4-H
CAT AnvANCEMENT PROGRAM
The 4-H Cat-Advancement Program (CAP) will:
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Make your project more interesting.
Help you learn about cats, cat care, companionship, showing your cat, and
responsibilities of cat ownership.
Help you develop greater skills with cats.
Provide you new enjoyable experiences.
Allow you to advance according to your ability, interest and enthusiasm.
This prograrn will help you learn more about cats. You select the options of your choice, do
them to the best of your ability, and move up the ladder of success.
. You must do ten cat options for each step and three for each of the other groups: Personal
Development and Citizen Pride for each step up the Advancement Program. With the approval
of the leader, you may develop your own options.
Have your leader. or parentinitial each option when you complete it. When you have completed
the required options-ten cat and three in each of the other groups, your leader will order a4-H .
Advancement Certificate;foryou.. Then. ten more, and move up the advancement ladder another
step, and on up until you reach the top. You may do options for higher steps in advance, if you .
wish.
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STEP!
This is the first step in the Cat Advancement Program, or CAP. When you have completed ten
(10) skill options and three (3) personal development options; you are qualified to complete
. Step One.
SKILL OPTIONS
Date
Passed
1.
Tell the background. of your breed or breed-type.
2.
Explain the sets of teeth a cat will grow. How many are permanent
and how many are temporary?
3.
Locate and identify the fibula, hip, scapula, and jaw.
4.
What is the purpose of the eat's tail.
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Name 6 of the 36 recognized breeds Of cats..
6.
Demonstrate how to groom your cat.
7.
What do you feed your cat and why?
8.
Name 3 safety factors in caring for your cat.
9.
Describe or explain and spell correctly the following: vac.cinate,
purebred, registered, and parasite.
10. . Make a report on your cat project to your club. Examples: My
Breed of Cat; Howto Clip Nails; How to Select a Cat; Treatment
of Parasites.
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11.
Start a cat library: magazines, books, bulletins, and 4-H materials.
12.
Identify, describe, and tell the important characteristics of two
breeds of foreign shorthairs.
13.
Demonstrate (through a chart, etc.) that you provide fresh water,
feed, and daily care for your cat.
14.
Keep a record of your cat project including expenses and income.
15.
Show and tell how to lift, hold, and carry your cat.
16.
Do a presentation on: How to raise an orphan kitten, or Emergency
treatment for poison.
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Approved
By
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
I.
(select from page 88)
Give a demonstrationodllustrated talk to your club (minimum Of three minutes).
2.
3.
4.
Keep a record of your cat.
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CITIZEN PRIDE OPTION.
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APPROVAL
_ _ _-:-_ _::-_::-::-_,..-___ is qualified and has completed
(name of member) (age)
all requirements for Step One of the Cat Advancement Program.
(date)
Approved by: _:--_ _ _~:------'--(advancement chairman or committee)
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(club leader)
STEP 2 ..
This is the. second step in the 4-H Cat Advancement Program. When you pass ten (10) skill
options and three (3) personal development options, you are qualified to complete Step Two ..
SKILL OPTIONS
Date
Passed
I.
Be able to name and locate the external parts of a cat.
2.
Learn, correctly spell, and define the following terms: spayed and
n.eutered.
3.
Demonstrate how to clean the ears of your cat.
4.
How long ago was the first cat domesticated? What was the early
ancestor of the cat?
5.
What are mammary glands?
6.
How many breeds are recognized todaY?
7.
Tell about control of three (3) parasites, such as: worms, fleas,
ticks.
8.
Explain heat cycle, breeding, conception, pregnancy, and gestation
period.·
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9.
Name and describe four (4) additional breeds of cats.
10.
Build a suitable show cage, equipment box, or some other cat
equipment.
11.
Demonstrate how to tell the sex of a young kitten.
12.
Prepare an appropriate maternity box for your cat.
13.
Take part in a 4-H Cat Showmanship Contest.
14.
Describe these diseases and their remedy: feline distemper,
gingivitis, urolithiasis. rabies, toxoplasmosis, cat scratch fever, and
chlamydia.
15.
Visit a cattery to see how cats are housed, fed, watered, and bred.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
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(select from page 88)
Give a demonstration 01: illustrated talk to your club (minimum of 5 minutes.)
2.
3.
4.
Keep a record of your cat.
CITIZEN PruDE OPTION
(select from page 88)
1.
APPROVAL
is qualified and has completed
(name of member) (age)
all requirements for Step Two of the Cat Advancement Program.
(date)
Approved by: -:-:,--_ _ _-:-:_ _ _ _--::--:(advancement chairman or committee)
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(club leader)
STEP 3
When you have passed ten (l0) .skill options and three (3) personal development options you are .
qualified to complete step three (3)
SKILL OPTIONS
Date
Passed
1.
What vaccinations are required for a cat and why?
2.
Where is the nearest city andlor county Animal Shelter andlor
Humane Society located? What is it's function?
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3.
Before getting a cat, name at least three decisions you must make.
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4.
Demonstrate how to properly pick up a cat or kitten.
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Should you use the previous owner's cat diet for the first week or
two for your new cat? Why?
6.
Tell or show how to introduce a new cat to an already established
cat in your home.
7.
Teach your cat a trick and show it to your club.
8.
Give a detailed report on the life cycle of a parasite of cats.
9.
Explain how first aid treatment would be administered for the
following:. shock, eaten a poisonous material,an accident.
10.
Illustrate and explain the digestive system of a cat.
11.
Invite and introduce a guest speaker at a club meeting: from a local
cat association, veterinary clinic, a cat breeder, an animal control
officer, a pet photographer, or a pet store owner.
