Program

Visiting Mexico

Registration

Events

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PROGRAM

** Indicates fee activity (see registration information in 3^rd Qtr. ADGA News & Events, or online soon at www.adga.org. )

Saturday, October 16

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163: Host SADGA

**Youth program, Day 1 – LAS PALMAS, SAN MARCOS, ACTIVITY TENT

9:00 Registration

10:00 Introductions, Ice breaker games

11:00 Linear appraisal seminar with Betty Henning

12:00 Lunch

1:00 – 3:00 AI seminar – with Karen Lewis – looking at semen through the microscope,

loading the AI gun, transferring semen, etc.

4:00 – 6:00 Poster project

6:00 – 9:00 Pizza party & scavenger hunt – courtyard

**Linear Appraisal Training Workshop, Day 1 – All Day – VERA CRUZ

Spotlight Sale tent setup

Sunday, October 17

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163: Host SADGA

Vendor Room setup beginning at 7 AM - Seville

**Youth Program – Day 2

9:00 – 3:00 Field Trip to Sonoran Desert Museum – includes a special Desert Reptiles

program

12:00 Lunch at Museum

3:00 Skillathon, Quiz Bowl , t-shirts and quilt squares

6:30 Dinner on your own with family/friends

AASRP Programming, All Day, Marabella – (Open to all)

8 :00 Dr. Joan Dean Rowe Working with Shows & Sales

9:00 Dr. Joan Bowen Goat Pharmacy

10 :00 Dr. Katherine O’Rourke Update on Goat Scrapie Research

11:00 Dr. Alan Huddleston USDA Goat Scrapie Programs

12:00 Lunch break on your own

1 :00 Dr. Cesar Ruiz, Dr. Rita Kester Arizona Goat Health Programs

2:00 Dr. Joan Bowen Nutritional & Metabolic Diseases of Goats

3:00 Dr. Barbara Page Recognizing and Treating Mammary Mysteries

4:00 Dr. Barbara Page, Dr. Christine Staten Question & Answer Panel

**Linear Appraisal Training Workshop, Day 2

Work with live animals in activity tent

**Pre-Judges Training Conference (Betty Henning) - Granada

8:00 Agenda/Introductions

9:00 Guidebook Review – pp. 71-129

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Sharing ring procedures/problems

2:00-5:00 Placing and reasons practice with live animals

Monday, October 18

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5 - Seville

**Youth Program – Day 3 – concurrent sessions in AM – Valencia/La Paz

9:00 – 12:00 Judging for Youth Representative contest

9:00 Poisonous plants (Jennifer Tereba)

10:00 Veterinary Seminar – Biosecurity (Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM)

11:00 Showmanship Seminar in activity tent (Aaron Carter)

12:00 Lunch

1:00 Storytelling (Glenda Bonin)

2:00 ADGA Performance Programs – DHI and Linear Appraisal (Lisa Shepard)

3:00 Disqualifications, defects, judging terminology (Aaron Carter)

6:00 – Youth Banquet

AASRP Programming (Open to all) - Marabella

8:00 Dr. Robert Glock Clostridial Diseases

9:00 Dr. Robert Glock Avoiding Toxicity Problems

10:00 Dr. Peder Cuneo Public Health Aspects of Goat Milk Production

11:00 Dr. Peder Cuneo Emergency Preparation for & Increasing Awareness

of Foreign Animal Diseases

Noon: Lunch break on your own

1:00 Dr. Chris Duemler Facility Design and Ventilation

2:00 Dr. Chris Duemler Computerized Herd Health Program Spread Sheets

3:00 Dr. Joan Dean Rowe Abortion Diseases of Goats

4 :00 Dr. Nancy Leverenz Demonstration of Acupuncture in a Goat

(Activity Tent)

** All Day: Day 1 Judges Training Conference – Granada, Activity Tent

** All Day: Body Products workshop with Caroline Lawson, TLC Farms – Vera Cruz

8:00-12:00 – Soaps 1:00 – 5:00 Lotions

** All Day: The Gothberg Farm experience – workshop with Rhonda Gothberg –

Las Palmas

1:00 “Farmstead Creamery Advisor” with Gianaclis Caldwell - San Marcos

3:00 Buck Management, “Our kings and their jewels” with Teresa Wade –

San Marcos

** 6:00 PM Youth Banquet and selection of 2011 ADGA Youth Representative –

Valencia/La Paz/Granada

Tuesday, October 19

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163 - Hosts Guernsey Goat Breeders

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5 - Seville

** 9:00 – 3:00 Southern Arizona Wineries Tour

**Judges Training Conference, Day 2 – Granada & Activity Tent

** All Day - Beginning AI workshop – classroom day with Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM - Marabella

**“8:00 – 2:00: Hands-on cheesemaking: “Ricotta for lunch” workshop with Anne Jones – Vera Cruz

Body Products Judging – Day 1 – Las Palmas, San Marcos (closed to attendees)

Cheese Judging – Day 1 – Barcelona (closed to attendees)

