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Merry Christmas to everybody!

Whatever is beautiful, whatever is meaningful, whatever brings you happiness – may it be yours this holiday season and throughout the coming year!

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CFA Aby BC Ballot – results

Ballot

 

Results

 

Yes No Abst Yes
%
No
%
Total
votes
result Voting
(from 74
members)
Q 1 23 16 0 59% 41% 39 failed 52.70%
Q 2 27 12 0 69% 31% 39 passed 52.70%
Q 3 24 14 1 62% 36% 39 passed 52.70%
Q 4 25 12 1 66% 32% 38 passed 51.35%
Q 5 23 14 2 59% 36% 39 failed 52.70%
Q 6 19 18 2 49% 46% 39 failed 52.70%
Q 7 17 19 3 44% 49% 39 informal 52.70%
Q 8 13 22 4 33% 56% 39 informal 52.70%

Members

74 individual members have subscribed to the BC for the 2015-16 show season.
Of those, 9 are double members (1 cattery 2 votes), and 11 members (15%) are from outside the USA/Canada.
This is a relatively small amount of breeders (considering the size of the breed community participating in CFA events all over the globe)  that have decided to join the BC, and where many actually are no longer breeding Abys since many years if not decades. 11 (15%) of the current members are judges (2 Emeritus).

I think it is legitimate to ask whether it is ok, if only 24-27 individuals can overthrow a breed standard even if only in certain points. The current rules require that 60% of voting members must support a proposal for the BOD to ratify. Note, it says voting members, not members. So, in theory, if only 6 out of 10 voting wanted a change, it could be considered by the BOD.

But, let’s look at the proposed changes in detail, one by one. First, item 2, change the wording of ticking description. Look at the comparison of various standards from different established associations. 8 out of 13 standards use similar wording as current CFA standard, 4 have no description at all, and one (GCCF) has a rather confusing description in general. So, what exactly should be “vague” about the current wording if the vast majority of all Aby standards use exactly the same way to describe it? But, let’s look at two ticking examples of a ruddy Abyssinian.

ticking1  ticking2

On both cats, the light banding is of the undercoat color, but one is truly “light” while the other is dark and muddy. So, which one should be given preference?

 

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CFA International Cat Show 2015

CFA International Cat Show 2015

Rosettes, rosettes, rosettes...

Rosettes, rosettes, rosettes…

The CFA International Cat Show is over and  you can find an overview of the results below. As usual, the show has been split up in two shows and they are referred to as “Red Show” and “Purple Show”.

Wain Harding & Kaori Nagamine with her kittens Hello Mimmy Maduro (ruddy) and Hello Mimmy Fine (red)

Wain Harding & Kaori Nagamine with her kittens Hello Mimmy Maduro (ruddy) and Hello Mimmy Fine (red)


Some Impressions of the Show

courtesy & copyright: Margit Bøgeskov Thomsen, Wimmerhale Abyssinians, Denmark

  • 3Janes Destiny of La Differenceblue female Kitten
  • Zehnder's Elanblue female Kitten
  • GC 3Janes CC Riderfawn male
  • GC PtiPrince Al Pacinored male
  • GC Instincts Balzac of Anubisruddy male
  • Hello Mimmy Finered male Kitten
  • Hello Mimmy Maduroruddy male Kitten
  • GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnzruddy male
  • Lalima Misia de Chanelruddy female Kitten
  • Anubis Montreal Expressoruddy male Kitten
  • Zehnder's Neenah Rocket of Devandered male Kitten
  • GC Astech's Conejoruddy female
  • GC Wimmerhale Prancerred male
  • 3Janes Last Tango in Parisblue female Kitten
  • Erta Alle Salvadordali of PtiPrincered male Kitten
  • csssliderblue female
  • Abyzza Tabooruddy female Kitten
3Janes Destiny of La Difference1 Zehnder's Elan2 GC 3Janes CC Rider3 GC PtiPrince Al Pacino4 GC Instincts Balzac of Anubis5 Hello Mimmy Fine6 Hello Mimmy Maduro7 GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnz8 Lalima Misia de Chanel9 Anubis Montreal Expresso10 Zehnder's Neenah Rocket of Devande11 GC Astech's Conejo12 GC Wimmerhale Prancer13 3Janes Last Tango in Paris14 Erta Alle Salvadordali of PtiPrince15 Ch. Abyko's Little Deuce Coupe16 Abyzza Taboo17
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The Breed Winners for the Abys were as follows:

Red Show

Zehnder’s Elan, blue female Kitten
Breeder: Monica Zehnder/Sue Vande Sande
Owner: Monica Zehnder

Elan was also 2nd Best Of Best of the Shorthair Kittens
and 4th Best Kitten in Show with 289.75 points

GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnz

GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnz

GC Chome Chai Haute Couture of NuDawnz, ruddy male in Championship
Breeder: S. Baugh/L. Friemoth/M. Zehnder
Owner:  Lorna Friemoth/Seth Baugh

He was also 6th Best Cat in Show with 339.35 points

GP, RW Wil-O-Glen’s Lakota, red Neuter in Premiership
Breeder: Carolyn Osier
Owner:  Lou-Dolores Czarnota


Purple Show

Erta Alle Salvadordali of PtiPrince, red male Kitten
Breeder: Beata Wolska
Owner: Jane Sorochenko

He was also 11th Best Kitten in Show with 255.50 points

GC Astech's Conejo

GC Astech’s Conejo

GC,  RW Astech’s Conejo, ruddy female in Championship
Breeder/Owner: Sue Truesdell

Connie (as she is known to her admirers) was also 6th Best Cat in Show with 425 points

Abyko’s Bimmer, red Neuter in Premiership
Breeder: Susan W. Kidder
Owner: Bill Kushner/Alyssa Edwards

Overview of Aby Results

 

Show Catalog and all Show Results

Best of the Best Video (sorry, no Abys)