Dairy goats packing

[Nanno]

Great question! I've been thinking about the same thing lately. My thought is that because of our Lilly's oversized, pendulous udder, we may not breed her too many more times, at least not in consecutive years. But when she's dry her udder shrinks down nicely and attitude-wise I think she'd make an excellent little packgoat. Obviously she'll never be as large and strong as the boys so we'll have to give her less to carry, but I don't see any reason why she can't haul her share. My Lilly is a tremendous go-getter who absolutely LOVES to hike and explore. She almost needs to carry a pack just to slow her down and make her stay with the group. Last time we took her hiking she ran ahead and then back to us the entire way out like an excited puppy. If your goat's udder shrinks to a portable size and she likes to go hiking, then I'm sure she'd make a perfectly good packgoat.