New Show Season – Daunting!

April 14, 2015 By: MoscatoMom

I am beyond excited that the cat show gods (judges) were smiling favorably upon Cosmo at his last show of the season at Cats of Wisconsin in Waukesha, early this month. While he only placed once in the top 10 at this show, in several other rings he earned points for either “Best Premier” or “Second Best Premier,” all of which were really needed for him to achieve his title of Grand Premier. What’s even sweeter is that the grand points that he earned at COWS brought him to exactly 75 points! Suffice it to say that I was on pins and needles waiting for “Herman” to update, hoping that the unofficial count provided by Monte at the show was correct. It was!

The cat show season ends in April, and begins again in May. It took Cosmo four shows to grand. While he placed quite often as a kitten, he placed less often than I would have liked this season as a Premier. I am not sure whether that is largely because he had not granded yet, or just because he tends to be a little crab apple in the show ring. Regardless, his performance in the premiership division thus far leaves me questioning whether it is worth it to pursue a Regional Win in the new season. While he was very well behaved at the Cat’n on the Fox show in Wheaton last month, he was quite tense at COWS, and seemed a little spooked. One judge noticed him hunkered down in his judging cage and giving me the evil eye, so she made it a point to give him extra cuddles and to baby him a little. It was a little embarrassing, but a lot sweet. I wish that I could give him a little something to help relax him, but it is against show rules. To his credit, he did not hiss at one judge at either COWS or Wheaton. At his first show as a Premier in St. Louis, he hissed at Every. Single. Judge.

Because he granded at COWS, that was Cosmo’s last show of the season, despite there being three weekends left before the season’s end. Because he did not start showing as an adult until January, the only goal for showing this season was to earn his Grand Premier title. He started well after the middle of the show season, so unless he took first place in every ring at a major show, there really would not have been any hope for a regional win. I think the game plan for 2015-16, at least for the start of the season, is to see how well he does in the ring now that he is a grand. If he places (and maybe can beat a Persian or two – those cute little guys almost always win!), I will consider going for a RW. If not, I may switch over to ACFA and focus on attaining his high title there. I’ll probably show Cosmo in shows for both associations during May and June, as it does not seem that there is much overlap in shows in the Midwest. Regardless, this show break will be used for improving his condition – more exercise, better monitoring of his food intake, working on healing the minor chin acne, and researching what I can do to improve his grooming.

I have since updated Cosmo’s page with some gallery pics from the most recent shows. Check it out! Also, check the sidebar for an updated show schedule, which I tend to update closer to each show date.

Cosmo’s Show #6: Rock Valley C.C., Rockford IL (ACFA)

February 22, 2015 By: MoscatoMom

The Rock Valley Cat Club was Cosmo’s and my first show in an ACFA association show. Just a two-hour drive from home, this was a two day show and Cosmo did well, both in terms of points AND his behavior! This was a 2-day show with eight rings, and Cosmo placed in 5 of them (0, 10th, 5th, 0, 9th, 6th, 9th, 0), despite having a little chunk of fur pulled out of his backside by one of the big cats in a secret Kitty Fight Club (see below). If his color was solid, it might not have been as obvious, but his fur is ticked, meaning that each strand is light with a couple of dark bands, so the dark bands of the remaining fur made the gap quite visible. [See Cosmo’s page for his Rock Valley photo gallery]

The best part of the show was meeting such nice people. Rarely have I seen poor behavior by another exhibitor (but I have – it’s usually in the form of condescending behavior and words), but the people I was benched near were very helpful and it was a delight to spend two days with them.

NUMBERING: One thing that I really liked about ACFA over CFA is the way the cats are numbered (each cat in a show is assigned a number, and you have to listen for your number to be called to the judging rings). In CFA, they are all just numbered 1 – 225 (based on how many total cats are in the show), and while the number ranges are based on the four classes, #141 could be a cat in the Premier class, and #142 can be a Household Pet. In this ACFA show, cats numbered 0-99 are all kittens. 100’s are longhair adults (intact); 200’s are shorthair adults (intact); 300’s are Alters (spays and neuters); and 400’s are the Household Pets. So at this show, I could just glance at a judge’s ring and see which class is being judged based on the numbers posted on the cages. You can do that at a CFA show, but you have to know where each number range begins and ends for each class.

