Patteran Alpines and Saanens on pasture with 9-yr-old Serena in front.
In 1976 our two Nubian does were a welcome addition to our small “hobby” farm. We never envisioned becoming a commercial operation milking up to 90 head while maintaining our “off-the-farm” jobs. Nor did we anticipate our oldest son breeding and exhibiting his own Saanen doe to Jr. National Champion. We certainly never anticipated milking commercially for 14 years.
We earned a lot of “goat years” in relatively short time, something which encouraged me to pursue judging and led to my becoming an Advanced ADGA judge almost two decades ago.
Ch. Chomar, an 8-yr-old Kangal Dog, with his kids who have gotten into a fence to trim a tree!
Now we have a smaller herd, downsized from 200+ head in 5 breeds to about 30 head of Saanens and Alpines, means less work but even more time to spend enjoying our animals.
As with our Turkish Akbash Dogs and Kangal Dogs, we enjoy maintaining purebred animals and working to improve the limited gene pool in order to guarantee healthy, productive animals.
We owe a lot to family, friends, and other like-minded breeders for no group of animals is developed in a vacuum.
