Portuguese Native Breed Goats as Packer Prospects!

[Nanno]

I love how different goats are from each other. They are so full of individual personality! Hopefully with time and training your blonde fella will learn how to be a good packgoat. He appears to have the better conformation of the two, but brains, attitude, aptitude, and athleticism are every bit as important as good structure. I find that attitude can largely be trained though. A "lazy" goat can learn to have a good work ethic if you make sure he's in good physical shape and he gets used to hiking as a way of life. Once they learn to work, the lazy ones sometimes give less trouble because they aren't wasting energy (and giving you heart attacks) by climbing steep, narrow ledges off the trail and starting fights with your other packgoats. They may become the "Steady Eddies" of your pack string who just quietly do their job and get it done with.