Click on the goat's name to go to her page; click on the thumbnail photo to see a larger version.

Animals that have not settled in several years have been moved to the Blissfully Retired (Lawn Ornaments) page. Should miracles occur, they get to come back here!

12/19/03 -- 8/25/18

extended pedigree

LA: 2007 VEEV 88--2008 VVEV 87-- 2009 V+EE 89--2011 EEEV 90--2012 EEEV 90

The longer I have this doe here, the more I love her. She is very sensitive, and has to try harder than those with calm personalities to be a good goat, but she really does try.  She was sold to me because she was such a beast in the show ring at her first show that her breeder put her on the sale page in disgust--but she apparently had no intention of being shown the door again, because she always behaved perfectly for us, though it took some convincing to get her to walk with her head up. It helps that she is very fond of horse cookies. She has been everything we have asked her to be--great mom, beautiful show doe, happy milker. Thanks are due to my good friend Sunni for not only letting me have this paragon, but for not being mad that she has turned around so well! For more photos and information, including udder shots, click here to go to her page.

By the way, for those who have wondered, I placed this photo of Party in the Wikipedia Commons some time ago, because the photos of Nigerian Dwarf goats that were on Wikipedia at the time were either in fact Pygmies or were of horned, unclipped, not very inspiring specimens. Placing this picture in the Commons means that it is available to be used in pretty much any way people want to at will, with the restrction that attribution is required. Unfortunately, that attribution is often lacking, so I've spent some time chasing down copies and asking people to properly attribute the photo. It also has led to various funny situations such as the one where Party is being used to illustrate the color pattern "black and tan" or essentially sundgau. She's obviously not a sundgau, but a clear buckskin, who does however illustrate the extreme in blackening referred to by Dr. Phil Sponenberg in his article "The Genetics of Goat Color", where he says, referring to the color pattern "San Clemente"( which we call buckskin), "The result is that the blackest variants can be easily confused with the patterns produced by the black and tan or eyebar alleles, while the least black variants could be confused with a shaded red ." To verify that Party is indeed buckskin, we need only examine the result of breeding her to Rebel, which twice produced solid black and clear, standard issue, black and tan buckskin, thus proving beyond doubt that it is impossible for Party to be anything other than buckskin. Unfortunately this argument did not prove convincing to the person foolishly using her photo to illustrate the wrong pattern, and she remains there to this day (although at least now I receive the photo credit). I mean, why on earth would I know what color my own goat is?

One very cool result of placing this photo in the Commons is that Party has been used several times now in issues of "Time For Kids" to illustrate the Nigerian Dwarf Goat (most recently in May, 2013, and with actual proper attribution. Yay!)

July, 2016, at the ADGA National Show, Harrisburg, PA. Photo by Kim Enos, Enos Farms	August, 2014

2016 Reserve National CH

An AGS Top Ten milker for 2012!

(Ribht photo by Declan Dean) Another long, elegant, striking Hunk daughter. Described by Lynn Fleming as "the most beautiful Nigerian Dwarf doe I have ever seen," just before she awarded her the Best Jr Doe in Show rosette in Windsor, Maine, May, 2009. As a kid she was breathtaking and extremely unfriendly, but has calmed down considerably since she kidded and joined the milking string. Her udder is a joy to milk, with outstanding attachments and huge teats. For more photos and information, including udder photos, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 7 x 1st, 3 x GCH Jr (Lynn Fleming, Lynn Benedict, and Pete Snyder, May, 2009), 1 x BJrDIS (Lynn Fleming, May, 2009), 3 x GCH (Lynn Fleming, Lynn Benedict, and Jeremy Lezniak, Early Spring Shows, May, 2012)

May (left) and June (right) 2018

2016 Reserve National Jr. CH

Thank you, old lady Party for these beautiful buck doe twins, both retained. Fantasia has if anything exceeded my very high expectations for her. she's beautiful, sweet, and milks very well. She was the dam of our 2019 Spotlight Sale consignment buck, Dragonfly PS Atlantis, and was only my 2nd doe to score the coveted 92 in her 2019 appraisal. Despite what I see as her stuning beauty, other than her junior leg, she has so far been consistently the bridesmaid in the show ring, breaking Somaili's previous record with 6 RGCh wins . For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x GCH Jr (Ed Jodlowski, New Boston NHDGA show, June, 2016), 1 x Reserve National Champion Junor Doe (Judge Sam Whiteside, ADGA Nationals, Harrisburg, PA, July, 2016)

