Gale, yeah after spending a couple hours scouring over pictures of balls, I've come to realize that there are about as many variations of "normals" as there are breeds of dog.
Curiosity got the best of me but, it doesn't break my heart, at all, him being "as normal as they get." I've never been much of a "I have to have the latest, greatest thing" kind of guy.
Thanks again all.