Wow... it was such a fun day at the MN State Convention! I was up at 5:30 and Dad and I left by 6:30AM so we got there right when the doors opened and met Julia and her mom and set up "camp". It was a VERY LONG wait, though! I think it was around 1:30PM until Dwarf Hotots FINALLY got judged. I was SO nervous! Sr. Bucks were up first of course... Mickey took second place out of the 7 bucks! The judge said he would have gotten first if it wasn't for his coat... which I kind of knew was coming, since his coat looks pretty rough right now (molting). :( But I was excited for him to get 2nd place! Then Sr. Does - Julia and I were the only ones who entered a Sr. Doe - Julia's doe, Hoppin' Hotot's Ruby (who is Mickey's half-sister) got first and Zahara got second, of course. ;-) Jr. Bucks- Thumper did get DQ'd as I was expecting. :-( But the REALLY exciting news from the jr. buck class.... Mickey's son, Julia's buck "HFR's Bandit" took FIRST place!!! YAY Julia! I was so excited to see Mickey is out producing himself. But the best part was when BOB was being judged... and Bandit took BOB also!!!! Congratulations Julia!!!!!! Then Jr. Does - I got a pleasant surprise! I think there were 5 jr. does in the class, and Trixi took a close 2nd place! I was not expecting even her to do that well, so that was REALLY exciting! I can't wait to show her again, she is really one nice little doe, and I hope to have her babies on the show tables soon, also.
So I came home with three 2nd place ribbons, some other odds and ends I bought there, and a new little doe! ...who I will post about tomorrow. She is GORGEOUS!!!!
Now for some pictures....
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Julia & I heading over to Susie Dapper's table, FINALLY the Hotots are up! |
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*Anticipation!* (That is Mickey) |
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Judge Susie Dapper juding Mickey |
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Waiting with Trixi in the jr. doe class |
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Susie judging Trixi. |
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Julia after her big BOB win! |
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Trixi and Mickey. |
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Trixi's new "profile picture". :) |
Pictures of the new doe coming soon..... :-)