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What can the International Boer Goat Association, Inc. do for you?

  • As a member, you will pay half-price for your registrations and transfers.                      

  • You will receive our publication, the Boer Breeder, six times a year

  • We offer sanctioned shows

  • We have a member elected Board of Directors.  You choose who will make the decisions on behalf of you and the association.

  • We offer thorough background research on registrations and assistance to obtain that information.

  • We offer the most extended pedigrees (four generations) on every certificate.

  • We clearly label animals that are 100% South African by following the registration number with “SA”.

  • We offer on line registration.

  • We offer an experienced office staff willing to work with you.

  • We are the only  U.S. association to offer DNA Testing (upon request)

  • We offer dual registration (animal is already in your name) for the cost of $1.50 for the first 30 days after joining.

The advantages of International Boer Goat Assn. (IntlBGA) shown below are totally from the perspective of Jack & Anita Mauldin and the association has nothing to do with the contents of this page.

Show Win Labels/Points/Pedigrees

One of the areas that many breeders are concerned with are the number of labels such as "Ennobled" on a pedigree to indicate the quality of the bloodline. Those breeders almost always associate that with ABGA and having to go to ABGA shows to get the label on their pedigree. That is not true and IntlBGA offers many advantages in this area as well as winning Show Labels at IntlBGA shows. Here are some of the items of interest that you may not have known:

  •  IntlBGA adds ABGA Ennobled labels to IntlBGA pedigrees when an animal in the pedigree has been Ennobled in ABGA. For example, we have two bucks that have been Ennobled in ABGA. They are Xtender and Painted Warrior. Xtender is out of EGGSfile that is Ennobled in ABGA. When we register an offspring out of Painted Warrior with IntlBGA, the pedigree will show all of them as ABGA Ennobled plus and animals that have been Ennobled in IntlBGA. So you get the best of both worlds and have a pedigree that truly shows the recognition that the animals have received from both associations. That does not occur on ABGA pedigrees.

  • IntlBGA pedigrees show four generations while the ABGA pedigrees only show three. This is more valuable to the breeder that really wants to know more about the bloodline.

  • When an animal has won points at an IntlBGA show, the points are permanent as soon as the show sponsor sends the results in to the IntlBGA office. That is within 30 days after the show. That is regardless of how young the animal is. When an animal has won points at an ABGA show, the show sponsor must still send the results to the ABGA office but the points are still not permanent and can't count towards Ennoblement yet. Next, the breeder must have two different judges visually inspect the animal and send that report to the ABGA office. This can not be done until the animal is at least ten months old. If anything changes between the time the animal won the points and the time the inspections are done, the breeder loses the points and can never use them. The breeder must pay for each inspection. If there is not an ABGA judge in your immediate vicinity, the breeder will be responsible for paying the judges travel expense to come look at your animal. If the two ABGA judges don't agree on how they classify the animal (traditional/non-traditional), a third judge must be called in. If two judges fail the animal on the visual inspection, all points are lost and the animal can never be visually inspected again.  This is a major, major difference between IntlBGA and ABGA. There is no need for additional visual inspections because the animal has been evaluated in the ring and those judges evaluate the animal against everything in the visual inspection criteria plus comparing it against competitors. The judge that is at the show is the same type of judge and the same training in ABGA that would do the visual inspection.

  • IntlBGA gives more appropriate recognition for the animals that almost won. Have you ever thought that politics may be at play in a show in deciding which animal is first vs. second? You are not alone in thinking that way and I can't say that there are less politics in IntlBGA than ABGA but I can tell you breeders will do better related to points won in IntlBGA than ABGA. Lets take an example of two breeders that each have a very nice animal but neither are in the right circle in their association. Lets also say each breeder takes their animal to ten shows and there are ten animals in the class their animals are in. Finally, we will say that at every show both breeders go to, they place second. Both have spent $250 per show in expenses or a total of $2,500. The breeder in ABGA will have a total of (0) points at the end of the ten shows. The breeder in IntlBGA will have a total of (80) points at the end of the ten shows. The IntlBGA breeder has something to show for the $2,500 and time spent while the ABGA breeder has nothing to show for it. IntlBGA has a decreasing scale on the show points to indicate that animals placing near the top should be rewarded some points. That helps dilute the possibility of politics completely robbing the regular breeders. (see ennoblement points). See ABGA show point system on their web site at www.abga.org