SCORING: I think I like the scoring system in ACFA better than CFA, but I don’t entirely understand either, so I won’t give a big explanation here. Suffice it to say that I need either a calculator or a points chart for CFA, and I need to know the entry counts for the show in order to figure his points. Points in ACFA is much simpler.

This ACFA show was a little smaller than the CFA shows that I’ve been to, but that made for judging that was a little quicker (and no overlapping of classes in the ring), and we were able to leave the showhall a little earlier than we can for CFA shows.

That said, there are aspects of CFA that I like better than ACFA. The shows are very similar, but each association has differences that make make them both good associations to be a part of. I’m glad to have discovered the ACFA shows within driving distance of my home!

Confused by Premiership Points (CFA)

January 20, 2015 By: MoscatoMom

The whole matter of the points system is now more complicated. As in the Kitten class, Cosmo will still earn Regional points for each ring in which he places in the top ten. That is simple enough.

Now that Cosmo is no longer a kitten, I now have to worry about his Premiership points, and frankly, I do not believe that the way CFA describes this point system is very clear.

Cosmo was registered at this show as an “Open,” which basically means that he has not yet met the qualifications of the “Premier” title. My first challenge was that I could not figure out for the life of me how he gets from “Open” to “Premier.” I read CFA’s “Scoring FAQs” page on its website, and I also had to open up CFA’s show rulebook, and it was still a mystery to me.

There are a few rules that allude to an Open becoming a Premier, but they are very vague. For instance,

“…all opens in any type of ring, e.g. Allbreed, Longhair/Shorthair or Breed specialty, can use the ring as a ‘Qualifying Ring’ so long as the judge does not disqualify or otherwise withhold awards (including wrong color) from the open…” (Rule 8.01)

and then 8.03 seems to be a little more definitive:

a. Six (6) Qualifying Rings earned under at least four (4) different judges are required for Championship or Premiership confirmation…
b. Winners Ribbons won prior to May 1, 2011, or as a Novice, satisfy the requirement for an equal number of Qualifying Rings in the corresponding color classes for Championship or Premiership confirmation. All requests for confirmation must satisfy show rule 8.05c.
c. An Open must compete all of the requirements for Championship or Premiership confirmation before competing as a Grand Champion or Grand Premier.

The problem that I had was that “Qualifying Rings” is not defined, except perhaps up in 8.01, but I knew I had to have six of them. Also, 8.03.b. mentions “Winners Ribbons,” but again, I did not see that was a defined term. The Championship/Premiership claim form also says that I must have six “Winners Ribbons.”

At the show, Juli (who owns Cosmo’s brother, Citron) tried to explain the points system to me, but it went over my head. She explained that Cosmo just had to be judged in 6 rings (different judge) and not get disqualified in order to move from “Open” to “Premier.” I also went to the master clerk’s desk and asked him if he could briefly explain to me, and he did. But again, it went over my head. However, when I asked him about the “Winner’s Ribbons,” he explained that it wasn’t very clear because a few years ago something changed, and it is just the 6 qualifying rings that are needed, no actual ribbons, so I filled out my Premiership claim form and left it with him to submit to CFA. Now I just had to calculate how many Premiership points Cosmo earned. I figured I would just wait until I got home, so I could sit down at my computer and figure the points out.

I decided to print out the page about Scoring from the CFA Newbee website, and go point-by-point on the list to see what applied to Cosmo for this show. I also went to Herman Online to view his points, which by now have been recorded. I saw that Cosmo now has 18 Premiership points, which was much more than what I originally thought.

1. Any Champion or Premier placing in the top ten Bests in Show will receive points toward Grand Championship or Grand Premiership. The highest placing Premier will receive one point for every participating or benched Premier defeated. The second highest placing Premier will receive 90% of the points… third highest, 80%, fourth highest, 70%, etc. That was pretty easy to determine for the two rings in which he received “Second Best Premier” ribbons.

However, the problem is that if your cat is not first or second, you are not necessarily going to know that he defeated other premiers, which was the case for me in Judge Patton’s ring. I thought that because he placed tenth best in this ring, he would only earn 1.60 points (I was using the Total SH Premiership number, not the SH Premiers). This calculation was incorrect.

