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12-27-2015, 08:34 PM
Welcome! There's no reason at all why you can't train a two-year-old, especially if he's already tame. Nubians have a reputation for being lazy, but each goat is an individual and some Nubians are stellar pack goats.
You definitely need a proper goat packsaddle with a rigid tree to pack more than a negligible amount of weight. Horse saddle bags put the weight right down on the spine, and since they have no tree they will constantly slide to one side and you'll spend your entire hiking trip readjusting them. (Been there, done that, vowed never to use a modified saddlebag again!)
Good luck with your endeavors! I'm glad you found this forum, and please feel free to ask any more questions. Future posts will not have to wait for approval like this one did. (Sorry about that--we had to come up with some way to deter spammers.)
You definitely need a proper goat packsaddle with a rigid tree to pack more than a negligible amount of weight. Horse saddle bags put the weight right down on the spine, and since they have no tree they will constantly slide to one side and you'll spend your entire hiking trip readjusting them. (Been there, done that, vowed never to use a modified saddlebag again!)
Good luck with your endeavors! I'm glad you found this forum, and please feel free to ask any more questions. Future posts will not have to wait for approval like this one did. (Sorry about that--we had to come up with some way to deter spammers.)