TMGR Conformation Clinic
An Educational Service Provided by The Miniature Goat Registry
Caprine Conformation Clinic
Evaluator: Donna Elkins
Junior Does
Junior Does born in 2016
Entry #1
Evaluator comments:
This doe excels in dairy strength with her long, lean neck in balance with her desirable length of body and depth of flank with good length of rump and clean, incurving thighs. In breed character she shows good length of ear and depth of jaw while maintaining a feminine appearance. She is showing increasing width from the chest back through the barrel and hips into a high and wide escutcheon. She would benefit from toes more properly pointed forward as we view her from the front and by being more perpendicular from hock to pastern as we view her from the rear.
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Entry #2
Evaluator comments:
This doeling is showing excellent length of body but would improve her general appearance and dairy character with a longer and leaner neck. I would like to see her more level over the loin and more uphill as we view her from the side. She has nice width in the chest floor and is wide through the hocks and has good width through the rear, possessing necessary frame for a secure mammary.
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Entry #3
Evaluator comments:
This is a very feminine doeling with great breed character about the head with long ears, full muzzle, convex nose and depth of jaw. She has good width in the chest floor with fullness through the crops and excellent spring of rib blending back in to wide hips and pins. She has desirable increasing depth back in to the flank and I would like to see her longer and more level from hips to pins to continue that balance to her length of neck and body. She has good height to that escutcheon and is strong and correct in feet and legs, especially as we view her from the rear and see how perpendicular she is from hock to pastern.
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Entry #4
Evaluator comments:
This doeling is excelling in length of body with excellent length and slope of rump. She is very strong in feet and legs, especially in the rear. As we view her over the top we can see her width over the shoulders blending into full, well-sprung ribs which increase in width back through the barrel. That width continues through the hips and pins and she is fairly level from thurl to thurl. She has good height and width in a well-rounded escutcheon. I might like to see her a bit cleaner about the neck and thigh, but overall a very strong doe in this group and for her general appearance and body capacity she will be closest to ideal in this group.
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Entry #5
Evaluator comments:
This doeling is a very feminine doe with excellent width and length of body at this stage of her development. She is wide in the chest and correct in that front end assembly allowing us to see her dairy strength as she blends into those well-sprung ribs. While I might like to see a bit more levelness in the rump and from thurl to thurl, she is to be commended for her width through the thigh and hocks. In breed character she scores well with good length of ear and width between the eyes and depth of jaw.
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Entry #6
Evaluator comments:
This doeling show excellent length of body and rump as well as levelness of rump from hips to pins. She is strong and correct in rear legs although not set ideally in this photo. She is straight on front legs from the side, but I would like to see the front legs more properly set beneath her as we view her from the front. She would benefit in general appearance with a neck more balanced in length to that of her body. In dairy strength I would like to see her sharper and cleaner through the pins and thighs and throat.
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Entry #7
Evaluator comments:
This doeling is showing good body capacity for her age with fullness through the crops as we view her over the top and good increasing width back through the barrel. From the front she is not completely set, but we still see her width in the chest and prominent brisket from the side with a neck that is laid well into prominent withers. Her length of neck is balanced well with her commendable length of body. As she develops I would like to her increase in width back through the hips and pins. She is clean about the thigh and escutcheon is not fully visible in this photo. In legs and feet I would like to see her more correctly angulated from hock to pastern as we view her from the rear. In breed character about the head she is showing good depth and width of jaw and good length of ear.
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Entry #8
Evaluator comments:
This feminine doeling excels in dairy strength with her long, lean neck and length of body and depth of flank. Her breed character is excellent with the length and shape of ear, convex nose and depth and width of jaw. She is correct in her front end assembly with neck blending well into her shoulder and legs set correctly beneath her. Her spring of rib is apparent as we view her over the top and width increase back through the hips and pins. Escutcheon area is not fully visible in this photo but appears high with good width from thigh to thigh and between the hocks. She is strong on legs and feet where we might like her toes set a bit more forward, but her overall general appearance is commendable.
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