Instead, Karen at the CFA Newbee Yahoo Group explained that in this ring, Cosmo probably was the Third Best SH Premier, for 5.60 points, which she thought was rounded up to 6.0. This is where the catalog becomes important. I always made it a point to record each cat that placed in each ring (for the class in which Cosmo is competing). I discovered that in Patton’s ring, the cats that placed first through seventh were already Grand Premiers. Numbers eight through ten (Cosmo) were either Opens or Premiers, which meant that Cosmo was indeed the third best premier (Grands are not counted) for this ring. Which made Karen’s assumption correct.

One thing that I didn’t catch was rounding. The rules say “In all case, fractional points .5 and greater will be rounded to the next higher number.” For the two rings where he received ribbons for Second Best Premier, each ribbon was worth 6.30 points. The rules do NOT say that fractional points less than .5 will be rounded to the next lower number, but I am told that is assumed. So each ribbon was actually worth 6.0 points.

These 12 points, plus the 6 points from Paul Patton’s ring, total 18 premiership points for Cosmo. He only has to earn 57 more points to earn his Grand Premiership. I’m hoping that next time he can earn even more points than he did at this show so we can knock the title off in only 2 more shows.

Lessons Learned from a Majorly Big Cat Show.

December 24, 2014 By: MoscatoMom

This post has been a long time coming, and as such, is quite long, I’m afriad. I’ve had a lot of time to mull over the Indy Show and below are my observations. I’ll post photos in another thread (and in a gallery on Cosmo’s page).

Cosmo’s last show of 2014 was in Indianapolis, and I was quite overwhelmed by that one. It was also his last show in the Kitten class. Apparently, the Indy show is a big show that *a lot* of the national campaigners attend. I, the little nobody newbee, was benched in a “Champion Row” because Jo Cornwall of TrueBrit Cattery, who I had met and chatted with at a previous show, generously listed me in her benching request (Jo and Colin show and breed stunning British Shorthair cats that just kill it on the show circuit). She was very kind – and tolerant – in answering my questions, but truthfully, I was so overwhelmed that I couldn’t think of the questions I wanted to ask her, nor did I get to chat with her much. She was very busy with her gorgeous boy placing at the top of every single ring of this 2-day show and I didn’t want to distract her or waste her time. I was amazed by Jo, and also the Bombay breeder on my other side who also placed at the top of each ring.

So here’s how things went down for me and Cosmo:

To start with, we arrived RIGHT AT SHOWTIME! We live 3 hours away, so we woke up and left the house by 5am in order to arrive no later than 8am. We actually arrived at 9am, an hour later than planned.

Lesson 1: CHECK FOR TIME ZONE CHANGES! It turns out that we live in the Central Time Zone (I knew that), and Indianapolis is in the Eastern Time Zone (I didn’t even think about that). Fortunately, Cosmo’s class was not among the first to show, so we had some time to get settled in and somewhat relaxed.

Lesson 2: SOMETIMES YOU ALMOST HAVE TO GENUFLECT. Being in my very first show season with Cosmo, I learn a lot of lessons. My second lesson for *this* show was that there is a difference between the Master, Entry, and Ring Clerks. While most people are very nice and helpful, some people get crabby and even downright rude if you don’t refer to them by the correct title (I’m new to this – there is a lot to remember, and I forget some things!). That is all I will say about that. Lesson learned! I won’t forget next time.

Lesson 2.5 should probably be to just shut my trap about Lesson 2. However, lesson 2 also leads directly to the third lesson, which is a wonderful one:

Lesson 3: MAKE FRIENDS WITH OTHER EXHIBITORS. Strike up a conversation with someone you are benched near, or someone whose cat is always next to yours in the ring. Their insights are invaluable, particularly when you encounter someone with an ugly attitude. I’ve been fortunate to have been in a few shows with Juli Clark, who shows Cosmo’s older brother Citron (they share the same parents, but are not littermates – I can’t wait until she starts breeding!). I’ve also made friends with a woman named Cathy, who had been showing a beautiful Tonkinese kitten this past season. Really, almost everyone is very nice for the most part, but those who are not can sour your mood if you let them.

