[Jacob-list] OK.. I am understanding the Showring frustration

[JACI SIEHL]

No mattter what, you still need to keep trying.  Also, when you sell sheep try to encourage the buyer to enter their sheep in shows.  One time I even offered to pay the entry fee and feed and water their animals at the fair - all they had to do was be there to show.  Doing that brings more Jacob sheep to the show and possibly enough for a class of their own - or at least getting the judges more familiar with the breed.
 
It took me several years but we did finally get a colored wool show at our fair - unfortunately I am against Merino and Wensleydales so you know where my sheep rank.  But it is a very popular show and worth the worth the effort.
 
Every show I attend I am a winner - even without bringing home a ribbon.  The sheep are so well received by the public and awareness to natural fibers, primitive breeds, and something besides lamburger on the hoof is worth it.


 
Jack and Jaci

--- On Mon, 1/26/09, gotothewhip at aol.com <gotothewhip at aol.com> wrote:

From: gotothewhip at aol.com <gotothewhip at aol.com>
Subject: [Jacob-list] OK.. I am understanding the Showring frustration
To: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com
Date: Monday, January 26, 2009, 12:15 PM


I get what you all have been saying!  We did not do really well last year at the National Western, but showing at the Wool/Handspinning shows has more than made up for it.....

This weekend, we took 13 head to the National Western, and it wasnt pretty.  My best sheep were buried.... I did manage to win one class..... With a ram that is being castrated next week (we left him a ram longer than the others as he will be a fleece wether, and we wanted a cool set of horns)..... He went along as he was in the same pen as the other rams that went, and is a pet, so he likes the crowds.... He is probably 90% black, and honestly, we refer to him as "the midget" as he is half the size of the other rams his age.....( he can be see on my website as a lamb...even then we knew he was a fleece wether prospect) My nicest sheep were all scattered among the bottom of each class.

So with that said... you all can feel free to tell me "I told you so" LOL.

If nothing else, we did get to educate quite a few folks about the breed!

Jennifer Tucker
www.MooseMtnRanch.com



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