  • IntlBGA has two different Ennoblement categories while ABGA only has one category. IntlBGA has the Ennobled Champion category that documents the recognition that an animal has won in the show ring without any help from their offspring. This recognition states that many judges have liked what they have seen in this specific animal. They also have Ennobled Sire/Dam Champion category that documents the recognition that a Sire or Dam's offspring have won and does not consider if the Sire/Dam was ever shown or won. This recognition states this Sire/Dam are recognized producers of top quality offspring. ABGA's Ennoblement program requires some points come from the offspring. It may be all of the Ennoblement points required for the Sire/Dam or just a minimum amount. Breeders have no knowledge as to what the Ennoblement award is really telling them.

  • IntlBGA has four levels of Ennoblement within the Ennobled Champion, Ennobled Sire Champion and Ennobled Dam Champion while ABGA only has one. In ABGA, once the animal has collected the minimum show points for Ennoblement, there is no additional recognition the animal can achieve. ABGA even recently changed their show points awarded by lowering some of the show points because too many animals were becoming Ennobled and the Ennobled label was losing its luster. IntlBGA has

    • Ennobled Bronze (Champion, Sire Champion and Dam Champion)

    • Ennobled Silver (Champion, Sire Champion and Dam Champion)

    • Ennobled Gold (Champion, Sire Champion and Dam Champion)

    • Ennobled Platinum (Champion, Sire Champion and Dam Champion)

    Plus IntlBGA has different point requirements for the Sire Champion vs. .Dam Champions. Since a Sire can breed many does producing many offspring to be shown, a doe has far fewer offspring to potentially win her points. The does should not be penalized for that and IntlBGA does not while ABGA has the same requirements for a Dam as the Sire.

  • For the IntlBGA Ennobled Champion recognition, the animal must have won at least one Overall Grand Champion award. The ABGA Ennobled animal may have never been shown much less won the top award at a show. This means that there is potentially more significance in the IntlBGA Ennobled Champion award than the ABGA Ennobled award.

  • IntlBGA's Ennoblement program is color blind while ABGA's program is not. When an animal wins at an IntlBGA show, the points are permanent and count regardless to how much or how little color the animals have. Lets say an IntlBGA  breeder has two reds, two paints, and two correct colored animals, out of the same sire; each win 90 points. Lets also say the Sire is a traditional color. That IntlBGA registered Sire has 540 show points and will become a Bronze Ennobled Sire Champion. Now an ABGA breeder has the same thing. The Sire has 360 non traditional points, IF THE VISUAL INSPECTION was done on the kids and 180 traditional points if the other kid was visually inspected.  That gets the ABGA breeder nothing. Until the visual inspections have been done on all six kids, they have (0) points. If the Sire was visually inspected and categorized as Traditional, he must have 80 points from at least three kids that are also traditional. If the kids are not traditional like the Sire, they must have 100 points from at least three different kids. The points from offspring that are traditional and non-traditional can not be added together for any recognition in ABGA.

  • Breeders with ABGA registered animals can attend IntlBGA shows. They don't have to be registered with IntlBGA. The same is true for IntlBGA registered animals at ABGA shows. However, if a breeder does good at an IntlBGA show, they have 5 days to transfer or register the animal with IntlBGA and receive all of the points that an IntlBGA registered animal would have received. If an IntlBGA registered animal wins at an ABGA show, they cannot quickly transfer or register the animal after the show and get the points.