TMGR Conformation Clinic
An Educational Service Provided by The Miniature Goat Registry
Caprine Conformation Clinic
Evaluator: Donna Elkins
Senior Does 4
Senior Does in milk
Entry # 24
Evaluator comments:
This Mini Oberhasli excels in breed character and is very balanced in her length of neck and body and beautiful upright head carriage. She is standing on strong front legs and could improve the rear legs by being more perpendicular from hock to pastern. This would help add some degree of levelness to her rump as well. She is full through the crops blending nicely into her well-sprung ribs and increases in width back through the hips. In mammary she has a well delineated and balance udder where we would like to see higher attachment in the rear as well as more extension of fore udder. Teat size is good and placement would improve if more perpendicular.
Entry # 25
Evaluator comments:
This Mini Oberhasli is showing very good length of body coupled with an excellent slope to the rump giving her strength in the topline. From this view, she would improve with more upright head carriage and smoother blending from the neck into the shoulders. She is showing width that is balanced from front to rear with fullness through the crops blending well into the barrel. In breed character she appears correct. In mammary there is good extension in the fore udder with higher and wider attachment with more arch to the escutcheon needed to improve the rear. She would also benefit by being more perpendicular from hock to pastern. Her angularity from front and top is noteworthy.
Entry # 26
Evaluator comments:
The Mini Nubian doe here is showing excellent breed character, especially with that roman nose and those long bell-shaped ears that drop nicely. Her length of body and neck and the cleanness of her thigh and neck and overall sharpness give her substantial dairy character. We would like to see her more level over the loin and more level from thurl to thurl. Her neck blends smoothly into full crops with good spring of rib. In mammary she looks for more area of attachment and smoother blending in the fore udder as well as higher attachment in the rear. She has nice delineation of the udder halves. More proportional width through the rear would add more balance to this feminine doe.
Owner comments: FF
Entry # 27
Evaluator comments:
The Mini Nubian here is showing good length and front width. She is smoothly blended in her front end assembly with fullness in the crops and nice spring of rib. There is good strength in her legs and feet, with more angulation needed at the stifle to improve her general appearance and angularity from the side. In mammary there is one view showing adequate capacity and area of attachment in the rear. Fore udder could use more extension and area of attachment from what can be observed here. In breed character she would benefit from more drop to the ear and a bit more length.
Entry # 28
Evaluator comments:
This Mini Nubian doe is showing balance in width and depth giving her desirable body capacity for her size, but loses some points in breed character for set and length of ear. For more balance and angularity we would give her more levelness in the rump and more levelness thurl to thurl. From the front we would like to see those toes a bit more straight with legs set more properly from the shoulder. She has great width between the hocks, with this photo showing her perpendicular from hock to pastern as well. In mammary, her capacity is excellent for her size with excellent attachment in the rear and a bit more difficult to evaluate the front, which has a pocket from this view and could benefit from more extension. She also has a strong medial suspensory showing good separation and giving her mammary a very good overall score.
