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Silky Fainting Goat
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MSFGA Naming Rules

Naming A Foundation Animal

Anyone wishing to register goats with the MSFGA must have their herd name
registered first. You will find a link to the Herd Name application at the bottom
of most all of the web pages.
I know that there are some fainting goat registries that allow members to use their
farm name as a prefix on found animals. Because the MSFGA wants to accurately
record and register animals to the best of our ability, as of January 1, 2006, we will no
longer allow found animals that were not bred by the applicant to be registered
with the applicant’s farm name as a prefix. Your prefix should only be used on
animals that you created or animals that are born to Does that you owned at the
time of conception. If you would like to register a foundation goat and include
your farm name then it should be used as a suffix. For example: instead of
registering a foundation Doe as “Sol-Orr’s Foo Foo”, because I’m not the breeder,
I could register her as "Foo Foo at Sol-Orr". This lets future buyers and breeders know
that I was the one that found this goat and also lets them know that this goat was
not bred by me. It’s a more accurate way to record registered animals. Your prefix
should be preserved only for goats bred by you; no one else will be able to register
goats that you bred with their farm prefix.

If you are submitting an animal for MSFGA Foundation consideration and you
know who the breeder of that animal is, then you must use that person's herd
name as a prefix in naming the animal. For example: if I know that a Doe
I desire to register was bred by David Pruitt of Pruitt's Farm, I will submit the name
of the Doe as "Pruitt's Fi Fi". Herd Prefixes are reserved for breeders only.
If the animal being submitted is registered with another registry, then you may
submit that name as long as the name contains the prefix of the breeder of that
animal. If you don't know who bred the animal, then you STILL MAY NOT USE
your prefix, because you are not the breeder of the animal, you are the owner of
a found animal. To properly register the animal, you will need to give it a
name and then, if you wish to have your herd name attached to this animal,
you may attach your herd name as a suffix. For example: I found a Doe and I don't
know who bred her, but I am interested in registering her as a foundation animal
for my breeding program. I will submit her with the name, "Fi Fi at Sol-Orr".
This is the correct and honest way of registering this Doe as it tells others
who see her name in a pedigree later that this Doe was a found Doe registered
by Sol-Orr Farm. You don't have to put your herd name on the animal if you
don't wish to, you may just send the name in as "Fi Fi", that will work as well.
If there is a "Fi Fi" already registered with the MSFGA, then the registrar may
attach the owners herd name as a suffix or change the spelling of the name to make
it unique in the registry. You will then have 30 days to change the name, at
no charge, to something of your own choosing or you may leave it as is. After 30 days,
the name will become official and you will not be able to change it later.
Goat names must be unique and different from goats already registered with the
MSFGA by at least one letter.