TheSheepGirl
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I was wondering what the average is for your specific counties and states as far as the handling of market lambs and wool sheep.
Here market lambs are braced and their front feet are lifted to stack the animal. The front feet are not touched at all by the hands and a straight legged brace is preffered over a bent legged brace. The animal is lifted by the head to move the front feet into place. It is not uncommon to see the animal's chest resting on the showman's knees and the animal's feet to be lifted slightly off the ground to give it more slope.
Wool sheep may be shown either braced or crouched. Crouched is preffered, because it is more "wool sheep" than bracing and wool sheep do not need to be braced by popular opinion. The feet are moved individually into place from the crouched position and it is considered acceptable to reach over the sheep to move the foot on the oposite side or to reach infront of the sheep from the crouched position. It is also acceptable to move the back feet by hand to stack them.
It is also acceptable here for showman to wear short sleeves when showing their sheep. Last year's state champ. wore a tank top and a pair of blue jeans. Some of the people also wear tennis shoes in the show ring.
Here market lambs are braced and their front feet are lifted to stack the animal. The front feet are not touched at all by the hands and a straight legged brace is preffered over a bent legged brace. The animal is lifted by the head to move the front feet into place. It is not uncommon to see the animal's chest resting on the showman's knees and the animal's feet to be lifted slightly off the ground to give it more slope.
Wool sheep may be shown either braced or crouched. Crouched is preffered, because it is more "wool sheep" than bracing and wool sheep do not need to be braced by popular opinion. The feet are moved individually into place from the crouched position and it is considered acceptable to reach over the sheep to move the foot on the oposite side or to reach infront of the sheep from the crouched position. It is also acceptable to move the back feet by hand to stack them.
It is also acceptable here for showman to wear short sleeves when showing their sheep. Last year's state champ. wore a tank top and a pair of blue jeans. Some of the people also wear tennis shoes in the show ring.