Our family enjoys showing and breeding our small herd of Toggenburg does for 4-H and Open class shows.  Kara who is 15 was Premier Jr. Youth Exhibitor at the 2008 National Show.  Callie who is 12, earned the titles of Premier Toggenburg Youth Exhibitor and ADGA Junior Youth Exhibitor in 2007.

          We have been raising Toggs for 10 years and showing them for 9 of those.  In this short time we have shown many does to championships and have finished 16 as Permanent Champions.  Four of these we purchased as young animals without show wins, so we have relied on our lifetime of livestock experience in selecting quality animals.  Several of these does also remain in our herd as foundation does.  Every once in while they will sneak out of the barn to compete and are still competitive.

          We believe our does should be long-lived and top producers.  We are will beginning our fifth year of owner-sampler DHI in 2009.  We will also use DHI in our management and selection processes.  As you will notice we are on a shortened lactation due to fact we are primarily a show herd but these does earned *M’s even on a grueling show schedule.       

      Our “Style of Doe” is a deep-bodied, wide doe though-out  with plenty of dairy character.  In 2004 and again in 2006 we participated in ADGA’s Linear Appraisal and our does scored well in both of these categories, both in young stock and mature animals. 

          All doelings are raised on a CAE preventative program, only bucks that are reserved will be raised on pasteurized milk and all others will be banded.  If you are interested in a buck you need to notify us early for best choices.