Last weekend was Cosmo’s first show competing in the Premiership class. For those who do not know what that means, in the CFA association, a cat is shown in the Kitten class from ages 4-8 months. At 8 months, the cat then graduates to the grown-up classes: Championship for intact cats, and Premiership for those that are spayed or neutered. There is also a class for Household Pets class (for cats with no pedigree, whether moggy or purebred).
Cosmo hadn’t been shown since October, when he behaved like a little gentleman. This time, he was quite pissy, and I am quite sure that he hissed at every single judge. One judge was a little nervous about that, so I actually had to retrieve Cosmo from his cage for the judge. Another judge joked about the cats all having eaten their “grumpy-o’s” for breakfast, as about 4 in a row were pretty crabby about being in the judging cages. And in case you were wondering, hissing is alright, as long is the cat is not acting aggressively, such as trying to bite or scratch a judge. although, I would be lying if I said that I didn’t wish that Cosmo behaved pleasantly and playfully like most of the Persians seem to do! I really need to get him out to shows, and generally out in public more often!
As far as Cosmo’s results for this show, heonly placed in one ring, and that was #10 for Judge Paul Patton in the Shorthair Specialty (pictured above), which earned him 8.8 regional points. In this ring, he was the #3 Premier (which means that he defeated 5 Shorthair Premiers), which earned him 6 Premiership Points. He also earned 6 Premiership points in each of two other rings for being the Second Best Premier (although he did not place in those rings), which means that he earned a total of 18 points toward his Grand Premier title (he needs 75 total). A big thank you to Kathy on the Yahoo Group for CFA Newbees for explaining the Premiership points to me.
