Since it’s so quiet here this morning I was looking at your pictures again:)
They are so cute. How/Why do they decide which one to take? What is judged, conformation, training, etc? What’s this ones name? how old?
Becky
I think they chose "Charlie" because he's the most trained of all of them. He's 3. She's practiced with him over the obstacles and such. In 'fitting and showing' I think they judge how fit the animal is, cleanliness and grooming, probably conformation, and handling. In steeplechase they have to pull and tug and plead with them over these little jumps... I don't know if it's timed, or there's faults for knockdowns and refusals, or what... it's all kids, so it would be hard to judge. It's 4H, so they all get ribbons. :~)
As a serious matter, they also take the fleece the sheered off Charlie to the fair to be judged, and that's serious business. The fleece is judged on it's quality and quantity. I guess people offer to buy the fleece for like $100 or more. If the fleece does well though, they'll keep it and take it to the bigger fair and the state fair in the fall. They had the fleece from all of them spun into yarn last year after the fair, and knitters and chrocheters love the stuff, it's like Cashmere.