W.E. Whitehead's favorite doe on T4 ranch is a half-blood doe bred from a mating of a red Spanish nanny to a buck we imported from Canada, the Noster grandson "Martin". We always loved this red nanny, SP-Y21. She was about 7 years old when she kidded with a single doe kid, roan in color and a real whiner.

     We found them in the pasture and it had been a cold winter and W.E. wanted them brought to the house. He raised this roan doe kid to about a yearling then turned her back out in the pasture and forgot about her until she was old enough to breed.

     She was bred and she kidded in the pasture. The first year she had twin bucks, which of course were sent to market. The second year she kidded with twin does, a red one and one that had a "lot of spots." We had bred her to a red buck that we had, "Rojo Grande." We purchased this buck from Border Boers in Del Rio, Texas, and he was out of a Nico Botha buck that had been imported from Canada by David and Barbara Slaughter of Sheffield, Texas.

     The red doe kid died early on but the spotted doe did quite well. Since the spotted doe was so good we decided to register the half blood roan doe and did so under the name "Angelina." But W.E. still called her "Lips" because of the way she chewed the raw peanuts he fed her.

     For lack of a better name we decided to call the spotted doe "Polka Dot." We took the pair to Lawton, Oklahoma, to the ABGA National Show. Polka Dot placed 9th in her 0-3 month class and her mother placed as well. And thru the years she has gone over and over and, bred to our red buck, "Scorpio," has continued to produce the spotted kids.

     Her first pair, Polkahontas and Polkamon, both were incredibly beautiful. Polkahontas was kept for breeding here and Polkamon was sold to and used by Davis Holder of Kentucky. Polkahontas was flushed last year and also kidded with twins -- one polka dot doe and one solid red doe kid. And Polka Dot gave us triplet does this year, two little polka dots and one paint. This entire line of spotted does, including Polka Dot, will be sold at our final sale on October 1st and 2nd, 2005. Angelina, "Lips", will remain here to live out the remainder of her life in comfort and joy.

Pocka Dot’s Show Record:

2001 ABGA Nationals: 9th in class: 0-3 months
2002 ABGA Nationals: 8th in Class: 12-18 Months
Best Pair of Does Grand Champion
2003 ABGA Nationals: 2nd in Class: 24-36 Months
Best Pair of Does Grand Champion
2004 Sonora Classic #1: 1st in Class: 36+ Months
Overall Reserve Champion Percentage Doe
2004 Sonora Classic #2: 1st in Class: 36+ Months
Overall Reserve Champion Percentage Doe
2005 ABGA Nationals: 8th in Class: 36+ Months