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Conference misery::feline_v1

Title:Meower Power is Valuing Differences
Notice:FELINE_V1 is moving 1/11/94 5pm PST to MISERY
Moderator:MISERY::VANZUYLEN_RO
Created:Sun Feb 09 1986
Last Modified:Tue Jan 11 1994
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5089
Total number of notes:60366

2471.0. "introducing Sterling Silver" by PARITY::DENISE (And may the traffic be with you) Mon May 15 1989 18:00

    
             Well, I got that urge to go to the MSPCA again this weekend.
    Brought home the most gorgeous gray cat. He is a year old, pure gray,
    the kind that's like fine polished pewter, very fine boned, with green
    eyes. He is a long hair, not the persian type, but much finer and more
    elegant. Looks like he should be show cat. He has a very long full
    tail, breeches and belly fluff, and also has "wings" which are really
    full bunches of fluff just behind his forelegs. He looks like a fancy
    show breed or something, reminds me of a Somali or one of those types.
    Maybe some of show experts out there can help me with the
    identification.  
             Right now he's timid, but when the other cats aren't checking
    him out, he lets his sweetness through. He loves to talk, and told me
    of his woe of being in that awful cage. He enjoys watching the birds
    through the window and loves playing with his catnip mouse.
    Luckily, he was already fixed, the people who had him before had even
    declawed him for some reason. 
             He was named Sammy when we got him, someone considering his
    elegance and beauty, we decided to call him Sterling Silver, Silvy for
    short.
             
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2471.1Don't let lack of pedigree stop youJULIET::APODACA_KILove rescue me.Mon May 15 1989 19:126
    He sounds gorgeous!!  As for being a show cat, unlike dogs, almost
    any cat can be a show cat--the breeders and showers in this notesfile
    can tell you more about that than me, but you might just want to
    show him off for real.  :)
    
    kim
2471.2That name sounds familiar!REFINE::TAYLORYou're worth your weight in m&m'sMon May 15 1989 21:004
    He sounds beautiful.  I especially love the name.  Gee, I wonder why?
    
    Holly, tabbatha, pita, micki, seasea, and sterling silver
    
2471.3CRUISE::NDCTue May 16 1989 09:144
    He sounds absolutely gorgeous!  It IS too bad you won't be able
    to show him.  I was going to suggest it, but you can't show a
    declawed cat.  Sorry.
      Nancy DC
2471.4How about Apparent Pure Breed HHP!IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isTue May 16 1989 09:458
    Sounds to me like he resembles a Turkish Angora....They come in
    more colors than just white now.
    
    You might want to find a picture of a T.A. and compare.
    
    sounds beautiful..
    cin
    
2471.5maybe T.I.C.A.IAMOK::GERRYHome is where the Cat isTue May 16 1989 09:478
    I do believe that you can show declawed HHP's in T.I.C.A. --
    
    Do we have any TICA showers here that can answer???  I showed TICA
    several years ago, and I seem to remember that declawed cats were
    allowed.
    
    cin
    
2471.6Pretty baby - great name !!PENPAL::TRACHMANExoticSH=Persian in UnderwearTue May 16 1989 11:0913
    He sounds wonderful!  I, too, like his name, especially the Silvee
    part - my little longhai has such soft hair, pants, big ruff, huge
    tail, and enough hair coming out of her ears to put up in rollers
    with the color or quicksilver, that I named her "QuickSilver, My
    1st LH"  I call her SilVee for short!  She's a doll baby.
    
    RE: TICA, I don't remember either - it used to be ok - I don't 
        know what the rule is now!
    
    Enjoy your baby!  He sounds really beautiful!
    
    E.T.
     
2471.7There is an association that you can show inYOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JOTue May 16 1989 13:149
    Declawed household pets can be shown in TICA.  As far as I know,
    you still cannot show declawed purebreds though.  Rationale for
    this difference, in the case of household pets alot of the time 
    the cats come to their owners as strays and are already declawed.
                                                   
    
    Good Luck with Sterling
    
    Jo
2471.8Paula - get out the brushes!!CRUISE::NDCWed May 17 1989 08:456
    re: .7 - Glad to hear that Jo.  Paula Margolis has two of the
    most beautiful long hair torties (Schnapps & Tiquela (sp?)).  Its
    a shame that she can't show them - and at least one of them came
    declawed.  It would be great if she could show them TICA.
      Nancy DC
    
2471.9 sabotagePARITY::DENISEAnd may the traffic be with youWed May 17 1989 16:417
    
       Wow, that's a strange rule about the declawing, maybe that's why
    someone declawed him, so no one could ever show him. I've heard of
    awful things like that being done to cats to reduce their value when
    a breeder decides to "not keep" a particular cat.
    
                                   Denise
2471.10Who could ever declaw just to prevent showing?!YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JOWed May 17 1989 17:5811
    I haven't heard any such thing!  Why would a breeder want to physically
    maim a cat just to keep it from being shown?  A cat being shown
    under a breeder's cattery name is *advertising*, not unwanted
    competition!
    
    Most likely, whoever had the cat declawed did it for the usual reasons,
    not because they didn't want the cat to ever be shown.
    
    This is not a flame, just adding another opinion.
    
    Jo
2471.11YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JOWed May 17 1989 18:0211
    Every year a resolution comes before the CFA members and board members
    to change the existing rule to allow for declawed cats.  Every year
    it is not passed.  The rationale behind not passing the change is
    that by allowing declawed cats to be shown, CFA would be condoning
    a practice to which they are greatly opposed. 
    
    I am glad that there are some associations that will still allow
    a declawed household pet be shown.  Do the other associations (the
    ones that allow declawed hhp's) allow declawed purebreds too?
    
    Jo
2471.12a bit off the topic of Sterling, sorryJULIET::APODACA_KILove rescue me.Wed May 17 1989 21:3011
    Jo, is there a local show association that allows declawed cats?
    I had Ashely declawed many moons ago (don't yell at me, there are
    lots of things I wouldn't have done then if I had all the info I
    do now, and no, she's came through it all right), and I think she
    is unique enough that I'd like to consider showing her, altho it
    would take work, since she is inherently shy of strangers (better
    than before) and is about 6 yrs old.  But she's my bestest buddy...
    
    :)
    
    kim