8:00 Using DHI records to the fullest – Lisa Shepard – La Paz

9:00 DHI vs. the one-day test – how to choose – Lisa Shepard – La Paz

10:00 “Great American Goat Registry Opera” with Steve Considine – La Paz

12:00 Lunch on your own

1:00 Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen – La Paz

1:00 – Storytelling with Glenda Bonin - Valencia

2:00 – 5:00 “Crow’s Dairy – An Arizona Success Story” – Valencia

5:00 Sable Breeders meeting – Vera Cruz

5:00 Guernsey Goat Breeders meeting – Vera Cruz

**5:30 Cash bar in upper lobby

**6:00 Welcome Dinner, ADGA Membership meeting and Pioneer Program: Valencia/La Paz/Granada

Wednesday, October 20

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163: Hosts Nigerian Goat Breeders

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5 - Seville

ADGA Board of Directors Meeting Day 1 - Granada

**Beginning AI – Day 2 (animal work) (Activity Tent)

Cheese Judging – Day 2 – Barcelona (closed to attendees)

Body Products Judging – Day 2 – Las Palmas, San Marcos (closed to attendees)

**Boer Goat Judging Workshop – all day – Marabella and Activity Tent

9:00-12:00 **Herbal Foundations workshop with Kat Drovdahl – La Paz

1:00 Zoonoses – Maribeth Andresen – La Paz

2:00 Putting on an ADGA show – Wanda Allison – La Paz

3:00 Using Linear Appraisal to build a better goat – presenter TBA

9:30 – 3:30 **Pack goat hike in the Catalina mountains (Purple Mtn. Pack Goats, Tom DiMaggio)

5:30 Saanen breeders meeting – Verz Cruz

5:30 LaMancha breeders meeting – Las Palmas

DINNER ON YOUR OWN

Thursday, October 21

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-4PM – Suites 162-163: Host-Michigan Dairy Goat Assn.

Spotlight Sale Tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5 - Seville

ADGA Board of Directors – Day 2 - Granada

9:00 - 12:00 Livestock guardian dog workshop with Erick Conard - Valencia

** 9:00 -12:00 Traditional Emergency approaches with Kat Drovdahl – La Paz

** 8:00 – 4:00 Cheesemaking with Gianaclis Caldwell (Pholia Farms) – Las Palmas

8:30 – 11:30 Beginning 1:00 – 4:00 Advanced

9:00 - 12:00 ** Marketing your farmstead products: logo, internet, branding:

withTami Parr (cheese judge) - Marabella

**All Day: Expanding your Bath Care line with Body Products Judges Maria Gelnett

and Catherine Timberlake – Vera Cruz

8:00 – 12:00 – Expanding your line, customizing scents, coloring

12:00 Lunch on your own

1:00 – Formulating your own recipe

2:00 – 5:00 Hot process soapmaking

1:00 -4:00 CAE, CL, Johnes with Lee Ann Fosdick, DVM – La Paz

**1:00-4:00 Advanced AI - Improving your AI Success with Teresa Wade - Marabella

1:00: Storytelling with Glenda Bonin – Valencia

2:00 Funding for goat operations with Scharee Atchison, NLPA Sheep & Goat Fund –

Valencia

3:00 Preparing a successful business plan with Mary Trimble, MBA - Valencia

** 9:30-3:30: Sonoran Desert Museum Tour

5:00 Nigerian Breeders meeting – Vera Cruz

5:00 Alpine Breeders meeting – Las Palmas

5:30 Cash Bar – Upper Lobby

6:00 **Products Reception and Flashlight sale – Valencia/La Paz/Granada

Friday, October 22

7:00-5:00 REGISTRATION: Hallway outside Cortez/Balboa

Hospitality Room open 7AM-3PM, Suites 162-163: Host SADGA

Spotlight Sale tent open

Vendor Room open 8-5 - Seville

9:00-12:00: Livestock guardian dog workshop with Erick Conard – Vera Cruz

9:00 Farm welding demonstration with Terry Johnson – Activity Tent

**9:00-12:00: Midgoatery (Natural Midwifery) workshop with Kat Drovdahl-La Paz

9:00-12:00: Type Conference – Marabella

1:00: Operating a Petting Zoo with June Johnson – Vera Cruz

1:00-4:00: Herd Health Q & A with Lee Ann Fosdick – La Paz

1:00: Acupressure for tired hands and shoulders – Lynn Benedict – Marabella

2:00: Linebreeding with Daniel Considine – Marabella

3:00: Farmstead Creamery Advisor with Gianaclis Caldwell - Marabella

1:00: Funding for goat operations with Scheree Atchison, NLPA Sheep & Goat Fund-Valencia

2:00: Preparing a successful business plan with Mary Trimble, MBA- Valencia

2:00: Fitting for success in the show ring – Debbie Emholtz – Activity Tent

**9:00-4:00: Tour to Tumacacori historic mission, art colony at Tubac, and Mission of

San Xavier del Bac

5:00 Oberhasli Breeders meeting – Vera Cruz

5:00 Toggenburg Breeders meeting – Las Palmas

5:30 Cash Bar - Upper Lobby

6:00 **Banquet and Ball – FIESTA!! - Valencia/La Paz/Granada

Saturday, October 23

Membership meeting - Marabella

**9:00 Champagne Brunch – Valencia/La Paz/Granada

10:00 Spotlight Sale