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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 689.1 | Agenting | 25192::MECLER | FRANK | Wed Jul 29 1987 12:47 | 8 |
| Bryan,
I've agented cats for other breeders in the past. It usually tends
to be for someone I know well and whose cattery health picture is
familiar to me. It also depends on the class of the cat to be agented
in relation to what I am showing.
Frank
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| 689.2 | Anything you want to know, just ask! | 25217::SCHREINER | Go ahead, make me PURRR... | Wed Jul 29 1987 12:49 | 24 |
| Hi Bryan,
Yes, I have experience acting as an "Agent". I showed several cats
to Regional and National wins in CFF. I've shown Persians (my breed),
Exotic Shorthairs, Tonks, Siamese, Turkish Angoras, Himmy's, and
Manx.
I have also had my cats "agented" for me when I couldn't make shows
or had a conflict (two shows the same weekend!!).
Each time the situation was a little different. Sometimes I'ld
show a cat to get my expenses paid, sometimes it was a strickly
per show cash price, sometimes it was for an entry in the show or
a hotel room.
I bet there might be someone from this conference who will be showing
at the show who could take your kitty for you. Besides, it's always
fun to show one more!!!
When's the show??
cin...who hasn't been keeping track of the shows.
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| 689.3 | This is a good topic. | 25217::SCHREINER | Go ahead, make me PURRR... | Wed Jul 29 1987 12:56 | 15 |
| I also agree with .1
The health of the person's cats and environment that your sending
yours with should also be considered.
You also have to consider if your going to be able to bath and groom
the cat prior to the show or if your going to have the agent do
the preparation. If the agent is going to prepare the cat, you
have to be sure they also know how to groom the cat so it looks
its best. I always say that preparation is the key....if their
not shampooed and groomed properly before the show, it doesn't matter
what you do at the show, you can't fix it!
cin
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| 689.4 | | MIGHTY::WILLIAMS | Bryan Williams | Wed Jul 29 1987 16:29 | 11 |
| In this case, it's the Manchester NH show in August. We will be
in England. We would like to show our Siamese kitten, but have never
shown a siamese before. We thought we might ask the breeder we got
her from if she is going to be there because she knows us and visa
versa. I was just wondering if this was a common practice.
I think it's a great deal of work to ask someone to do for free,
so some kind of compensation would be in order. What is typical?
This is a two day show (not back-to-back)..
Bryan
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| 689.5 | Some Considerations | 25192::MECLER | FRANK | Wed Jul 29 1987 17:00 | 25 |
| Bryan,
Showing a siamese is a fairly low work project from what I've seen.
When I've agented in the past, it was either for expenses (if I
wasn't showing a cat of my own) or for free if I had a cat entered
and was going anyway. By the way this was for Himmies with all
the grooming Cindi mentioned above. Frequently a breeder will agent
a cat he/she has sold, since it is to the breeder's benefit for
the cat to do well.
I've been spoiled lately because our cats did well and the cats
we have been asked to agent have done well (CFA National Winners).
I've tended to get rather picky about what I will take out even
from our cattery since we have earned a reputation of showing good
cats. I mentioned this to consider before asking the breeder to
show your cat. Was the breeder hyping the cat as a show quality
cat when you bought it? If not the breeder may not want the cat
shown much less agent it. We had to discourage the purchaser of
one of our pet kittens from taking the little darling to a show.
We sold it as a pet and would have been embarassed if someone in
the cat fancy had thought we sold it as "showable". I ramble.
Good Luck with finding an agent.
Frank
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| 689.6 | | AKA::TAUBENFELD | Almighty SET | Wed Jul 29 1987 21:28 | 5 |
| As an aside, how do you shampoo the cat? Mielikki would have my
arms for lunch if I tried it. Is there some special device you
hold them with? Or are show cats bred to sit still?
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| 689.7 | Preparation | 25192::MECLER | FRANK | Thu Jul 30 1987 11:20 | 10 |
| re: .6
If a breeder thinks kittens are of show potential (although we
do it with all of our kittens) the breeder will start bathing the
kitten at fairly regular intervals from about 6 or 6 weeks of age.
Gets them used to the bath and following blow dry when they are
"easy" to control. Then as they get older they realize the futility
of arguing. Of course you clip the claws before the bath
Frank
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