Articles

Why Whiffletrees? – A guide to proper harness selection, fitting, and hitching. Featured in Goat Tracks, Fall 2016

Harness Diagram – Single hitch harness parts labeled with descriptions of how they function. Goat Tracks, Fall 2016

Baby You Can Drive My Goat– A guide to starting and training a goat to drive. Goat Tracks, Winter 2016

Gods of Thunder Part 1: Tackling Team Hitches – The ins and outs of harnessing and hitching teams. Goat Tracks, Spring 2017

Team Harness Diagram – Team hitch harness parts labeled with descriptions of how they function. Goat Tracks, Spring 2017

Gods of Thunder Part 2: Getting in Sync – Training goats to pull together as a team. Goat Tracks, Fall 2017

Does this Saddle Make Me Look Fat? – How to check your packgoat’s saddle fit. Goat Tracks, Winter 2018

Bells and Whistles – A guide to preventing lost packgoats. Goat Tracks, Summer 2019

Mama’s Boys: Dam-Raising Packgoats for Success – Yes, it CAN be done! Goat Tracks, Spring 2019

Cuzco, The Goat of Many Colors – A tribute to our beloved “one-horned wonder goat” who inspired us to dive into the wonderful world of packgoats and to start a herd of our own.

To Dehorn or Not to Dehorn…
That is the question!
Whether ’tis nobler for a goat to carry
His crowning glory in outrageous fashion,
Or to take a disbudding iron against a sea of troubles
And by removing, end them….