras were amazingly cute. All in all I am glad that I went, but I can see from that show what could be improved.
Again, Tsekani was the only Mau there so I didn't get to see any comparisons. He got 500 points in 10 rings, but didn't final in any rings. He was up against 62 championship cats. I was discouraged, but was told that there was a lot of heavy campaigning going on with multiple supreme grand champions vying for top 5 placings to gain regional and international points. A lady pointed out 6 off-duty judges who were there just to show their best cats.
One of the off-duty judges took time out to go over my cat with me and she gave me some really good pointers. Some of the stuff I already knew, but it was nice to hear from a judge. She told me what to look for in a good breeding female for my boy.
Again, I was awed by the Oriental Shorthairs and just loved the few Cornish Rex cats. The Singapuras were amazingly cute. All in all I am glad that I went, but I can see from that show what could be improved.