Hi everyone! Yesterday we went to the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, and it was great. I took some pictures and thought I'd share. Me and hubby sitting in front of a fountain Longhorns My brother: A funny sign: Fried food, anyone? From atop the Ferris wheel: The Reliant Stadium from atop the Ferris wheel: My hubby, mom, and brother on a ride: A police horse I patted: And what you know you're waiting for . . . the goat shows!! You can bet your boots I made a bee-line for the goats! I only got a few pictures, my camera was very horrible with the lighting, so much came out terrible dark. Sanaan does: Dairy does: Nigerian Dwarf does: If I've got the right picture here, this is the Grand Champion Nigerian and the Reserve Champion, the first two. The Champion was a gorgeous little orange and white doe. And finally, a family portrait! Try not to laugh, please! Hope you enjoyed! I had a GREAT time. My dad especially was interested in the goats, he kept asking questions, my favorite being him whispering, "Why do they crop that goat's ears?" while pointing at a La Mancha. :greengrin: Most of the Nigerians were from Pecan Hollow farm, are they on this board? They had such beautiful little does. I wanted to talk with them but they were SO busy and the rest of the family wanted to go do something else. I may send an e-mail to them sometime though. Also, I fell in love with the Sanaans. I think I'd like to have one someday, they just had beautiful faces. :clap:
Looks like you had fun! I go strait for the show ring too. I love to see all the fantastic animals in the show ring.
Your pics are great. Wow, the one from the ferris wheel! Seems like a very large event. Your WANTED poster came out excellent. :thumb: How long did you stay?
oh wow cool! great pictures. the setup of the grand and reserve grand is rather interesting with their back legs so far back - maybe it was a mistake
I thought it was strange too! But most of them were stacked that way, all stretched out. I felt it was a great learning experience, since the judge was very articulate in what he liked in each doe and what needed improvement in each doe. You don't see that at dog shows! The Boers were on the other side and the judges took turns announcing so we got to learn about them too.
