What do you think of her?

[mygoat]

With all these conformation posts and questions, I've been inspired! Right now I've only got one picture that is good of one of my alpine does, lol. I had a good pic of my other doe, but it dissapeared somewhere on my computer, lol. anywho, here is Heidi:



I did my best posing her, no one has taught me how. I'm showing in the fair this year thorugh 4-h (not this doe, but another alpine) and I was never taught. They rather expect you to know how to pose a goat when you get there for the workshops, which I Thought was odd. Alot of people were stroking/tapping the doe's backs to get them to shift around...Is that something I should be doing too? What does it do?

[jer]

When an exhibitor is doing that to a doe's back they are making the doe put her back down. Your doe is set up (posed) pretty well, though you may want to try that with her topline. You just have to try it in several places on her back until you find a place that it works. It makes toplines and rumps look leveler.

[Just Me]

My arthritic hands would certainly appreciate the teats on that udder when milking time arrives.

[xoxoGOATSxoxo]

She's set up good. And a pretty goatie as well.
Basically, the setting up is the forelegs under the shoulders, (which they are) the hindlegs set under square, too. (They are!) Lots of people I know move them back futher or up more to make their goat have the more ideal body shape, longer, or shorter, or whatever. Not sure if they should do that, I mean, is it showing the animal to the best of its ability, or is it overshowing?? hmmm. anyway.., The backs gotta be straight; the withers relatively level with the chine, loin, and rump. Dont forget the long, lean, dairy doe neck!
Oh, a quick question; does she have narrow hips? I know that you cant really tell from the side, but when I first looked at her, that thought jumped into my mind, and I was wondering if the insanity was right....

[mygoat]

Originally Posted by xoxoGOATSxoxo

She's set up good. And a pretty goatie as well.
Basically, the setting up is the forelegs under the shoulders, (which they are) the hindlegs set under square, too. (They are!) Lots of people I know move them back futher or up more to make their goat have the more ideal body shape, longer, or shorter, or whatever. Not sure if they should do that, I mean, is it showing the animal to the best of its ability, or is it overshowing?? hmmm. anyway.., The backs gotta be straight; the withers relatively level with the chine, loin, and rump. Dont forget the long, lean, dairy doe neck!
Oh, a quick question; does she have narrow hips? I know that you cant really tell from the side, but when I first looked at her, that thought jumped into my mind, and I was wondering if the insanity was right....

She may be narrow in the hips now that you say something... She's a very small dainty alpine so it's rather hard to compare her to my other alpine who is about 2x her size, lol.