Contact us by email at Psalm0512@yahoo.com or
by phone at 951 743 8230
by phone at 951 743 8230
Shows Attending:
Our next show will be on 3/28-29 in Arcadia. This is a TICA show. We will be taking Bellabee , Nicey. and for her first competition, Brittany.
Curl Essence Bellabee...Bellabee is currently the Best American Curl LH internationally. We will continue to show Bellabee for the remainder of this show year, and hopefully, hold onto this title through the end of the show year. Bellabee was a 3-show Supreme Grand Champion which is huge. The March Arcadia show may be her last show for this show year. The regular April TICA show held the end of April at the Orange County Pet EXPO isn't being held this year (not because of Corona Virus. It wasn't on the calendar way before the virus hit.)
We are obviously VERY proud of our little girl. If we decide not to run her next year, we'll probably breed her towards the end of the summer for winter babies. And Nicey...We took Nicey to the CFA show last month in Del Mar, mostly as a "filler". The club wanted enough kittens to qualify for 15 kitten finals which meant that we had to have at least 75 kittens entered. So to help reach that goal, we entered Nicey. We weren't really planning on running him for titles... we were focused on Vic. But lo and behold, the judges all REALLY LIKED HIM! He finaled several time (3-4, I don't remember because I was working the show and never got to see any of our cats in the rings, except for one final in David Mare's ring when he finaled Nicey) There were 78 kittens at this show so to get an Allbreed final as well as a long hair specialty final was spectacular.
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The March 28-29 TICA show in Arcadia wll be Nicey's last competition in kitten class. He is currently the top American Curl LH kitten in our region. He will start as an adult in premier/alter class for the next show year which starts April 1. We couldn't resist having Chanan take professional pictures of him since he did so well. Nicey took such nice photos, Chanan said he thought he might use one for a contest he's entering. These are just 2 of his pictures, but we have probably 30 others that are just as nice. These were just my favorites.
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And Introducing Curl Essence Brittany |
The March 28-29 Arcadia show will be Brittany's first competition. We took her with us to the Del Mar show the end of January, but just to get her familiar with the sounds and activity of the show hall. This will be her first time in front of the judges.
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Brittany is a "silver patch tabby and white"... or calico. She's also very small and petite. At 6 months of age, she only weighs 4.75lb. She will probably mature around 6.5lb... maybe 6lb. The minimum size for a female AC is 5lb as an adult. We've been trying to impress the judges of both TICA and CFA that Curls should be a smaller, more refined "slender, elegant" cat. Brittany will be a great example of what the Breed Council is looking for.
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We haven't put Brittany in competition before for a couple of reasons. First of all, she was so small. But besides that, we knew our boys would just beat her in every ring and we didn't want to waste the money. With Nicey advancing to adult alter class after this next show, she needs to get used to being handled by the judges.
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Show results... Curl Essence cats being shown around the world.
Showing in Finland |
Curl Essence Rogue/Alias Q went to Finland the first of the year. Her new owner put her in a show where she finaled 3 times, once as 10th best Allbreed, once as 6th best Allbreed and once as 4th Best Alter. Rogue was a Belle/Cimmy baby.
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We 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.
Phinneas is home keeping warm for the winter, but he will be out in the show halls again in the Spring.
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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