TMGR Conformation Clinic
An Educational Service Provided by The Miniature Goat Registry
Caprine Conformation Clinic
Evaluator: Donna Elkins
Senior Does 1
Senior Does in milk
Entry #1
Entry #1
Evaluator comments:
This doe is showing good increasing depth back through the flank. She appears correct on feet and legs but appears she could improve with more strength in the front pasterns. In breed character she has the convex nose and good width between the eyes but I would like to see more depth to the jaw and fullness in the muzzle. In dairy strength she has the desirable long, lean neck and open ribbing being wide through the rear barrel. In general appearance she would improve with more smoothness of blending from the neck in to the withers and brisket and greater levelness over the loin. In mammary she is high and wide through that escutcheon with a well balanced and capacious udder coupled with desirable teat size from the limited view here. She would benefit from more extension to the fore udder allowing for smoother blending in that area as well. Her balance to udder halves with clear delineation from the strength of medial suspensory are notable.
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Owner comments: Currently milking once daily
Evaluator comments:
This is a doe showing very good dairy strength in that front end assembly with good width of chest along with substance to those front legs. She continues with nice length of neck followed by good length of body and length of rump. I would like to see her more level from thurl to thurl and a bit more incurving at the thigh to improve her general appearance and angularity. Adding more angulation at the stifle would help with this trait. She has nice depth of flank in proportion to her size and is showing good spring of rib over the top. For mammary I would like to see her higher and wider through the escutcheon which would allow for more area of attachment in the rear. She is strong in medial, teat shape, size and placement.
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Entry #2
Entry #2
Entry #3
Owner comments: In side , front and top view in process of being dried off. Udder pictures from 4 weeks post freshening
Evaluator comments:
The doe we see here is showing very good breed character which adds to her overall general appearance which we see in her upright head carriage, length of ear and roman nose. Her neck is set well in to prominent withers with straight legs set correctly placed beneath her shoulders allowing a view of the brisket to balance with her length and depth of body increasing to the flank. I would like to see her thurls set a bit higher to add some levelness to rump. In mammary we can see that she is a very capacious doe with balance to the udder halves and a strong medial. Ideally I would like to see a bit more extension of the foreudder and teats more perpendicular to the ground. In rear udder attachment she would benefit from more height of attachment in the rear.
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Entry #4
Owner comments: 3 year old 3rd freshening - 3 months fresh
Evaluator comments:
This upstanding doe with excellent length of body standing on correct feet and legs, both front and rear also excels in dairy strength with her lean neck and angularity from all views. She very strong in that front end assembly with smooth blending from neck to prominent withers and upright head carriage. She blends equally well from the neck to chest with shoulders laid on well to the body and blending smoothly into full crops and well sprung ribs. Her width increases through the hips and is carried consistently to thurls and pins. I would grant she could be a bit stronger in the chine, but with her length of body and high, sharp withers, I suspect this is more visual than actual. In mammary she shows good capacity but could use more blending and extension of the fore udder as well as more width of attachment in the rear as the udder appears a bit tucked under. Her medial is showing proper length and definition of udder halves and teat shape and size is commendable.
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Owner comments: Currently milking once daily
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Entry #5
Owner comments:
Evaluator comments:
A doe showing excellent depth of heart and barrel back into flank with a strong topline beginning with high prominent withers and followed by a rump with good length and width. From the views here, she is very straight in the front legs from front and side views and perhaps a bit over angulated in the rear when viewed from the side. In mammary she is strong in medial showing good extension of fore udder. Teat length is a bit long in proportion to the udder and from what I can see the placement is further to the outside. Her rear udder could use more area of attachment and a more well-rounded escutcheon, but she is able to carry that mammary well with current stage of lactation. Her long, lean neck and incurving thigh further accentuate her dairy strength.
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Owner comments: Currently milking once daily
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Evaluator comments:
This doe is excelling in breed character with her roman nose, length and shape of ear and broad muzzle. She also exhibits dairy strength with her length of body and length of bone, high and wide through the escutcheon and clean about the neck and thigh. For her breed she is a very angular doe as we view her from the top, front and rear. She is standing on strong straight legs in front and well angulated legs in the rear. She is blending well from the shoulders into the ribs where she increases in width back through the hips and thurls. In mammary her attachment is high and wide in the rear with a capacious udder, but could improve in fore udder attachment with smoother blending and more extension. Teat size and shape are excellent and medial is of good length and strength.
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Entry #6
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Entry #7
Evaluator comments:
This is a doe with that scores well in general appearance with her overall balance in length of neck and body and increasing depth with an upstanding appearance. She is wide in the chest but I would like to see those elbows a bit tighter to the body. As we view her from the rear her width is consistent through the hips but I would like to see her more well rounded through that escutcheon and more width between the hocks and thigh. In legs and feet she is strongest in the front although not quite the strength in the pasterns fore and rear. In rear legs she would improve by being more perpendicular from hock to pastern. I do not have any clear views of rear leg side angulation. In mammary she is showing a well balanced mammary with good definition and strong medial. She would improve with more area of attachment in rear and laterally and smoother fore udder attachment. Her angularity when viewed from the top is commendable.
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