AGS Nationals

Well, Nationals was here in NM this year for AGS. SWNDGC was the sponsoring club and the club did a fabulous job of putting on the show - unfortunately for AGS and the club the show as poorly attended. Though - most of the folks who attended had a good time.
The first few days was mostly for the Judges training. I was a handler for the training goats and learned a TON!!!!! I'm so glad I did the handling even though I was bummed at not getting to go through the training. We got to ask questions, feel the goats, and learned a lot of the terminology and how a judge goes about making their decisions - also got sto see what exactly the judges are looking for in a goat and the tradeoffs as well as some faults etc. Thursday was the youth show and there weren't that many kids/ goats (I want to say there were only about 9) But only 3 or 4 herds represented. We ended up having 4 buck shows that day since four very generous judges (Amy Kowalik, John Pfieler, Tim Flicknger, and Renee Furst) donated their time and efforts and the AGS office donated the sanctions for the club!!!! Thank YOU ALL!!!!!
Friday was the All American show which was a whole hour and 15 min. plus the banquet which was very nice! - I won a George Foreman grill AND we got to preview the new AGS website.
Sat was the Jr. Doe show and the Buck show - Storm's Great Great Grandsire was the 2009 AGS National Champion (MCH Lost Valley Tae Bo) and Flying Goat Jazzy Blues *S was the Reserve (UGH - I used to own him - I am so glad I got a free breeding out of him - I will be using that this year) Lost Valley took Sr. and Reserve Champion for Sr. Does and a locally owned doe won Jr. Champion while a local bred doe who is in TX won Jr. reserve.
All in all it was fun I think - It was nice and I'm glad I got to learn all the stuff I did learn. I came away feeling more confident and with way more knowlege than I had before. Thanks to all of the folks who worked so hard to put Nationals on - especially SWNDGC and the Kowaliks, Tim Flickenger, John Pfeiler, and the Judges who came here for the show. And of course Congrats to all who attended and took top honors in their classes and in the Grand Champion ring.

Back in the Hospital and Z is for Zero!

Well, We are back in the hospital again for those of you wanting updates. This morning early we went to UNMH for a pulmonary function test - she did good. Then we went to my mom's for
homeschooling. When we finished we took off to run a few errands and then back to the hospital to check in for the week???(we hope) Tomorrow is our Port implant and Bone Marrow Biopsy scheduled for 10:25 am and of course she can't eat after midnight. After that it is back to waiting and then when the results come in they will administer her first chemo treatment watch her to see how she does and then they will release her - we are praying for the weekend but no promises from the Dr.

When I get my camara up here I'll try to post some photos of the hospital etc.,

Z is for Zero -Remember inthe beginning I said I was doing the Blog Alphabet Challenge to fill in time till the babies come? Well, the doe was supposed to be due March 1. ZERO -no babies. Today - still no babies. Well, I am done with the blog challenge I made it and Unfortunatley I was hoping for the last post to be about babies etc. but nope. So, I decided that I will do the challenge on my Fiber blog - IF you are interested, I will try to post as often as i can - I won't guarentee thru this little adventure we are having I will be regular - so check Fiber Phanatic to learn all about different aspects of Fiber thru a Blog Alphabet Challenge - my link is to the right
Thank you all for sticking with me thru this and for being here to check on Alyssa - I will post baby pics as soon as Narnia has them!!!!
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State Fair Fun

Sorry no pictures here but I travelled light and didn't want to set down and forget and loose the camara so it stayed home. Today I went to State Fair and Ring Stewarded for SWNDGC club show. It was an awesome show and I think everyone had a good time. Good to see so many beautiful goaties in the ring today. I told the judge I so did not envy her having to decide some of those classes today. WOW. First off I'd like to say that the quality of goats in NM have improved a ton since I started 4 years ago. I love seeing the amazing herds developing and the top quality animals brought in the breeding pool here. Nice going everyone. For those who travelled - Glad you came!!!!! Congrats to those who won or bred the outstanding Champion animals that walked through the arena today: Lost Valley, Hill Country, PrairieWood, FlyingGoat, Seldom Herd, Nizhoni, Cedar Kids, Allen's Mtn View, Nagy Family, Stagg Family, New Family and more (sorry if I forgot you!!!!). Our club has members from all over NM, Southern Colorado, Texas and Arizona. For those of you who don't know yet, our club will be putting on the AGS Nationals next summer so please check out www.SWNDGC.com for upcoming formation and show updates. We would love to have you all join our goat family for shows and fun!