2007 ADGA National Show, Gillette, Wyoming. What can I say other then WOW, what an exciting show we had! And to mention what a great time it was on the trip, full of laughter and bonding. We even had a day outing in Wyoming during our Natl. show week to do a little site seeing with friends and share in the experiences together. It was made all possible with all thanks to our dear friends, Marshall and Trudy for inviting me to hitch a ride with them to Wyoming, making it possible for me to attend and experience such a high. Marshall called me the day the entries were due, saying; “last chance, we have room and would love to have you join us”. One moment that day led to the next and before I knew it, I had Gordy’s blessings and was racing to the post office to make the postmark deadline on my last minute entries. Our convoy consisted of Marshall, Trudy, Pat, Patrick and my self in one vehicle with our goats while Ruthann and Ted followed in her truck and trailer. Ruthann’s husband joined them on the return home trip home after flying in to watch the show and ride back in the convoy.
When we arrived, our ladies were exhausted but safe. They were such troopers! They settled right in, after a 17 hour drive, and only a two hour layover in CO.


The rest of our convoy, settled in, in the ways that come natural.

A few days before show day, we take a mental break and go sight seeing.


A crazy part of our sight seeing was seeing first hand and up close, wild mountain goats.

Our drive up to Mt. Rushmore and the time spent enjoying each other’s company on our outing was wonderful!

Frankie flew in special to show Spring and support Ted. Friendship is a strong bond we all share and we were all overjoyed to have a day with Frankie and share in our excitement of the Nationals together!


Our Patrick did amazing well! For his first time ever showing in showmanship, he entered the National Showmanship competition with his beloved Oreo against renowned showman from across the country that have spent years showing and competing. Patrick chose to test his skills publicly and placed 6th! To say how excited and proud we all were of him would be understated.

Friends had a great time too!

Our trip home was completed by an overnight stop at Patrick’s grandparents who were the best hosts imaginable. The late night dinner preparations of cold cuts and the tremendous breakfast spread was enough to make us feel loved and welcomed beyond any weary traveler’s expectations. Patrick was thrilled to see his grandparents he hadn’t seen in over a year and we were thrilled to be welcomed as extended family.

Our show placings
SGCH. Jacobs Pride Butterscot Pudd’n stood 3rd place, 3rd udder in the 5-6 yr. old class, directly behind the Natl. Res. Grand Champion, Lakeshore-Farms Julie's Jaguar And the Natl. Grand Champion, CH LH Mountain Vista Eclipse of 2007! Pudd’n and her daughter, Scotch also were 3rd place Dam & Daughter.




Pudd'ns' daughter, SGCH. Jacobs Pride Scotch On Rocks 9*M
4TH place 4 yr. old

8th place 3 yr. old Jacobs Pride Hollywood Star 7*M

17th place 2 yr. old, Jacobs Pride Marlyn Mondoe

ASDGA MEMORIAL DAY BUCK SHOW

Memorial Day Buck show. I’ve been asked recently, what is my favorite sport? Without a doubt, it is a buck show.
I love buck shows. They are one event you can get down and dirty and no one notices because we are all down, dirty, but most noticeably, our smell, which is duly noted if we happened to have forgotten to get gas on the way to the show.
Our boys did wonderful. It was a 4 ring show and a good turn out of bucks, Nubians were official. Our boys, Jacobs Pride Bernie Mac Show *B and Jacobs Pride Hot Starsation *B both were awarded each with two GCH., and two Res. GCH.. Now, both boys each need a final leg to earn their title of SGCH.

2007 Linear Appraisal highlights.
We had a great session with our appraiser.
Our entire herd of adult animals were appraised, which consisted of 17 does and 5 bucks, here are our highlights.
We had 6 (excellent) E mammaries, 7 (very good) V mammaries.14 (excellent) E udder textures, 2 (very good) V udder textures. 9 (excellent) E heads, 7 (very good) V heads.2 (excellent) E shoulder assembly, 10 (very good) V shoulder assembly14 (excellent) E rear legs, 8 (very good) V in rear legs.8 (excellent) E in back, 9 (very good) V in back.4 (excellent) rumps 11 (very good) V rumps.
Our high appraising doe was;
SGCH. Jacobs Pride Butterscot Pudd’n 8*M EEEE 92
Followed by;
Jacobs Pride Hollywood Star 7* EEEE 91
Jacobs Pride Star Crystal 9* EEEE 91
Jacobs Pride SGCH. Scotch On Rocks 9* EEEE 90
Jacobs Pride SGCH. Rockelle 8* EEVE 90
Jacobs Pride Rocks Zan 8* EEVE 90
Jacobs Pride Pop Rock Candy 10* VVVE 90
Jacobs Pride Rock A Bye Baby 2* VEVV 89
Jacobs Pride Hot Starsation *B VEE 89
Jacobs Pride Wana B A Big Star EE+V 88
Jacobs Pride SGCH. Ben Razzed *B VEE 88
Jacobs Pride Marlyn Mondoe VVVV 88
Jacobs Pride Bernie Mac Show *B VEE 88
Jacobs Pride Rock Gem 8* VEEV 87
Jacobs Pride El Show Excelente VEEV 87
Jacobs Pride Show Of Red +EVV 85
Jacobs Pride Rock Show *B +EE 85
Jacobs Pride Show Whites VVE+ 85
Jacobs Pride Pop Star Queen VV++ 83

Pinal County fair.
Was our first show of the year and Ted Brooks first judging job. It was a fun show and a great way to kick off the show season. Ted did a great job but we naturally had to give him a judging challenge. A judge’s first show needs a bit of spice to lighten things up.

On a more serious note, Ted put up our doe, Jacobs Pride Wana B A Big Star as GCH. Nubian and Jacobs Pride Marlyn Mondoe as the Res. GCH. of the day. Thank you Ted for judging our show.