[Jacob-list] showing sheep with freckles?

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Linda and Neal,
I agree completely, the main  reason to show Jacobs is to promote the breed.    To me that means showing Jacobs as they are suposed to be, not something a judge thinks is better.    I think judges are getting a better idea of what Jacobs are but for the most part they have a lot to learn yet.   Not that I don't but I am working on it.
Royal
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Neal and Louise Grose 
  Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
  Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 5:46 AM
  Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] showing sheep with freckles?


  Linda, I think you are exactly right to look at this as presenting the Jacob Breed.

  With what little showing I have done and seen, the judges are most likely to give primary consideration to non-breed specific traits. However, SAFF has a good track record of getting judges that are familiar with, and give due credit to what they think are Jacob breed character. I had a few Jacobs at the very first SAFF. One was criticized for having "patches that touched". I got him back in the ewe lamb class though. When he asked why she was not docked, I explained that I had not been able to catch her to perform the procedure. He not only accepted the explanation, but thought it was worth mentioning when he went to the microphone.

  When I went to SAFF a few years ago, there was a huge "Jacob" ram being shown that had a nearly level rump. Fortunately, he bottomed the class, because  would have hated to walk out in the ring and slap the judge.

  All in all, though, I think that freckling is minor issue as far as a authentic breed character is concerned. I have a sneaking suspicion that some forms of it arise due to a mis-match in piebald genes across bloodlines.

  Neal Grose
    ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Linda 
    To: Paintedrockfarm at aol.com 
    Cc: jacob-list at jacobsheep.com 
    Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2006 1:44 PM
    Subject: Re: [Jacob-list] showing sheep with freckles?


    Thanks for the input, Cheryl and Royal

    I may decide to take a couple of lambs to SAFF this year.  I am more interested in presenting Jacobs to the public than actually winning anything.  Seeing a forward horned, scurred lateral ewe there one year as the only representative of the breed didn't really present a good public image of the breed (in my very humble opinion). 



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