May, 2023

May, 2023

Finally, an Apogee daughter to keep. This gorgeous kid named herself immediately after birth. Very assertive personality. Kind of like me (not the gorgeous part). Freshened with a gorgeous udder, very well extended fore, lots of capacity. Hellcat was pretty stale by the time appraisal rolled around in 2017, and I don't think her udder score reflected her true potential; I think her 2018 score is more representative, and her 2019 score was pretty much where I thought she would end up; however she outdid herself in 2023 at 9 years achieving the coveted EEEE 92, and earning the comment, "Some does are good because they are old; some are old because they are good--this one is just good.". Hellcat is one of our stronger and more persistent milkers, and managied to break the 1000 pound mark in 2022 on her 4th lactation. Honestly, it's always more my problem than hers, other years. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x GCH Sr. (Altamont Doe Show, May, 2023, judge Barb Norcross)

Dam: Morning Mist Minis Double Take (Old Mountain Farm Noble x Green Gate Xerox)

August, 2021

Gretel caught my eye when her owner posted her for sale or trade on Facebook--she's an "older" style Nigerian, but her udder is stunning, and she also has a very interesting old pedigree with some lines in common with our beloved Stonewall's Apocalypse Now. I am very glad she has arrived here. Meanwhile, she has come back off the "Lawen Ornaments" page by choosing to get herself bred to Capriccio at 12 years of age and looking at most half that old. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record:

Going to have to work on social skills with this one. Still, she behaves pretty well on a lead and in the ring. Another doe with a slightly less beautiful udder than I would like (though I think early mastitis and resultant loss of production and symmetry this freshening didn't help there) that our 2013 appraiser was adamant is a keeper. Very strong across the structural categories and I actually feel that with another freshening or two and her full capacity she will come up in udder as well. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr (Lynn Fleming, May, 2012, Windsor, ME)

June, 2016

July, 2021

I do not usually allow myself to keep kids from first fresh does, and even though I love Dido, I should stick to my rule...but this one was really gorgeous. And also very personable. So she stays. Good thing, too, this is one of the nicest first udders we have had. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

May, 2018

April, 2015

My favorite of Abby's triplet does from 2012. A bit more dairy and elegant than her dam, perhaps. She kidded so late in the year that I just never got around to taking an udder picture, but I really liked what I saw.Then in 2014, she kidded so EARLY in the year that she never got clipped for a full body shot...but at least I did get udder pictures. Finally in 2015, she kidded in March, but I was determined to get pictures...so here she is. She is very similar to her dam and to her half sisters out of Willow...a very consistent line, it appears. For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record:

August, 2021 (11 years old)

May, 2017

Very fancy polled doe with beautiful conformation. Tends to believe that she should really be inside your clothes with you. I really should not have kept this kid, I already have a lovely daughter out of Ishtar, but she is just such a love. Ninevah is one of the ancient cities particularly known for its worship of the goddess Ishtar. Ninevah freshened with a lovely first udder and is even more correct in her conformation than I had noticed before. Beautiful front end assembly, lovely wide flat rump, smooth as glass all over, consistently a favorite of the appraisers, 90 as a 2nd freshener. What more could I ask. For more pictures and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 2 x RGCH (Halie Weber, Blandford Fair, September, 2015, Ed Jodlowski, NHDGA show, June, 2016), 3 x GCH (Barnstable Fair, 7/2015, Bob Bartholomew, Maryland State Fair, 10/2015, Erin Griner; Garden Party show, May, 2017, Bob Bartholomew Jr.), 1 x BDIS (Barnstable Fair, 7/2015, Bob Bartholomew Jr.)

