What a day we had at the Breed club show! I arrived with three cats, Taya, Willow and Kushi and after seeing the classes I genuinely believed that today we were not going to be taking home many red rosettes. There were lots of really good Tonks there and the classes were fairly large.

The open results went up and I had to read the slip three times to believe that Taya had been placed first and got here second CC and even then I had to go back for a second time to see that she had also got Best of Breed!

The day carried on and I met a number of people on the Yahoo Tonkinese Internet List and caught up with some good friends. More results were put up, to my disbelief and excitement Taya was being placed first in her side classes as well. To make the day even better Willow won her open class and received her first PC. I was over the moon! Kushi came second in his Open Class and was placed first in 3 side classes

It then dawned on me that Taya could be going forward to Best in Show adult. I didn't even dare to dream but as time went by and she won yet more Firsts I started to believe it was possible that she could do it! She was entered into the maximum 8 classes, last year she got 7 firsts and a second so I now had my fingers crossed for a red card day.

As always it seemed to take an age for the last side classes to go up and I was literally bouncing when she had achieved Firsts in all 8 classes. That was enough for me - my day was complete! Taya was by now getting a lot of attention behind the sea of red rosettes! I swear she was showing off! She looked proud of herself and had stopped hiding under her blanket.

I was the wrong side of the hall when they started to announce Best in Show, by the time I had reached the crowed they had announced 'Best in show Adult & Overall Best in Show - Fecheldee Chailai Titaya' I yelped and jumped 2 feet in air before giving Taya the biggest cuddle! I am still on a high writing this 3 days later! I still have to pinch myself and check the photos to believe that my little baby achieved such an accolade!

I would like to thank the Tonkinese Breed Club and especially Linda Vousden for such a wonderful day. There was a fantastic atmosphere at the show - what else would you expect with a hall full of Tonk slaves.