Persian cat: exhibition grooming

Let's put all dots over 'i' at once. Exhibitions of cats, as they were called 'entertainment for rich', require for many explicit and temporal costs. But this is the place, where everybody, who owns pedigree animal, aims. As one famous american millioner told, his wife always felt hurt by his not paying attention on her. He, as really businessman, was busy by work 16 hours per day. And business magnificent receptions were boring for his young wife. And reproaches continued till that moment when he presented her an amazing kitten. 'Now I might as well feel hurt'- he told with joke.- 'My wife is first in Vienna on the exhibition, then somewhere in German on the exhibitions with her favourite. There she has her own business circle. There she has friends by interests. And now she is not bored all days as itwas earlier. '

People of middle class aim to get to the exhibition too, secretly dreaming to get useful acquaintance and possibility, with their favpurite, to get to the salons of rank and fashion. And, finally, people who earn money by breeding pedigree kitten want to get to the exhibition and win the recognition of their hard work by selections of breeds.

But besides mercantile interests - to kill the time, get useful acquaintance and just earnings - everybody is leaded there by great passion to be the First.

Perse, the owners compete, not cats. Preparing your cat to the exhibition, you feel yourself as visagiste, image-maker and modeller at the same time. It's a contest of beauty and health of your cat. You know that she is the best, but all world must accept it. In support of our right we offer some fragments of preparing Persian cats to the exhibition.

Preparing of eyes

You have beautiful, health animal, but on the eve of exhibition his eyes began to water. What do you have to do? The week before the exhibition spot in his eyes grout of chloramphenicol, one drop two times a day. If lachrymal discharge are very rich, try tetracycline eye ointment during four days. There is one little ruse for your cat not to narrow his eyes from fear or bright light in the period of introducing to the juries: spot him eye drops 'Visin', one drop for 10-15 minutes before conclusve moment.

Removing of lachrymal spots. Lachrymal streaks, spots on the cheeks and front pads spoil the appearance of your animal, especially if these are Persians of White, Cream color or Harlequins. Here you need to use bleach. The best are 'Optic-gel', 'Ointment for removing the lachrymal stone'.

You need to start the process of bleach 1-2 weeks before the exhibition. Use soft paper naprins not to injure cornea of the eye. By purchasing bleaches it is obligatory to use an instruction for use. Such substance as 'Biofar' is drifted on the hair and rubbed into it, and '8 in 1' is drifted on the cloth and then spot is rubbed.

Preparing of ears

Cleaning of ear canals and cochleas is always necessary, it is not enough by preparing to the exhibition. There are little secrets that we will tell you. You need to remove tassels to make ears less and head rounder. Holding the tip if ear, we are trimming tassel or shearing off by scissors. Simple at the first sight operation changes the appearance.

Preparing of the hair

1-2 weeks before appearance we begin to remove shell. It is wiry, integumentary hair, which is longer than undercoat in twice. You need to act with shell as if you decide to remove several grey hairs. But it is recommended to wet the hair for it. If it will seem difficult for you, you can keep it without changes or use scissors. But after picking or haircut it is obligatory to use aleuronic spray. White hairs (grey streaks) also appears in dark animals that spoil the quality 9of the color. Your task is to show the animal in all his beauty and hide possible defects. Do as experienced visagiste will do.

Washing

It is better to do the first bath day two weeks before the exhibition, and the second to do two days before the exhibition. It is for hair to have time to gain naturally shape. Remember yourself at once after the washing head (hairs in different sides) and you will understand what I mean. What shampoo is better to use? No experiments on the eve of exhibition! Use either old, approved shampoo, or try new one at least once.

For equal colors it is better to use color shampoo. Blues and Cream it is better to wash by shampoos for White, it will give the hair tender pearl tone. Shampoos on basis of sea algae are for Tortoiseshells, Tabbys and Bicolors. Wash White Persians and Exots by 'Bingo' at first, and then by 'Nizoral-shampoo'. Soaping and douche is 3-4, better 5 times. Last soaping we make by conditioner or special 'fluffer'.

Drying by hair-drier and using a powder is the last stage of washing.

The last stage of preparing is carding.

Start first morning carding for White Persians with using 'Eclat' - assign it to all hair's length. Card your nursling tirelessly, till full dry of the hair. Then work up by powder problem places, after that thoroughly comb out the rest of powder by brush and hair-drier. Complete our actions by using 'Aleuronic spray' or 'Eclat', spraying it from the distance of 30 centimeters. It gives shine to the hair.

For Blue colors we use antistatic agent by 'Shows'. In this case it shouldn't use fluffer-spray 'NV-plus' by 'Jean Pier Heri', it can change your Blue Persian into Black. So that you will not recognize him by yourself. It is better to follow our tried advices. So, drift a bleach powder on dry hair or dry shampoo '8 in 1', then thoroughly comb out the rest of powder or shampoo. 1-2 days before examination work up by spray 'Shows' or 'Aleuronic spray'.

We recommend for Blacks, Reds, Tortoiseshells and Bicolors to give brighteness to the color with the help of aerosols 'Jean Pier Heri', 'NV-plus' or 'Eclat'.

Tabbys. Here you will need skills of visagiste in corpore. Antistatic agents 'Eclat' and 'NV-plus' are the most suitable for giving a contrast to the hair. But the most difficult is to give brighteness to the natural spots, using tonal powders. And the main, hair during the show must be sleeked, it will underline delicacy of color's picture.

Preparing of kittens to the exhibition

It will a question of kittens before sixmonths age. As hair's structure of kittens differs from the hair structure of adult animal, then working of their hair before the show differs. It shouldn't to use antistatic agent without necessity. Only in the case of very strong electrization of hair (as for example in British) you should use spray by 'Shows' and in the next way. You need to drift the spray on your hands and rub your kitten with wet hands, equally assigning it to the hair. Drift a dry shampoo '8 in 1' behind ears and on the chest ( where it is the softest hair ), and sprinkle the powder on the back and stomatch. The rest of the powder and shampoo thoroughly comb out. Don't forget about eyes. Wipe tears before the show, you can use the drops 'Visin'.

The show of your nursling on the exhibition

Watch your nursling, find the most beautiful foreshortening, the most advantageous pose, when all amenities of your favourite can be seen in the best way. Try to lock in exactly this pose and this foreshortening, which advantagaously underline the beauty of your nursling, and the prize is in your pocket.

The main. The exhibition is over. Festive strain changes into pleasant tiredness. But don't be lazy and wash your nursling necessarily. Wash him clean from the make-up, possible contacts with infected animals and, finally, from envious glances. I assure you that all experienced owners do in this way.