[Jacob-list] I agree with Sue's daughter

[R. Unzicker]

Hi Gail,
Thanks for sharing your experience.  It is yet another reminder  that we all 
need to be careful how we sound on the internet.   It is so easy to fire 
something off,  then  reread it a day later and want to crawl in a hole.  I 
have been there unfortunately.  As you stated, the most important thing is 
to preserve the breed.     For me, one of  the issues with unregistered 
flocks is that, if they are not registered, it is very difficult to keep 
track of this rare breed.   In no way to me does it mean these sheep or 
their breeders are inferior.  More than once I have become aware of 
unregistereed sheep but found it impossible or very difficult to trace who 
they were.   This is especially true if the said sheep go back to some of 
the first Jacobs imported in to our country.   It is valuable to know who 
these sheep are.

  I also know I have sold some sheep that represented some of the older 
lines.   They were ones I hoped would be in our regtistry.  When they or 
their offspring do not find their way into our regiatry I always feel a 
little regretful, only because we then have no way of keeping track of them. 
I often encourage breeders to register at least some of their sheep if for 
whatever reason they are not inclined to go through the process with all of 
them.   With rare breeds, I feel it is good to try to keep some genetic 
distance between breeding animals when possible.   If we do not know who the 
sheep are, it is not easy to know if we are doing this.   Registraton also 
is a good way for ALBC and breed specific assocaitions to  know how many 
animlas of a certain breed are in existance.  Many breeder have taken it 
upopn themselve to register any animals  before they sell them.
But, back to your comment, the most important thing is tyo keep the breed 
going.
Royal
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gail" <lgrisner at earthlink.net>
To: <jacob-list at jacobsheep.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 11:00 PM
Subject: [Jacob-list] I agree with Sue's daughter



>I have to agree with Sue's daughter, in reference to how some of the new 

>comers are treated. I too don't post because of the nasty comments I 

>received, when I first joined this group. My Jacobs are not registered and 

>someone made sure I understood that I wasn't in their league, because of 

>that fact. At the time we had a young, but very handsome 4 horned ram. He 

>was criticized for not having enormous horns. He was a baby and still 

>growing! Most of all, though, was the attitude about my unregistered stock. 

>There aren't many people in our area that raise Jacobs and I don't know of 

>any that are registered. Even though some of us don't raise registered 

>stock, it doesn't mean that we aren't doing everything we can to preserve 

>the best qualities of the breed. I've checked out most of your sites and my 

>lambs look just as good as your's. They just don't have the long fancy 

>names attached!

>

> This is an amazing breed! They lamb easy & are great Moms, relatively 

> disease free, more compact & easy to handle and beautiful to look at. What 

> a package! It's no wonder so many of us want to raise these sheep- - - 

> registered or not. Most of us signed up for this group to learn, find 

> answers to our questions and maybe even find some sheep friends- - - 

> mentors, if you will.

>

> On a whole, I enjoy reading the posts and learn lots from all of you. Just 

> please don't belittle us because our flocks aren't registered. They are 

> just as important to us, as your's are to you.

>

>

>

> Gail

>

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