Ridgetop
Herd Master
Cassandra is in a breeding project. The family flock encompasses Socks and Oreo, who are fed and care for within the flock. Since all feeding and chores are actually shared by family members, you are ok when feeding for Cassandra. However, when at youth Fairs and shows, ALL work, feeding, stall cleaning, grooming, etc. MUST be done by the junior exhibitor. You cannot do anything except assist in restraining an animal to help her.
At home parents can groom, trim, etc. in a teaching capacity. Since Cassandra is just learning how to do these things, all this assistance is considered to be teaching. You can definitely help her to train Socks and Oro. You doing the training is example which she will then copy. By the time she is 9 or 10, she will be able to do most everything herself. The only help she will need by the time she is 12 will possibly be restraining a large animal. In fact, she will tell you what to do! LOL
When showing market auction animals, you are required to bring the animal with your purchase or breed by paperwork to the fairgrounds for a DNA test (hair or blood) ON A SPECIFIC DATE. The paperwork must match the animal and show that you have purchased the animal or owned the mother of the animal by the specified feeding period. At the time the animal is DNA tested the animal will receive a Fair tag which will be applied by the Fair personnel. You must bring the same animal to the fair wearing the same tag. If the animal dies you are out of luck. Some exhibitors bring 2 animals to be DNA tested and tagged to make sure that they will have ONE to show and auction. This DNA testing and tagging prevents substitution of a champion (a "ringer") for the animal that was entered. (Yes, this has happened in the past. It caused a big scandal and resulted in the exhibitor being barred from exhibiting for a certain period of time.)
With regard to the rule that the animal must have been personally cared for by the exhibitor, before these rules were enforced wealthy families would buy a top show animal and leave it with the breeder/producer to be fed, trained, and fitted. On Show Day the child would enter the ring with an animal they had hardly ever seen. There is big money in showing and auctioning the Grand Champion which is why people cheat to win.
As to the sentence about prior approval for the animal to be housed somewhere else this usually refers to 4-H and FFA projects where the animals are housed on school property.
You are fine with training Socks and Oreo at home, and feeding, etc. as long as Cassandra is involved in the family flock feeding (which she is) and as long as she works at the training as well.
FYI: I used to keep a copy of the State Rules and 4-H Rules in my tack box in case anyone needed to refer to them.
At home parents can groom, trim, etc. in a teaching capacity. Since Cassandra is just learning how to do these things, all this assistance is considered to be teaching. You can definitely help her to train Socks and Oro. You doing the training is example which she will then copy. By the time she is 9 or 10, she will be able to do most everything herself. The only help she will need by the time she is 12 will possibly be restraining a large animal. In fact, she will tell you what to do! LOL
The "specie validation date through exhibition" is mainly for auction animals. Beef is 180 days (6 months), swine, sheep, goats, are usually 60 days, rabbit meat pens mist have the mother owned by the exhibitor at birth of the kits. Poultry pens have their own ownership dates.
When showing market auction animals, you are required to bring the animal with your purchase or breed by paperwork to the fairgrounds for a DNA test (hair or blood) ON A SPECIFIC DATE. The paperwork must match the animal and show that you have purchased the animal or owned the mother of the animal by the specified feeding period. At the time the animal is DNA tested the animal will receive a Fair tag which will be applied by the Fair personnel. You must bring the same animal to the fair wearing the same tag. If the animal dies you are out of luck. Some exhibitors bring 2 animals to be DNA tested and tagged to make sure that they will have ONE to show and auction. This DNA testing and tagging prevents substitution of a champion (a "ringer") for the animal that was entered. (Yes, this has happened in the past. It caused a big scandal and resulted in the exhibitor being barred from exhibiting for a certain period of time.)
With regard to the rule that the animal must have been personally cared for by the exhibitor, before these rules were enforced wealthy families would buy a top show animal and leave it with the breeder/producer to be fed, trained, and fitted. On Show Day the child would enter the ring with an animal they had hardly ever seen. There is big money in showing and auctioning the Grand Champion which is why people cheat to win.
As to the sentence about prior approval for the animal to be housed somewhere else this usually refers to 4-H and FFA projects where the animals are housed on school property.
You are fine with training Socks and Oreo at home, and feeding, etc. as long as Cassandra is involved in the family flock feeding (which she is) and as long as she works at the training as well.
FYI: I used to keep a copy of the State Rules and 4-H Rules in my tack box in case anyone needed to refer to them.
I have email verification from Ag Extension officer that email from Katahdin registry with updated is good enough.