Lesson 4: STAY OUT OF THE WAY OF PEOPLE WHO DO NOT TREAT THE “LITTLE PEOPLE” KINDLY. Luckily, I was not alone at this show. This time, my daughter came with so she could work as a steward in a judging ring (The stewards spray and wipe down the judging cages after a cat has been judged). Her experience was mixed. The first day, the judge told her right off the bat, “Just stay out of my way, and you’ll be fine.” This same judge never addressed her by name that entire day (but, after judging a round, made sure to say the obligatory “Thank you to the steward – I think it’s that girl standing over there… Yeah, that one holding the spray bottle.”), and did not acknowledge her at all later that evening when we all shared an elevator. The second day for my daughter was much more pleasant – she stewarded for a judge that was appreciative and made it a point to not only acknowledge her, but also joked and conversed with her in between judging, and best of all, remembered her name throughout the day!

Lesson 5: TO PADLOCK, OR NOT TO PADLOCK – THAT IS THE QUESTION. At a previous show, one person that I benched next to warned me about some incidents where show cats were stolen right from their benching cages. She had padlocks on her SturdiShelter, and told me it would be a good idea to do the same. She also warned me to put Cosmo’s dishes in back of the cage to avoid sabotage tactics that involve poisoning or otherwise tainting food and water. And also, sometimes unscrupulous competitors will sneak by and actually break a cat’s tail in order to disqualify it! My mouth was agape and I was shocked at the stories she told. SHOWS ARE FREAKING SCARY!

Well, perhaps not so much. At the Indy show, more than a couple of the national-winning breeders kind of teased me about the padlocks, or made comments like “How cute – padlocks!” Some of these same breeders had cats that they could actually just leave resting on the grooming table as they walked away (these cats were actually left outside of their cages. One woman kept her StudiShelter unzipped and left, and the cat cautiously tried to sneak out before another exhibitor zipped him back in)! I cannot even imagine Cosmo staying in one place for more than 3 seconds. I think that those Persian cats are some kind of miracle combination of cat relaxation, obedience, and playfulness.

That said, after seeing the creepy guy at the Springfield, IL, show who wore a wig that didn’t fit, kept fidgeting with his wig and smelling his fingers, and was obsessed with the cats and tried to touch them when their exhibitors were away from the area, I’ll keep my sturdy purple padlocks, thank you very much!

For this whole show, I was intimidated to say the least. Long-time breeders talked about advanced genetics, about how some judges are judging wrong, and how some other breeders are breeding wrong… it was very informative listening to conversations, to the extent that I understood what they were talking about. I felt like any of my questions about breeding would have been stupid, along the lines of, “So when a boy cat and a girl cat fall in love, they get married and have lots of pretty kittens that can win at shows, right?” Or some dumb comment like, “Unnhhh…. cats… are… soft…”

All in all, it was a great experience and I enjoyed the show, despite Cosmo not placing. There was a ton of excellent competition and he DID get an honorable mention or two! That’s something, right?

Cosmo’s Third Show: Illinois Feline Fanciers

October 21, 2014 By: MoscatoMom

The Illinois Fancier’s Club hosted its 49th annual cat show at the Illinois State Fairgrounds on October 18 and 19, 2014. This was a 2 day show, with 8 rings. My only regret that weekend was not taking a photograph of the giant Abraham Lincoln statue standing outside of the exhibition hall. But, I was a little busy with a little kitten.

It would seem that our spunky little Cosmo has started his own little Fight Club with resident moggies, Peanut and Piston, and this illicit activity most likely takes place while we sleep or while we are at work. While Ultimate Fighting may be an expected way of life for the average alley cat, it is a pastime that makes this new show mom quite nervous. Case in point: Two days before the show, Kain noticed that Cosmo had a little scab inside of his ear. Of course, having a scab inside of his ear meant that I wasn’t able to shave closely around that little area (approx. 2-3mm), which means that not only did he have a little scab inside of his ear, but he also had stubble (yes, I have to shave the insides of his ears with a little battery-operated trimmer). I fully expected that he would not place at all due to this little wound, but he still needed to attend in order to stay relatively used to the show environment. On day 2 of the show, we arrived at the showhall a little later than I wanted, so I grabbed a wet wipe and set about cleaning his ears, quickly but vigorously. I had completely forgotten about the scab and actually rubbed it off as I wiped the inside of his ear, but fortunately, it had healed enough that it did not bleed and no mark was visible, so I got out my trimmer and attempted to complete my shoddy shaving job. The funny little things that worry a show mom!

There were many excellent kittens at this show. In particular, a black and white bi-color persian male kitten, Astral Charm Top That, dominated the kitten division of this show, placing first in 6 out of 8 rings and earning 198 points in just two days! The judges who placed him all commented on his spectacular coat and impeccable grooming.

