Let me start by saying that she did her own work on this project with David's guidance.
Madalyn worked so very hard from the beginning. The two of them visited Joe David Ross to select her two wether and doe kid angora goats. After stepping into the pens Madalyn knew the 3 goats she wanted and there wasn't any changing her mind. Mr. Ross was really impressed with Madalyn intuition and it obviously paid off as you will see below.
The goats were still young and fairly wild, therefore Madalyn had to train them to show. She worked with each one. There was some fear involved but after she shed quite a few tears she finally had them all trained; Sweet Pea, Mr. Curly and Hairy.
Madalyn particpated in the location stockshow and did very well with all three goats.
For the next few weeks she worked on keeping the goats trained and also worked their hair, which can be very overwhelming. Finally, the day arrived for Madalyn to show in San Angelo. She was able to show all three goats and did extremely well with Mr. Curly.
There are three parts to the angora wether goat show....first they show the hair on the goat (we placed 3rd), then they show the goat after it has been sheared so the judges can see the goat's structure (we placed 5th), and lastly they test the hair's micron and weight (we placed 1st). The score from the last past put Madalyn in 1st place for the Wether Angora Goat competition. Overall her points put in the 2nd place but in the Championship Drive her goat just didn't compare to the medium and heavy weights. Bummer! She ended up third overall.
This is fantastic and especially shocking for her first show. We tried to explain to her that this wouldn't happen each year but we sure were excited that this happened this year.
Below is a picture of Madalyn with her winning goat, Mr. Curly.
What a fantastic learning experience for all of us!!!
