Shorthaired Cat Society Show
Saturday was an important day for the Ocicat Classic. It was the first show in which the new breed could be entered. We took Lexi and Uno along and they, together with Ameeka’s Thickthorn Calypso (Jazzy, the first Classic to be registered for breeding) gained their first merit certificates with glowing judges reports.
Lexi seemed a bit put out not to have her usual double-sized exhibition pen with the nice curtains to hide behind. She’d only been in her pen for a minute when she decided to squeeze under the water dish that we’d hung on the side and tip it all over her back and bedding! Then, later, when we’d put food down for them after the judging, Uno decided to bury his lunch with the cat litter. He has a habit of scratching the floor around his food, to hide and save a bit for later. Normally the cat litter is on the other side of the room at home though and he looked a bit flummoxed when he’d actually been successful in burying it! He looked at us as if to say, ‘how do I eat that now?’ So, they’d both managed to make a nice mess of their pens 
We need six individual Ocicat Classics to each gain four merits before we can go on to the next stage an
d then finally attain championship status. We also entered Foreign breed side classes and Uno got two seconds and a first, as did Jazzy. Lexi got a second, third and fifth. They were big classes though! It was a fantastic start to the breed’s showing career and the judges all seemed very impressed with the beautiful tabby pattern on the sleek, muscular Ocicat, saying what a lovely combination it was and how good it was to finally see them on the show bench. Onwards and upwards!