So I did a trade show of sorts for the first time with this company and it was different to say the least. It was the Home & Leisure Show and it is held every year in one of the neighboring towns. I worked my butt of setting up for it as I am a one man company for he most part. My wife is my partner but she is busy supporting us while we try to get this off the ground and setup was during the normal workday. I had 3 fully functional and stocked aquascaped aquariums up and running in 5 hours which is no easy feat. Many of the fish I took are $50 to $100+ so there was some stress. shocked: I have to thank TJ for helping me move the stuff to the site and for Geary helping me get it back home.
Here is a shot of our booth.
I also took a kitten with me that we call WeeWilly.
Here is WeeWilly at 2 months of age
He is now 4.5 months old and his coat has developed into this
I have some friends that were telling me to take him to the show but we were not really sure it was good idea. We specialize in well socialized cats but big crowds all intensely staring at a cat can make the cat very nervous, especially your smarter cats
Well he was the smash hit of the show. He got so much attention it was completely overwhelming for us. Willy took it all in stride and I could not believe how well he tolerated 4 and 5 strangers reaching for him at once with a wall of waiting people all staring at him while waiting their turn to rub him. People are so odd. People would come right up to him and put their faces right in his face while they asking if it was a Ocelot and just start rubbing him :lol: Willie was the perfect gentleman and even let me walk him though sections of the trade show on his leash. He met his first dog up close and after staring at it for a while decided it was beneath him on the evolutionary tree and ignored it from then on. He met his second dog a little later and disliked it on sight for some reason. No one else noticed but he partially laid his ears back and fully flexed his claws several times as he stared at it so I decided to take him elsewhere before he went for it.
That little booth up there in the photo had 15+ people in it many many times though out the two days.