12.
Tell the functions of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, water, vitamins,
and minerals in a eat's diet.
13.
Plan and carry out a cat show.
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
1.
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Give a demonstration or illustrative talk to youC'club or group (Iilinimum of 15 minutes).
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Keep a record of your cat.
CITIZEN PRIDE OPTIONS
(seJect from page 88)
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2.
APPROVAL
is qualified and has completed
(name of member) (age)
all requirements for Step Three of the Cat Advancement Program.
(date)
Approvedby:
__~__~__~____~ ___________________~_____
(advancement chairman or comIilittee)
(club leader)
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STEP 4
When you have. cOnlpleted ten (10) skill options llndthiee (3) perSonal development options,
you are qualified to complete Step Four.
Date
Passed
SKILL OPTIONS
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Learn how to register an animal. Fill out a registration application.
2.
Plan a balanced ration.for one of your animals.
3.
IdentitY and name the parts of the reproductive system of a cat;
4.
Give two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of canned, dry,.
and semi-moist cat food, and table scraps as a meal for your cat.
5.
Explain how you would feed a kitten five (5) to eight (8) weeks of .
age (amount, frequency, and type offood).
6.
What is FPL-CVR? Why should it be given to your cat?
7.
What is rabies? When should your cat have his/her/its first rabies
vaccination? How often should it be repeated? How is this
infection transmitted?
8.
Name four (4) types of worms a cat might have. If you suspect
worms, what procedures can you use to make certain? Will the
same medicine be effective treatment for all worms?
9.
Demonstrate howto give a cat a pill.
10.
What is ringworm? Is it contagious? How is it controlled?
11.
How much and how often should you feed a mature cat each day
when feeding canned food?
12.
Demonstrate how to pick up a newborn kitten.
13.
Describe a false pregnancy.
14.
Does a cat normally eat the placenta? Why?
15.
Describe ecl~psia.
16.
Illustrate and describe the inside of a eat's ear.
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17.
Describe the function a eat's taste buds ..
18.
Name at least two (2) functions of a eat's hair. .
19.
How many recognized breeds of cats are there?
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
1.
Prepare a paper (300 words or more) and present it to your club
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5.
6.
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CITIZEN PRIDE OPTIONS
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2.
APPROVAL
_ _ _~_---,:--~:--:-:-~:--_ _ _ is qualified and has completed
(name of member) (age)
all requirements for Step Four of the Cat Advancement Program.
(date)
Approvedby: _____________________, ______________________
(advancement chairman or committee)
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(club leader)
STEPS
This is the fifth step in the Cat Advancement Program; When you have completed ten (10) skill
options, three (3) personal development options, and three (3) citizen pride options, you are
ready to complete Step 5, and the 4-H.Cat Advancement Program.
Date
Passed
SKILL OPTIONS
1.
Show the tools and. demonstrate how togroorn your cat.
2.
Show and tell.howto bathe a cat.
3.
Demonstrate how to clean your eat's teeth.
4.
Tell how you would travel with your cat. Include preparation and
during travel.
5.
Diagram and describe the internal parts of the cat.
6.
Diagram and describe the skeletal parts of a cat.
7.
Name five (5) qualities to look for when selecting a kitten or cat.
8.
Name two (2) types of harnesses used on cats.
9.
In a normal birth, all of the kittens will be delivered within how
many hours?
10.
What is the largest organ in the eat's body?
11.
What are some good foods for a weaned kitten?
12.
Describe a breech delivery? Cesarean section?
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PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
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1.
Become a 4-H Junior Leader in a 4-H Cat Club.
2.
Serve as a superintendent, assistant superintendent, ora clerk at a cat show.
3.
Help prepare and work with a club leader in demonstrating material your club might use.
4.
Work with some of the younger members of the club in constructing show changes or
carrying cases they need.·
5.
6.
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CITIZEN PRIDE OPTIONS
1.
2.
3.
APPROVAL
_~_ _ _ _.,-_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is qualified and has completed
(name of member) (age)
all requirements forStep Five of the Cat AdvancementProgram.--
(date)
Approved by:
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(advancement chairman or committee)
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(club leader)
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS
(Select different options at each level)
1.
Lead the Pledge of Allegiance and 4-H Pledge at a meeting.
2.
. Lead a song or a game at a 4-H meeting.
3.
Preside at a meeting of your 4-H club.
4.
Write a news story for a local paper.
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Participate in a radio or television program.
6.
Present a demonstration or illustrated talk to your club.
7.
Present a demonstration or illustrated talk to a group other than your 4-H club.
8.
Serve as a host for a 4-H meeting. See that everyone is welcomed and made comfortable.
9.
Participate in a community service project.
10.
Serve as a chairman of a club committee.
11.
Participate in a jUdging contest.
12.
Serve as a teen leader.
13.
Serve as a junior leader.
14.
Attend 4-H camp.
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Attend 4-H Summer Days at Oregon State University.
16.
Serve as clerk,. chairman; or apprentice judge at a 4_Hshow...
17.
Develop. and exhibit a display which is reiatedto.,Cats.
18.
Serve as a camp counselor.
19.
Make arrangements for a tour by your club.
20.
Arrange for a film to be shown at a club meeting.
21.
Secure a speaker to talk at a club meeting.
22.
Develop some options of your own with your leader's approval.
23.
Prepare and give a public demonstration on one recommended practice in Cat care.
24.
Report on how to register a purebred animal.
2S.
Attend a veterinary clinic tour or cat workshop and give a report to your club.
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