2007 Clay Center Show

So, to catch up on a few things.
We have had our goats since the fall before Abigail was born, (when I was six-turning-seven,) so we have done a lot of things with our goats, as you can imagine. Going with the herd up into the forest-covered mountain for most of the day, picking service berries that grew along the railroad tracks, holding baby goat races. All of which taught us another aspect of life, and was as much fun as any child can handle!
But we had never gone to a goat show.
So when we moved to Nebraska we looked around and decided to go to the Tumbleweed Classic, put on by the Nebraska Dairy Goat Association, in Clay Center. (Which is about half-way across the state, so it was still a good piece.)
With all the things that were still in progress with getting the farm renovated, it was a tight squeeze, but Abi and I worked extra hard, and put in some very late nights, and got everything done to go for the weekend.
The NDGA folks are super nice and made us feel so welcome, as did all the folks who came from all over the surrounding states. Having pushed so hard to get everything done, I was seriously sleep-deprived, but we had fun anyhow!
Here's what I put on the Signet Dairy Goats site;

Showing in showmanship photos.


We have always wanted to be able to show our goats, but our previous very remote location worked against it. Now that we have relocated to McCook, we have been able to have a few more opportunities for that. So last year we went to our first show, the Tumbleweed Classic in Clay Center.

Had a lot of fun, won several ribbons, and met Nebraska goat folks.

Abi is hooked, I'm afraid she might become a goat show fanatic.

Elizabeth surprised everybody, and herself, by being placed first in adult showmanship. The fact that there was only one other competitor didn't alter the surprise for her at all.


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So there they are, the 'goatists' of the family. My good little sister and I.
Argentina, the yearling doe I took in showmanship, behaved very nicely for that class, and then when it was time for her own class, she went bonkers. Fidgeted, refused to stand still, made a complete nuisance of herself. But she is a gorgeous girl!
Abi's showmanship choice, Bellarus, displayed a similar pattern. Maybe they could only handle behaving themselves for one class, and two was too much! (We sold Bella that same fall, and she was shown in the Furnas County Fair last fall, winning the Championship ribbon for her owner's boy, Caleb.)

So we came home with our ribbons, and slowly recovered our sleep! The goats were also very glad to get back, they do not seem to apreciate being disrupted.
But it was a lot of fun, and we met a lot of, (far-flung,) fellow goat folks, ...and Abigail wanted to do it again.
So we did... but that is another post.