Fertig

Because this is Tyler's last year, he decided to name is steer "Fertig," which is German for finished. After six years of German classes it is no surprise that all but one of his steers were named German words. His first year he named his steer "Donner," which means thunder. The next year he decided on "Boden Rindfleisch," which translates into "ground beef." Later, we met a German couple camping near Bear Lake and discovered that the word "Boden" means ground, as in, the floor. Oops! During his third year, he had no idea of what to name his steer, so he named it "Duunoyet" (don't-know-yet.) And two years ago — he took a break last year — he chose "Klein" which means small. Ironic, because his steer was the largest at the fair that year. We didn't think Tyler would be showing again this year, because he didn't do it last year and we thought he was done, but he surprised us last minute (or about as close to last minute as you can get in this business) and said he wanted to do it one last time.  So, Fertig, you should consider yourself a lucky steer!