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Normal Bite |
Underbite |
Overbite |
Supracervical (SH) Heart Shaped Horns displayed by a Mouflon Ram |
DESERT SAND SHEEP BREED STANDARDS |
Gopher Ear Length |
Elf Ear Length |
Natural Ear length |
Back Legs - Side View |
Front Legs - Front View |
Front Legs - Side View |
Correct |
Correct |
Correct |
Sickle-Hocked |
Postlegged |
Weak Pasterns |
Calf Kneed |
Buck Kneed |
Toes Angled Inward Pigeon Toed |
Toes Angled Outward Splayfooted |
Bowlegged |
Knock- Kneed |
Measuring depth of the twist: Hand Placement is indicated by the horizontal red lines. The depth is the vertcal blue line |
Tail Lengths |
Tails with these lengths are Correct |
Tails to the hocks are acceptable but considered a fault. Tails past the hocks (red horizontal line) are not acceptable and is a Disqualification from Registration |
Homonymous (HH) Horns spiraling out like a corkscrew especially when viewed from side |
Polycerate Horns Multiple Horns (MH) More than 2 horns |
Homonymous Webbed Horns (HW) |
Black Horns are a DISQUALIFICATION from registration as a Desert Sand Sheep |
Ears will generally be at parallel to the ground (depicted to left) or above parallel (pictured right on a young Mouflon ram lamb). Sheep which naturally have ears below parallel to the ground are disqualified from registration |
Horned Ewe |
Distinct Variegated Horns are a DISQUALIFICATION from registration as a Desert Sand Sheep |
Black Hooves This is a DISQUALIFICATION from registration for Desert Sand Sheep |
White Horns CORRECT coloring of horns for Desert Sand sheep |
CORRECT Both Testicles Normal and even |
DISQUALIFICATION Both testicles did not descend Bilateral Cryptorchidism |
DISQUALIFICATION One testicle did not descend Unilateral Cryptorchidism |
FAULT Both testicles small sized but still functioning properly |
FAULT One testicle smaller than the other |
Weak Pasterns FAULT |
Click on picture above to learn how to measure and score your ram's horns |
Back Legs - Rear View |
Correct |
Bowlegged |
Cow-Hocked |
Scrotum/Testicles |
NO SHEARING!! These sheep shed naturally! |
General Anatomy |
NO Tail Docking needed!! It's even a disqualification |