This weekend, I was fortunate to have met a couple of other exhibitors: Kathy Becker, who was showing a beautiful Champagne Mink colored Tonkinese, and Janet _____, who was showing a very nice white Oriental Shorthair female named Blanca. As at prior shows, both ladies gave me some great pointers and a lot of encouragement, and I am glad to have had such good bench-mates.

One other highlight of the show was that I had the opportunity to briefly speak with Judge Mary Auth. As she judged Cosmo, she caged him and then paused to review the breed standard. I was curious about this – and hoping that he did not have some fault that I was not aware of. After she was completely finished with the Kitten class, we briefly discussed what she was reviewing, and we then chatted for a moment about my newbie status and local cat club involvement. I was quite intimidated to approach her, but am glad that I did.

As for Cosmo, he behaved quite well at the show and placed in one ring: a very admirable 3rd place awarded by CFA Judge Norman Auspitz, for 29.70 points. Kathy was seated behind me for the finals, and Mr. Auspitz announced his winners in reverse order. I expected maybe 10th or 8th, but with each number the judge called, I realized how much he liked Cosmo. Granted, Cosmo still hates being put into the judge’s cages, and he actually hissed at me a couple of times in protest, but once the judges got a hold of him, he was *so* good on the table. He is still aloof and will not play with the judges – he’s too smart to be bribed with fun toys – but at least this time, he did not try to climb over Mr. Dineson’s shoulder to run away! I am encouraged that he seemed to be calmer for this show, and I hope that bodes well for the Indy show next weekend.

Cosmo, 6 1/2 mos old.

Cosmo’s Second Show – American Gothic in Peoria, IL

September 15, 2014 By: MoscatoMom

Last weekend marked the second show for Cosmo, which was also our first 2-day show. Fortunately, it was only 45 minutes from home, so no hotel stay was required

Lauren did not want to attend, nor did Blake, so it was just me and Cosmo on our own. I arrived a little early to find our benching area and got set his cage up. Saturday seemed to be rather slow, and the rings in which he was judged were pretty evenly spaced. The first day he was judged by Darrell Newkirk (and again in the same ring by judge trainee Teresa Sweeney, who I hear breeds stunning Maine Coon cats), followed by Kathy Calhoun, then Paul Patton (SP) and Mary Auth (SP). He was pulled for finals by Paul Patton, where Cosmo was awarded 7th place for 14 points (this was a specialty ring, so only shorthair kittens are calculated in the point count). Ms. Sweeney also placed him in 10th for her finals, but there were no points for this as she is a trainee. I think it was a “practice” final, needed for her to become a judge.

Sunday was rather frantic, as there were still 4 kitten rings to be judged, and 5 finals (Newkirk judged SH on Sat., and LH kittens on Sunday, so his kitten finals were on Sunday). A few delays in judging and finals for the kitten class, as there was some overlap in the different rings for the kitten class. One ring clerk got particularly testy when people didn’t show up at his ring on time (due to being in other rings), but also got testy when exhibitors told him that some cats he called were still in another ring. “I KNOW! That’s why I said AS AVAILABLE!!” I was amused, only because his frustration was not directed at me. There is always something amusing at cat shows, like the time an exhibitor at a TICA show got snippy with me for confusing her British *LONGHAIR* for a Persian (to be fair, I could only see it’s rear side, not it’s face. It was a big white puffball).

Cosmo did not place on Sunday, so his point count for this show is 14 (if I calculated correctly). One judge said she could have easily placed 10 more, and included Cosmo in that additional 10 (So, he’s top 20?). His total point count after this show is 51.8. Unfortunately, I probably won’t see his rank for a couple of weeks, as CFA’s recordkeeping is very much behind.

As far as Cosmo’s behavior, he still does not like being at shows, and he especially does not like being in the judge’s cages. For each of the 8 judges, when they tried to put him back in the cage after judging, he either strongly protested being returned to the cage, and in a couple of cases, he actually turned around and grabbed onto the judge for dear life in hopes of avoiding the cage. He climbed right over Mr. Dineson’s shoulder and almost absconded, had it not been for Jim’s quick hands. In the benching cage, he was able to settle down a little bit in the afternoon and take a nap, but he spent most of the day trying to hid under his blanket or under his bed.

