CHISHOLM TRAIL YOUTH DORPERAssociation

In 2017, The Chisholm Trail Youth Dorper Association was founded with the idea to help raise awareness about Dorper and White Dorper breeds, educate youth members who will be our future shepherds, and contribute a portion of our proceeds to a scholarship fund for graduating seniors that are members.

We started out hosting one small show in Taylor, TX in 2017 with a small futurity ewe sale and have rapidly grown and evolved in the last five years.

The CTYDA now hosts four shows a year: “The National” - held in January, created as a replacement Fort Worth show during COVID-19. This show includes an open and youth show and is open to all breeds of sheep. We also have a judging class and a skillathon.

The “Back to Our Roots Show” - held in June and is our signature small, Dorper only show.

The “Hill Country Classic” - held in Fredericksburg after the THCDA annual show.

The “Chisholm Trail Showdown” - held in October, is open to all breeds of sheep and includes a jackpot show for market wethers (lambs and goats), wether dams and does, and wether sires.

As this is a youth organization, we value the input and feedback from our members. For this reason, we have instated a youth board of directors and a group of junior directors. The board is guided by Directors Edie McDaniel, Zach Hewitt, Aaron McDaniel Amanda Foust, as well as Youth Advisor Kristen McDaniel.

Current Youth Board members choose prizes, locations and schedules for shows and include: Kathryn Richter, Avery Walton, Alyssa Whitehead, Ellie Petersen, Hannah Hewitt and Hutsyn Hohertz.

Our Junior Director group helps with show set up and giving out prizes and currently consists of: Kristopher Richter, Paisley Lord and Alfred McDaniel.

Western States Dorper Association is for both the commercial and registered stock breeders as well as Dorper and White Dorper breeders. Western States Dorper Association provides a valuable networking tool for both producers and consumers within the Western United States. The Western States Dorper Association is a regional affiliate with the American Dorper Sheep Breeders’ Society.