North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club

The North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club was founded in 1981 by a group of dedicated pygmy goat enthusiasts to promote the pygmy goat breed in the central region of North Carolina. They called their group the Piedmont Pygmy Goat Club. In the following years the club's name has changed twice to reflect it's growing membership which now includes members in Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Ohio, Tennessee, West Virginia, even Nevada, and, of course, North Carolina.

The club's purpose is to aid and encourage the breeding, exhibition, and perpetuation of the pygmy goat breed under the National Pygmy Goat Association's breed standards; to stimulate popular interest in the pygmy goat, and their care and management; to research and study the characteristics of the pygmy goat, their breeding, husbandry; to collect and disseminate useful information concerning them; and finally to encourage and conduct exhibits for the purpose of advancing the cause of the pygmy goat as a useful breed within the American agricultural system.

The North Carolina Pygmy Goat Club is National Pygmy Goat Association Affiliated Club

Members receive our bi monthly newsletter, an informative booklet, Helpful Hints For Your Herd, full of goat health information and helpful hints for around the farm, free classified ads on this website, a listing on the members page with a link to your herd website and email, and a bunch of goat loving friends for life!  See our News Page for a sample from Helpful Hints For Your Herd.

Club T-Shirts For Sale!

Limited Quantity!  These include our "10 Ways You Know..." T-Shirts.  Order by Paypal from our For Sale Page.

NPGA Convention and Board Meeting Highlights

See our News page!

Coming Attractions

2009 Show Dates 

The Summer Fun Show 2009

June 27 & 28, 2009Chestertown, MD
Stefany Hemmer stefany@joplinrotts.com
2 Doe, 2 Buck, 2 Wether Shows, including Master Champion Challenge
1st Judge: Matt Burton
2nd Judge: Jason Overman, DVM

Summer Fun Showbill and Entry Form
click to download

The Labor Day Bash 2009  

September 4-6, 2009

Boone, NC

At Goatie Mountain, the Salmi family farm

Judges To Be Announced

2 full shows on Saturday:  Showmanship, Wethers, Does and Bucks, including Master Champion Challenge

Seminar on Sunday: Goatkeeping Skills

Contact Jason Overman or Maggie Leman; see the Members List in this Newsletter.

The NC State Fair Pygmy Goat Show

October 23-25, 2009

NC State Fairgrounds in Raleigh, NC

Judge to be announced

1 Wether Show, 1 Doe Show, Showmanship and Fun Classes, including Master Champion Challenge

 Contact Maggie Leman; see the Members List in this Newsletter.

We are trying to arrange for 1 or 2 backyard buck shows for Saturday October 24 at a nearby farm.

The Festival Of Pygmies

November 13-15, 2009

The Guilford County Agricultural Center,  Greensboro, NC

 Judges To Be Announced

2 full shows:  Showmanship, Wethers, Does and Bucks, including Master Champion Challenge

Contact Jason Overman or Maggie Leman; see the Members List in this Newsletter.

Entry Forms and Showbills and Event Registration Forms will be available online at the NCPGC website, or by snail mail or email by contacting the appropriate persons for each event.  Watch the NCPGC website for updates!  We will be offering only the combined doe sanction at this time to be sure we can always meet the required numbers for the sanction.  We will be offering the NEW Master Champion Challenge classes for both bucks and does at each show, so bring those wonderful PGCH's back out and show them off!

Health and Scrapies Regulations

From the NCDA/APHIS website:  An official health certificate from the state of origin must accompany all goats entering the state except for those consigned for immediate slaughter. The health certificate shall contain a statement that the goats are clinically free of any infectious or communicable disease and include a description of each animal, the age, sex, breed and color or marking. Goats over six (6) months of age and sexually intact imported from out of state must have a negative brucellosis test within 30 days prior to import. All imports over six (6) months of age must have a negative tuberculosis test within 60 days prior to import unless they originate from a certified and accredited herd or are consigned for immediate slaughter.  The brucellosis and tuberculosis testing requirements shall not apply to goats entering the state only for exhibition purposes from states that are United States Department of Agriculture-Tuberculosis Accredited-Free and Brucellosis Certified-Free, when accompanied by an official health certificate.  Such animals shall remain in the state for exhibition purposes for no more than 30 days from the date of issuance of the health certificate. 

All goats need to be tattooed or microchipped with these numbers appearing on their registry papers (for registered goats) or be tattooed with a Scrapies Eradication Program assigned premise number before entering the state for exhibition or sale.   Check with your veterinarian or State Dept. of Agriculture for more information.  There will soon be an article on the National Pygmy Goat Association website (see our Links page) regarding these regulations as they pertain to pygmy goats.

  Other Shows In The Area

August 21-23, 2009
The Summer Sizzle V

Hagerstown, MD

Maggie Leman  maggidans@msn.com or (919) 596-0984

2 Complete Shows with combined doe sanctions, Master Champion Challenge

1st Judge:  Tm Hallquest

2nd Judge:  TBA

September 19 & 20, 2009
WV’s Wild Wonderful Travelin’ Pygmy Goat Show
Martinsburg, WV
Kim Shunney 304-754-7116 kshunney66@aol.com
2 Doe, 2 Buck, 2 Wether Shows
Day 1 Judge:  Bill Granger
Day 2 Judge:  Jill Conklin

September 26th - 27th, 2009
"Kick-Off the East Coast Pygmy Goat Club" Show
Cynthia Malmrose's House in Huntingtown, MD 
Cynthia Malmrose 410-286-8262 malmrose1@comcast.net
2 doe, 2 bucks, 2 wether shows with Master Ch. Challenge.
1st Judge: Michael OKelly
2nd Judge: Jason Overman, DVM

For more show listings go to The National Pygmy Goat Association website

The tattoo letter for 2008 is y

The Tattoo Letter for 2009 is z

Members!  List your for sale items on the For Sale Page FOR FREE!  Doesn't have to be a goat or even goat related, just good useful stuff!  All listings will stay up for at least 60 days.

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