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Northern Lights Dairy Goat Association - Dist. 4 Togg Specialty - 6/14/08 Judge: Jennifer
Lohman-Peterson
This was a fun relaxed show to attend for our first of the year. We had a good showing with 2 year old
Snow White gaining RCH. There were 24 Sr. does in three age brackets.
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| Schmidt/ECF Snow White |
Then in a challenge class of 6, GCH Vegas Showgirl came in to win Best of Breed.
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| GCH Vegas Showgirl |
That evening at the buck show, our Sr. Herdsire Willow Run Andrew Paragon was B.O.B., this was our first time we were
able to show in an official Togg buck class and there was even a challenger. Paragon went on to be Best Buck In
Show with 80 total bucks in the show.
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| Willow Run Andrew Paragon |
Northern Lights Dairy Goat Assoc. - 6/15/08 - Marshfield, WI - Judge: Emily Thompson The next day Tapestry's Velvet held on to earn Grand and B.O.B. over 26 total Toggs. Then in the line
up she went BDIS and BUIS of 136 Sr. Does.
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| Schmidt/ECF Tapestry's Velvet |
In the Buck show, Paragon was again BOB.
Heartland Caprines Purina Mills Classic - 6/21/08 - Weeping Water, NE - Judge: Richard
Grossman This is a nice one day two ring show with plenty of good competition.
There were 19 Sr. Togg does. Velvet was GCH and BOB then went on to get BDIS with 148 Sr. does in the show!
Heartland Caprines Purina Mills Classic - 6/21/08 - Weeping Water, NE - Judge: Jeff
Klein In this ring Schmidt/ECF Tapestry's Velvet was again GCH (making her permanent
GCH status pending) but paternal sister Vegas Showgirl beat her out for BOB.
2008 ADGA National Show - Louisville, KY Judge: Ray Vieira Consulting
Judge: Kristina Bozzo-Baldenegro
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| GCH Vegas 2nd place udder |
We had good in Louisville at the National Show this year, where we even got away to have some family fun.
We took 19 animals, 12 were Jrs. and 7 were Sr. does. 6 of the juniors went on to 5 new homes.
11/12 juniors and 6/7 Seniors made the cut. Highlights:
3rd place 3 year old with 2nd place udder Schmidt/ECF Vegas Showgirl.
3rd place Jr. Get - Cherry Glen Hotrod Amen
3rd place Best 3 Jr. Does
2nd place Sr. Get of Sire - White-Hawk Ranger's Jack Pine
Callie was 6th in Int. 1 showmanship and 9th in the Jr. Management and Judging
Kara was 8th in Int. 2 showmanship and Premier Jr Togg Exhibitor and Premier Jr. Youth Exhibitor.
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| White-Hawk Ranger's Jack Pine Sr. Get |
North Iowa Fair - 7/26/08 - Mason City, IA - Judge: Jerome Mensch
This show is too soon after Nationals but we always have fun anyway. Snow White was Reserve
Sr. Doe.
Sioux Empire Fair Ring 1- 8/9/08 - Sioux Falls, SD - Judge: Todd Harp
Schmidt/ECF SS Tessa was Jr. grand Champion, while Schmidt/ECF Snow White went Sr. Grand and CH
Tea Rose was Best of Breed of 24 does.
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| Blacktop Farm Vivian |
Sioux Empire Fair Ring 2- 8/9/08 - Sioux Falls, SD - Judge: Patricia Ricotta
Blacktop Farm Vivian was Sr. Grand, Schmidt/ECF Snow White was Reserve Grand. GCH Vegas Showgirl
was Best of Breed of 24 does
Iowa State Fair Open Show - 8/15-16/08 - Des Moines, IA - Judge: Jeff
Klein In the Jr. Show Schmidt/ECF SS Cabaret was Jr. Grand and Schmidt/ECF
SS Tessa was Reserve Jr. Cabaret who is a daughter of Vegas Showgirl went on to be Best Jr. Doe in Show of 214 Jr. Does.
In the Sr. Show we had 1st place Sr. Get with White-Hawk Ranger's Jack Pine and were Premier Toggenburg Breeder.
Bluff Country Classic- 9/13-14/08 - Caledonia, MN - Judges: Tom Considine,
Ed Jodlowski, Don Bergfield Our first fuzzy wuzzy show. It was a very
well run show and we had a lot of fun. We showed in three of the 4 rings. Highlights include High Maintenance
earning a BJDIS of 131 doelings in Ed Jodlowski's ring. Wis-Tea-Ria was Reserve Grand in Don Bergfield's
ring. Snow White was Grand in Ed Jodlowski's ring (earning her permanent CH), and GCH Vegas Showgirl was
Best of Breed in all three rings shown, and BDIS in Jodlowski's ring. There were 24 Sr. Toggs shown in the 3 rings and
108 Sr. Does for the Best in show.
As a indication of the quality at this show
the challenge class consisted of 5 does, 4 of which placed in the Top 3 of their respective classes with udder placings at
the 2008 National Show.
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