My Toggenburgs run basically from two lines. The first is my Bambi line and the second is my Gabby/Shelly line. Both lines were started with does originally purchased back in 1990 and 1991. Since then both lines have given me many wonderful animals with good milk records and solid structural conformation. I have been happy with both lines and am pleased to retain so many daughters from both lines.

Bambi was an amazing doe. I purchased her as a doeling and since it was the start of my Toggenburg herd, Marie "Tyke" Cribbs, the breeder, took great pains in helping me select a doe that would provide a good foundation for my breeding program. I am happy to say that I was pleased with this selection. Bambi's profile can be found in the Toggenburg Reference Doe section. From birth she was always a strong large doe and this strength has carried throughout her progeny. In addition to strong physical characteristics, she had the strong personality which made her stand out in the herd. Her daughters continue to enhance my Toggenburg herd and her one son I kept as breeding stock rewarded me with a 90 LA score at the age of six years. I still have in the herd one Bambi's last two daughters - Barbara Ann. Her profile can be found in the Senior Doe section. When I look at Barbara Ann, I almost feel like Bambi is still with the herd. In fact, I often catch myself calling her Bambi. She, like her dam, is a strong powerful doe. An older daughter of Bambi's, Babette, is also still with me. In addition a Bambi granddaughter, Bellina, is listed in the Senior Doe section. Bellina has the honor of being my first doe to achieve breed leader status - she was a Toggenburg Breed Leader in Butterfat, placing 8th.

My second line started with a purchase of a dam and daughter from Charlene Hoettler. Gabby since has passed away, but not before she graced her pedigree with a 3600+ milk record . Her daughter, Shelly, was with me until last year where she passed away at the age of 14 years. Shelly's mark has been made on the Seven Maples herd many times over the years. Listed in the Senior Doe section can be found her daugther, Sheba, as well as granddaughter Shelby. Another granddaughter, Sonata, freshened last year and is also listed in the Senior Doe section. Consistent throughout the Shelly progeny are long, level toplines and awesome rumps, strong Toggenburg heads, solid feet and legs, and very capacious, well-attached, well-balanced mammary systems. I have been very satisfied with the Gabby/Shelly line and am glad that Shelly's daughters and granddaughters will continue to carry on this awesome doe's genetics.