JENNY: WELCOME BACK.
ONE OF THE LARGEST CAT SHOWS IN
THE REGION IS COMING TO
PORTLAND.
AND KOHR HARLAN IS SHOWING US
AROUND JUST BEFORE HUNDREDS OF
CATS BEGIN VYING FOR AWARDS.
KOHR: SHE TAKES THIS CAP
WHEREVER SHE GOES.
-- SHE TAKES
THIS WHEREVER SHE
GOES.
WHAT IS HER NAME?
LOLO.
KOHR: SHE HAS SOME HOLES FOR
AIR
.
IT ZIPS UP LIKE A BACKPACK.
THIS IS THE COOLEST THING I HAVE
EVER SEEN.
THE CAT SEEMS TO LOVE IT IN
THERE.
THERE IS ALSO THE CAT SHOW THIS
WEEKEND APPEARED IF YOU WANT TO
LEATHER YOUR CAT UP A LITTLE BIT
, YOU HAVE THE CAPACITY TO DO
THAT.
THERE IS A LADY WHO MAKES THESE.
THERE IS A LITTLE LEOPARD PRINT
FOR THAT ONE.
THE CATS ARE NOT INTO BEING
DRESSED UP THAT EARLY.
THIS IS OUR GOOD FRIEND, THE
JUDGE OR.
THIS IS THE 12TH GENERATION CAT?
I
MADE -- I GOT HIS
GREAT-GRANDFATHER IN HIGH
SCHOOL.
KOHR: WE HAVE THE DOG SHOW
LAST
YEAR.
MY DOG IS KIND OF A NEED THE --
NEEDY KIND OF DOG AND MY CAT
COULD CARE LESS IF I WAS AROUND.
YOU HAVE A THEORY.
I DID WORK WITH THE
CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE AND WE DECIDED THAT
WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, CATS
ARE EMOTIONAL ENTREPRENEURS AND
DOGS ARE ON EMOTIONAL WELFARE.
IN THIS ECONOMY, CATS ARE WHERE
IT IS AT.
KOHR: ENTREPRENEURIAL MEANING
THEY LOOK ON FOR OTHER THINGS
AND OCCUPY THEMSELVES.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT, THEY
WILL LOOK FOR IT.
KOHR: AS OPPOSED TO MY DOG
THAT
WILL BE GOT UP AT 4:00, HE
LOOKED AT ME AND SAID, WHAT ARE
WE DOING NOW?
HERE AT THE CAT SHOW, THE
FIRST 150 PEOPLE GET A FOR --
FREE BOX OF LITTER.
KOHR: THAT WILL
LEAVE -- THERE
WILL BE WELL OVER 250 CATS HERE.
THIS GOT HERE IS BEAUTIFUL.
WHAT DO YOU JUDGE THEM ON.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT BREED
STANDARDS.
EACH BREED HAS A STANDARD OF
PERFECTION BASED ON 100 POINTS
AND A DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF
EVERY ASPECT OF THE CAT.
THIS BENGAL CAT IS SUPPOSED TO
LOOK LIKE A LITTLE LEOPARD, BUT
A FRIENDLY AM A DOMESTIC CAT.
KOHR: HE IS NICE.
HOW MUCH IS THE SCORE BASED ON
THE DISPOSITION?
EVERY
CAT AND HER TEMPERAMENT
MATTERS A LOT AND THE JUDGE IS
NOT SUPPOSED TO PICK UP CAP
BASED ON HOW SWEET IT IS, BUT
THE SWEETER THE CAP, THE BETTER
IT SHOWS OFF HOW BEAUTIFUL IT
IS.
KOHR: THERE ARE PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
WE HAVE THREE CONTINENTS OF
CATS, ACTUALLY FO
UR.
KOHR: THE LADY JUST
UP LIKE THE
TIGER IS GOING TO BE HERE AS
WELL, RIGHT?
THERE WILL BE A COUPLE OF
LADIES JUST UP LIKE CATS HERE.
YOU WILL HAVE YOUR CHOICE.
KOHR: I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THAT
FRIDAY NIGHT.
FROM THE PORTLAND EXPO CENTER,
IT STARTS AT 3:00 THIS
AFTERNOON.
IT IS NOT :00 TO 6:00 BOTH
SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.
JUDGING GOES ON AND IT IS A
GREAT PLACE TO PEOPLE WATCH AND
CAT WATCH, RIGHT?
IT DOESN'T GET ANY BETTER.
JENNY: A LITERAL CAT LADY.
KELLEY HAS A
CAT.
KELLEY: I THINK IT'S BREED IS
MINIATURE PANTHER.
KEN: THEY SAY BLACK CATS ARE
UNLUCKY, BUT THAT HASN'T BEEN
THE CASE FOR YOU.