May, 2017

May, 2017

May, 2019

(Left photo by Kim Enos; right photo by Stacey Rosado) It's taken a while, but Vireo has slowly risen to the upper ranks of does here. She has maintained her beautiful attachments and gorgeous general appearance into her 8th year, and finally earned those last GCH legs to go along with her solid LA scores. She has one of the nicest rumps in the herd to go along with her beautiful udder and front end assembly. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 3 x GCH Sr. Doe (Altamont doe show, May, 2019, judge Bob Bartholomew Jr., NENDA Sunny Sisters Show, judge Ryan Blathchley, July, 2020, SMDGA Wicked Late Show, judge Richard Grossman, September, 2020) 2 x RGCH Sr. Doe (Altamont doe show, May, 2019, judge Anne Claggett, NENDA Sunny sisters show, judge Bob Bartholomew Jr., July, 2020)

Dam: Dragonfly HFX Kyrie (MCH/GCH Dawnland Tabby's Halifax ++B x Kannah Creek SF Kaya *D VG)

May, 2018

Okay, obscure reference, and hoping I don't jinx myself. Lohengrin's name is a tribute to her famous and spectacular half sister, ARMCH/CH Buttin'Heads Wedding Song 3*D. The song most people just refer to as "Here Comes the Bride" is the "Bridal Chorus", from Wagner's opera "Lohengrin". The fact that the character of Lohengrin is a man should confuse no one--I'm just not that enamored of the alternative, Elsa of Brabant. So there you have it. At last Lohengrin makes it to the FF page--fortunately it was worth the wait. She had a banner year in 2018, finishing her CH in one season, appraising Excellent, and joining the rarified ranks of our few Best Doe in Show winners. or more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x BDIS (October, 2018, Topsfield Fair, Judge Bob Bartholomew, Jr. ), 3 x GCH Sr. Doe and BOB (May, 2018, Nigerians Unlimited Spring Show, judge Tim Flickinger; July, 2018, Sunny Sisters show, Judge Bob Bartholomew, Jr., October, 2018, Topsfield Fair, Judge Bob Bartholomew, Jr. ), 1 x RGCH Sr. Doe (July, 2018, Sunny Sisters show, Judge Richard Grossman)

June, 2017

I jumped at the chance to bring back this lovely half sister of my favorite Ninevah. She had a very strong LA score as a 2 YO, and I am looking forward to seeing what she can do here. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record:

June, 2018

June, 2017

Another result of the January Explosion, also a love, also striking and correct. Gorgeous first udder on this girl. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr. (NHDGA show, Patricia Lynn Ricotta, May, 2014); 2x GCH Sr. Doe and BOB (Altamont Doe Show, Patricia Lynn Ricotta, May, 2018, Sunny Sisters Show, Richard Grossman, July, 2018)

Dam: Rosasharn SP Honey Creeper 4*D AR (ARMCH Rosasharn SW Sapporo +*S EEE 91 x ARMCH Rosasharn's Buckwheat Honey 3*D E EEEE 91)

May, 2017 (photos by Kim Enos)

Amazing pedigree and gorgeous udders behind this little polled doe, and finally I have a doe kid from Creeper. The tersina is a bird related to the honeycreeper. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr (Barnstable Fair, 7/2015, Bob Bartholomew)

October, 2022

May, 2019

Unfortunately our Sirius kids have been few, but this one was an easy choice to keep. She's cute as a button. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x 1st, GCH Jr doe and BJDIS, Topsfield Fair, Octoer 2016, judge Brianna DesFosses

Dam: GCH Dragonfly T Ninevah EEVE 91 (CH Flat Rocks Tuan LA EEE 90 x Dragonfly HFX Ishtar)

July, 2019 (photo by R. Bartholomew, Jr.)	June, 2018

Tigris is a slow maturing type of doe, but she had a very nice first udder, and a solid first appraisal score--even if her dam were not one of my very favorie does ever, she would clearly be a keeper. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x 1st, 1 x GCH Jr (Cindy Shelley, Merrimack NHDGA show, August, 2016)

Dam: Flat Rocks Galena *D 1*M (Flat Rocks Gem x 5 Alarm Prism)

August, 2021

A repeat of a very successful cross. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record: 1 x GCH Jr, 1 x BJDIS (Garden Stae DGA, Justin Bassett, May, 2017)

June, 2021

Little Zerlina, a small doe in a plain brown wrapper who produces kids better than herself. I've learned my lesson about not chucking out good brood does, so she stays. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

Show record:

Dam: Flat Rocks Rigantona (Irish Whisper Harry Potter x Springs Run Rhiannon)

July, 2019

July, 2019

(Photo by Lorene Toth) Elysium was a late first freshener in 2019 but was worth the wait. Very nice udder to go with her very sweet personality. I just love this one. For more photos and information, click here to go to her page.

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