I only recently discovered that there is an ACFA show in February, just 2 hours from my home, in the Rockford, IL area. My concern at the last show was that Cosmo had become more afraid, and was not used to being at shows after having a break of over 2 months since his last show. My goal is to get him into as many shows as I can reasonably attend given my full time job and duties as a mom. This meant that I have to register Cosmo with the ACFA. The procedure was easy enough… Fill out the application (which meant that I had to complete 3 generations of his pedigree), have his breeder sign it (I scanned and e-mailed to her, and she returned it to me within a few days), and submit it to ACFA along with the registration fee.  Also, I submitted my own membership application as well as a cattery registration.

I was worried about the processing time for Cosmo’s cat registration, because the show is only 2-3 weeks away and a registration number is required by the day of the show for inclusion into the catalog. So, although I mailed his application to ACFA, I also scanned the documents and e-mailed them. I was delighted to get an e-mail this morning telling me his registered name and his registration number, so I can get him signed up for the Rockford show right away (actually, after payday tomorrow! 🙂 ).  The ACFA person was also kind enough to tell me that my requested cattery name, Moscato, was approved. Cosmo’s ACFA is different from his CFA name, I am told because there is an ACFA cattery named Cosmo, so that name cannot be used as his first name. No problem, we just made him Junior Cosmo, instead (He is Cosmo JR with CFA).

I was quite impressed with the level of service provided by Cindy at ACFA, and I can’t wait to see how their shows work. The rules will be a little different than CFA, so I’ll have to do more reading about that. I am less impressed by their website, which seems a little slow and outdated, but it does contain most of the information I need, so it is, for the most part, functional.