I'll look at some real life sheep anatomy and come back at this one. I'm trying for a cartoonie look but I think this advice still very much applies. 

I've been using real life for help with walk cycles and completely neglected this for the sheep for which now I feel silly. 

Thank you so much for your wall of text :P it makes me feel prepared to reattempt this sprite.

Great use of pixels! Love the movement of this.

These are amazing, I love your color pallete. These are just small enough yet just big enough to show great detail!

I'm jealous for your skills, wonderful job!