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So
much is said about people breeding the “perfect goat”. Well, here we recognize that there are no perfect goats...and
don’t believe there ever will be. We embrace the concepts of
attempting to improve each successive generation,
but live in a real world. The
breeding of these dairy goats is one of constant motion - of give and
take - of a work in progress. It’s
exciting, it’s challenging, it’s frustrating ... and can be incredibly
sad ... and outrageously fulfilling when it all comes together!
Many
years ago, I was told that “those Nubians just cannot
reproduce” ... "you can’t get a Champion Nubian out of a
Champion Nubian" ...
Well, we believe that we have proven those statements to be incorrect. GCH Kastdemur’s Extasy EX90
- the 1989 Reserve National
Champion produced GCH Kastdemur’s Crown Extatic EX92 - the 1997 ADGA National
Champion/Best Udder. Another success story came from GCH Kastdemur’s Crown Finale EX91, the 1999 ADGA
National Champion/Best Udder who is the dam of GCH Kastdemur’s Aubree EX92
the 2001 ADGA  National Champion/Best Udder and 2002 Reserve National
Champion/Best Udder. We've also been able to accomplish that same
consistency with our LaManchas as well, with SGCH Kastdemur's Seven-Up *M
EX91 - the 2001 ADGA Reserve National Champion LaMancha who is the dam
of SGCH Kastdemur's Slice 2*M EX93 - the 2005 ADGA National Champion/Best
Udder.
You
will find relatives of our animals in many herds across the country. We have referred to several of the animals that we have sold
throughout these pages of currently owned animals, and they will also be
included in the
reference section. Bucks we
have sold have gone on to sire National & Reserve National
Champions, National Show Best & Reserve Best Udders, National Show
Jr. Champions & Reserve Junior Champions, National Show class winners, Premier Sire
Award Winners, winners of
production awards, appraisals of VG
or Excellent in many herds, produced numerous GCH’s and
local winners. We couldn’t be prouder of them and thank those individuals
and farms who have trusted in our herd, and have taken animals to a higher level of
success and accomplishment.
In
2004 alone, we exhibited our animals at some of our local shows,
traveled the almost 6,000 mile roundtrip to the ADGA National Show in
Harrisburg, PA, showed at both the Sonoma County Fair in Santa Rosa, and
the California State Fair in Sacramento. Even with all of these miles on the road, they did extremely
well. We finished Championships on seven does, and earned Championship legs on ten other individuals. At the National Show, we were named Runner-Up Premier Breeder of
the Show for the fourth consecutive year, and had many individual &
group placings that you can see detailed throughout the doe/buck pages.
At the Sonoma County Fair we had GCH Nubian with
GCH
Kastdemur’s Finesse 3*M, and GCH LaMancha with GCH Kastdemur’s Bad
News 4*M. Also at Sonoma
(Santa Rosa) our LaMancha Best Three Females entry won the Supreme Best
Three Females Award and our Jr. Champion Kastdemur’s Shasta was Best
Jr. Doe in Show! At the
California State Fair, our Bad News won GCH again and was also Supreme
Best Udder of Show and our 1st pl. LaMancha Best Three
Females entry won the Supreme Best Three Females of Show Award!
