| PGCH/MCH Roc N Ewe JM Duke of Earl E 91.7 22.75" |
DOB 3-29-03 Height certified NDGA 22 3/4" 10-07 4 yrs 7 mths old Sire: Roc N Ewe Ranch Jimmy Mack SS: Ponders End Windancer SD: Ponders End Arabecca Dam: Flat Rocks Keepsake DS: Flat Rocks Gem DD: Flat Rocks Blue Bell 3 X Gr Ch Sr Buck AGS 4 X Gr Ch Sr Buck NDGA |
| Earl's Story Some of us are lucky to own an animal that far exceeds our expectations for that animal, Earl is the one for us. He is the only son of the first buck we bred in our herd name, Roc N Ewe Jimmy Mack, a cross between Ponders End Arabecca and Ponders End Windancer, the first goats we purchased from Gail Cole in 1999. 'Becca' as we lovingly called her, was a very small but very correct black and white spotted doe out of Ponders End Maximum Praise X It'l Do's Arapaho. Ponders End Windancer 'Dancer' Jimmy's dad, was a beautiful Chamoisee great grandson of Twinks Pixie out of Twin Creeks BH Bravado X Ponders End Dust Blossom. The first time we bred Jimmy to Flat Rocks Keepsake, she kidded with triplet does, we called them the sugar babies, Brown Sugar, Candy Girl and Sugar Shack. We were going to breed Keeper to a different buck the following year and without even thinking, put her back in with Jimmy, I immediately realized my mistake, but fortunately it was too late, Jimmy had already had his way with her. The following spring Earl was born and was the only survivor of triplets. We do not know why we did not cut Earl like the rest of the buckling's, he was not particularly impressive or flashy. Just a little black kid with no markings. We lost Earls dad Jimmy just before his debut in the show ring at the Mini Milker show in Placerville 2003. Earl was only a couple months old, and it was devastating. I decided to keep Earl and see if we could somehow salvage that bloodline. We didn't pay much attention to him for the next few months, just hoping he would turn out to be a decent buck we might get a doe or two out of when he was old enough to breed. When Earl turned a year old he got his first haircut, WOW!!! was I surprised, here was this looonnnngg body, level top line, strong feet, great angulation, flat ribs, long rump, long neck, tight sharp withers, wide beautiful chest and best of all he was not objecting too terribly at me handling him. In fact he has been a gentleman and easy to handle all along. We took him to his first show, The Pahrump show in Oct of that year. Have to say it was handlers error (yea me) that Earl did not do well. I had him so stretched out that as he relaxed his chine fell into the ground. The next year at The Mini Milker show in Placerville, 2005, we asked Norm Geiser (who loves to show bucks) if he would please show Earl. He did well in his class so the second show after seeing the pro, it was my turn. Sandi Liska was judging. His competition included 5 very nice Sr bucks needing 1 leg to finish their AGS championships. When Sandi placed Earl 1st in his class we were amazed to say the least, now it was time to go in for Gr Ch Sr Buck, a bit nerve racking as the competition was pretty tough and truthfully did not think we had much of a chance, Stormin owned by Norm and Donna Geiser was in the lineup. When Sandi started describing the buck she was going to give the Grand to, my thoughts were focused on how much we loved Earl and that it would be OK if he did not win. We thought he was great and have always tried to evaluate our animals with the betterment of the breed foremost in our minds. So a win would confirm that we were indeed on the right track but knew it might not happen. We were shocked when Sandi chose Earl for Gr Ch Sr Buck. Yea, I started crying and couldn't move. We then went BOB, and our little plain black buck Earl had earned his first AGS leg. Sandi was doing classifications that day so we had her do one on our Earl, He received a score of 91.7 Excellent. Sandi said so many nice things about our boy, his wide flat chest floor, length, flatness of bone, smoothness of blending into his shoulders, tight withers, angulation in the rear and how open he was. Our ugly duckling had turned into a beautiful buck. Earl was only shown in AGS for the next year as we had been told he had gone over height for NDGA. At 4 years old we decided it was time to see if indeed he had gone over, so we entered him in the 2007 Last Pahrump show in all 4 shows, 2 NDGA and 2 AGS. Pahrump is the last show of the season for many of us and the competition is tough with many chasing that illusive last leg, 2007 was no exception. Sat was the 2 NDGA shows with Judges Sandi Liska and Virginia Johnson-Gruver, Earl went GR CH in both shows and earned two legs towards his NDGA PGCH and was measured at 22 3/4". Yea!!! He was not over height for NDGA. Sunday 2 AGS shows, judges Valerie Ciesynski and Amy Akramoff, Earl went BOB earning his last 2 AGS legs making him eligible for his AGS MCH. Earl received another NDGA leg at the 2008 Pahrump show only needing one to finish. Well the boy received his last leg at the NDGA Nationals in Pahrump 2009 and is now a dual champion in both AGS and NDGA, and to top it off he went winner in the PGCH class. We will miss showing him as he was such a nice boy in the show ring. Look for his daughters and sons in the coming years both in the ring and the milk pail. If you would like to be put on the list for his kids please let us know. We will also try and get him collected soon. |
| EArl is now a PGCH finishing at the 2009 NDGA Nationals |
| Earl at the Placerville Show spring 2005 2 yr old |
| Earl at NDGA Nationals 2009 final leg 6 yr old |
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