Japanese Bobtails
Cats with the pom-pom tails

Japanese Bobtails at the 2010 Meet The Breeds

Following is a slideshow of the 2010 Meet The Breeds which was held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. Meet the Breeds was an absolutely wonderful way of showcasing our beautiful breed to the general public.  If there ever was an example of meet and greet spectators this is such an event.  The public loved the opportunity to hold the different cats, pet them and learn about the background.of each breed.  We had several children and adults sitting on the floor in our booth while the JBT's walked around the floor on their leashes enjoying all the people attention.  The rest of the time they were on the table with a small cat tree which gave them something to do while waiting for their public!

All the breed booths on the cat side were done in a blue and white pipe and drape with camel carpet.  Jackie Pinto donated the Oriental fabric for 5 sets of cage curtains and Mary Newmarch made the cage curtains for the booth.  Carol Schwartz donated the oriental lanterns which we hung across the front of the booth and Allen Scruggs and Doug Myers donated the burgundy wall hanging which is displayed on the right hand side of the booth in the pictures.

This year we had a digital picture frame slide program with Japanese music playing showing pictures of the different colors of JBT's, different tail styles,  and pictures of  LH and SH adults and kittens.

Allen, Doug, Lynn Search and I presented the Japanese Bobtails in the Breed Booth for both days of the event.  A Japanese Bobtail  was presented in the Parade of Breeds by Joan Miller.  An agility ring was set up for spectators to see how agility and cats work.  Jill Archibald organized this event and had 4 Japanese Bobtail kittens who rotated during the weekend as demonstration cats for the public when no exhibitors were competing with other breeds of cats.  At the end of the show on Sunday a Japanese Bobtail kitten took 2nd place with a run of 8.4 seconds.

The Japanese Bobtails were also represented in the Cat Idol competitionion where several judges chose 10 cats from all of the cats at the event.  The Japanese Bobtail kitten was presented by Wayne Trevethan on Sunday.  The  Idol winnner was a beautiful Maine Coon from Texas.

Hope you enjoy the pictures and that this gives you a feel for the atmosphere created by our booth as part of this event.

Karen Bishop, Japanese Bobtail Breed Council Secretary


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Japanese Bobtail Breed Booth


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Japanese Bobtail Breed Booth


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Karen Bishop (seated), Douglas Myers, Jill Archibald, Lynn Search, Allen Scruggs (seated)


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Douglas Myers & Allen Scruggs


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Lynn Search presenting GC NW Instincts In The Spotlight


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Douglas Myers presenting GC Ticketyboo Torii Kotondo of Nekomo


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Japanese Bobtail Breed Booth


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Cat Idol contestant presentation by Wayne Trevathan


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Cat Idol contestant presentation by Wayne Trevathan


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Cat Idol contestant presentation by Wayne Trevathan - seeking audience applause