First off, if you don't know what updates I'm referring to, visit the first post with the general information about the JFA Spring Championship HERE
Now, on to updates....
GENERAL UPDATES
| Date and Time: | April 1, 2007 (Sunday) 9:00-19:30 CheckIn Time For Participants with Entries: 8:00-9:00 |
| Place : | ACT City Hamamatsu Exhibition Event Hall, B Block |
| Hall Entrance Fee: | General Public - 1,000 Yen Members of the JFA and members of their family - 500 Yen Elementary School and below - Free For those with Entries in the Show, one person will receive a free entry pass. |
| Show Entry Fee: | Championship Ring, 1 ferret :4500 Yen Specialty Ring, 1 ferret :2500 Yen |
| Event Host : | JFA, Japan Ferret Association |
| Event Cooperation Through: | American Ferret Association, Inc, (AFA) |
| AFA Officially Licensed Judges | |||||
| Ring 1: Scarlett Gray | Ring 2: Randy Corbin | Ring 3: Kimi Yoshimoto | |||
| Ring 1: Seiko Ishihara & Yutaka Ishida | Ring 2: Aiko Noguchi & Yuko Akiyama | Ring 3: Ayumi Hoshino | |||
The original updates can be found HERE. (in Japanese)
*Access information and an area map can be found HERE. (in Japanese)
*Information about the hotel which is both cheap, close to the station & show hall, and allows ferrets can be found HERE. (in Japanese)
*Show guide, including preparation, general health care points and a breakdown of the events can be found HERE. (in Japanese)
*leave a message on the board here if you want it translated.
RULE CHANGES and a personal take on them
LIKES:
CHANGE: DISTEMPER SHOTS
They're really pushing for distemper-awareness.
CHANGE: THREE CALL RULE
They are instituting a rule where your entry number is called at most 3 times. If you don't show up by the third time, you're out.
We really got stuck waiting last time, although I partially blame that on the incessant Yanni background music-it was louder than it needed to be.
CHANGE: NEW JUDGING RULES FOR CHAMPAGNES
Champagne colored ferrets are becoming more common and as a result have laid down more formalized rules for distinguishing and categorizing them.
Reasonable; and besides, Champagnes RULE.
DISLIKES:
CHANGE: NO WATER ALLOWED
I really don't like that them insist that the food AND water be removed from the cage when a ferret is brought to the judges.
The food, yes, I can understand, but the water is arguable. Every decent manual states that ferrets should have access to food and water around the clock.
Many of the ferrets wait for 20-30 minutes just to see one judge and THEN go on down the line to see another judge in another ring where they might yet another 20 or 30 or 40 minutes.
An attached water bottle does not leak too much, so I can't really see what harm it is in allowing that. After all, they are already so very stressed between the actual event-all the noise and lights and strange smells-and the traveling they went through to get there. Why add more stress?
On the other hand, it should be noted that they clearly state later on that all ferrets at the show should have access to clean food and water while there. It's just they want it removed when they are brought to the judges.
CHANGE: NO HAMMOCKS!
Our table of judges didn't have any problems with hammocks, at least I didn't hear any when sitting right there the whole time.
I can't agree with the removal of hammocks when it is such a simple comfort to provide, a place they can dive into and feel secure.
Then there is the very real problem of "where's the potty?"
--On the floor level--
So if the bathroom is on the floor and so is their one and ONLY sleeping area, what happens when the bedding gets soiled?
Like I said above: Many of the ferrets wait for 20-30 minutes just to see one judge and THEN go on down the line to see another judge in another ring where they might another 20 or 30 or 40 minutes.
It seems really unfair to force them to sleep in a dirty cage when a hammock would provide them with a clean sleeping area.
Besides, Judges will then have to handle the dirty, stinky fuzzies!
The above summarized information (excluding personal comments ) translated by myself.
Table translation and formatting also done by myself.
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