To try to get Cosmo used to the cages for future shows, I purchased a used benching cage from the cage service so we can set it up at home and do a little training. The goal is to get him used to it so he can relax a little at the show and not be so scared. Put him in, give him a treat… which reminds me – I need to order some freeze-dried chicken. He loves the stuff, and I am out of the stash that his breeder sent home with me. Also to keep him [somewhat] used to the show hall, I think I am also going to have to show him at a 2-day show in Indianapolis next month.

I have to say that the highlights of the American Gothic show were simply meeting other exhibitors. Jodie Ross was benched next to me and had a beautiful blue-eyed Chocolate Point male Birman that achieved his Grand Championship designation this weekend. I was in each ring with Beth Cassely (sorry for the old link – I did not see that she has a website), whose gorgeous Champagne Mink Tonkinese placed in several rings. Both of these ladies were very kind and helpful to me, not hesitating to answer the many newbie questions that I had. I also met Jo Cornwall of TrueBrit cattery; she is a top breeder of stunning British Shorthair cats and is currently campaigning one for a national title. Of course, Juli Clark was able to make it to this show with her Singapura, Cosmo’s brother Citron (same parents, different litter), and the brothers got a little pissy with each other, exchanging hisses back and forth for the few minutes that Juli and I were able to chat. And just one more act of kindness, the gentleman who sold me the cage also had a vendor booth selling various supplies. When Cosmo just would not settle down, I went over and asked if he had any dehydrated chicken because I left what little bit I had at home. I explained that Cosmo was really nervous and I could not get him to calm down. He dug around and found a little packet and gave it to me at no charge. Such nice people this weekend!

Cat Show Newbie – Observations from our first show.

September 3, 2014 By: MoscatoMom

We exhibited Cosmo in his first show last month. It was our first show, as well – The Mo-Kan Cat Club’s “Cat Days of Summer” show in Kansas City, MO. Because KC is 6.5 hours away from our home, we stayed at a Holiday Inn the night before. The original plan was just for me and my daughter to attend, and then drive home after the show closed, but my husband wanted to make a weekend of it, so I changed the hotel reservation to 2 nights.

As we anticipated the arrival of Cosmo, knowing that we would be showing him, we visited a couple of cat shows because we had not been to any before. As a spectator, and not previously knowing anything about the cat fancy, cat shows were a little confusing. At a cat show there are rows of cat cages (the benching area), which are decorated in all sorts of fancy fabrics (curtains), and several judging rings around the perimeter of the show hall, and periodically, an announcer calls out numbers to inform exhibitors who should head to a particular ring. Once the cats are caged at the ring, the judge evaluates each cat in each category. For this show (and I believe for most) there were categories for Kittens (age 4-8 months), Championship (for intact cats), Premiership (for desexed cats), and Household Cats (not pedigreed). Once all cats in a particular category are judged, the top 10 are called back for finals.

For the Mo-Kan show, my first task was to check in with the entry clerk and figure out the location of Cosmo’s benching cage. Our cage was provided by the show, but many exhibitors bring their own collapsible cages (Sturdi brand shelters seem to be prevalent). I was fortunate that Cosmo’s breeder, Mette, loaned me one of her cage curtains, which I used on the inside of the cage. For the outside, I opted for two plain ivory sheets that were used to cover the top of the cage and to drape over the front of the table to hide my belongings. A plain white towel lined the floor of the cage, and I provided Cosmo with a small litter box (litter was provided by the show), his puffy bed, and small dishes for food and water (he was upset all day and did not touch either until we got back to the hotel room).

I had never seen a show catalog before. The show catalog lists all of the cats that are registered for the show, as well as other pertinent information (Judges and ring numbers, ring clerks, show organizers, sponsors and vendors, etc.). The catalog also contains forms to assist in keeping score, such as a breed summary sheet, a chart to identify winners of each ring’s finals, and a point chart. Once we were checked in and got our bench cage set up, I noticed the Judging Schedule on the back of the catalog. While I was careful to listen to the announcer for Cosmo’s number, it was also imperative to get a general idea of the order of rings in which Cosmo would be judged.

I thought Cosmo did very well, with this being his first show. We registered with the intent of simply learning about how shows work (I still don’t understand points very well) and getting Cosmo used to the sounds and smells of a cat show, but he actually placed in two rings, earning two ribbons.

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