Our Girls
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JVJ PTO Newton's Dot-Tee
S: LOST VALLEY PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
D: GAY-MOR BERRY'S FIGNEWTON2*D
SS:MCH GOODWOOD TAHOE
SD: GOODWOOD KW ELISABET NEY2*D
DS: GOODWOOD LINGONBERRY +S
DD: BEAN'S POD MALIMAR COOKIE*D
We did not breed Dottie for 2009 babies, but will breed her this fall.
S: IRONHORSE FARMS STRETCH LIMO
D: JVJ PTO NEWTON'S DOT-TEE
SS: LOCH LOMA BLACKBERRY
SD: LOCH LOMA BLOSSOM
DS: LOST VALLEY PHANTOM OF THE OPERA*S
DD: GAY-MOR BERRY'S FIGNEWTON2*D
Helga (AGS/NDGA), this is Helga as a yearling (photo taken May '06)
Helga kidded with triplets May 13, 2010. Two bucks and a doe
Elsa, Boone Companion Show, June 13, 2009; then at Missouri State Fair 08/23/09
D: JVJ PTO Newton's Dot-Tee
S: Tiny Tales Cornelius the Brave
Tiny Tales Fleur DeLacour.
D: Tiny Tales Jill *M
DS: ARMCH Buttin'Heads Pwiled High +*S
DD: PromisedLand Ultra Violet
S: PromisedLand Wizard of Oz
SS: MCH Caesar's Villa CBS Cowpoke +*S (E)
SD: Promisedland Twilight
MO-KAN DAIRY GOAT SHOW MAY 24, 2008
We went to our first goat show!!! We went to the Mo-Kan Goat show in Sedalia, Missouri, and oh! what a great time we had!! Our friends, the Walkers, were there (from Tiny Tales Farm) and they were a real help in us getting all squared away and with tips for showing. Helga did very well, placing third in a class of six. The judge said she was level and had a very "correct udder" but it was not as capacious as she would like to see. Dottie placed second in her class. We showed Arabelle and Galiana (one month-old babies) which was a riot, and the judge said she really couldn't say anything about the real little babies in the class because they were hopping around and all fuzzy and not standing still. That's OK with me, it was our first show and I just wanted to take them in.
We didn't make any more shows in '08 b/c of my wedding schedule (I am a wedding photographer) but this year we made the Boone Companion Show June 13-14, 2009. Elsa placed FIRST in her class!!!
This is Daisy, our mini-Saanen doe. She is my main milker for the family.
At peak lactation, she gives about 1 pint shy of a gallon a day.
DAISY AND LISTERIA:
On Tuesday morning, 08/25/09, I went out to feed/milk. All the goats should have been up by the milking stall, waiting to either get fed or get milked, especially Daisy, who is the boss. Daisy wasn't there. I went down in the "lower 40" and she was in the large goat shed. She was alert and mobile and her ears were forward, but she just looked "off" and her neck & back were stiff. I immediately called the vet.
When the vet got there, he gave a very thorough listen to her chest & said she had quite a bit of congestion in her right lung, and she had a fever of 105F. He gave her Nuflor, Benamine, and B12. Within 2 hrs she was very comfortable, laying down and chewing her cud.
Wednesday, she acted like she didn't feel great, but was eating grain, eating hay, head-butting the others & in the evening came in to be milked (I discarded it all) and cleaned her feed pan on the milking stand. Her fever was back up to 105F so I hosed her down with the water hose to bring the fever down.
Thursday morning, she was still acting like she didn't feel good, but was still fairly interested in food & head-butted the other girls out of the feed pan.
Thursday I had to work late, so I called to ask my son how she was doing. He said, well, she is alert & looking at me (he was down at the barn on the cordless) and she is "scratching her butt on a log". Ok, sounds like goaty behavior to me.
I got home around 7:30 p.m. & went right out to milk/feed. Daisy acted like she felt HORRIBLE. She jumped up on the milking stand, though, and nibbled at her grain. I took her temp and it was 107F !! I immediately hosed her down, got the fever down to around 105F, she acted like she felt more comfortable, and I gaver her 6cc of Pen G and a B Complex shot.
By Friday morning (she is just standing in her pen w/her head down), I have decided I am not sure what else we can do for her, I called the vet & after talking to him decided to take her to University of Missouri Vet School. When I went out to catch her, she couldn't walk straight. I figured it was because she had been sick since Tuesday and had such a high fever the night before.
When I got to the University, they were AWESOME! Dr. Davin Ringen, DVM, and his students met me at the door, the unloaded the HUGE dog carrier from the back of my truck, put her in a stall immediately and started getting her vitals. She had NO fever and her chest congestion was gone. When they let go of her to see her mobility, she started circling so fast it was like she was spinning. They did further neurological tests on her and diagnosed her with listeria. I was leaving her there and they would give her Pen G every six hours & fluids every two & other meds.
Saturday & Sunday there was not much change, but at some point (I think Sunday morning around 2:a.m., she finally "went down" b/c she was too tired to stand up anymore.
Monday she got a little worse...apparently her tongue was now hanging out & she was drooling A LOT so they increased her fluids and they also are tube feeding her "gruel".
Tuesday, Dr. Ringen was a little more optimistic. He said she no longer had her tongue hanging out & had stopped drooling. She still lays down most of the time, but will get up when prodded. Still circling.
Wednesday (09/02/09): Got another optimistic report from Dr. Ringen. One of the students offered her hay & she ATE it! Chewed and swallowed! When they get her up, she still leans against the wall, but is now able to move her head/neck away from the wall. Follows them with her eyes. When standing, she puts her nose down in the hay to nibble/eat. She was able to stand up about 2 1/2 hours today. They are going to decrease her fluids to try to get her interested in water.
Thursday, 09/03/09: morning update is that she is still eating, and eating more than she had, which is good. When they took her off fluids, she became interested in water and drank some. All else is about the same. She is straining a little bit when she pees...they are going to get a sample and see if they can see anything but an infection would be highly unlikely b/c of all the antibiotics she's on. Wonder if it's because of all the laying down she's been doing...different pressure on different points. We'll have to wait and see. She is still sliding along the wall to walk.
Thursday, 09/10/09 update: Basically she levelled out from the last update, and I was able to pick her up yesterday. I was (am) really nervous about bringing her home b/c now all her care is up to me and I'm not a vet. However, I can give her shots SQ and besides food and water that's all I can do for her right now. So, we brought her home yesterday. One of her eyes is pointing just a tad downward and bugs out a bit, but she did have encephalitis so I assume it just takes time for all the healing to happen. She can go forward, but not back up yet. She circles SLIGHTLY...most of the time she can walk in a straight line from point A to point B. I imagine it's similar to taking care of a brain injury human patient. She is still in there, but has to concentrate on getting where she wants and she's not real graceful about it. She is eating and drinking very well. I have her separated from the other girls until she is not so wobbly. She is not contagious to them, I just want her to have a place to recover.
Daisy made a pretty much full recovery. She has some stiffness when turning her head to the right, but otherwise is fine. She got so fat over the winter (writing this in May, 2010), and I didn't breed her last fall. She is back to being the herd boss and pushing everyone else around.
Show Wins
Mo-Kan 2008
Newton's Dot-Tee, 2nd place
Helga von Hoffman, 3rd place
Boon Companion, 2009
Elsa von Hoffman, 1st place
Missouri State Fair, Sedalia, 2009
Elsa von Hoffman, 2nd place (2 yr old class)
Fleur Delacour, 3rd place (2 yr old class)
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