Thanks messyhearts, that really clears things up.

We don't have any cats yet, but we are in the early stages of of the end of making a decision!

It's a big undertaking, so we're mulling it, and one of the things we are considering is whether we think we'd ever be interested in showing, which is what leas me to these questions.

In fact, I just made first contact with a breeder planning a mating in 2010, so we're really getting close to that decision now!