Sloping Backs?

[Xandras_Zoo]

Well, I am getting oh so close to getting my goats (I have decided to start with a pair of alpine doelings), and I have yet another question.
I have noticed some does have a slanting back, and I don't care for the look of it. Is this just how they are posed, or is their back actually sloped? If it is, how do I go about choosing doelings that will be straight-backed when they're grown?

[Xandras_Zoo]

Originally Posted by Xandras_Zoo

Well, I am getting oh so close to getting my goats (I have decided to start with a pair of alpine doelings), and I have yet another question.
I have noticed some does have a slanting back, and I don't care for the look of it. Is this just how they are posed, or is their back actually sloped? If it is, how do I go about choosing doelings that will be straight-backed when they're grown?

Ok, I feel stupid doing this (bumping it up that is), but I'm just seeing if someone who hadn't seen it has an answer for me...

[Milking Mom]

I read it, but I wasn't sure what you were talking about. Are you talking about how they are higher at the withers than the butt? That is actually a desirable trait you look for.

Click on this link and scroll down the page. See those beautiful does. Gorgeous. Wishing you luck on getting your first girls.

http://sweetdreamsalpines.com/bucks.html

[Xandras_Zoo]

Originally Posted by Milking Mom

I read it, but I wasn't sure what you were talking about. Are you talking about how they are higher at the withers than the butt? That is actually a desirable trait you look for.

Click on this link and scroll down the page. See those beautiful does. Gorgeous. Wishing you luck on getting your first girls.

http://sweetdreamsalpines.com/bucks.html

Thank you for your reply!

Yes, I'm talking abou how the withers are higher then the rump. It always looked to me sort of hyena-ish, or like they have really weak hind legs.

The does on the page you sent are very gorgeous and I don't mind the back in them at all. Nissa is particularly pretty. So is Gryfalcon's Grand-Dam.

http://capriella.com/AlpineTalk/coloring.html <-- the chamoisee has that back I don't like. The ones in your pictures don't seem to be that way... they seem to be more normal? To me that chamoisee isn't a very pretty goat. Now, the Cou Clair one is my favorite goat picture.

Does the back depend on the dam and sire? Should I pick a kid with a dam and sire I like?

[nappy]

From a non-pro viewpoint that chamoisee doe is posed with her back legs hyperextended too far back which makes her shoulders look higher than her rump. I have a registered chamoisee doe in which her sway back did not appear until she was one year old. How disappointing as she is very loving and eager to please. I may have "missed" it (the sway back) but she was purchased without looking at the parents in person. After seeing her picture on the internet, I knew wanted her. If you are buying registered stock, that doesn't mean the animals will be perfect so you need to be careful. I am not an expert but when you are spending $$$ it does pay to do some research first.

Nappy