Yee-Haw, city slickers… Us cowpokes think we might be able to teach you tenderfoots a thing or two about cat breedin’ and showin’. So here goes . . .
Regardin’ How You Behave:
It don’t take a very big person to carry a grudge.
Regardin’ Stuffing Shows:
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
Regardin’ Your Reputation:
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Regardin’ Gossiping:
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Regardin’ Campaigning:
Every path has a few puddles.
Regardin’ Show Finals:
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
Regardin’ Losing At The Cat Show:
Life ain’t about how fast you run, or how high you climb, but how well you bounce.
Regardin’ Problems in Your Breeding Program:
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
Regardin’ A Difference of Opinion:
Words that soak into your ears are whispered, not screamed.
Regardin’ Poor Sportsmanship:
Meanness don’t jest happen overnight.
Regardin’ People Who Done You Wrong:
Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
Regardin’ Temperament :
Do not corner somethin’ that you know is meaner than you.
Regardin’ Next Weekend:
Most of the stuff people worry about ain’t never gonna happen anyway.
Regardin’ Being Asked Too Many Questions:
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Regardin’ Selling & Buying Cats:
Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you’ll enjoy it a second time.
Regardin’ Grooming:
Don’t interfere with somethin’ that ain’t botherin’ you none.
Regardin’ Taking Credit For Success:
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a rain dance.
Regardin’ An Apology:
The easiest way to eat crow is while it’s still warm, ’cause the colder it gets, the harder it is to swaller.
Regardin’ A Problem:
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin’.
Regardin’ Judging By Fault Finding:
It don’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep.
Regardin’ Things Gone Wrong:
The biggest troublemaker you’ll probably ever have to deal with watches you in the mirror every mornin’.
Regardin’ Ego:
If you get to thinkin’ you’re a person of some influence, try orderin’ somebody else’s dog around.
Regardin’ Bloodlines:
Always drink upstream from the herd.
Regardin’ Learning:
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Regardin’ Discretion:
Lettin’ the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin’ it back in.
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