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| I think it's almost stupid (actually I think it is, I just don't wanna be rude) that a rescue would turn away a breeder or shower. Most responsible breeders would want to breed out diseases and effects (hip displaysia and what not) out of the breed that a lot of dogs with unkown descent might havealong with conformation and temperment. I too was turned away from rescuing a bottle baby kid because I was "too young, stupid, showed and bred percentage and purebred boers." Yes I'm young but that shouldn't make a difference whether or not I should be able to adopt a goat if I have the experience and the funds. and it definately shouldn't matter if you are a responsible breeder. I have only bred one rescue goat and that is because she has extremely good conformation. yes, I was taking a risk not knowing her pedigree but her kids were beautiful and ended up winning grand champion market goat and reserve grand percentage boer doe. i don't necesarilly have an opinion on shelters that euthanize. I feel that if an animal keeps coming back to a rescue and it's owner(s) have attempted multiple times to train and have had the animal for a while, it should probably be euthanized because there is a problem beyond fixing. Rant over....
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[quote]sleboers (7/24/2008)
I too was turned away from rescuing a bottle baby kid because I was "too young, stupid, showed and bred percentage and purebred boers." Yes I'm young but that shouldn't make a difference whether or not I should be able to adopt a goat if I have the experience and the funds. and it definately shouldn't matter if you are a responsible breeder. I have only bred one rescue goat and that is because she has extremely good conformation. yes, I was taking a risk not knowing her pedigree but her kids were beautiful and ended up winning grand champion market goat and reserve grand percentage boer doe. [quote] If you put out the word, I bet you could find lots of bottle kids needing a great home like yours. Do you subscribe to the_boer_goat at YahooGroups? People there often offer wonderfully well-bred newborn kids free to good homes because they don't want to bottle feed them. Also, let area vets know you're interested. One of my future packgoat wethers is a Boer crossbred seized in a neglect case and taken, along with a bunch of other newborns, to our vet. He knows we have Boers and household dairy goats, so he called and asked us to come get some. We raised two, re-homed one, and still have (and will always have) Tumnus. He's such a sweet guy. Makes me sad to think someone tossed him and his brothers in a stall to die. The owner didn't want to drag his does down by allowing them to raise multiple kids so he pulled the extra male kids and literally threw them away. Sue
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| Thats horrible. yes, I do subscribe to boer_goats, but I don't like the bickering and most people there drive me insane.
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