WE'RE GOING TO START OFF ALL THE GOAT KIDS GO RIGHT HERE.
THEN ALL THE KIDS THAT SHOW LAMBS, COME OVER WITH ME.
THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN INTRO FOR THE KIDS.
IT KIND OF MAYBE GETS SOME OF THE UNKNOWN OUT OF EQUATION SO
THAT WHEN SHOW DAY DOES COME, THEY ARE A LITTLE MORE RELAXED
AND NOT WORRY SO MUCH ABOUT IT AND NOT BE SO NERVOUS.
YOU GUYS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TRIMMING HOOVES?
WHEN YOU DO IT?
YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE IT'S ALWAYS LEVEL.
YOU NEVER WHAT YOU TILT THIS ANY OTHER WAY.
IT ALWAYS HAS TO BE LEVEL.
A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T KNOW A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT GOATS.
GOATS ARE MORE OF A NEW THING.
THEY'RE UP-AND-COMING THING.
IT'S MORE THE PARENTS' FIRST TIME JUST AS MUCH AS IT WAS THE
KIDS.
ARE YOU READY TO WASH THEIR LEGS?
THIS IS THE HARDEST PART, SO PAY ATTENTION.
WHEN YOUR LAMB WALKS IN, YOU WANT THEM TO LOOK NICE, SO
THAT'S THE FIRST THING A JUDGE IS GOING TO NOTICE.
SO CLIPPING IS A BIG, BIG THING.
THERE SO MANY THINGS THAT THEY NEED TO DO.
WE TELL THEM TO WORK WITH YOUR ANIMAL, WALK THEM EVERY DAY.
THE MORE TIME YOU SPEND WITH YOUR ANIMAL, THE MORE
COMFORTABLE THAT THEY'LL BE.
IN TURN, WHEN THEY WALK INTO THE SHOW RING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE
FAR MORE RELAXED.
THE JUDGE IS GOING TO COME DOWN AND FEEL YOUR LAMB.
THEN HE'S GOING TO WANT TO WALK AROUND AND LOOK AT THE FRONT
END.
THEN WE WORKED ON SHOWMANSHIP, WATCHING THE JUDGE AND BEING ON
THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF YOUR LAMB WHEN YOUR JUDGES OVER HERE.
YOU ALWAYS WANT YOUR LAMB BETWEEN YOU AND THE JUDGE.
THEN ACTUALLY GETTING YOUR LAMB TO BRACE AND HOW TO HOLD THE
HEAD.
YOU WANT THE HEAD UP AND THE LEGS SQUARE.
WE DON'T WANT THEM TO HOLD THEIR HEAD DOWN AND JUST LOOK AT THEIR
GOAT.
THEY REALLY NEED TO BE INTERACTIVE WITH THAT JUDGE.
PUT YOUR THUMB AROUND HIS EAR, BOTH OF THEM.
GET UNDER HIS JAW AND MAKE HIM GO -- LOOK UP.
WHEN YOU ARE TRYING TO SET IT UP AND YOU KEEP HER HEAD UP LIKE
THAT, SHE WON'T MOVE AROUND AS MUCH.
PUT THE HALTERS ON HIM.
I THINK THE KIDS WERE MOST INTERESTED IN ACTUALLY SHOWING
THEIR LAMB.
IT'S HARDER WHEN YOU'RE THE ONE SHOWING THE LIMB TO SEE EXACTLY
HOW THE LAMB LOOKS, SO MY INPUT ON, HEY, WHY DON'T YOU PUT HIS
LEGS LIKE THIS OR DON'T STRETCH HIM OUT SO MUCH KIND OF GETS THE
KID TO KNOW WHAT HE NEEDS TO DO AT HOME TOO.
I LEARNED A LOT ON HOW TO CLIP THEM, LIKE DIFFERENT WAYS ON HOW
THEY'RE GROOMED.
I JUST LIKE GOATS, THEIR PERSONALITY.
I USUALLY JUST WALK THEM AROUND MY PLACE SO THEY GET USED TO
WALKING.
I RAISE GOATS TO SHOW AT THE FAIR.
MY GRANDMA SAID IT'S REALLY FUN AND EASY.
ARE YOU FINDING THAT BE TRUE?
SORT OF.
THE WHOLE, TAKING CARE OF THEM AND GETTING THEM READY, THE
CLIPPING IS REALLY HARD AND IT JUST TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE.
THEY NEED A LOT OF PRACTICE.
THEY NEED TO GO HOME AND WORK ON IT.
THEY CAN'T JUST COME AND LEARN IT.
THEY HAVE TO GO HOME AND DO IT ON THEIR OWN AND
GO HOME AND PRACTICE.
IT TAKES A LOT OF PRACTICE.
DO THEY LISTEN TO YOU WHEN YOU SAY THAT?
I HOPE SO.
AS FAR AS LAMB GOES, YOU CAN KIND OF TELL ALL LITTLE BIT.
IF A KID HAS A LAMB THAT'S BEEN AROUND AND NOT BEHAVING, MORE
THAN LIKELY THEY HAVEN'T PUT TOO MUCH EFFORT INTO THAT ANIMAL.
SO THAT'S ONE KEY, ESPECIALLY IN THE SHOWMANSHIP CLASS.
I AM JUST REALLY HOPING THAT EVERYBODY REALLY ENJOYS TODAY.
IF THEY TAKE ONE THING AWAY, WHETHER IT'S CLIPPING OR HOOF
CARE OR MAYBE WE'VE TAKEN THOSE LITTLE HEEBIE-JEEBIES AWAY IF
THEY'RE FEELING A LITTLE NERVOUS, AND IN TURN IT WILL
MAKE US HAVE A BETTER SHOW.