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Registry
News
Nov-Dec 2007
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Hi
Everyone,
Well, the year is almost at an end and we
are halfway through the breeding season already.
The season has started to change with a bit
of rain about, I am very hopeful that our
market will pick up soon and am predicting
a HUGE bloom with mini goat demand far outweighing
supply again!!!
I would like to say a big HELLO and WELCOME
to our new Registered Breeders and to the
new "members" that have joined the
mini goat venture!!!
The office has been inundated with enquiries
of late, I expect it is due to the re-growth
of grass with the change of seasons. I have
been madly passing on your numbers and directing
people to our Breeders lists and to our new
Mini Market pages.
A BIG THANKS to Sue Junee and Simone O'Brien
for taking on some of the incoming correspondence
and for sending information out to our enquirers.
We are now up to 115 registered
breeders with 65 actively participating
out of 75 that we know still have animals.
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We
would like to Congratulate the Studs
that have had their first "potential"
Purebreds!!! We have quite a few Studs
that have these little beauties on the
ground this year! WELL DONE!!!
We
are please to announce the official
height verification of a number of A
Grade Bucks, again this is a huge "mile
stone" for our breed.
Thanks to all of the breeders who have
been sending in updated heights for
their animals, if we can keep the records
coming in, we should be able to "map"
the growth rates of our animals, from
birth to maturity.
We need OVERHEIGHT height records too
please, this will give us complete growth
rate patterns for our bigger stock too.
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Our
website has been re-vamped, registry requirements
and information has been updated. We have
updated some of our forms
and photo requirements,
all can be found on this website.
On that note, I would like to take the
opportunity to THANK Simone O'Brien for
her many hours spent on the website and
message boards (even though she is no
longer actively participating as a breeder).
I would also like to thank Alison George,
Chris Willett, Sue Junee, Steve Groth,
Margaret Collins, Mal Atkinson, Karyn
Atkinson, Patricia Smith, Tracy Newman
and Jo Ward for their on going help and
support over the past months with the
rapid growth of our little Club!
I would also like to thank the Breeders
interstate that have been promoting the
breed at their local shows, farmers markets,
produce stores and veterinary clinics,
we have had lots of enquiries off your
fantastic efforts, THANKS GUYS!!!!!
Unfortunately Laidley 2007 (Mini goat
section) was cancelled, this was due to
problems associated with ages for classes
and horn health & safety issues. Anyway,
it became necessary to cancel the section,
we have until Laidley 2008 to make sure
that our classes / ages and rules are
all set (in concrete)!!!…. and we
are working on them.
Our
aim for 2008 will be Promotion
- Promotion - Promotion!!!!
I would like to put lots of time into
organising shows, fun days and get togethers
not only in QLD but hopefully interstate
too. We have a great team of volunteers
who have kindly donated their valuable
time in an effort to help make this all
happen!!!
If anyone has any ideas or suggestions
for 2008, please feel free to send
them in, your help and support is
ALWAYS greatly appreciated!
Well, we hope 2008 is a great year for
you all,
MERRY
CHRISTMAS everyone, have a safe, happy
and prosperous New Year,
Kind Regards from
Sue Ludwig
AMGR 2007
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