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<blockquote data-quote="Kathie in Thorp" data-source="post: 923494" data-attributes="member: 16769"><p>I have -0- experience with showing cattle, and I doubt that any of ours would be loved by the cattle judgers I've seen in action. However, for many years I raised and showed reg'd Pygmy Goats. During that time, with very few exceptions, the NPGA judges were placing the more short/compact/squatty bodied animals. And that's what they raised, and that's what they sold, to those wanting to compete. To achieve a Permanent Gr. Champion status (and you have to have PGCh status to compete for a national win), NPGA females must win 3 Grand Championships <strong>AND have borne one live offspring</strong>; 4 Grands for bucks. Those goats usually twin and often triplet. Well, the animals kept getting smaller and wider and more "over-conditioned" -- show goats looked like big beach balls with coffee mug legs. They were losing body capacity, which isn't what you want w/ multiple birthers. Under pressure, NPGA changed the rules for PGCh does, <strong>so that they had to have given birth to one live kid that was NOT delivered via C-section! </strong> Wasn't long after that, I quit the whole business. Judges/show politics were influencing people to procreate non-functional animals.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kathie in Thorp, post: 923494, member: 16769"] I have -0- experience with showing cattle, and I doubt that any of ours would be loved by the cattle judgers I've seen in action. However, for many years I raised and showed reg'd Pygmy Goats. During that time, with very few exceptions, the NPGA judges were placing the more short/compact/squatty bodied animals. And that's what they raised, and that's what they sold, to those wanting to compete. To achieve a Permanent Gr. Champion status (and you have to have PGCh status to compete for a national win), NPGA females must win 3 Grand Championships [b]AND have borne one live offspring[/b]; 4 Grands for bucks. Those goats usually twin and often triplet. Well, the animals kept getting smaller and wider and more "over-conditioned" -- show goats looked like big beach balls with coffee mug legs. They were losing body capacity, which isn't what you want w/ multiple birthers. Under pressure, NPGA changed the rules for PGCh does, [b]so that they had to have given birth to one live kid that was NOT delivered via C-section! [/b] Wasn't long after that, I quit the whole business. Judges/show politics were influencing people to procreate non-functional animals. [/QUOTE]
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