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Hot Off
the Press...
August 10, 2008
Here is a report I received 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.
August 27, 2007
Beginning in August, 2007 the webmaster for the Miniature
Dairy Goats webpage has changed hands. Andrea
Green will now be the webmaster. We want to thank
Becky Gates for the wonderful job she did as last
webmaster. If you have comments, suggestions or
things you'd like to see on the webpage, please feel
free to contact the
webmaster.
If you have a new champion, or an old one, if your doe has
a large number of kids, or if there is something special
about one of your animals, please let the
webmaster know. We might be able to put it on
the webpage. We all like to hear about those
special things.
Check back often as we will be adding new things to the
webpage as news items come in. Please let me know
is something is not working, or if some information is
wrong. I do make mistakes but will try to correct
them. Please contact me at
Webmaster for MDGA.
May 16,
2006
The
website is in the process of being re-designed... Let me
know if there is a page that won't come up.
We
now have an Online
Membership Form and
Paypal Buttons
for Membership and Registration.
From now on all updates to your
Membership Information will need to be submitted using
the
Membership
Update Form.
We
would like to update the pictures on the website... so
feel free to email us if you have any cute, good quality
pictures of your Mini's.
For those of you who have NOT filled out the Membership
Update Form, please do so.
Of
course.... any suggestions or comments you have that will
help to improve this website are always welcome!
Here
are some future updates you can look forward to:
-
Membership list sorted by State
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Online Registration & Transfer forms for Experimental &
Purebred Mini's
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All Past Show results (that I have access to) posted
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Quarterly Newsletters available online
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Individual Breed Standard & Informational page for all
Mini Breeds... Alpine, LaMancha, Nubian, Oberhasli,
Saanen & Toggenburg
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Photo
Page for Finished Champions
JANUARY
27, 2006
Currently the MDGA Office is having to relocate. Jeanne Carson and the MDGA are moving back to the old
MDGA address and phone number.
The new address and phone number are as follows:
29560 Beaver Creek Rd
Corvallis, OR 97333
(541) 929-3500
She regrets the confusion this may cause for some, but was unavoidable.
JANUARY 27, 2006
The milk test rules and regulations have been
completed and the milk test applications are uploaded and accessible.
Please see the appropriate categories for all the updated information.
Stacy Morris has been working hard to fine tune this program and to go
through a monumental amount of paperwork left behind
during Lisa-Jo's death. She is working on *P
certificates and will be mailing them out soon, and
wants to thank everyone for their
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