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2004
California State Fair Supreme Best Three Females
(L-R) GCH Mountain Dew, GCH Chocolat, SGCH Bad News |
2004
California State Fair GCH & Supreme Best Udder
SGCH Bad News 4*M |
In 2005, we finished Championships on SGCH
Kastdemur's Evian 2*M EX92, SGCH Kastdemur's
Pepsi Twist 2*M EX90, SGCH Kastdemur's
Audacity 4*M EX91, GCH Lassenwood Miller
Kalila *M EX90, and SGCH Kastdemur's TerraVista
*M EX92 , and earned Championship legs on nine others. We attended several
local shows in the spring, and then traveled the very short 1600 mile
round trip to Spokane Washington, followed immediately by Sonoma County
Fair the first weekend back and then attended California State Fair. At
the 2005 Nationals we were absolutely thrilled and overwhelmed by
winning Premier Breeder of the Show, after having won National Champion
LaMancha/Best Udder with SGCH Kastdemur's Slice 3*M EX93, and Reserve
Junior Champion with Kastdemur's
Cazillion. We also had many strong
placings again in individual classes as well as group classes. We were
so pleased that our GCH Lassenwood Miller Kalila *M EX90 was named
National Champion Nubian/Reserve Best Udder, and that our baby
Kastdemur's Always & Forever (Finale's last gift to us) was named
Reserve Junior Champion Nubian. What a week that was! The Sonoma County
Fair followed with GCH and Best Udder LaMancha win for Slice, Reserve
GCH LaMancha with SGCH Kastdemur's Bad News 4*M EX92, Best Uddered
Nubian with GCH Lassenwood Miller Kiona EX91, and Junior Champion with
Kastdemur's Always & Forever. At the California State Fair, we had
GCH LaMancha with GCH Kastdemur's Chocolat 2*M EX91, Reserve GCH with
Slice, Best LaMancha Udder with SG Kastdemur's Citrillion 3*M EX92,
Reserve Best LaMancha Udder with Chocolat. The LaManchas also had Junior
and Reserve Junior Champion with Kastdemur's Twisted Sister and
Kastdemur's Monster's Ball. The Nubians had Reserve Grand Champion and
Best Udder with Kiona, and Junior Champion with
Always & Forever,
who went on to win Best Junior Doe in Show!
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2005
ADGA National 1st pl. Best Three Females
(L-R) SGCH Bad News, SGCH Shasta, SGCH Slice |
2005
ADGA National 1st pl. Best Three Junior Does
(L-R) Twisted Sister, Dew Drop Inn, Cazillion |
In 2006 we finished championships on SGCH
Kastdemur's Citrillion 3*M EX92, SGCH
Kastdemur's Shasta 2*M EX91, GCH
Kastdemur's Zima 3*M EX90, and CH
Lassenwood Miller Valentine EX92, and earned champion legs
on ten other individuals. We competed at several local
shows and made the long 4 day trip to Indianapolis, Indiana for
the 2006 ADGA National Show. We were unable to make it to
the Sonoma County Fair, but did attend the CA State Fair at the
end of the season. The does did very well at the 2006 ADGA
Nationals and individual placings can be found on each doe's
page. SGCH Kastdemur's Evian 2*M EX92
was named the Reserve National Champion LaMancha and Kastdemr's
Let's Do the Twist was named Junior Champion LaMancha.
In the Nubians, our CH Lassenwood Miller
Valentine EX92 was named Reserve National Champion Nubian as
well as Best Udder! We couldn't be more pleased! To
top it all off we were named Premier Breeder of the Show!
At the CA State fair the does did very well. In the LaManchas, SGCH
Kastdemur's Evian 2*M EX92 was named Grand Champion/Best
udder LaMancha, SGCH Kastdemur's Slice 3*M
EX93 was named Reserve Grand Chamion, GCH
Kastdemur's Chocolat 2*M EX91 was Reserve Best udder, Kastdemur's
Survivor Vanuatu was Jr. Champion, and Kastdemur's
Let's Do the Twist was Reserve Junior Champion. SGCH
Kastdemur's Slice 3*M EX93 was also the Total Performer for
the LaManchas! In the Nubians, CH
Lassenwood Miller Valentine EX92 was named Grand Champion
and then went on to win SUPREME CHAMPION, Kastdemur's
Breeze 4*M EX92 was Best Nubian Udder, and Kastdemur's
She's So Fine was Reserve Jr. Champion. SGCH
Kastdemur's Audacity 4*M EX91 was the Total Performer for
the Nubians! In September we were appraised again and were
very pleased with the results. We had 20 animals appraised
with a herd average of EX90!! We currently have 22 animals
with final scores of EX90-93!!! Individual scores can be
found on each doe's page.
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