Sweet Gunner was my prince. Gentle and easy to handle 100% of the time, even in rut, his loving personality is carried on through his multiple daughters and granddaughters on my farm. I've had a lot of lucky purchases in my day, but Gunner changed my whole life. As soon as I met him I was done for. He was not only the sweetest goat in the world, he was incredibly calm and clever. If a bigger goat tried to bully him, Gunner would find a way to get out of the confrontation without losing face. He would literally confuse the other buck until he was left alone... He never picked on anybody, and any goat of any age could eat with him. His daughters carry that same gentle cleverness as well. But beyond even that, he also regularly IMPROVES udders. If you know anything about Guernseys, you know how incredible that is... Guernseys in the US have several common weaknesses due to the lack of genetic diversity. And the main one is udders... Gunner did occasionally throw a dud udder, but for the most part his daughter's udders are either equally as good as their dam, or a marked improvement! And my favorite trait that he somehow manages to throw EVERY TIME... Perfectly-shaped, perfectly-sized teats with large orifices. Every single one of his daughters is easy to milk. Every one of them. It's incredible. Not every beginner breeding program starts with a good buck, much less a great one. I got so very lucky... I'll miss him forever.

Jade was a wonderful foundation Sable Saanen doe from Trinity Valley Ranch in Deer Park, Washington. She is a stunning girl, but even better than that was her personality. The first time I met Jade, she had just been hauled 8 hours across a mountain in the back of a stranger's truck, alongside a kennel full of unfamiliar dogs. When I went to unload her in a gravel parking lot next to a major highway, she was utterly unconcerned. She strolled past the dogs, glanced at the traffic, and promptly made fast friends with my daughter. Normally when next to a highway, I keep complete control over all animals, but Jade was so calm that I let my daughter take her around the parking lot while I chatted with the transporter. When I got her home, it was the same thing. She checked out the other goats, butted a few heads, then got to her serious work. Eating. And that was that. My only complaint about her, was that her milk production wasn't what I expected from such a power-packed pedigree. Some of that could have been the way I feed (a simple local rolled grain mixture to keep the milk tasting sweet and pure), or the fact that she was used to a different climate on the other side of the state. She still produced over a gallon a day as a second freshener, but her pedigree... Jade's paternal granddam is Klisse's KOOH Fifth Avenue, the National, All-Time Milk Production Record Holder in 2016 with 5870 pounds! Jade didn't end up with those milky genetics coming through, but she got a show-stopping build. Her topline was so straight that I could judge a level on it... Absolutely gorgeous. I decided to keep a buckling out of her to be my new herd sire, and she gave me triplet doelings. Brat... You won't hear me complaining about doelings though. I retained all three! I ended up selling one as a yearling due to an attitude problem (no idea where THAT came from) and freshened the other two. Both had nice builds and udders, so I picked the one with the better rear udder arch and sold the other to a dear friend. It's so hard not to keep them all... Jade is now living with a friend of mine who raises Sables and Guernseys (separately, instead of crossing them like I do!)