Contact us by email at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or
by phone at 951 743 8230
by phone at 951 743 8230
Shows Attending:
I've been really lax at keeping this page updated all last year because there were no shows to go to. But both CFA and TICA are starting to schedule a few shows, although they are few and far between right now because of covid restrictions. If live in So. Calif and can get to any of our shows, we would love to meet you and show off our kitties. Please make it a point to stop by our benching area, and if you're interested in looking at toys, we'll be more than happy to introduce you to some of the vendors and point out our kitties' favorite toys.
We will be at the TICA show in Arcadia on July 24-25th. We took both Adriana and Savannah. Both girls did great. We'll have ne photos of the girls and their awards shortly,. Savannah received final awards in 5 rings. Adriana in 7 rings. "Finals" means best 10 cats in their individual competitions. There were 48-55 kittens in Kitten Class in each ring and 50-51 adult cats in each ring depending on which ring and which day. That's really impressive!
We will also be in Glendale on August 28the for a 1 day CFA show. We are taking Savannah, Adriana and Raphael. This will be the 2nd show for both Savannah and Adriana. It will be Raphael's 1st show. Chanan will be at Arcadia for the TICA show. We'll have new pics of these 3 kitties as soon as Chanan can send them to us for our website.
Tica 2019 Awards Banquet
Curl Essence Bellabee...
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Because of the covid shutdowns last year, TICA couldn't have their Awards Banquet for the 2018-2019 show year, so TICA will be holding their Awards Banquet Saturday night after the Saturday show in Arcadia on the 24th. We are excited to finally receive the awards for Bellabee at this banquet.
Bellabee is being awarded:
1 - International Winner for Best American Curl LH in TICA. , 2 - Best LH American Curl in the Southwest Region, and 3 - She is also 9th Best Cat for the Southwest Region. The "Best Cat" standing includes ALL cats in ALL BREEDS shown in TICA for the entire show season... That's HUGE!. We are obviously VERY proud of our little girl. These are all some really big achievements. We are really proud of our little girl.
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Showing at Arcadia...
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Savannah...
This picture is of Savannah as a kitten. We will post a better "grown-up" picture of her after Chanan takes a couple pictures of her at the TICA show in Arcadia next weekend.
Savannah is a silver patched classic tabby. The American Curl Standard gives a weight limit of 5-8 lbs for adult females. Most of our girls are around 5.5-6 lb. Our foundation cats were much larger boned than we like now. When we first started breeding Curls, we were pretty much clueless. When we finally learned that our cats were bigger boned than desired in the standard, we started breeding for smaller cats. Savannah is 5.1 lb at 1 yr of age. '' She and Adriana were really timid for the first ring, then a little better for the 2nd ring, but from then on, both were having a good time and showing off how pretty and playful they could be. |
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Adriana....
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We are calling Adriana a black marbled torti in TICA. CFA doesn't have that color designation so we registered her a just 'tortoiseshell" in CFA. We fully expect the judges in both associations to call her something else.... but maybe not. She's 'tortoiseshell' for sure, but other than that, we'll let the judges decide what the technical description of her color is. The one thing now in question is her personality. OMG! She is SUCH a player. It's usually easier to show off a kitten's personality if they've been to at least 1 show before. This will be her first time out of the house. Whether she's comfortable enough at this 1st show to show off her personality, that coat is definitely going to get some attention.
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Showing in Glendale... |
Savannah, Adriana and Raphael
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Raphael...
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Raphael is a red spotty tabby. Raphael will go to Arcadia with us to keep Adriana company, but also to get him familiar with the show hall. TICA will let kittens into the show hall at 3 mo, but you can't enter the kitten into the show to be handled by a judge until 4 mo. CFA doesn't do that. For CFA, kittens under 4mo can't even be in the show hall.
Raphael will be 4 mo and 18 days old at the Glendale show on 8/28. Raphael isn't as outgoing as Adriana right now, but he's also younger so that could change as he gets a little more sure of himself. We have Raphael on our Kittens For Sale page, but for now, we've got a hold on him to see how the judges react to him. In our opinion, right now, he looks like one of the best cats according to the Curl Standard we've seen in a long time. If the judges agree, we may decide to grand him before we let him go to his new home. We won't keep him for breeding. We already have 2 really nice red boys. We don't need another. However, we may not neuter him until he's closer to 8 mo. when he would go into adult class in case another breeder takes a shine to him.
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Show results... Curl Essence cats being shown around the world.
Curl Essence PhinneasWe are exceptionally proud of 2 new exhibitors showing our little red and white tabby boy they named Curl Essence Phinneas (He was called Timmy on our website). Phinn is just 4 months old and went to his first show in Indiana last weekend. Check out the ribbon and finals. Each little tab is a final for a different ring.
Here are some of the comments from judges: "Phinneas was a perfect example of a Curl",
"Everything a Curl should be"', "He will be great when he grows up!" Kudos...We couldn't be prouder and it's really great to have one of our Curl showing in a region that doesn't see many Curls. When we sell a kitten that will be put in the show halls, we try to send out best. In this case, we even asked Grace Ruga (founder of the breed) to come over to our home and evaluate several potential kittens.... this was Grace's first choice. So big thanks to Grace for picking this kitten and to Karen and Tom for showing him.
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Showing in Canada |
Both GC Curl Essence Sunny of Curlfolie and CH Curl Essence Lexie of Curlfolie are currently showing in Canada in a Canadian cat registry. The Canadian shows are much harder to get to because they are so far apart... So, big Kudos to Kathleen for showing these two pretty kids.
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These two photos are of Lexie. Lexie is seal torti point. The bottom 2 are Sunny. Sunny is red tabby.
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If you have any interest in showing your kitten at a show, please let us know. We will make sure you have a kitten that will not only fit into your family like a well worn glove, but one that you can have fun showing with your family.
Showing cats at cat shows is a great way for the family to bond and a great hobby for the kids. Let us help you get started if you are interested in sticking your toe in the water. Judges love to see newbies at the shows, and the especially love seeing Curls at the shows. We are always hearing from judges that they would like to see more Curls in the show halls.
Contact us by email at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or by phone at 951 743 8230