Wednesday, March 27, 2013

For the love of Miniature Schnauzers!! 9 weeks old Jan. 22 dob

 
"Titan" is his name- His face says it all- 9 weeks old and full of charisma-His Black and Silver Coloring with party markings makes him unique and simply adorable!



"Denali" has found his fame oh let's just say being himself!- cute little hearts surround him as he follows you every where- I must admit his adorable face can never get himself in trouble ;) Will mature to be about 10-12 lbs and will be s/p-platinum


"Emma" oh Miss Emma  shows her cuteness all over her tiny self- Her adorable pesonality shines as she waddles through the room- She will mature to be about 8-10lbs and is more of a darker charcoal s/p- simple adorable she is-


"Driving Miss Maisy" is full of life and wants you to know that she is simply dripping with hugs and licks for you!  This s/p female will mature to be about 8-10 lbs- simply adorable-

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Pinal County 4-H Fair March 2013- Ashley Riggs

Ashley won Grand Champion with TSF Charles II in his Nubian Class! Way to go Ashley!! With all of her strength she managed to hold this 175lb buck- her weight? A whopping 60lbs!  ;)
 

For the love of birds.....Ashley so loves her Royal Palm Turkeys- she placed 3rd in Showmanship in her 4-H poultry division- way to go Ash!







Ashley won Grand Champion reserve in the Senior Nubian milk Class with Copper Star Ranch Janey- She milked out 14.3 # on her first milk test this last month- Way to go Janey and Ashley :)







So....Ash decided to name her Grand Champion Turkey Elliot....a turkey? lol oh my....at least he won Grand Champion for her in his breed- ;)


The love of Livestock...

We decided a long long time ago to get into dairy goats simply because of our 2nd to the youngest being extremely sensitive to cows milk and our pediatrician had ask us to explore our options with goat milk, soy milk, rice milk etc-- We purchased our first 2 dairy goats for a very cheap price and learned the hard way? Dr. Learance, a country vet around here at the time, blood tested them and to our sadness, they had all sorts of things going on :( They had CL, CAE and more- So we decided with the vet's advice to either "manage the options" or put them down-

Needless to say we learned that doing your homework and finding good stock is well worth the $$- You get what you pay for?

Not every purchase will be perfect and you end up culling what you don't want or need. Improving breeds of any kind takes much time in fact years- BUT..there is satifaction in this- you have a (product) so to speak that many will love to have-