December 29th, 2008

Membership runs from January 1st through December 31st so make sure to renew your membership.  To be included on the website, you must have your dues in by March 1st.

November 20th, 2008

Some updates to the American and Purebred registration rules:

1.  Percentages will remain on the certificates.

2.  A 3rd generation kid can be registered from birth either as Americans or Experimental at the discretion of the breeder.  f the kid conforms to breed standard in every characteristic other than height, the owner can elect to fill out American application papers on the kid.  If the owner feels that the kid will not mature up to breed standard they can fill out Experimental application papers.  There will be no upgrading after they are once registered.

3.  These rules will take effect on Jan 1, 2009. 

4.  A window until March 1, 2009 will be granted to upgrade those animals that are registered now as experimental but qualify to be upgraded.  After that date no animal will be upgraded.  What they are registered as will be what they remain for the life of that animal.

November 6th, 2008

Andrea has asked me (Eliya) to take over the managing of MDGA's website.  I have enjoyed working on the V-Show website and look forward to maintaining this site.  I have given it a major overhaul and have added a lot of new information.  Of course we are always looking for more mini-dairy goat pictures to add to the site, so if you have any you can email them to me at CompanyWebmaster  Also if you find any issues with the website (typos, inconsistent info, broken links etc.) I'd appreciate a quick email to let me know.  I want to keep this website up-to-date to reflect the changes in the registry as well as provide assistance to long time breeders as well as our many new breeders and owners.

September, 2008

Our 1st ever virtual goat show was a huge hit and a great success!  We had a total of 91 miniature dairy goats entered:

• 44 mature does (18 MiniNubians, 17 MiniManchas, and 9 AOM

• 32 doelings (18 MiniNubians, 2 MiniManchas, and 12 AOM)

• 15 bucks (8 MiniNubians, 5 MiniManchas, and 2 AOM)

A huge thank you to everyone who entered their goats, and to our wonderful judge, Kathy Evans.  You can learn more about MDGA's virtual show program as well as view the 2008 show results by clicking here.  We hope to do 2 virtual shows in 2009.

August 10, 2008

Here is a report from our show chairman, Dannette Hackman about her club's showing results.  A big CONGRATULATIONS!!!! to all the "kids" both two and four legged.  That's the way to go!!!

"It has been an incredible year at show...I found out from our judge, that one of my Mini-Obers went Best Doe of Show at the fair in Emmett, Idaho (not sure which county)...and this year my club were....CH Novice Showman, CH Junior Showman, CH Intermediate Showman, RCH Intermediate Showman, CH Senior Showman, and CH FFA Showman....We had about 14 members...and they each had about 10 individuals in their classes.  Aleasha (Hackman) went Best of Show Showman and got to do the Round Robin.  They were all in the dairy goat division and many had Mini's competing against standards...

• FFA CH Dairy Goat was a Mini- Nubian

• FFA RCH Dairy Goat was Mini-Nubian

• 4-H CH Sr. LaMancha was a Mini-LaMancha

• 4-H CH BOB Oberhasli was a Mini-Ober

• 4-H CH BOB Alpine was Mini-Alpine

• 4-H CH BOB Toggenburg was Mini-Togg

• BOS Open Class overall doe was a Mini-LaMancha....

 All the classes had 7 or more does with a total of 30 or more to win Best of Show...

 I felt great that all the Mini's were so competitive...the judge felt they could go head to head with any ADGA doe anywhere...and he has competed 20 years in ADGA shows including showing animals at the nationals." 

March 1, 2008

The MDGA is now under new management.  Jeanne Carson found it necessary to turn over the reins of the MDGA to Andrea Green.  Because of personal problems, she was unable to give the association as much attention as it needs.  So for the best of the registry, she made the hard decision to let it go.  Andrea, who is disabled has the time required to be available to keep up on all the work that is necessary.  She has been raising dairy goats for over 25 years as therapy for a broken back. 

As many has done, Andrea started out getting any goat, any breed.  But soon she sold all but a nice herd of Saanens.  Many of her goats earned stars for their milking ability as well as championships.  One that she is very proud of, GCH AJ's Udder Delight Karlada 3*M, who still holds the national record for producing the highest butterfat for Saanens. 

Later she won an Oberhasli in a raffle which started her duel herd with the "rusty" Saanens taking over several years later.  For a while the Oberhasli were her bred of choice. Then she bought a small herd of Nigerian Dwarf.  Of course you can't have Nigerian Dwarf and Oberhasli without starting Mini-Oberhasli.

With an understanding of registered dairy goats, DHIA, and the showring, Andrea brings this knowledge to the position of owner and registrar of the Miniature Dairy Goat Association.  She will be available to help you with any registration needs you have.