Thread:AndreaBS/@comment-27108021-20160525160644/@comment-27108021-20160526164659

I know there are cats who love that sort of thing (being admired and getting a lot of attention) and those are the cats that should be in shows. LOL. Or the ones who are so even tempered that, really, anything is fine. I've known a few of those too. But I've also seen some where the breeder is just trying to get the champion down so they can charge more for kittens. I feel sorry for those cats.

My cat Kiri loved the attention and did well but didn't tolerate traveling very well. And we decided not to breed her so stopped taking her to cat shows after a couple. Callie swept the competition as a kitten and was very good tempered but mainly just wanted to play with all the other kittens and didn't like not being able to. LOL. She spent most of her time with her paw through the cage bars trying to get the kitten in the next cage over to come play with her. I'd also decided I wanted her just for a pet so was going to have her fixed and with Kiri always getting car sick just didn't go to any more shows. The rest of my Maine Coons (3 of them but not all at the same time were polydactyl and couldn't be shown as that's not in the standard. But I bred 2 of them.  Not that I'm a breeder.  But with the exception of Callie (whom I bought) all of the rest were free since I became friends with the breeder and she wanted someone who was willing to socialize kittens.  Yes!  I loved it.