Actual Loading Of Goats Preparing For Hike

Chester showed what goats could do. He was an amazing great goat, packed from 2 years old to 10 years old.

The Goal 

• Hike to the Summit to see the view
• 2 goats should be unloaded for longer trips: to alter goat tiring
• See how to manage your goats
• Use walking sticks to keep goats from goats stepping in front of you
• Keep your group behind the goats

Fitting a saddle on Slick #190 lb goat

• Approach goat on the left side: nice and calm
• To fit a goat with the saddle, place your left hand on the shoulder blade: the saddle touches your thumb: allow 1 inch of space
• The common sore spot is the shoulder: the key is a good britchen
• The fit is snug, not tight
• 1st strap: pull out and up: hair lays normal: click and cinch
• Pressure on the strap with 3 or 4 fingers
• Watch the strap by penis
• 2nd strap: 60% not as cinched as the 1st strap
• Britchen: 4 inches below the butthole
• Don’t put it too loose or your goat will get a wear spot
• Yoke: Place behind the collar: clip at the top
• Snug, not too tight so they can move comfortably
• Held in position by the cinch
• Yoke and Britchen: rely on extreme terrain

Using Goat 4-Wheel Drive 

• Depending on terrain: Goat 4-Wheel Drive is used 10% of the time
• The goat 4-wheel-drive is kind of a hassle but will have less billowing
• It takes 2 people to do
• Straps need to be longer to attach: criss-cross the straps
• Don’t forget to compress the saddle: cinch loosened- check the backside- tighten the cinch
• Use the center bar to criss-cross the straps
• Loads need to be level
• Panniers built slightly higher than the belly
• Losen straps for geometrical
• ONLY the Signature Series can do Goat 4-Wheel Drive
• Last thing: the leash: loop and 1 knot
• To bind: wrap the leash around the bar and connect it off the side of the saddle, to avoid clanking noise
• Keep it loose enough for the goat to drink and get down and eat

Do you use the top of the saddle to pack?

• No not typically, but the only item ever: a roll pad
• The purpose of the saddle: goats go under logs without catching
• It is a wreck waiting to happen