Why can't a registry be just that . . . Most of us just want our goats registered with the appropriate breed registry. We don't care about nor do we want to be involved in the politics that surrounds showing. And because the shows are so political, the registries themselves become havens for political intrigue. Face it, folks.
People use the sanctioned shows to market their animals as breeding stock.
Novice goat raisers have not realized that show winners are not necessarily sound breeding animals. Big, heavy goats cannot support themselves under pasture conditions. And their offspring will not turn out like the show winners unless they are fed and managed like show goats. A second benefit of removing shows from registries would be to significantly lower the costs of registering our animals. Elegant certificates suitable for framing could be furnished once again.