Best of the Best at the at the CFA 2012 World Show - Larry Adkison judging 

Several people've commented on their ASMR quality, though I don't know if that's connected with sleeping or not 😴 this may actually be an advantage of the muffled sound 💡

@@DougguoD I found it relaxing enough to snooze off to!

@fockin great I'm finding that same effect making them 😄

It's a tingling feeling like being checked by a doctor

@@jeannettesanchez9920 ASMR ✨

Yes, it's great to get some input from the judges.

@@DougguoD Also, this video has excellent audio and it seem like the organizers took care to keep background noise to a minimum, which makes following along even more pleasant.😊💕

@@andartharasri9785 Yes, especially the sound. So thankful they use microphones for this 🎤 just starting a mic-less AllBreed final with and it's quite hard to hear the judge. While I can clean the audio up some using a video editor - which I do, it's difficult to bring up someone's voice without creating audio distortions that sound too unnatural to be useful.

@@DougguoD Yup, I can imagine. And it looks like most of the shows take place in big halls and those tend to have bad acoustics to begin with. I think you're doing an amazing job with these videos, especially given the challenging conditions you have to work with! Thank you!😊💕

👀 They are mostly surprised by the whole thing, yes 👀

It’s especially funny watching the cats in the cages behind him just vibing 😂

They'd be right, it is a cult 😢😂

Show cats shart showing when they are as young as 4 months old, so by the time they are adults at a minimum of 8 months the owners and exhibitors know which ones will "show" well so their careers should continue. My Max who retired with us was so "showy" (as our vet put it) that he would still strut his stuff even at the vets office. So, the good ones are used to it and can actually enjoy the attention.

The negativity will come later if you ask in private. It is important to hear, because that is the point of showing them - to improve the lines to adhere to standard. But yes, if I did a beauty pageant I don't want a judge to tell me I'm not tall enough or thin enough in front of the crowd (I already know it but I hope my competitors are also, LOL).

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You're a freak

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Wow this vid's going back ⏳ and 😊on your experience with these cats.

Our retired-as-pets Chartreux and Norwegian Forest Cat breeders were there, too. All of those are gone now from old age; my current cat is a big black medium-haired shelter boy that shows a lot of Maine Coon characteristics.

He tosses my cats around like he's making pizza dough but they do not mind it - he knows how to do it, I guess. The cats are used to it, also.

Those are some pretty kitties. Great cats right there.

It shows off their "poofy" sort of coat texture. They do different things with other longhairs with completely different textured coats, like when they take the tip of a Maine Coon's tail and shake it a little bit to show off that luxurious plumage.

These Internationals were really BIG shows, which is exactly why I vided so many of them - so many cats and breeds in one place and usually with decent lighting (which matters a lot for viding). I seldom visited the benches (or any other area) 'cause viding, though there were some special occasions like visiting a bit with Scrimshaw Seance of Amara 😊

It's really from a different age, 1st cat show I'm aware of was at Crystal Palace, Sydenham, London, on July 13th, 1871. I am curious to see how they adapt. Websites are easy enough, but attracting people to participate may prove otherwise.

then stop watching them

Others have complimented on the ASMR value, but no one before has said "this is like the best ASMR ever" 😊

@@DougguoD cute cats + relaxation = best asmr!!!

@@oogleoo You may be pleased to know I'm currently working on another extended kitty final 🎞 though I have tried to make the voices a bit clearer 🗣 which may be an ASMR downside, but hey people've asked 🙂

@@DougguoD that’s *perfect*, I love hearing the judging comments, adds to the experience for me! Thank you so much for these!

