Minkitty Tonkinese

I love showing my tonks. Showing cats is a great way to learn about the breed, the "Standard" and feline health/welfare. It is a way to make sure your breeding program is going in the right direction with respects to "look" and "temperament". In addition, you meet and exchange ideas and blood lines with other Tonkinese breeders from all over the US and Canada. I've also had the joy of meeting many spectators whom I now consider friends. Besides, where else can you kiss, groom, talk to, play with and fuss over your cats all weekend long and no one thinks you're strange?

(Some Back Yard Breeders will tell you that cats from people who show will more likely have upper respiratory illnesses. This simply is not true. They say this to justify why they don't show. Showing cats costs money. BYBs are breeding to make money. They keep their expenses low by not showing and pushing kittens out the door at 10 weeks or less.)

Give yourself a treat and visit the next show that comes to your town.
For a schedule of CFA cat shows click on the following link Show Schedule.

It was great seeing everybody at the Columbus show the first weekend of February.
Thanks for stopping by and saying "hi" and meeting my "family". My next show will be in Lorain then Mansfield, Delaware, and Pittsburgh. After that I'm taking a break and refinishing my upstairs floors.

John judging at a CFA cat show in Strongsville. January 2004.	As you walk around a cat show you will have an opportunity to meet breeders and ask questions about their wonderful breed.
Besides cats, a cat show has a lot of vendors. Vince sells toys, beds and grooming supplies.	In addition to cat items, you can also find people food. This is the food at Michaud's in Strongsville.
Most Cat shows will have a raffle table similar to this one. It works like this. You buy tickets and put them in a cup next to the raffle prize you want. At the end of the day the tickets are pulled, one for each prize.	Stay A While Cat Shelter is a no kill cat shelter in North Royalton, Ohio. It is a great place to get a domestic cat and in doing so, make room and save the life of another. Besides saving feline lives, they make the best cat beds!! When they go to a cat show they create a "feeding frenzy" amongst the breeders over their beds.
Sharon judging Sweet Caroline at the Cincinnati Cat Show in February 2007. This was Caroline's fist time out as a Champion.	Agility is a new form of competition that has recently been added to some CFA shows. To see a film clip of this new event click here. This is a big file so if you have dial up, better not try. Page back when you are done.
The 'benching cages' are usually decorated in keeping with the season or the breed of cat. The cats are only kept in the benching cages when not being judged or fussed over. At night they stay with their owners, usually at a local hotel. This was taken at the Fourth of July Show in Virginia in 04	Winning ribbons is always rewarding but having dinner (and drinks) with your friends and fellow to tonk breeders after the show is great fun. This is the time where we share ideas about our breeding programs. (Cynthia, Frank, Megan, Bonnie, Nancy, and Peg)

Some of the members of the Cleveland Persian Society. Picture taken at a CFA cat show in Strongsville, in January 2001.

Some members of the Tonkinese Breed Association. This picture taken at a CFA cat show in Michigan in July, 2005.
(John, Megan - Michigan; Nancy-Ohio; Deborah-North Carolina; Linda-Florida; Beth-Missouri; and Bri-Ohio)

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