Ellaria has been a valuable genetic addition to our herd, and a little bit of a fun genetic challenge for us. We have admired the Des-Ruhigestelle (now Tempo Passa) herd since we've been introduced to the breed, and made the decision to bring in our first American Saanen while we bred up our Native on Appearance grade line. With a pedigree filled with high appraising does who have made the breed leader list and consistently placed at ADGA National Shows, she has plenty of genetic potential to bring. 

While she is a very different style doe that can certainly affect how she placed in east coast shows, Ellaria's value is certainly in her offspring. We have bred her to bucks from different herds and every one of them has maintained her length of bone pattern, angularity and productivity with a slightly different style. Her daughters have worked out so well, we have held on to one sired by each buck she's given us a daughter from! Most notably in Hops N Lops Guantanmo 11*M EX90, a doe excelling in mammary system with a tremendously wide, high rear udder, good medial and teat placement. Her daughter Excelsior 11*M EX90 is still an immature milker but has an incredible will to milk like her dam and similar shape to the rear udder. Ellaria's daughter Guantanamo has also turned into quite the brood doe herself and we've retained her son *B Hops N Lops Hamunaptra. 

Ellaria also is notable for her amazing will to milk. It can be tricky managing west coast does on an east coast diet, so while I'm so fortunate her daughters have a little most east coast bone and ability to handle what hay quality we have. Ellaria has been such a valuable doe to us, we haven't pushed her to make the top ten list like she absolutely has the ability to do. Sometimes slowing her production down, or bringing her down to once a day milking early her lactations are still impressive. She also gets the stamp of approval from my milking help while I'm on the road as a favorite for easy of hand milking and stand manners, I also have to mention what a sweet doe she is. We want many more years of daughters from Ellaria to keep this incredible dam line going, so we are making sacrificed to keep her as healthy and sound as possibly as she starts to get closer and closer to double digits. 

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We are so grateful for the line she's started for us and expect to see it making an impact in our herd for years to come.