@@oogleoo 😊

Breeds are bred to be not ferocious - and they're handled to instill trust. Still, does happen sometimes 🐅

😏 Neither judges nor cats are awarded points on combat proficiency 😏

No, I doubt cats would like weed 😏 it's breeding for disposition and subsequent home life ☺ Which is still kinda surprising as a natural given for cats is they don't like other cats 😾 particularly unknown to them cats. Which is exactly what a cat show is full of 🎭 This is not always true, though 😤

↕️ Larry's taller ↕️

Looking at the thumbnail I thought he was Putin at first 🤣

@Aprilia Nindy Judging cat shows may be a better use of his time 😇

Not like dog shows at all (other than perhaps conformation 🐩) as they're judged against a written breed standard, and so, supposedly, not directly against each other 🍎🍊 While I do enjoy Cat "Agility" - that's due mostly to uncooperative cating. I can just see "handlers" trying to run cats around in circles 😄

I'm going to answer your question in two parts. Firstly, concerning cats. Yes. It isn't very good for the animals, there are three reasons for this: 1- Very strict standards: sometimes the requirements can be a few cm either way. As a result, breeders chose animals which resemble one another so as to keep as close to the definitions as possible. This is incredibly unnatural as there is supposed to be a certain amount of variations. The idea of a "perfect cat" (or dog) breed is absurd in itself. 2- Inbreeding: when breeders attempt to breed two cats that are very similar, the easiest place to look is within the same bloodline (brothers, sisters, cousins, etc.) as there is the least amount of room for diversity and a cat which would stray away from the desired "perfection". Unfortunately, this also means that no new genes are coming in. That's an issue as most species have "good" and "bad" genes. Bad genes meaning diseases, physical flaws such as lameness, behavioral, etc. Normally, these would stand a good chance of being cancelled out through breeding with another individual with different genes as it takes two sets of bad ones for the issue to be passed on. This is especially bad with kitten or puppy mills who only care about money and not about the animals and who will breed individuals with crippling genetic health issues solely for profit. Notionally, a "good breeder" wouldn't breed an animal with these flaws so as to avoid them being passed on. In practice though, it does happen. If you want a human example, look at the Habsburgs. 3- Poor standards: What I mean by this is that some of the standards are actually bad for the animal to begin with. This is especially prevalent with dogs of the flat faced variety (pugs, bulldogs, etc.) who have a terribly reduced life expectancy and tons of health issues. The same is true in some cats such as Persians who have a lot of issues due to their legs being too short and a flat face which causes breathing problems. Combine the two issues above and you're bound for trouble. Please bear in mind this is incredibly simplified. If you look at dogs however, the issues are more prevalent as they've been being bred like this to very rigid standards for longer (150 years or so). Give it a few decades and the problems will become more prevalent in the cat community. Regarding humans. There is no such thing as human "races" or "breeds", that's a 19th century invention. A white person is no more related to another white person than they are a black or an Asian and vice versa. We are all Homo Sapiens Sapiens. Issues arise when directly marrying or having a child with another family member (hence why it's illegal even if you ignore the morality aspect). There have been many historical examples of such practices, especially among the aristocracy across the globe and for the most part, they are all marvelous illustrations of why its a bad idea. Northern France for instance, had a long standing problem with cousins marrying cousins and now has one of the highest rates of people with learning difficulties and mental handicaps in the country. However, the gene pools are such that the humanity could likely continue quite happily with no interracial marriages. In most societies, they've only really become prevalent in the past 70 odd years. Before then, it would have been unthinkable or at least highly frowned upon. In some cases, there also wasn't the ethnic mix in Europe, Africans, Arabs and Asians only really started to arrive in large numbers following the Second World War. At any rate, we're talking about millions and in some cases billions of individuals as opposed to a few thousand or sometimes even hundred in the case of purebred dogs and cats, many of which can actually trace their lineage back to a single individual or a handful of individuals. There also hasn't been the same "selection process" that I mentioned further up, so thankfully we come in all shapes and sizes. Just to be clear, I'm not saying people shouldn't intermarry racially. They should be free to do whatever they want and be with whomever they see fit within reason. I'm just saying there isn't the same genetic need to do so.

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