Breeding up herdbook program

The ADGR offers a breeding up program for those who own Native on Appearance (NOA) American Dually™ goats without registration paperwork. If a doe meets the breed standards and is accompanied with a signed written statement certifying its conformance to standards, it can be recorded as a grade doe. A recorded grade doe is given a brown registration certificate at the same cost as a standard registration (bucks cannot be recorded as grade).

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A grade doe can then be bred to a registered purebred American Dually™. Her offspring will be 50% Standard American Dually™, her granddaughter would be considered 75% Standard American Dually™, Her great-granddaughter would be considered 100% Standard American Dually™ and would qualify for a blue certificate with the designation as “Standard.” Does qualify for the Standard designation after 3 generations of ancestors who conformed to breed standard; bucks qualify after 4 generations of ancestors who conformed to breed standard.

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TERMINOLOGY

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Purebred – the offspring of a purebred American Dually™ sire and purebred American Dually ™ dam that conforms to breed standards. The ADGR maintains a closed purebred herdbook.

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Standard – the offspring of a sire and dam of the same breed that conforms to breed standards and also has the correct number of consecutive generations of ancestors who conformed to breed standards (minimum 3 generations for does and 4 for bucks).

Recorded Grade  – Does who do not qualify for either the Purebred or American herd books. (bucks can      only be recorded as Standard, not grade)