Since we started keeping cats, we started attending cat shows. It looked like a great deal of fun, and so in May, after much deliberation and frantic planning, we entered Misty and Muffin in a CFA show in Dallas, in the Household Pet class (the class for non-pedigreed cats).

It was a blast. Both kittys managed to final in all 8 rings, with Muffin taking one "Best Cat" and Misty taking a "Second Best Cat" in one ring. Muffin was a natural, and loved every minute of the attention. Misty would be happier at home, so we won't be taking her again.

For better or worse, CFA doesn't have any sort of cumulative competition program for household pets (allowing one to advance in titles after winning at multiple shows, etc.), so we decided that we'd concentrate our CFA efforts on Premiership.

Of course, to do that, we needed a cat who is a candidate for Premiership. This means a pedigreed cat, preferably one already registered in CFA, and one with good conformation to the standards, and an attitude that lends itself to cat show attentions.

Fortunately, we met another wonderful exhibitor (a friend of a friend) who liked what she had seen in the HHPs we were showing, and she graciously offered us a wonderful blue point Birman who was already a Grand Champion, and recently spayed, to show in Premiership.

Grand Champion, Grand Premier Hurrah Questarriva of BusyKitty

GC, GP Hurrah Questarriva of BusyKitty - Bumper to her friends - is a 3 year old Blue Point Birman. She arrived in May 1996, after a long trip from Rochester, Mn. After grabbing the wrong connecting flight in Minneapolis, she inadvertantly ended up in Montreal instead of Dallas the night she headed here. An embarassed airline hurried her back to Minneapolis, comped her for luxury accomodations that night in Minneapolis, and hurried her onto a complimentary flight to Dallas the next morning.

Completely unflappable, Bumper arrived the next morning at her new home, stepped out of the carrier, took a sip of water, noted the location of the litterbox, and immediately wanted some attention as the first order of business.

Bumper takes the obligatory show bath and grooming in stride, and she enjoys being handled. She's a natural at cat shows, enjoying the attention and kissing up to the judges. Just the kind of kitty we needed to show us the ropes. Bumper received her Premiership on 7/21/96 at the Ft. Worth Cat Fancier's show, and became a Grand Premier four shows later, at the hands of CFA judge Kitty Angell, at the Oklahoma City Cat Club show on 12/1/96.

Thanks to the fine folks at The Birman Home Page, you can now view Bumper's pedigree online.

"Situation Wanted Found!"

Since Bumper didn't get along with other female cats, we were very pleased to recently find her a special new home where she can be queen kitty!  She took along her buddy Muffin to keep her company and be her royal subject.

Premier VonKaiser Richochet of BusyKitty -- "Ripley"

PR VonKaiser Richochet of BusyKitty ("Ripley") came into our lives in August 1996 by the good offices of his breeder, Lynda Kaiser. Ripley is a Platinum Mink Tonkinese, son of Grand Champion and Gulf Shores Regional Winner Vonkaiser Lional Chunk, and was shown as a kitten until November of 1996. He's just began his run in Premiership. He's one of the most affectionate cats you'd ever want to meet under most circumstances, but he's currently having more than a little attitude problem at the shows. We're hoping he'll grow out of it soon. If not, then he'll stay home and keep the pillows warm for awhile until he feels better about it.

Grand Champion, Premier Kotickee's Oda of BusyKitty

Oda introduced us to our other love in pedigreed cats, the Devon Rex. You can learn more about Devons in our Devon Section.

Kotickee's Ms. Behavin of BusyKitty --
"Beau Peep"

We would be remiss to not mention Ralph once again (see The Crew section) as part of the show cast. Muffin has displayed true grace in a number of Household Pet rings in CFA, but unfortunately they don't count towards any sort of competitive program.

Muffin has, however, attended his first TICA show, where HHPs are fiercely competitive, and held his own, just slightly shy of becoming a TICA Grand Master. Muffin has since retired his show career to accompany Bumper to a special pet home!

Champion Cactuscat's Redbug of Busykitty -- "Chigger"

Redbug -- "Chigger" to his friends (it's a Texas thang), is a Red Classic Tabby American Shorthair who is here both being shown as a Champion, and as the father to our new Devon hybrid program.   Chigger is a typically laid-back American Shorthair, and a typically goofy red boy.

Champion Shedere Knight Blazer of Busykitty -- "Knight"

Knight came to us in November of 1997 as the foundation stud of our Devon Rex program.  He's a lovely blue Devon boy, and is currently being shown in Championship on CFA's Gulf Shore's region.

Busykitty's Stepping Razor -- "Gillette"