Pet Adoption

I have been very much surprised, when have visited an exhibition of cats for the first time. It was not similar to an exhibition of dogs. Exhibitions of dogs always pass very dynamically. All goes, all works. Some rings work. Owners and their dogs run on these rings, showing moving of dogs. All participants stop on a sign of the judge for survey of a bearing of dogs. And movements again to give the possibility for expert to compare dogs. Different categories of dogs replace on a ring each other. Puppies try to break all rules. Their owners try to calm down their pets. All rustles, all goes, all lives…
The exhibition of cats has surprised me with the calmness. Cats sit in the exhibition cage. Their owners talk with each other slowly near cages. Behind a separate table the expert works. The assistant brings him cats for survey. Everything is rather silent, respectable, slow… Velvet pillows for cats lay in cages. Cats play with motley toys in “small houses”. Owners are dressed very solemnly. Women in shoes on a high heel. They presume to make to themselves a solemn make-up and a solemn hairdress. There are no people in the sports suits which have sweated from fast run. I even have little envied cats. They should do nothing. Neither to run, nor to stand in the exhibition rack, to be obedient. Cats need to be oneself. To fun in cages. If it is became sad - to sleep. Cats should suffer only when they will be attributed to the expert for the description. Their owners do not demand anything from pets. They simply love the cats. I envied cats until have visited an exhibition of decorative rabbits. Rabbits do not get out of cages at all…. I have understood that everything is relative in the world.

The cynologic exhibition is not only holiday. It is also very intense day. But day before an exhibition is even more intense. You are preparing for an exhibition. You are trying to make all correctly. To prepare the pet correctly. To collect things it is correct. To find a correct way. I can not give advice on a question of preparation of your pet. Everyone has own requirements in this question. Especially I can not advise you in a choice of a route. But I can advise that it is necessary to take with you on an exhibition. Take care of the clothes for some days before an exhibition. Think, that you should dress. The clothes should be convenient, not prevent to move. It is desirable, that it would not be rumpled also it would not easy to smear your clothes. Color of clothes is very important. It should be contrast with color of your pet. It would be useful on a ring, that your pet would look on your background more effectively. But color should not be very bright. Not to distract attention of the judge from your dog. It will be useful to take with you an umbrella if the exhibition passes open-air. Very different unexpected situations can happen at an exhibition. It is necessary to be reserved by cloths and napkins. Do not forget to take a hairbrush for the owner and a brush for a dog. To take a bowl for a dog and a glass for the owner. Water for both of you. It is necessary to take a meal. Both for a dog, and for the owner. Laying and cell for a dog and a chair for the owner. A favourite toy for a dog. Medicines calming nerves for the owner. The camera or the chamber. Do not forget to take necessary documents, some money and your dog.

Comments of Kira: yes, do not forget your dog….

Cynologic Dog exhibitions! How tempting these words sound! How exciting! It sounds so romantic only until exhibitions don’t become a habitual part of your life. After that you’ll see some things from another point of view. I want to share my experience. First, it is not necessary to be in earnest to exhibitions very much. They change nothing in your dog. Whatever the judge says about your dog, however he appraises him, your dog won’t change. It remains your pet anyway. Certainly, it is very pleasant, when your dog receives the best appraisal. But you know without the judge, that your pet is the best! If the judge has not noticed the excellence of your pet, do not take offence. There’s only one first place! The first places will not suffice for everybody! Next time and at another exhibition the first place will be yours! And this time it is better to extract pleasure from dialogues with adherents. To share your knowledge. To listen to the recommendations of other dog-fanciers. To admire other dogs! To watch your dog’s pleasure from dialogues with friends! Have a nice holiday!